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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 786. 1900. 507 been recorded, ma be read in evidence in an court in the district with like force andyeifect as the original thereofii - _ SEC- 111. All defective and informal acknowledgments of deeds, cdgf£zQggu§§?°Wl‘ powers of attorney, mortgages, or other instruments for the convey- ance of land, or any interest therein, heretofore made by any person or persons in good faith, whether the acknowledgments were taken by or before any clerk, deputy clerk, or judge of any court of record within the district. or any commissioner or notary public of the district, shall be, and the same are hereby legalized. Sec. 112. This chapter is not intended to mterfere with vested rights E‘°°¥’“°““· in lands or premises, arising by adverse title, acquired in good faith since the date of such defect1ve acknowledgments. d _. Sec. 113. All deeds to real property heretofore executed in the dis- a£ix}§°€um.if°°tiv° trict which shall have been signed by the rantors in due form shall be sufficient in law to convey the legal title to the p1'6I]1lSBS therein described from the grantors to the grantees without any other execution or acknowledgment whatever; and such deeds so executed shall be received in evidence in all courts in the district and be evidence of the title to the lands therein described against the g1‘8.I1tO1'S, their heirs and assigns. . Sec. 114. All judicial sales of real lproperty heretofore made in the ·l“‘“°i“1 ****1****- district on proceedings to satisfy va 1d judgments or decrees of any court, and the moneys bidden thereon paid to the officer making such sale, and such sale shall have been confirmed by an order of the proper court, such sale shall be valid and sufhcient inlaw to sustain a. deed based on such sale, and_ when no such deed has been executed shall entitle such purchaser to such deed; and such deed, when executed, shall be sufficient to convey all the title of the judgment debtor in the premises so sold to the purchaser at the sale; and all defects and irregularities in the issuance of execution or the manner of making or conducting such sale shall be disregarded._ Sec. 115. All sales heretofore made by executors and administrators cu{’§(§°;;;‘g§‘{y ejjggj of their decedents’ real p1‘OpB1`iZy in the district to purchasers for a tors and administravaluable consideration, which has been paid by such purchasers to t°”' such executors or administrators or their successors in good faith, and such sales shall not have been set aside by the court, but shall have . been confirmed or acquiesced in by such court, shall be sufficient to sustain an executor’s or administrator’s deed to such purchaser for such real roperty, and in case such deed shall not have been given shall entitle such purchaser to such deed; and such deed shall be suiiicient to convey to such purchaser all the title that such decedent had in the real property; and all irregularities in obtaining the order of · the court for such sale and all irregularities in making or conducting the same by such executor or administrator shall be disregarded. Sec. 116. When such deeds so executed shall have been recorded in dQ§§§°‘;*’,ce,°vj,b§e“%{§ the records of deeds in the proper precinct, such record, duly certified ¢vi<i¤¤¤•=· by the commissioner, shall be evidence in all courts, and have the same effect as the original.` _ Sec. 117. When any real estate has been heretofore or shall be 0})°§§f,*f.‘Q§§,¥§§§'“§§°. hereafter sold by any executor or administrator under or by virtue of ggggiggfg d°°'°° i¤ any license or order of any commissioner in the district, and the sale ` shall have been approved by the commissioner, and the purchaser shall have paid the purchase money for the same, and the sale shall have been made in good faith, in order to provide for payment of the claims against the estate, and the executor or administrator shall have failed or ne lected to make or execute any deed conveying such real estate to sucg purchaser, or if from mistake or omission in the deed or defect in its execution the same shall be inoperative, and the period of five years shall have elapsed after the making of such sale, then in such case all such sales shall be, and are hereby, confirmed and