Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-01-07
Are your Deeds, Mortgages, &C., Re
corded?

desire TO call the attention of the people of
Union county to the inheritance of the subject
involved IN the atove question: subjectupon
! wh!"" very unbusiness-like carelessneSs. in
some quarters, and gross ignorance in others,
largely prevails. Twill put before You. in
short form as possible, the Law on the subject,
and then offer you an additional nducement
in a reduction of the fees now allowed by law.
What Instruments may be Recorded.
All Patents from the Commonwealth; all
I Deeds of sheriffS, corOnerS, marshals, and
treasurers; all deeds made in pursuance of
decree of any court; releases svidencing the
payment of any legacy, or given 10 any exec
utor, administrator, ass ignee, trustee, or GUAR
dian, As we'll if made without the State as
within, if the lands charged lie within; all
deeds of county commissioners all assign
men,s of mortgages and powers of attorney
authorizing their satisfaction; all receipts for
! taxes on unseated lands, and for money paid
for their redemption all contracts concerning
land, provided they be IN writing, aud wheth-
er under seal or not.
The Time Of Recording DEEDS.
That all deeds and conveyanceS, which from
and after the publication hereof, March Is,
/ l775, shall be made anl executed within this
province, OF or concerning any lands, tene-
ments or heredllaments in this province, or
/ whereby the same may be in any way affected
/ in law or equity, shall be acknowledged by one
+ of the grantOrS or bargalnerS, or proved by
/ one or more Of the subscribing Witnesses to
! such deed, aud shall be recorded in the oflice Q
/ for recording Of deeds in the county where
/ such lands lie. uriher, s. moaihs after tie TT
ecuii0n Of such deras and conveyances; and
! every such deed and conveyance 50 made and
/ executed, and which shall not be proved and
recorded as aforesaid, shall be Gdjudyeg trail-
dulent and roid against any s'Jse7"efd D'Srch"'e-
! for rqi4G5h consideration, UNLESS such deed be
recorded before the proving and recording OF
the deed under which such subsequent pur-
chaser claims. The Law is the same with
reference to the recordin. of deeds made out
/ of the State, conveying lands within II, except
that the time is extended 10 one year.
or the Recording Of Mortgages.
No deed or mortgage, or defeaslbe deed ir
the nature of mortgages, hereafter 10 be made
May 2s, l7l5,) shall be good or sufficient 1t
convey or pass any freehold or inheriiance.ol
to grant any estate therein for life or years
unless such deed be acknowledged or prove(
and recorded c'fhin sir months after tie dat
hsreoE where such lands lie, as hereinbe.or'
directed for other deeds. All mortgages shal
have priority according to the date Of record
ing the same, without regard to the time o
making or executing such deeds. No mort
gage shall be lien, until such mortgage shal
have been recorded, or lef, for record.
The proposed Reduction In the Fees Is this:
, Instead of Legal iees-one cent for every tei
words written, beside the certificate, 37i cents
and the tax, so cents-I will charge, upon ev
cry paper left for record for the space of thrc
months from and atler this date, one cent 70
every t,oenfy words written the other costs I
remain the same as by law, reserving III
right to demand and receive the so cents ia
invariably in advance.
GEORGE MERRILL, Recorder.
RecorIer Office I.euiShuro Ian 1876