2.  Such  petition  shall  be  presented  by  the  owner  or  owners  of
said  land  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  duly  verified  by  affidavit,
and  shall  set  forth  the  facts  and  allege  that  said  charge  has  been
paid  or  that  no  payment  of  principal  or  interest  has  been  made
within  said  period  of  twenty  years  on  account  of  said  charge  by
the  present  owner  or  owners,  or,  so  far  as  can  be  ascertained,  by
his  or  their  predecessors  in  title,  and  shall  state  the  names  of  all
known  parties  interested  in  such  charge,  their  places  of  residence,
if  known,  and  a  description  of  the  lands  subject  to  the  charge  and
sought  to  be  released  and  discharged.
Note. — This  is  the  second  part  of  Section  i  of  the  Act  of  May  8,  1895,
P.  L.  44,  4  Purd.  4047.
485.  CITATION.
3.  Upon  the  presentation  of  such  petition,  it  shall  be  lawful  for
said  court  to  issue  a  citation  in  the  manner  authorized  by  law  to
all  such  parties,  which  citation  shall  be  served  as  other  citations  are
required  to  be  served,  and  shall  require  the  parties  to  appear  in
court  on  a  day  designated,  to  show  cause  why  said  land  should  not
be  discharged  from  the  lien  of  such  dower,  legacy  or  other  charge.
Note. — This  is  substituted  for  the  provisions  of  Section  i  of  the  Act
of  May  8,  1895,  P.  L.  44,  4  Purd.  4047,  as  to  service  of  notice  and  publi-
cation thereof  in  newspapers.
FIDUCIARIES  ACT— Section  27  (b)  4,  (c)  373

486.  HEARING,  DECREE,  RECORDING  OF  DECREE.
