16 CONVEYANCING——CORPORATIONS. [ART. 23

Defective Conveyances.

1900, ch. 3.

82. All deeds, mortgages, bonds of conveyance and bills of
sale which have been executed and acknowledged, and are
recorded in this State subsequent to the passage of the act of
1858, chapter 208, which may not have been acknowledged
according to the laws existing at the time of said acknowledg-
ment, or where the certificate of acknowledgment is not in the
prescribed form, shall be and the same are hereby made valid to
all intents and purposes as if the said acknowledgment and cer-
tificate thereof had been in legal form; provided, that said deeds,
mortgages, bonds of conveyance and bills of sale in other respects
are in conformity with the laws; and provided, further, that
nothing in this section shall affect the interest of bona fide pur-
chasers or creditors without notice who may have become so
previous to the passage of this section.

Leases or Sub-Leases.

1900, ch. 207.

85A. All rents reserved by leases or sub leases of land here-
after made in this State for a longer period than fifteen years
shall be redeemable at any time after expiration of five years
from date of such leases or sub-leases, at the option of the
-tenant, after a notice of one month to the landlord, for a sum of
money equal to the capitalization of the rent reserved at a rate
not exceeding six per centum.

ARTICLE XXIII.

CORPORATIONS.

	General Regulations. 85 M. Securities that may be depos- ited with treasurer by life and accident insurance, safe de- posit, trust, guaranty, loan and fidelity companies	35 K. Corporations heretofore char- tered but not organized con- clusively presumed to have surrendered their charters unless franchise tax of one. eighth per cent, be paid by 1st December, 1900. Exceptions