§ 8-9. Copies of grants certified by clerk of Secretary of State validated.
§8‑9. Copies of grants certified by clerk of Secretary of Statevalidated.
All copies of grantsheretofore issued from the office of the Secretary of State, duly certifiedunder the great seal of the State, and to which the name of the Secretary hasbeen written or affixed by the clerk of the said Secretary of State, are herebyratified and approved and declared to be good and valid copies of the originalgrants and admissible in evidence in all courts of this State when dulyregistered in the counties in which the land lies; all such copies heretoforeregistered in said counties are hereby declared to be lawful and regular in allrespects as if the same had been signed by the Secretary of State in person andduly registered. (1901, c. 613; Rev., s. 1597; C.S., s. 1754.)