Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-07-18
STATE OF NEw.JERsEY.

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A SUPPLEMENT to an act entitIe
An act respecting convey ances, passe
June seventh, cue thousand seven bur
dred and uinefy mine, and 10 an act el
titled An act 10 register mortgages
passed June seventh, one thousand seve
hundred and ninety-nine-
Sec. !. BE 1T ENACTED, By the Coan
Gil and General assembly Of this state
and 1T is hereby enacted by the authoTit
Of The same, That every deed or convey
ance, OF or for any lands, tenemenis o
heredhaments, to any purchaser of tn
same, which shall be made and execute,
after the first day oi january, IN the yea
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and twenty shall be void and of D,
effect, against subsequent judgment
creditor, or bona fide purchaser or mort
gagee for a valuable consideration, no
having notice thereof, unless such deed OF
conveyance shall be acknowledged or prov
ed, and recorded or lodged for that pur
pose, with the clerk OF the Court OF Com
mon Pleas of the county in which such
lands, tenemenis and Entertainments are
situated, within fifteen days after the time
of signing, sealing and delivering the same
Prouided aeuertheleSs, that such deed OF
convey ance shall, as between the parties
and their heirs, be valid and operative.
Sec. 2. And be 1t enacted. That every
deed or mortgage, or conveyance in the
nature of mortgage, Of OF for any lands,
tenements or hereditaments, which shall
be made and executed after the first day
Of January, 10 the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and twenty-one,
shall be void and Of no effect against a
subsequent judgment creditor, or bona fide
purchaser, or mortgage, for valuable
consideration, not having notice thereof,
unless such mortgage shall be acknowl-
edged or proved according to law, and
recorded and lodged for that purpose with
the clerk OF the Court of Common Pleas
Of the county ID which such lands, tene.
menis or hereditaments are situated, at or
before the time of entering such judgment,
or Of recording or lodging with the clerk
as aforesaid, the said mortgage or con-
veyance to such subsequent purchaser or
mortgage: Provided nevertheless, that such
mortgage shall, as between the parties and
their heirs, be valid and operative.
Sec. 8. And be IL enacted, that II the
party who hath executed or shall execute
any deed or conveyance Of lands, tene-
ments, or hereditaments, lying and being
10 this state, or the witness thereto be in
some other state or territory of the Uni-
ted States, then the acknowledgment or
proof of such deed or conveyance, made
before any mayor or other chief magis-
trate of any city in such state or territory,
duly certified under the seal Of such city,
or before judge Of any Superior Court
or Court Of Common Pleas OF the state or
territory in which such party or witnesses
may be, shall be as good and effectual as
if such proof or acknowledgement had
been made before aud certified by any
one Of the officers mentioned in the first
section Of the act respecting conveyances :
Provided, that where the said acknowl-
edgmcnt or proof is made before judge oil
a Court of Common Pleas, in such state oil
territory, certificate under the great
seal of the state, or under the seal of the
county court, in which it is made, thai
he is such officer, shall be deemed sufii
cient evidence Of his authority for tina
purpose, and be annexed to, and recorded
with, such deed, acknowledgment or proof
and the acknowledgment Of any deed o
conveyance made by teme covert, a
prescribed 10 the fourth section of the a
foresaid act, who shall be 10 any othe
state OF territory before any such author
tiles or persons, certified as aforesaid
shall have the same force and effect as
taken before one Of the officers mentione
| 10 the first section of the aforesaid act.
Sec. A. And be it enacted, That it sha
be the duty of the clerks of the Courts {
Common Pleas in this State, TO register Q
record deeds and mortgages, or convey
auces, in the nature thereof, 10 the orde
they shall receive them, but if two o
more deeds, mortgages or conveyances, {
or for the same lands, tenements or heret
itaments, shall be offered to or come TO tn
hands of the clerk at one and the same tim
to be recorded, then il shall be the duty {
the said clerk to register or record the sam
according to the priority of their dates.
j Sec. 5. And be 1t enacted, That ther
shall aud may be appointed by the Couuc
and General Assembly of this state,
ljoint-menting, proper and fiji persons 70
each Of the counties in this State, TO
styled and denominated " Commissioner
for taking the acknowledgment or proof
Deeds" which commissioners shall hav
authority 10 take the Acknowledgements {
proof Of any deed or conveyance Of land
tenements or hereditaments, lying and b
ling In this State. or of any mortgage. a,