Pennsylvania Act 1843-39 — DONATION LANDS - PROTECTION OF TITLE OF PATENTEE

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DONATION LANDS - PROTECTION OF TITLE OF PATENTEE
                  Act of Mar. 11, 1843, P.L. 79, No. 39               Cl. 68
                                  AN ACT

     To repeal the Nicholson Court of Pleas, and to release the lien
        of the Commonwealth on the estate of John Nicholson,
        deceased.

        Section 4.  Entire estate of Commonwealth vested in patentee
        It is hereby declared that all patents granted by the
     Commonwealth, do pass and vest the entire estate of the
     Commonwealth to and in the patentees, free and clear of all
     liens, incumbrances and claims of the Commonwealth whatsoever,
     prior to the date of the respective patents, except for arrears
     of purchase money.  1843, March 11, P.L. 79, Sec. 4.
        Section 5.  Titles of patentees good against assignment of
     lands by soldiers and widows of soldiers prior to issue of
     patent
        No conveyance or assignment of lands granted to soldiers and
     widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary War, made by such
     soldiers or widows, prior to the date of the respective patents,
     or any transfer or sale of the right of said soldiers or widows,
     by them executed prior to the date of said patents, shall
     invalidate the title of the said patentees, their heirs and
     assigns, unless there shall be contained in said patent a
     recital of such deed, conveyance, transfer or assignment, or
     unless the same shall have been duly recorded in the proper
     office of the county in which the lands are situated: Provided,
     That nothing in this act contained, shall be construed to
     confirm or render valid any conveyance or transfer by such
     soldier or widow, which was prohibited by law.  1843, March 11,
     P.L. 79, Sec. 5.
        Compiler's Note:  Section 2 of Act 39 of 1843 repealed the
            provisos of section 20. The repeal applies only to lands
            formerly belonging to John Nicholson or Peter Baynton
            (Lamberton v. Hogan, 2 Pa. 22, 1845).