Pennsylvania Act 1877-23 — COMMISSIONERS IN CHANCERY IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES AUTHORIZED TO ACKNOWLEDGE DEEDS

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COMMISSIONERS IN CHANCERY IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES AUTHORIZED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
                                  DEEDS
                  Act of Mar. 23, 1877, P.L. 29, No. 23               Cl. 68
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing commissioners in chancery in foreign countries to
        take acknowledgments of deeds and letters of attorney, and to
        confirm acknowledgments heretofore made.

        Section 1.  Acknowledgments taken before commissioners in
     chancery in foreign countries
        In all cases of the sale, conveyance, mortgage or other
     instrument of writing, heretofore made or which may be hereafter
     made by any person, or husband and wife, concerning any lands,
     tenements or hereditaments, or any estate or interest therein,
     lying or being within this Commonwealth, and heretofore
     acknowledged or proved, or hereafter acknowledged or proved,
     before any commissioner in chancery in any foreign country,
     according to the forms now or hereafter required by the laws of
     this State relative to such acknowledgment or probate, duly
     certified under the seal of office of such commissioner in
     chancery, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, and be in
     like manner entitled to be recorded, as if the same had been
     duly acknowledged or proven according to the existing laws of
     this Commonwealth: Provided, That no case heretofore decided
     judicially shall be affected by this act.  1877, March 23, P.L.
     29, Sec. 1.