The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-18
Iucatio1l of Real Estate.

week before last, Mr.. Wallace, from
the Committee of Conference on the
difference existing between the two
No. 252, entitled "An Act to repeal all
laws exempting real estate from taxa
ton" submitted a report which was
adopted and reads us follows:
That they have agreed that the Senate
recede from its nou-concurrence in the
amendments made by the House thereto,
and have agreed to report the bill as amend
ed in the following form
An ACT TO repeal all laws exempting real
estate from taxation.
SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same, That all real eS-
tate within this Commonwealth shall be
liable to taxation for all such purposes as
now is or hereafter may be provided by
general laws excepting only therefrom the
classes of property specially exempted from
taxation by the twenty-ninth section of the
Act of this General Assembly entitled IAN
Act to authorize the committee of Michael
Fox, lunatic, to sell and convey certain
real estate, and for other purposes" ap-
proved April sixteenth, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty eight, as construed by
the third section of an Act of this General
Assembly, entitled IAN Act to authorize
the administrators of H. Mincum. late of
Crawford county, deceased, to sell and con-
Vey certain real estate, and for other pur-
poses, approved July second, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty nine, except that
the quantity of land thereby exempted
shall and is hereby increased ten acres in
stead of five, as therein named also ex-
emptlngtrom taxation all parsonages owned
by any church or religious society with the
lands attached thereto, not exceeding five
acres; also excepting and exempting from
such taxation all burial lots exempted by
the provisions of the act of April fifth, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, en-
titled AN Act relative to incorporated
cemetery companies" and the lands and
premises of all cemetery companies where
such property is held in trust for the sole
purpose of improving said lands and pre-
misses, and whose revenues, of whatever
kind, are devoted to that object, and in no
way inure to the benefit OF profit of the
corpOratOrs of any Of them and also cx-
cepting and eXemPting from such taxation
all lunatic asylums, almshouses Door
houses, houses of refuge, penitcntiaries and
asylums, schools and hospitals supported
by the appropriations annually made there
the lands attached to the same and also
excepting and eXempting from such taxa
ton all charitable institutions founded by
charitable gifts or otherwise. the chief rev
enueS for the support of which are derived
from voluntary contributions together with
the lands attached to the same, and all
laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the
provisions of this statute be and the same
are hereby repealed ProUiGsd, That moth
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as repeating the fourth section of the act
entitled ''An Act to amend the revenue
laws Of this Commonwealth, approved
February twenty third, one thousand eight
hundred and siXty-six: ind pr0cideG
FURTHER, That no burial lots sold to individ-
uals for burial of the dead shall be liable
to levy and sale for any taxes whatever.
PROPERTY EXEMPTED FROM TAXATION BY
THE FOREGOING BILL.
All churches, meeting houses, or other
regular places of stated religious worship.
with ten acres of land annexed thereto.
All universities, colleges academies. and
schoolhouses, belonging to any county.
borough, or rschoul district, OF incOrporat ed.
erected, endowed, or established by virtue
of any law of this State, with ten acres of
land annexed thereto.
All court houses and iailS.
All parsonages owned by any church or
religious society, with five acres of land at
tached thereto.
All burial grounds belonging to any re-
hgiOus congregation.
All burial lots belonging to any person or
family.
Alllands and premises belonging to cemc-
terry companies where the revenues are
used solely to improve such lands and
premises.
Al lunatic asylums, almshouses, poor
houses, houses of refuge, pcnitcntiaries.
with lands attached to same.
An asylums schools. and hospitals, with
the lands attached to the same where the
same are supported by STATE appropria-
tions.
All charitable institutions, and lands at
tached thereto, whose chief revenues are
from voluntary contributions.
The repeating claUsc subjects all classes
of property not covered by these dcscrip-
r,