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 1270 F1FTY-sixT1~1 coNGREss. Sess. II. oa. sai. 1901. three, by the commissioner of public buildings or any other authorized officer, shall be deemed invalid in law for the want of an acknowledgment by the commissioner or other authorized officer before such judicial officers, as deeds of real property inade between individuals are required by law to be acknowledged. ,0D°jO‘§;°°gg;(§;}g,';$; Sec. 515. Dmrnorxvn AoKNowLEDGMnNrs.-—All deeds and acknowlqck¤<>g»’1pdged,de- edgments 1‘€0O1`d€d in the land records of the District prior to the “1"°d `“hd' adoption of this code of any of the following designated classes shall, in favor of parties in actual possession, claiming under and through such deeds, be deemed and held and are declared to be of the same effect and validity to pass the fee sim le or other estate intended to be conveyed, and bar dower in the realpestate therein mentioned, as if such deeds had in all respects been executed, acknowledged, proved, certified, and recorded according to law, namely: ··¢l¤=*»*¢Sd€Sig¤¤*°d· First. All deeds which have been executed and acknowledged by married women, their husbands having signed and sealed the same, for conveying any real estate, or interest therein, situated in the District; Second. All acknowledgments of deeds which have been made by married women, whether they have executed the deed or not, for the purpose of releasing their claimsto dower in the lands described therein, ‘ situated in the District, in which acknowledgments the form prescribed by law has not been followed; Third. All deeds which have been executed and acknowledged by an attorney in fact duly appointed for conveying real estate situated in the District; · Fourth. All deeds executed and acknowledged, or only acknowledged by such attorney in fact, for conveying real estate situated in the District, as to which the acknowledgment was made before officers different from those before whom proof of the power of attorney was made, and as to which the power of attorney was proved before only one justice of the peace; Fifth. All deeds for the purpose of conveying land situated in the District, acknowledged out of the District, before a judge of a United States court, or before two aldermen of a city, or the chief magistrate of a city, or before a notary public; Sixth. All deeds for the purpose of conveying land situated in the District, acknowledged by an attorney in fact, duly appointed, or by an officer of a corporation, duly authorized, who has acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, instead of the act and deed of the grantor or of the corporation; and Seventh. All deeds for the purpose of conveying land situated in the District to which there is not annexed a legal certificate as to the official character of the officer or officers taking the acknowled ment. bveggggggegggggts Sec. 516. Aoxxowmcnemnxtrs BY MARRIED woMEN.—In al? cases ' mentioned in the preceding section the certificate of acknowledgment by a married woman must show that the acknowledgment was made "apart" or " rivily" from her husband, or use some other term importing thatlher acknowledgment was made out of his presence, and also that she acknowledged or declared that she willingly executed or that she willingly acknowledged the deed, or that the same was her voluntary act, or to that effect. Dewar- Sec. 51 T. I)O¥VER.—-rhlly acknowledgment made by a married woman of any deed executed by her husband, and recorded as mentioned in section five hundred and fifteen, shall be good and effectual to bar all claim on her part todower in the lands described therein, situated in the District, although she shall not have executed the same. b‘?g;g;,€gfW§)g;¤;,§€Y Sec. 518. Powna or Arroaxnr BY MARRIED womu~:.——VV_hen the 'power of attorney mentioned in section five hundred and fifteen is executed by a married woman, the same shall be effectual and sufhcient if there is such an acknowledgment of the same as would be sufficient,