§ 390. Patents to be issued on surveys in excess of warrants
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 64 P.S. Public Lands
64 P.S. § 390
§ 390. Patents to be issued on surveys in excess of warrants
It shall be lawful for the officers of the land office1 to issue patents in the usual manner, on surveys made, which have been heretofore returned and received by the Surveyor General,2 notwithstanding any such survey may contain an excess of more than ten per cent. above the number of acres mentioned in the warrants respectively: Provided, That no such patent shall be construed to defeat or affect the right or title of any other person or persons, which may have accrued by improvement or otherwise, to any such excess.
Credits
1811, April 2, P.L. 222, 5 Sm.L. 264, § 1.
Footnotes
See 71 P.S. §§ 917 to 923. The Land Office, as provided for in 71 P.S. § 333, is now an administrative entity located in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. See 71 P.S. § 1709.902.
Office abolished. See PA Const. Sched. 1, § 7.
64 P.S. § 390, PA ST 64 P.S. § 390
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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