The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-08-16
An Act to aulhorIze tbe Issuing Of fatenIs for

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thereof, and two dollars and Fifty cents per acre
| for the residue of said land to actusT settlers
there on possessing the qualifications requisite to
| acquire prescription rights, who shall prove to
the satisfaction ct the register Of the land office
ut Menasha, w iscOns n that he or he has made
| improvements to the vane of not less than fifty
dollars, ard is actually, residing upon tie land !;
The time of paying the purchase price may be exs
tended for peEad not excs eding one wear from
hi lie pas ageloi this ret Provided, That no such
actual settler shall be permitted to- pl e-empt
| more than two contiguous. LOIS on which he or
she has made improvements OF The value of not
less than one huodred dollsrs.7 TIE lands not
sold within. onefytar as here inbei6re provided
shall be brought into market and sold st not less
than the minimum prices Fixed by lbs act VII,
| Approved, March 3, 1865, .A', 1' '"', ~
AN Act to quiet Titles 10 Favor of Parties in sc.
tual Possessions OF Lands situated ia I the Dis
| trlot Of Columbia
Be 1t enacted 6y he Senate and House of Reo.
resentattues of tie United States Of dnaeyico an
Congress assembled. qhdi all deeds b retofore
/ raehrded in the land cords Of the d strict Of
| Columbia, which have been executed and ack now.
| Dig. by femmes covert Cher husbands bayinp
sigued and sealed the, samel for CONVEYING auv
real estaee, or interest therein, siuat,a io said
district. and adj ackunwdete ements of deeds
her, tofore recorded, asatyessid, which have been
made by femmes covert whether they have eye.
/ rued the deed or not) for the pnrpose ofsreleas
ing their claims TO doae in the ism deser he'd
therein. situastd as aforesaid, in which aeknows
Itdgemen mis- the form prescribed beyiaw has not
been followed; and all deeds heretefo g fecordsd
az aforesaid, which have been executed and a ~
| kn0wledged by an attorneyrin fact, duly apno;nt.
ed for conveying real estate situated in said di7
trict and all deeds heretofore recorded A. afore
said, executed and acknowledged. or only ace
knowledged bV such attorney-in- fact, for conyeva
/ ing real estate situated in said district. as to
officers different oma Mss w made before
| the power of attorney was made, and as to which
| the power OF attorney WAS proved before on ts
| one justice OF the peace; and al deeds hereto.
| fore executed and recorded as aforesaid for the
purpose of conveying land situated in said dis
trict, acknowledged out of the District of Columns
| bia, before judge of United States court. or
before two aldermen ola city, or the chief magis-
trate of a city, or before = not ~ public; and
all deeds heretofore executed and recorded as
aforesaid for the purpose Of conveying lands
situated in said district, acknowl lodged by an att
| torney in-act, duly appointed, or by an officer
of a corporation, duly authorized who has ar
| knowiedged the same to be his act and deed in
stead OF the. act and deed of the grantor of the
corporation and all deeds heretofore execnted,
and recorded as aforesaid for the purpose of con
veyiag land situated in said district to which
there is annexed legal certificate as tost he off.
cial character OF the officer officers takins the
ackno wledgment. shall be and the same ara here
BY declared TO be Of he same fleet and yaIidig
ty to pass the fee simple or other estate intended
to be conveyed, and bar dover the in real esta tie
| therein mentloHeu In favor G1 parties actuaI
possession, claiming pn der and through lsuch
dee DIS, as if such deeds had been bv such femmps
covert sexecuted and acknO wledred or acknow
lodged in a dover right, in the form heretofora
prescribed by law; as iii such deeds had been
lexecuted and acknow edged by the ptantor in tba
deed = as il such power of attorne "! had 'hean
proved before the officer or officers takina tba
| ack nowied gment; as II such 20 err of attornay
had been made before any judge of State courts
or before Two justices. 81 the peace; as III such
rlau m nf
acknowledged the deed to be the deed of the
grantor or OF the corporation as if such deeds
had hereto annexed a certificate, in the lecaI
form, that the officer or officers taking the sc>
acknowledgements were really what they p1rpo, I to
be :. Provided, That the certificate. Of aekE ow
| Judgement by femme covert shall show Nh Al The
acknow Judgement was made apar usIor .tpri Iv"
from her husband, or use some 9th er term i'm
D ring that her acknowledge nent was nade ont
of his presence, and also that she acknowIed
or declared that she willingly executed or'tfaf
| she willingly .acknoN lodged, the deed or thai
the same was her voluntary act or to that
And provaded, also, That Whea the power Of
attorney shall have tbeen] executed bv A femme.
covert the sata shall be effectual and snficsn,
| if there hall have been such an 'acknomledgas
ment of the same as would be sufficient. nnaer
the prov ions of this act, TO pass her estate ana
interest there were she a party exeepfinol Tho
deed OF convey ance the record and COW thsraof
Of any deed corded az aforesaid to be eyiaance
thu reof, in he same manner and to have the
same effect AS II such deed had bef iorioina ly
executed, acknowledged and recorded acco- d,n9
to law. .l.s IG ..iB G ,aoiia-s sihi - y?E 70
Sec 2. Aud be ittusther enactea, That all az.
captions in favor OF parties beyond the District Of
Columbia, which may by existing laws b. reped
or relied on in any action or proceeding brought
in said district are hereby repealed and abr oea-
ted Prouided That IL is section sha Ii 81 effect
he rig ht of parties in actions nov pendpe and
such as may be brought within three wears jrom
the passage Of this act " r. 80 - -
Sec 3. And be H. further enacted. That the acts
| of Congress approved May thirty.frst,. eighteen.
hundred ana thirty-two, and 1Aprjl q'twen fv
eighteen hundred and thirty.eigbt in, re(eren 90
to the acknowledgement and Recording of deeds
of land situated in said district shall be taken and
cons rued as cumulative with the acts of MARY
lard on the same subject intorce in said district
at the passage thereof and that an acknowledge.
| ment made and certified in compliapce with anv
one Of said acts, snd before any officers authorizs
ed by either OF said acts 70 take an acknow led
ment, (whrther in nr out If the District of t1o.
In nbia,) shall be good and effectuaI: and III N
shall appear that the grant ''acknowledoeda
said deed" it shall have the same effect as If he
she acknowledged The deed to be his or her act
| and deed And Any cknowledg ement made by q
femme covert nnder either q said acts of Gin.
gress (Which shall he sufficient under the pro,
visions of this sc) -of any deeds executed by her
husband, and heretofore recorded in the District
Of Coiumba, shall b. good and effsotual to, bar
all claim on her part to dover in the lands de.
scribed therein situated in said district although
she shall not have executed the same. 3 -AE
Approved, March 3, 1866. ia5,sfalo2
An Act further to provide for the Verifcation of
...t 44llfl Invoices. ~ i'm 8 80
BE " enacted by the Senate and House of Re.