The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-06-19

tenements or hereditamsnts, lying and being
within the District Of Columbia, shall exc.
cute end acknowledge deed for the convey.
snce ofsuch estate or interest, or for decls..
ing or limiting any use or trust Ia and Of the
Same, before any Judge Of q court Of record
aud Of law Of the State and county In which
snch person or persons may be, or before any
chancellor Of any such State, or before any
Judge Of the Supreme, Circuit, District OF
Territorial Courts Of the Uuited States, OF
before any two Justices Of the Peace OF the
State, Distaict or Territory aud county Ia
which such person or person may be; end
such Judge, Chancellor or Justices shall an.
mex to such deed certificate, under HE
or their honds Of the execution and ackuowl.
cdgoment thereof, and that the grsntor or
grsntors was or wsro known TO him or them,
or that his. her or their identity had been
satisfactorily proved, and the Register, Clerk
or Prothonotary Of such Court or county.
shall also certify under his hand and the
sea Of his Office, that the Judge, Chancellor,
or Justices, 10 or are, was or were such Al
the time Of the execution and acknowledg.
ment thereof; or il any suck person or per.
sons, seized or possessed as aforesaid, shall
be in sorne foreign country, and shall exc
cute and acknowledge any such deed before
any Judge or Cha acellor Of any Court, mas
ter or masters extraordinary, 10 chancery, or
notary public, ia such foreign country and
such execution and acknowledgment, and
also the identity Of the gran.or or grantors
shall be certified upon, or annexed to, such
deed, under the hand and seal Of any such
Judge, chancellor, master Of msster extraor-
dinary, or notary public, and such deed, 90
executed, aeknowl sdged and certified ia the
several and respective modes oforesaid, shall
be recorded amongst the land records Of the
county of Washington, or the county OF AL
exandria in the District of Columbia, within
six calender months from the day OF its date,
if executed aud acknowledged with the Unit.
ed States or the Territories thereof, or with.
in twelve calendar monts from the day OF
its date, il executed and acknowledged in
some foreign country such deed shall be
good and effsctual for the the purpose or
purposes therein mentioned.
Sec. 2 find be Il further enacted. That ii
any feme covert in whom such estate or in
terest may be, shall be q party with her hus-
bsnd, exec uting such deed, or shall only be
relinquishing her right Of dover, in or to
such estate or interest, and the Judge, chan.
cellor, justices, master or master extraordi-
uetJ iu Va uoeety PoctSp Ss~sSt
before whom the same may be executed and
shall make the contents
thereof known to her, and shall examine her,
out Of the presence and hearing of her hus-
band, whether she doth make her acknowl-
edgment Of the same voluntarily, and with.
out being induced to do 90 by fear or threats
Of, or i'll usage, by her husband, or fear OF
his displeasure and such examination and
acknowledgement, ans also the identity oi
the party shall be certified in the mode pre-.
scribed in the frat section Of this act, accord
ing to the place orcountry where such femc
covert shall be at the time Of such examine.
tion and acknowledgment, and such deed
shall be recorded within the several and res
,ective periods herein before mentioned the
same shall be good and available for the pur-
poses therein mentioneP, and thereby in-
tended.
Sec. 3. find be IL farther enacted. That
the clerks OF the circuit court Of the District
of columbia for the counties Of Washington
and Alexandris, respectively, are hereby,
authorized to record any deed or convenance,
executed and authenticated sgreeably to the
provisions Of this act.
APPROVED, May 25, 1882.