Chapter CLI. *to define the Fees of Recorder of Deeds and to provide for the Appointment of Warden of the Jail in the District of Columbia, and for other Purposes*
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CHAP. CLI.— An Act *to define the Fees of Recorder of Deeds and to provide for the Appointment of Warden of the Jail in the District of Columbia, and for other Purposes*. March 3, 1869. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Register of deeds of the District of Columbia to be called recorder, &c.Legal fees of recorder.Filing, recording, &c. or copy. That from and after the passage of this act the style of the “register of deeds of the District of Columbia” shall be “recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia.
” Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the legal fees for the services of said recorder of deeds shall be as follows, viz: The filing, recording, and indexing, or for making certified copy of any instrument containing two hundred words or less, fifty cents, and fifteen 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-five cents.Certificate and seal. For searching records extending back two years or less next, precedingSearching records. current date, twenty-five 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.Recording plats. For filing and indexing any paper required by law to be filed in hisFiling and indexing papers. office, fifteen cents. For each examination of title by the party or his attorney, fifty cents.Examination of title by party, &c. For taking any acknowledgement, fifty cents.Acknowledgment. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That all deeds of conveyance, leases,Deeds, leases, &c. recorded, &c. by William powers of attorney, and other written instruments required by law to be filed and recorded, and all copies of instruments and records and certifi-342FORTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 151, 152. 1869.G. Flood, since, &c. declared legally recorded, &c.cates authorized by law, filed, recorded, made, and certified by William G. Flood, as acting register of deeds for said District since the death of Edward C. Eddie, late register, up to the date of the appointment and qualification of his successor shall be, and are hereby, declared to be legally performed, the same as if the said William G. Flood had been legally appointed and qualified as register of deeds.
And the said Flood entitled to fees.William G. Flood is hereby declared to be entitled to all the legal fees and emoluments of said office for his said services which have been hitherto allowed the register of deeds, and which accrued during said period. Sec. 4. Warden of jail of the District of Columbia, appointment, removal, &c. of.*And be it further enacted*, That from and after the passage of this act the supreme court of the District of Columbia shall have authority to appoint a suitable person to act as warden of the jail of said District, and to remove said officer whenever in the opinion of said court the public interests may require it, and to fill all vacancies which may occur.
Sec. 5. Warden to appoint subordinate officers, &c. subject to approval, &c.*And be it further enacted*, That the warden of said jail shall have authority to appoint such subordinate officers, guards, and employe[e]s as are necessary for the proper management and safe-keeping of prisoners, which now are or may hereafter be authorized by law, subject to the approval of the chief justice of said court. Sec. 6. Repealing clause.*And be it further enacted*, That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
Approved, March 3, 1869.