Section 1

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.