ARTICLE 54.
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Commissioner — Powers and Duties.
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27. Where land lies in two counties.
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1. Commissioner a court of record.
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28. Warrant of resurvey to add contigu-
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2. Appointment and salary of chief clerk
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ous vacancy.
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and assistant clerks.
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29. Warrant of resurvey where owner does
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3. Appointment and salary of clerk to
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not wish to add contiguous vacancy.
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complete indexing.
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30. Notice of resurvey.
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4. Summons for witnesses; taking deposi-
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31. Surveyor's return to land office. Pat-
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tions.
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ent to be issued.
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5. Writs, attachments, etc., to be served
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32. Escheat warrant.
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by sheriff.
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33. To be executed within six months; no
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6. Docket.
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renewal after six months.
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7. Papers to be recorded.
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34. Payment for vacant or escheated land.
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8. Fees for recording.
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35. Amount due State to be lien upon
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9. Seal.
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land surveyed. Proceedings to en-
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10. Chancery records and ante-revolu-
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force such lien.
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tionary papers.
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36. First applicant entitled.
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11. Copies of chancery proceedings; fees.
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37. Value of land and improvements to
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12. Bond.
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be returned by surveyor; his omis-
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13. To record certificates and issue pat-
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sion to be no cause of caveat.
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ents.
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38. Certificate of survey returnable within
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14. Land records; copies.
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six months.
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15. Maps, records, etc., of Conservation
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39. Certificate to be recorded if correct;
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Commission; copies.
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if incorrect to be corrected by sur-
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16. Extracts of deeds transferred from
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veyor.
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clerks of courts to be filed and
bound. Appropriation therefor.
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40. When patent shall issue.
41. Caveats; when to be heard.
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Such extracts to be indexed. Comp-
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42. Costs of caveat.
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troller's warrants for costs thereof.
17. Authority of commissioner to continue
indexing land records and deeds.
18. Appropriation of one thousand dollars
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43. Signature of governor; great seal.
44. Rules for conduct of surveyor.
45. Patents from government of Penn-
sylvania.
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annually for such costs.
19. British confiscated lands.
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46. Accretion to land on navigable waters.
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20. Advertisement of intent to apply
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47. Improvements into water front on
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under preceding section.
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navigable waters.
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21. If not contested; if contested.
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48. Patent not to affect riparian rights,
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22. Hearing; ex parte determination;
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nor to issue for land covered by
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reasons to be filed.
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navigable water.
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23. Disputes before commissioner; decree.
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49. Public records commission; tenure;
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24. Disputes in which commissioner is in-
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duties.
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terested.
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50. Meaning of words "public record."
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25. Vacant or escheated land.
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51. Kind of paper, ink, typewriter ribbon
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26. Special and proclamation warrants;
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used and approved.
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notice.
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52. Land records prior to 1787, copies of.
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