Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1814-03-03

ecutor or administrator, it is improper ar,
longer TO permit the estate to remain nj.
der his conlrUui 1.-THE executor or admin
istratoF having been summoned, &c. if Ia
can be found IN tie commonwealth. or;e
he cannot be found, publication hay;r,
been made, in such manner as the con,1
shall direct J the court may Ieduire him
to give other good security or revoke ~
power as executor or administrator and
if necessary appoint an administrator "a
bonis non, as aforesaid; or commit n.
estate 10 the hands of the sheriff: bur No
such revocation is to invalidate any nra
vious act Of such executor or adminstra.
tor, or to discontinue, or abate, any sui,
then depending, by or against hun: be-
any suit SO depending. where lie is plaintiff
shall thereafter be conducted in tie nam,
of the person having the administration
twhose name shall be substituted BY order -
the court J and, where he is Gefendap,
may be continued against him, or tie new
administrator, at The discretion of the plata.
tiff
An act, "to amend an act, entitled a,
act for regulating convevanees," which pas.
sed December 18th 1899, authorizes tls
clerks of the county and corporation courts
and their deputies. TO admit to record. 81
any time within the period, and in the form
now required by law. any conveyance either
on the acknowledgI eut Of the party or
parties, or proof by the legal number Of
witnesses thereto, mace in the offices Of tie
respective clerks; and declares that any
conveyance SO recorded shall have tie
same legal validity as fiat were proved .in
open court; that IN like manner, any con.
veyance may be admitted to record, upon
the certificate, under seal, Of any Two
magistrates within the commonwealth, en-
dorsci thereon. stating that such convey.
ance has been duly acknowledged befois
them by the party, Or parties thereto, and
that he, she. Or they desire that tie s. ma
may be recorded; provided that such con-
vevance, with sucl Enforcement, lie de.
livered to the clerk of tue proper court, or
his eeputy, within the period now allowed
by law. The clerks are required, on ths
first day OF every term of tier respective
courts, to return to the court correct lis
of ell eonveyances by them admitted 10
record since the last preceding Term; which
list having been inspected by the court, is
to be inserted in the minutes ofthe proceed
ings of the day. and read therewith in o,ep
court. Tie clerks are, moreover, 10 cause
a fair copy of such list to be set up early
In the morning of that day, at tie principal
door of their respective courthouses Tie
penalty on the clerk for failing to make
such return, or to advertise a copy terog.
is 100 dollars, recoverable in the Superior
court of the county; one holfto the inform
er and the other half to the literary fund
After the first OF Novem! er, 1914, no con-
veyance is to be recorded in any other court
than the several county and corporation
courts; unless it snail have been before
that day, certified to be recorded in some
other court within watch the same may
now be recorded Any conveyance which
shall hereafter be recorded after the ex-
piration of the time now allowed by law for
recording the same, shall take eiie3t and
be valid IN law as To creditors and subse-
quent purchasers from the time of such re-
cording, and from that time only. Every
deed respecting the titles to personal chat
tells, hereafter executed, which by Law
ought 10 be recorded, shall be recorded IN
the court Of that county in which such pro-
perty shall remain; and if afterwards ths
person claiming title under such deed shall
P0'hi'' ~hy OtA'Si fS'@oA's "a "AAheO fo'-s
session such property may be, to remove
with the same, or any part thereof, ont Of
the county in whic!. tie said Geed shall to
recorded; and shall not, within twelve
months after such removal, cause the said
deed TO 30 certified 80 the court of that
county, into which such other person shall
SO have removed, and to be there recorded,
such deed shall be void in law as 10 all Gre
ditors and subsequent purchasers. Here
after, every partition of any tract Of land
or lot, and every assignment Of dover, in
any tract of land or lot, made under any
order or decree of any court, and every
judgment, or decree, by which tie title to
any tract of land or lot shall be recovered.
shall be duly recorded in tie court of the
county in which such tract of land or LOT.
or the greater part thereof, shall lie: and,
until so recorded, such partition, or assign