2572 INDEX TO THE

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for conveying property as aforesaid, as the judges of the county

courts respectively have — 1807, ch. 52, sec. 3, ....

549

Deeds hereafter made by feme coverts as aforesaid, and acknowledg-

ments of release of dower, to be effectual, if voluntary, Sic. as in the

second section— 1807, ch. 52, sec. 4, p. 649 ; 1808, ch. 73, .

564

Deeds hereafter acknowledged by any attorney in fact in his own

name, to be valid, &c. as in the second section-*1807, ch. 52, sec. 5,

649

Nothing herein contained to affect any case where a recovery has been

actually had, in opposition to any defective deed in any court in

this state, or where the property is possessed in virtue of a compro-

mise— 1807, ch. 52, sec. 6, ........

550

The mayor of Frederick Town may take the acknowledgment of any

deed, &c. as fully as if taken by any one or two justices of Frede-

rick county — 1816, ch. 74, sec. 20.

Where the grantor shall be out of the state, the deed may be acknow-

ledged before commissioners — 1807, ch. 154, sec. 1, ...

556

Or by letter of attorney in the county court — 1807, ch. 154, sec. 1, .

556

Or before two justices of the peace in the county — 1807, ch. 154, sec. 1,

556

Or before any one of the judges of the district where the land lies —

1807, ch. 154, sec. 1, . . . . . .

556

Letter of attorney how to be proved — 1807, ch. 154, sec. 2,

556

County clerks, on application by the grantee, and assent of the grantor,

may issue a commission to two or more persons, residents of the

state, Stc. with the grantor, to take his acknowledgment — 1807, ch.

154, sec. 3, ..........

557

The deed, with such acknowledgment, to he returned and recorded, and

to be valid, &c.— 1807, ch. 154, sec. 3, .

557

Feme coverts being out of the state, may acknowledge deeds or releases

of dower before commissioners — 1807, ch. 154, sec. 4, .

557

Or before a justice of the supreme or circuit court of the United States

—1807, ch. 154, sec. 4, ........

557

Or before the governor or chief magistrate, the mayor of some corpora-

tion, court of justice, or any judge thereof, of the state, &c. where

the deed is acknowledged — 1807, ch. 154, sec. 4,

557

Directions for examining the feme covert, &c. out of the hearing of her

husband, returning a certificate thereof, &c. such certificate to bar

her of her inheritance or dower — 1807, ch. 154, sec. 4,

558

County clerks may issue commissions as in section third, with the as-

sent of the husband, in addition — 1807, ch. 154, sec. 5,

558

Deeds so acknowledged to be recorded within the time prescribed by

the act of 1798, ch. 103—1807, ch. 154, sec. 6, ...

559

Nothing herein contained to prevent the execution, &c. of deeds, ac-

cording to the law in force — 1807, ch. 154, sec. 7,

559

The clerks lo file all written assents of grantors, or feme coverts to the

issuing commissions — 1807, ch. 154, sec. 9, ...

560

The clerks of the court of appeals directed to record deeds or extracts

as the late clerks of the general court might have done, &c.— 1807

ch. 154, sec. 8, .........

560