PUBLIC GENERAL LAW.

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ring the grantor, and according to the apparent intention of the

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parties, though riot so firmly drawn as in England, &c. — 1715, ch,

47, sec. 10, ..........

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A general registry of conveyances declared necessary — Nov. 1766,

ch. 14, sec. 1, ..........

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After May, 1767, no estate of inheritance or freehold, or declaration or

limitation of use, or any estate for above seven years, shall take

effect, unless the deed, Sec. is acknowledged in the general court,

or before one of the justices thereof, or in the county court, or be-

fore two justices of the county where the lands lie, and be enrolled

in the records of the same county or the general court, as the case

may be, within six months after the date — Nov. 1766, ch. 14, sec. 2,

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The said six months to be calendar months — Nov. 1779, ch. 10,

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Deeds may be recorded at any time and shall be valid against grantor —

1831, ch. 304, . . . ......

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The clerks respectively shall immediately endorse the time of receiv-

ing such deeds, and enrol the same in a good folio book, to be

alphabeted in the names of all the parties, and the name of the land

and quantity of acres — 1766, ch. 14, sec. 2, ....

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A certificate of such enrolment shall be endorsed by the clerk on such

deed, with the time of making it, and the folio of the book it is en-

rolled in, and the clerk shall sign the said certificate — 1766, ch. 14,

sec. 2, ...........

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Manner of acknowledging and enrolling deeds, where the grantors live

out of the counties where the lands lie — 1766, ch. 14, sec. 3, .

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Manner of acknowledging deeds by letter of attorney, and of enrolling

them where the grantors do not reside in this state — 1766, ch. 14,

sec. 4, ...........

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Every such writing, to be acknowledged and enrolled as aforesaid, and

every deed of bargain and sale of any lands, &c. hereafter to be

made, shall have relation, as to conveying the premises, from the

date thereof — 1766, ch. 14, sec. 5, ......

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Directions respecting the acknowledgments of feme-coverts — 1766, ch.

14, sec. 6, ..........

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Indenting not necessary to the validity of any deed, thereafter to be

made — 1794, ch. 57.

Deeds acknowledged before a judge of the general court may be en-

rolled in the records of the general court, or in the county where

the lands lie, and deeds acknowledged in the county where the

lands lie may be enrolled in the records of the said county, or in

those of the general court — 1785, ch. 9, sec. 4, 6, .

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Deeds, which had been before so acknowledged and recorded, made

valid— 1785, ch. 9, sec. 2, 3, .

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Deeds enrolled in the general court, may, on application of the party

claiming under them, be transmitted, with a certificate of such en-

rolment, signed and sealed by the clerk, to the clerk of the county

where the lands lie, who shall enrol such deed and certificate in the

records of his county — 1785, ch. 9, §ec. 6, ....

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