Duties of commission

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The commission has the following powers and duties:

(1) To act as the Land Office of the Commonwealth, maintaining and preserving the records of all conveyances from the proprietaries and the Commonwealth to the purchasers of land, including applications, warrants, return of surveys and reports denying applications.

(2) To maintain and preserve:

(i) papers relating to the surveys of this Commonwealth and county lines;

(ii) reports of commissioners relating to the boundary lines of this Commonwealth;

(iii) maps and other papers lodged with the Land Office and pertaining to the colonial history of this Commonwealth;

(iv) the minutes of the Canal Commissioners;

(v) contracts for section profile maps;

(vi) other records relating to the public works; and

(vii) relevant records relating to titles to real estate owned or to be acquired by the Commonwealth.

(3) To furnish copies of records and documents in accordance with statutory or regulatory fees.

(4) To promulgate regulations to administer this chapter.


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