Act No. 3240 Section 4

Section 4

SEC. 4. All proceedings under this Act shall, whenever possible, be heard in the municipality where the land the titles to which are to be settled and adjudicated are situated. The court may, in its discretion, assign such hearing to the local justice of the peace. who shall act as referee, without additional remuneration, in accordance with section one hundred and thirty-six and subsequent sections of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety, known as the Code of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings.

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