Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-07-13
1PUBLIc-No. So I

AN ACT to quiet titles in favor Of
parties in actual possession of lands
situated in the District Of Columbia.
BE IL enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives, of the United States Of
America an Congress assembled, That all
deeds heretofore recorded in the land
records Of the District of Columbia.
which have been executed and ac-
knowledged by femmes covert (their
husbands having signed and sealed
the same) for conveying any real es-
tate, or any interest therein, situated
in said District and all acknowledge
ments of deeds heretofore recorded, as
aforesaid, which have been made by
femmes cover! %he.her they have ex-
ecuted the deed or not for the purpose
Of releasing their claims to dover in
the lands described therein, situated
as aforesaid, in which acknowledge
ments the form prescribed by law has
not been followed; and all deeds here
tofore recorded. as aforesaid, which
have been executed and acknowledge
ed by an attorney-in-fact, duly appoint
ed for conveying real estate situated
in said district; and all deeds hereto
fore recorded, as aforesaid, executed
and acknowledged, or only acknowl-
edged by such attorney-in-fact, for con-
veyiDg real estate situated in said Dis
trict, as to which the acknowledgment
was made before officers different from
those before whom proof Of the power
OF attorney was made, and as to which
the power of attorney was proved be-
fore only one justice of the peace; and
all deeds heretofore executed and re-
corded as aforesaid for the purpose Of
conveying land situated in said Dis
trict Of Columbia, before Judge Of q
United States court, or before two al
dermen of city or the chief magis-
trate OF city, or before notary pub
lie; and all deeds heretofore executed
and recorded as aforesaid for tie pur-
pose of conveying land situated in
said District. acknowledged by an at
torney-in-fact, duly appointed, or by
an officer of corporation, duly au-
thorizcd, who has acknowledged the
same to be his act and deed, instead
of the act and deed Of the grantor or
of the corporation; and all deeds here.
tofore executed and recorded as afore-
said for the purpose of conveying land
situated in said District to which there
is not annexed a legal certificate 40 to
the official character Of the officer or
officers taking the acknowledgment,
shall be. and the same are hereby, de-
clared to be Of the same effect and
validity to pass the fee simple or other
estate intended TO be conveyed, and
bar dover in the real estate therein
mentioned in favor of parties in actu.
al possession, claiming under and
through such deeds, as if such deeds
had been by such femmes covert exc
cuted and acknowledged, or acknowl-
edged in case of u dover right, in the
form heretofore prescribed by law; az
il such deeds had been executed aud
acknowledged by the grantor in the
deed; as ii such power of attorney
had been proved before the officer or
officers taking the acknowledgment; ;
as if such power Of attorney had been
proved before two justices Of the
peace; as if such acknowledgment had
been made before any Judge of a State
court, or before two justices of tho
peace; as if such attorneys-in-fact or
officer of a corporation had acknowl.
edged the deed to be the deed of the
grantor or of the corporation; as If
such deeds had thereto annexed cer-
tificate, in legal form, that the officer
or officers taking the Acknowledgements
were really what they purport to be:
Prorided, That the certificate of ac-
acknowledgement by femme covert shall
show that the acknowledgment was
made "apart" or "privily" from her
husband, or use some other term i'm
porting that her Acknowledgment was
made out of his presence, and also
that she acknowledged or declared
that she willingly executed or that
she willingly acknowledged the deed,
or that the same was her voluntary
act, or to that effect Aad prorded, al
so, That when the power Of attorney
shall have been executed by .
femme covert the same shall be effectu.
al and sufficient if there shall have
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