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 506 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 786. 1900. acknowledging the satisfaction of the mortga e, in the presence of the commissioner or a deputy, who shall subscribe the same as a witness, and such entry shall have the same effect as a deed of rélease duly Dmmge upon cer aclgnowgegsgedxaind recprded. 1 b Y h d th d . ‘ ngageg E0. . n mor c ma a so e c 1sc ar e u on e recor umm cfmthereof by the ¥:ommi§;%ner ill whose custody gt shall be whenever there shall be presented to him a certificate executed by the mortgagee, his personal representatives or assigns, acknowledged or proved and certiied as hereinbeforc prescribe to entitle conveyances to be recorded, specifying that such mortgage has been paid or other- Ceémcm of mm wige satggiedlior ischa]1;ged.tlH t _ d th f k I d t ‘ Ec. . ver suc certificate an e roo or ac now e en mee to be recordm thereof shall be rdhorded at full length, andg. reference shall beg$ade to the book and page containing suc record in the minute of the disgliargcfof such mortgage made by the commissioner upon the record . ereo. mP°§g;§a£;;’°£‘g*§§ Sec. 105. If any mortgagee, or his personal representative or gage. assiglnee, as the case may be, after full performance of the condition of the mortgage, whether before or after_a breach thereof, shall, for the space of ten days after being thereto requested in writing; and after tender of his reasonable charges, refuse or neglect to disc arge the same as rovided in this chapter, or to execute and acknowledge a certificate o¥ discharge or release thereof, he shall be liable to the mortgagor, his heirs or assigns, in the sum of one hundred dollars damages, and also for all actual damages occasioned by such neglect or refusal, to be recovered in an action. mI;,°°g§{m$;fct¤;]‘{;L’;*g>é Sec. 106. Every letter of attorney or other instrument containing rocomca. a power to convey lands as agent or attorney for the owner of suc lands, and every executory contract for the sale or purchase of lands when acknowledged or proved in the manner prescribed in this title for the acknowledgment or proof of conveyances, may be recorded in the commissioner’s office of any precinct in which the lands to which such power or contract relates may be situated; a11d when so acknowledged or roved and the record thereof when recorded, or the transcript of $110% record duly certified, ma ·be read in evidence in any court in the district without further proofy of the same. cO{¤&§d¤¤g¤(§g¤r€gQ)kgg· Sec. 107. No letter of attorney, or other instrument so recorded, 'shall be deemed to be revoked by any act of the plarty by whom it was executed unless the instrument containing suc revocation be also recorded in the same office in which the instrument containing the power was recorded. mgdisgé h€¤‘¢*¤f¤*€ Sec. 108. All conveyances of real property heretofore made and ’acknowledged or proved in accordance wit the laws of the district in force at the time of such making and acknowledgment of proof shall have the same force as evidence and be recorded- in the same manner and with like effect as conveyances executed and acknowledged in pursuance of the provisions of this chapter. P¤¤¢¤¥¤· .¤‘>¢*€€S· Sec. 109. Patents from the United States for lands within the disetc., aiiecting lands. . . . . . . may be recorded. trict, not1ees of pending actions affecting t1tle to real estate, judgments of courts in the district requiring the execution of a conveyance of real estate within the district, and approved lists of lands granted to the district or to corporations in the 1strict, and conveyances executed by any officer of the district by authority of law of lands within said district, shall be entitled to be recorded in the office of the commissioner of the precinct in which the lands lie in like manner and with ' lilgeézifect as conveyances of land duly acknowledged, proved, or certi e. su§;j§g;‘{}_°f mh *¤· Sec. 110. The record of any such patent, notice of pending action, judgment, approved lists, or deeds duly recorded. or a transcript thereof duly certified by the commissioner in whose omce the same may have