The Borough of Lehighton, in the County of Carbon and Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, does hereby adopt the registration system of real
estate in said borough, as provided for in the Act of the General
Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania in the Act of May 4th, 1927,
P.L. 519, Article XXX, Section 3001.
All persons acquiring title to real estate in the Borough of
Lehighton, whether by purchase, devise, partition of in any other
manner whatsoever, shall furnish to the Borough Manager and/or Borough
Secretary, within one month after acquiring such title, descriptions
of their respective properties upon blanks furnished by the borough
and, at the same time, present their conveyance to be stamped by said
Manager and/or Secretary, without charge, as evidence of the registry
thereof.
Any person or persons neglecting or refusing to comply with
the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject
to a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution and, in default
of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than
30 days.