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 whenever any cestui que trust has heretofore or shall hereafter die intestate, without heirs or any known kindred, a widow or surviving husband, the beneficial interest of such cestui que trust in any property or effects, real, personal or mixed, shall escheat to the commonwealth, subject to all legal demands on the same.