Pennsylvania Act 1955-117 — REGULATING THE RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS IN PHILADELPHIA

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REGULATING THE RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS IN PHILADELPHIA
                  Act of Aug. 4, 1955, P.L. 303, No. 117              Cl. 68
                                  AN ACT

     Regulating the recording of all instruments in writing by the
        Commissioner of Records in the City of Philadelphia, and
        repealing inconsistent laws.

        Compiler's Note:  The act of Jan. 15, 1988, P.L.4, No.2
            repealed this act insofar as it is inconsistent with that
            act.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  The Commissioner of Records in the City of
     Philadelphia shall maintain a day book, or direct index book, in
     which shall be noted the date of the recording of all
     instruments, the book number and page number of recording and an
     identifying number.
        Section 2.  The Commissioner of Records in the City of
     Philadelphia shall issue a receipt for all instruments, which
     receipt shall contain the date of payment, an identifying number
     and the amount of the fee charged.
        Section 3.  The act of May 28, 1715 (1 Smith's Laws 94),
     entitled "An ACT for acknowledging and recording of deeds," and
     the act of March 18, 1775 (1 Smith's Laws 422), entitled "A
     SUPPLEMENT to the act, entitled An Act for acknowledging and
     recording of deeds," are repealed in so far as they are
     inconsistent herewith.