Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-08-26

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tsrr PRESCRIBED - kv. A. Il shea d-eS-
had ben ex@cuf-d and seks0siedg~d by
ih- grari0 in 'h- de~d ss i The power
al attorney had been proven befarr th~
ofhoer 90 ofc~rs taking the aekno~lrdg
ment; as il such powers II attorney hsd
b-en proved before two justices Of the
prac-; Is il such ackno~ ledgmen, had
been made befor- any judge Of any state
court, or before two justices Of the
peace as il such attorney sin fact or off,
Ger of corporation had acknowledged
the decd to be the deed Of the grantor or
Of the corporation; as If such deeds had
thereto annexed certificate. in legal form.
that the officer or officers taking the ac-
acknowledgements were really what they
purport to be-: Prorided, That the GER
tiicate Of acknowledgment by femme
covert shall show that the acknowledge
ment was made "apart" or "privily"
from her husband, or use some other
term importing that her acknowledgment
was made out of his presence, and also
that she acknowledged or declared that she
willingly acknowledged the deed. or that
the same was her voluntary act. or to that
effect: and provided. also. That when
the power of attorney shall have been exc
cuted by femme covert the same shall
have been such an acknowledgment Of the
same as would be sufficient, under the
provisions ofthis act, to pass her estate
aud interest therein were she party ex-
ccuting the deed Of convey ance, the
record aud copy thereof of any deed re-
corded IA aforesaid TO be evidence thereof,
in the same manner and to have the same
effect as if such deed had been originally
executed, acknowledged. aud recorded
according to law.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That
all exceptions in favor Of parties beyond
the District Of Columbia. which may by
existing laws be replied or relied on in
any action or proceeding brought in said
district. are hereby repealed and abrogat-
ed: Prorided. That this section shall not
affect the right of parties in actions now
pending. and such as may be brought
within three years from the passage Of
this act.
Sec. 3. And he Il further enacted, That
the acts Of congress approved May thirty
first, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and
April twenty, eighteen hundred aud thirty
eight, in reference to the acknowledgment
and recording Of deeds Of land situated in
said district. shall BE- taken and construed
as CumuI0tlVo Wttu tue uCtS OI NANTyIuuu
on the same subject in force in said dis.
trict at the passage thereof. and that an
acknowledgment made and certified in
compliance with any one Of said acts. and
before any officer authorized by either Of
said acts to take an acknowledgment,
(whether in or out of the District Of Co.
lumbia,) shall be good and effectual; and
if it shall appear that the grantor "ac-
knowledged said deed" it shall have the
same effect as If he or she acknowledged
the deed to be his or her act and deed.
And any acknowledgment made by fem
me covert under either of said acts ofcon-
gress (which shall bs sufficient under the
provisions ofthis act> Of any deed execut-
ed by her husband, and heretofore record
ed in the District of Columbia. shall be
good and effcctual to bar all claim on her
part to dover in the lands described there.
in, situated in said district, although she
shall not have executed the same.
Approved, March. 3, 1865.