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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 16 STAT. · March 25, 1870 · Chapter XXXI

Chapter XXXI. *relating to Acknowledgments of Deeds or other Instruments of Writing in the District of Columbia*

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CHAP. XXXI.— An Act *relating to Acknowledgments of Deeds or other Instruments of Writing in the District of Columbia*. March 25, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That from and after the passage of this act the acknowledgment of any deed, contract, bond, or power ofAcknowledgments of deeds, &c. of land in attorney, concerning lands in the District of Columbia, hereafter made78FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 31, 32, 33. 1870. the District of Columbia, how may hereafter be made.before one justice of the peace only, either in said District or any State or Territory of the United States, shall be held and deemed as valid and effectual for all purposes, as though such acknowledgment had been made before two or more justices of the peace. Approved, March 25, 1870.
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