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Show KeeordinK Lumt (lnhas. We received the following oi no time since, but it was accidentia mislaid: mis-laid: i At.riNi:, Sept. 1st; -"l7-.:.J Wit.;- JLntUh Is there any law in this Territory, or any county of this Territory, which binds a person to have a land claim recorded in six months alter obtaining obtain-ing a deed for the land? and failing to comply with that law dues a person forfeit his title? . - Ujtry. Wc know of no law which binds a man to have a deed recorded within any specified time, but a title to real estate is mver complete until the deed ic recorded in the county recorder's record-er's office, in which the property is situated. .- Section of "an act concerning transfer of land claims and other property," pro-perty," approved Jan. is, IS35, reads as follows.; . To be valid, a transfer niu-t bo wit-ius.-cd b- two or more competent persons, per-sons, be acknowledged before some nerson authorized to take acknowledgments: acknow-ledgments: be nvnrde.';:arid the record, page and honk bo certified thereon by' the rceonlcrin the county wiu-re iiic property is located. . l s , |