Pennsylvania Act 1791-1517 (session 3) — REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY - ALIENS - ACQUISITION & DISPOSITION

Act text

A SUPPLEMENT

To the act, entitled "An act to declare and regulate escheats."

Compiler's Note: Section 20 of Act 38 of 1947 provided that Act 1517 is repealed insofar as it relates to the disposition of real or personal estates by wills of any person dying on or after January 1, 1948.

Compiler's Note: Section 16 of Act 37 of 1947 provided that Act 1517 is repealed insofar as it relates to inheritance as to the real and personal estates of persons dying intestate on or after January 1, 1948.

WHEREAS, it is proper that persons purchasing lands in this state may transmit their possessions tot heir children, relations, or friends, who may still remain in, and be the subject of, foreign states: Therefore,

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That every person, being a citizen or subject of any foreign state, shall be able and capable in law of acquiring and taking, by devise or descent, lands and other real property in this commonwealth, and of holding and disposing of the same, in as full and ample a manner as the citizens of this state may or can do, and no such lands or estate so held by devise or descent shall escheat or be fortified to the commonwealth, for or on account of the alienage of such person claiming the same under any last will, or succeeding thereto, according to the laws of this commonwealth.

Section 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all such persons shall be able and capable in law to dispose of any goods and effects, to which they may be entitled within this state, either by testament, donation, or otherwise, and their representatives, in whatever place they may reside, shall receive the succession, according to the laws of this commonwealth, either in person or by attorney, in the same manner as if they were citizens of this commonwealth.

Section 3. Provided nevertheless, and be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing, herein contained, shall be construed to prevent the sequestration of any real or personal estate belonging to any such alien, during the continuance of war between the United States of America and the state or prince, of which such person may be a citizen or subject.