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An Act concerning Conveyances. 1839 153 (1839)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstx0026 and id is 1 raw text is: 153 before the first of Jangary, 1842, ind the Secretary of Stat9 pub- hliu! this nita ninbeoi6f times 1Ill the journal 'o this Republic, Sv~c.' it.- B619t furthiirenat d ~ Tha il lws contiaryt the neaning and spirit of this act, aeii herebyrbIled. DAVID , KAUFMAN,' Seaker of the Ho e of Reresentativ , DAVID B URNET,' President of te ,enate. Approved 6th February, 1840. MIUABEAU B. LAMAR, AN ACT Concerning Uonveyances. Stc. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre. sentatives of the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That no estate of inheritance or freehold, or for a term of more than five years, in lands and tenements, shall be conveyed from one to another, unless the conveyance be declared by writing, sealed and delivered and any instrument to which the person -making the same shall nflix a scroll, by way of seal, shall be ad- jadged and holden to be of the same force and obligation as if it were actually sealed: rovided the person making the same shall, in the body of tie instrument, recognize sucl) scroll as having been alfixed by way of seal; nor shall such conveyance !)e good against a purchaser for valuable consideration not ing notice thereof; nor any creditor, unless the same writimt ._ acksowledged by the party or parties who shall have sealed ad delivered it, or proved by two witnesses to be his, her, or their act, before the County Court of the coutity in which the land conveyed, or some'part thereof, lioth or in the manner heroinif- ter directed, and be lodged with the dlerk of the County Court to be recorded. Src. 2. Be itkfrther enacted, That no covenant or agree. ment made in consideration of marriage shall be good against a purchaser for a valuable consideration- notghving notice thereof, or any creditor, unless the same covenant or agreement be ac- knowledged by the party to be bound thereby, or proved by two witnesses to be his, her, or their act; if lana be charged before the court of the bounty in which the land, or part thereof, lieth; or if personal 6state only be settled, or covenanted, or agreed to

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