Section 4

Act 929 of 1781 (Smith Law Vol. 1), § 4, under LAND OFFICE - PUBLIC LANDS - GRANTS AND PATENTS.

Act 929 of 1781 (Smith Law Vol. 1), § 4

Section 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Land Office, Surveyor and Receiver General, shall, severally, before they are empowered to act, enter into an obligation, before the President of the state, with one or more sufficient sureties, in the sum of ten thousand pounds, to the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their respective offices.