An act relating to the recording and registering of conveyances, or other Instruments in writing executed out of this state, and within the United States.

Be it enacted, that all deeds, mortgages, conveyances, powers of attorney[,] or other instruments in writing, of, or concerning any lands, or real estate within this State, which have, or may hereafter be made and executed without ^out^ this State and within the United States, and which may hereafter be acknowledged or proved, in conformity with the laws and usage of the state, Territory[,] or District, in which, any of such conveyances or Instruments have been, or shall hereafter be made and executed, shall be recorded or registered in the respective counties in this state, in which, the lands, tenements, or hereditaments, affected by any such conveyances or Instruments ^may be situate, and all conveyances or instruments^ thus acknowledged or proved, are hereby declared effectual and valid in law, to all intents and purposes as though the same acknowledgements had been taken, or proof of execution made within this State, and in pursuance of the laws thereof. Provided that the clerk of any Court of record within such state, Territory[,] or District, shall under his hand and the seal of such Court, certify that such Instrument is acknowledged or proved, in conformity with the laws of the State, Territory[,] or District, in which it is so acknowledged or proved, and all deeds, mortgages, conveyances, powers of attorney, or other Instruments in writing, of or concerning any lands or real estate within this State, which have been heretofore recorded in the respective Counties in which the lands or real estate described in or affected by such deeds, mortgages, conveyances; powers of attorney[,] or other instruments, in writing is situate, are hereby enacted and declared to be good and effectual, as notices to subsequent purchasers or mortgagees.