1268 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. SEss. Il. C11. 854. 1901. ng§,‘{,‘;{‘§]"g§,§,l§,’;",‘;f]*‘“ Sec. 496._ Deeds made in a foreign country may be acknowledged R-S-.¤ec·1674.p.293- before any ]udge or notary public, or before any secretary of legation or vice-consul-general of the United States, or consular officer of the United States as such consular officer is described in section sixteen hundred and seventy-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States; and when the acknowledgment is made before any other officer than a secretary of legation or 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 preceding section. uglolooo of oo*Po*o· Sec. 497. DEEDS or CORPORATIONS.—-Th€ deed of a corporation shall " be executed by having the seal of the corporation attached and being sgned with the name of the corporation, by its president or chief o cer, and shall be acknowledged as the deed of the corporation by an attorney a pointed for that purpose, by a power of attorney embodied in the deedp or by one separate therefrom, under the corporate seal, to be annexed to and recorded with the deed. Bggfggyloomooooy Sec. 498. AcKNowLE1>eMENr BY A·r·ronNEY.——No deeds of convey- ' ance of either real or personal estate by individuals shall be executed or aeknowled ed by attorney. gflgyo oooostooko Sec. 499. \§HEN DEEDS TO TAKE EFFECT.-·AHy' deed conveying real ` property in the District, or interest therein, or declaring or limiting 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 and pass the title in the property conveyed to said person from the date of the acknowledgment, provided the same be recorded within three months from said date, except that as to creditors and subsequent bona fide purchasers and mortgagees without notice of said deed, and others interested in said property, it shall only take effect from the time of its delivery to the ` recorder of deeds to be recorded. SEo. 500. When two or more deeds of the same property are made to bona fide purchasers for value without notice, the deed or deeds which are first recorded according to law shall be preferred. ‘ Bonds and cou- SEc. 501. Bonus AND ooNrn.Aors.—Any title bond orother written mm` contract in relation to land may be acknowledged, certiiied, and recorded in the samemanner as deeds for the conveyance of land, and the record thereof shall be notice to all creditors and subsequent purchasers of the existence of such bond or contract. Inrerprevzmi. SEc. 502. INrER1>RErAr1oN.—No words of inheritance shall be necessary in a deed or will to create a fee simple estate; but every convey- ance or devise of real estate shall be construed and held to pass a fee simple estate or other entire estate of the grantor or testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by express terms or be necessarily { iméilied thergip. d ‘_ 7, h h ‘ b d H ’ Coooimotioo o Ec. 503. ewor ‘grant, the rase ‘ argain an se , ’ or an w°m’ pbfml cm other words pmporting to transfer the whole estate shall be construed to pass the who e estate and interest of the grantor in the property `A ‘ described, unless there be limitations or reservations showing a different intent. Sec. 504. In any deed or will of real or personal estate in the District of Columbia, hereafter executed, the words "die without issue," or the words ‘€die without leaving issue," or the words "have no issue," or other words which may import either a want or failure of issue of any person in his lifetime, or at the time of his death, or an
indefinite failure of· his issue, shall be construed to mean a want or
failure of issue in the lifetime or at the time of the death of such person, and not an_indefinite failure of his issue, unless a contrary intention shall ap ear in the instrument. Sec. 505. QVhen, in a deed conveyin real estate, the words "the said - - - - covenants" are used, such words shall have the same eifect as if the covenant was expressed to be by the covenantor, for
