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 rirrrsavnxrn conennss. sm. 1. cn. 1329. 1902. 531 Amend section 492 by striking out at the end thereof the words byC,’,j‘{fi°“ °* "““*°” “and acknowledged in the manner herein provided " and inserting in vm. si, p. 1267. lieu thereof the words "or b will." Amend section 493 by striking out in the first line thereof the words ${*3}**;} ‘g*'g’;g$· " such acknowledgment " and inserting in lieu thereof the words'` " acknowledgments of deeds." f Etrike out the whole of section 494 and insert in lieu thereof the o owin : " S1·:c.g494. Rnmnsn or 1>owr·:n.—If the wife of the party executing §¤1¤¤¤<¤ g{<¤<>w¤;éd said deed, being not less than eighteen years of age, shall desire to ingmu bm ` release her dower in the roperty conveyed, she may do so either b °1·’“·"·’““"· joining in the same deedp or by a separate deed, wherever executed`; . sigine, sealed, and acknowledged by her in the same manner as provided in the preceding section, and er acknowledgment shall be certified in like manner! • · Amend section 495 so that it will read as follows: "Sec. 495. Acnownmncmmr om- or DISTRICT.—Wh€H any deed cu-gg1;¤Iew1¤,¤¤¤¤¤¢ · or contract under seal is to be acknowledged out of the District of ummm. Columbia, but within the United States, the acknowledgment may be v°l‘ 31* p" I2'"' made before any judge of a court of record and of law, or any chancellor · of a State, an judge or justice of the Supreme., circuit, or Territorial courts of the {lnited States, any justice o the peace or notary public: Provided, That the certificate of acknowledgment aforesaid, made by zglfgduun W any officer of the State or Territory not having a seal, shall be accom- name. g panied by the certificate of the register, clerk, or other public officer that the officer taking said acknowledgment was in fact the officer he professed to be." _ Amend section 496 so that it will read as follows: " Sec. 496; Deeds made in a foreign country may be acknowledged coggggs in *°*°*¤¤ before any jud e or notary public, or before any secretary of legation moamcimon. · or consular oérer, or acting consular oizlicer of the United States, XY§_;1gcYg%_m_ as such consular officer is described in section sixteen hundred and seventyglfour of the Revised Statutes of the United States; and when the ac owledgment is made before any other officer than a secretary of legation or consular omcer or acting consular officer of the United States, the official character of the person taking the acknowledgment shall be certified in the manner prescribed in the last recedin section." Amend section 497 by striking out in the third line tliereof the ·uQg;P,§{{;“°¤ °°°°¤· word "chief" and inserting in lieu thereof the word “other.” V0l.81,.p.1268. Amend section 499 so that it will read as follows: · "Sec. 499. Wm1N nmzns ro rum nrracr.—Any deed conveying ,“§{_*j°_;’g,,';°e*,*;,*¤ ¤¤¤<=* real property in the District, or interest therein, or declaring or l1mit— vox. a1, p. ues. ing any use or trust thereof, executed and acknowledged and certified as aforesaid and delivered to the person in whose favor the same is executed, shall be held to take effect from the date of the delivery thereof, ` except that as to creditors and subseauent bona fide purchasers and -‘*¤¢=¤P¤¤¤· mortgagees without notice of said dee, and_ others interested in said property, it shall only take effect from the time of ll}S delivery to the recorder of deeds for record." Amend section 501 so that it will read as follows: “ Sec. 501. Bonus Am) coN·mAo·rs.———Any title bond or other written b0—},f,;¤g;l°°¢¤¤¤*°* contract in relation to land may be acknowledged, certified, and V0l.31.l’·1268. recorded in the same manner and with like effect as to notice as deeds for the conveyance of land." Amend section 503 by striking out in the third line thereof the {§f’§£‘,ff’j‘,Qg§'°°· words " of the grantor.” · Amend section 505 so that it will read as follows: “Sec. 505. When, in any deed, the word ‘c0venant’ is used, such xgbgllg word shall have the same effect as if the covenant was expressed to be'