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 56 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. RECORDER OF DEEDB. 5.,; See. .‘ n. 470. F.
 * 278. Altggdistdhetfrfrfseipiliistcd. I 471. Cggtsaiu records made valid.

469. Recorder may obtain rooms, when. Appointment and Sec. 467. _There shall be a recorder of deeds of the District appointed f’ *¤¤:;g:*· by_the President, who shall record all deeds and other instruments in 34*** {fg 651* writing authorized to be recorded, and perform all requisite services
 * f‘M;;h *};,9 A connected therewith. and who shall have charge and custody of all the

151,.,, pv, {5, ,.,321. records, papers, and property appertaimng to his office. [soo 95 •s,00. 144,441;] 3 March, 1861, c. 24, s. 5, v. 2, p. 115. Rooms to be up- Sec. 468. The chief of engineers in charge of the public buildings and P¤‘°P¤¤'·°d- grounds is directed to appropriate such rooms in any of the public build- 14 Feb., 1863, o. ings under his charge for the use of the recorder as may be necessary gg, g. v- 12. DP- for his accommodation. [Bee s. s u. s., 5 1797.] Recorder m ay SEO. 469. When rooms cannot be so appropriated without interfering obtain r ¤ cm ¤; with the business of the departments, the recorder shall procure, with "’h°"°· the approbation of the chief of engineers, such rooms, in the city of Ibid. Washington, as may be necessary for the security of the records and the convenient transaction of the business of his odlce. Fm SEO. 470. The legal fees for the services of the recorder shall be as ——— follows, namely: . 3 M“'°h· *86*% °· For tiling, recording and indexing or for making eertided copy of 15!’°'2’v'15'p'341' any instrument contaiiiing two hundred words or less, fifty cents, and ilfteen cents for each additional hundred words, to be collected at the time of filing, and when the copy is made. For each certificate and seal, twenty-tive cents. For searching records extending back two years or less next preceding current date, twenty-tive cents, and five cents for each additional year, to be paid by the party for whom the search may be made. For recording a town-plat, three cents for each lot such plat may contain. For recording a plat or survey, five cents for each course such survey may contain. ' ger gling and indexing any paper required by law to he tiled in his o ce lteen cents. For each examination of title by the party or his attorney, fifty cents. _ For taking any acknowledgment, fifty cents. U¤¤‘¤=-Hq ¤‘¤¤¤¤l¤ SEO. 471. All deeds ot conveyance, leases, powers of attorney, and “““l° "“]‘d· other written instruments required by law to be filed and recorded, and 1nl¢l.,s. 3, pp. 341, all copies of instruments and records and certidcates authorized by law, 349- filed, recorded, made, and certiiied by William G. Flood, as acting rogister of deeds for the District since the death of Edward C. Eddie, a former register, .up to the date of the appointment and qualification of his successor, are declared to be legally performed, the same as if the sa;1 lx15k3i G. Flood had been legally appointed and qualified as reg- IB r s. CHAPTER SIXTEEN. SUB.VEYOB. Sw- See. 472. Legal omcc of record. 476. What must be shown. 473. Certified transcripts to be evidencc. 477. Subdivision of squares. 474. Oath of surveyor. 478. Examination by surveyor; certincuto 475. Plate of squares, how drawn. and record.