Year: 1874

Eetdtt0e 10 the ISSUING of WaFTohtS 10


surrey Uacant lands.


SECTION 1. Be IL enacted BY the Sen
ate and House Of Representatives Of the
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania IN GEN
eyal Assembly met, and ii is hereby en-
acted by the authority of tie same, That
every applicant for warrant to survey
any of the vacant lands Of this Commou-
wealth, shall produce to the Surveyor
General particular description of the
land applied for, with an affidavit of dis
interested witness, made before justice
of the peace of the township or borough
in which the land applied for or the grea-
ter portion of it is situate, or if there
be no justice of the peace in such town
chip or borough, before a justice of an
adjoining township or borough, specify
ing whether the land be improved or not,
and if improved how long since the said
improvement was made, that interest may
be charged as now provided by law. The
applicant for such warrant shall declare,
upon oath or affirmation, before a justice
of the township or borough in which the
land or the greater portion Of the same is
situate, or if there be no justice in such
township or borough, before a justice of
an adjoining township or borough, that
he verify believes that no warrant or other
Office right has previously issued for such
land, has one issued after giving full par
ticulars in relation thereto, shall depose
that he verify believes it has been aband-
oned and if at any time thereafter it
shall appear that the person or persons
deposing as aforesaid, or any Of them,
shall Knowingly have sworn falsely, such
person or persons shall suffer all the pains
and penalties of perjury.


SECTION 2. No warrant shall issue for
any tract or piece of land on which settle
ment is made, or which may be either in
whole or in part cleared and fenced, or
otherwise improved, used or occupied and
held by defined boundaries, unless to such
person or persons respectively, who have
made the settlement, clearing, feucing or
Improvement, their legal representatives,
or assigns, upon proof OF ownership Of
such settlement or Improvement right,
aud if any warrant shall issue otherwise
than as aforesaid it shall be void Pro
Uided That this section shall not apply
TO abandoned prOvements.


SECTION 5. Every applicant for war
rant to survey vacant land shall, after,
filing his or their application for such
warrant, and deposting the amount Of
the purchase money and fee with the
Surveyor General, give at least thirty
days notice of the fliug of said applica-
ton, with full description of the land
as set forth in the application by publica-
ton, once a week for three successive
weeks, in one or more newspapers of the
county in which the land is situate and
nearest its location, ard shall furnish
proof that such notice has been given be-
fore a warrant shall issue Pr0Uided,
That if any caveats or caycat shall have
been entered against issuing such war
rant, the same shall not issue until d.
rected by the board of property aud if
the board Of property, after hearing up
on citation issued 10 pursuance of any
caveat shall decide against issuing the
warrant, the purchase money shall be re-
turned to the applicant


SECTION 4. This act shall not apply to
applications for warrants filed with the
Surveyor General before its passage


II II. MCCORMICK.
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.


B B STRANG,


Speaker Of the Senate


APPRovED-The fourteenth day of
April, Ammo Domini one thousand eight
hundred and seventy four.


j. T. HARTRANFT.