Pennsylvania Act 1909-93 — PUBLIC ROADS, LAYING OUT AND VACATING

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PUBLIC ROADS, LAYING OUT AND VACATING
                  Act of Apr. 23, 1909, P.L. 142, No. 93              Cl. 36
                                  AN ACT

     Requiring all petitions for the laying out or vacation of a
        public road to fix definitely the points of beginning and
        ending, and requiring the clerk of the court of quarter
        sessions, in any county, to certify the report of the jury of
        view to the State Highway Department.

        Whereas, The State Highway Department has been authorized to
     make "a complete survey of all the roads in the State, and shall
     cause to be made and kept for the State Highway Department a
     general highway plan of the State"; and
        Whereas, In order to have the complete records, it is
     necessary to show on such plan all roads opened or vacated since
     the surveys were made; therefore,--
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That hereafter all petitions
     for the laying out or for the vacation of a public road, in any
     county of the Commonwealth, shall fix definitely the point of
     beginning and the point of ending, mentioned in said petition,
     by giving the exact distance from an intersecting public road,
     street, or railroad, already opened.
        Section 2.  (2 repealed Jun. 1, 1945, P.L.1242, No.428)
        Section 3.  (3 repealed Jun. 1, 1945, P.L.1242, No.428)