Exemplification of decree may be recorded.

Indexing of wills, etc.

county in this state, and any such will, the proof
of which shall be contested in that court and carried
up by appeal or otherwise and the validity of
which shall be finally established, may, with the
certificate of proof annexed thereto, be recorded in
the office of the register of deeds of the county
or counties where said real estate lies, in the same
manner and with like effect as in case of deeds.

SEC. 19. That section 23 of chapter 73 of the
Compiled Statutes of Nebraska be amended so as to
read as follows:

SEC. 23. Any exemplification of any decree or judgment in partition on final decree in chancery effecting real estate may in like manner be recorded in the office of the register of deeds in any county in which real estate described therein may be situated, such record or exemplification thereof shall be received in evidence and shall be as effective in all cases as the original exemplification would be if produced, and shall be open to the same objection.

SEC. 20. That section 24 of chapter 73 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska be amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 24. On recording any such will, exemplification, or decree, the register of deeds shall index the same in the indices of deeds, and as near as may be as deeds are indexed, placing the name of the devisor, petitioner, or plaintiff with the grantors, and the devisee or defendant with the grantees.

SEC. 21. That section 26 of chapter 73 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska be amended so as to read as follows:

mortgage, how

SEC. 26. Any mortgage that has been or may Release of hereafter be recorded may be discharged by an en- made. try on the margin of the record thereof, signed by the mortgagee or his legal personal representative or assignee acknowledging the satisfaction of the mortgage, in the presence of the register of deeds or his deputy, who shall subscribe the same as a witness, and such entry shall have the same effect as a deed of release duly acknowledged and recorded.

SEC. 22. That section 27 of chapter 73 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska be amended so as to read as follows:

Release by

mortgagee

SEC. 27. Any mortgage shall also be discharged certificate of upon the record thereof by the register of deeds in whose custody it shall be, whenever there shall be presented to him a certificate executed by the mortgagee, his legal personal representative or assignee, acknowledged or proved and certified as herein before prescribed, to entitle conveyances to be recorded specifying that such mortgage has been paid or otherwise satisfied and discharged.

SEC. 23. That section 28 of chapter 73 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska be amended so as to read as follows:

tificate, how

SEC. 28. Every such certificate and the proof Record of cer or the acknowledgment thereof shall be indexed in made. the order of mortgages and recorded at full length, and in the record of discharge, the register of deeds shall make a reference to the book and page where the mortgage is recorded.

SEC. 24. That section 32 of chapter 73 of the

Recording of letters patent.

shall be conclu

Compiled Statutes of Nebraska be amended so as
to read as follows:

SEC. 32. The register of deeds shall mark upon
the deed or instrument, after recording the same,
the book and page in which the same is recorded.

SEC. 25. That section 40 of chapter 73 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska be amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 40. All certificates of the register and receiver of any United States land office, of the entry or purchase of any tract of land, and all letters patent of land from the United States, of land lying in this state, shall be recorded in the county in which the land lies, and where any patent as above contains descriptions of land lying in more than one county, or otherwise it shall be lawful to record in any county the whole of the descriptions of land situated therein, without recording all descriptions contained in said patent:

Provided, That such record shall include all the granting or conveying, part or language, of said Certified copies patent and the records of such certificates and sive evidence. patents and all copies thereof, so recorded, duly certified by the register of deeds shall be prima facie evidence of the existence of such certificates and patents and conclusive evidence of the existence of such record.

Power of attorney.

SEC. 26. That section 47 of chapter 73 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska be amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 47. The preceding section shall not be construed to extend to a letter of attorney or other

corded.

instrument containing a power to convey lands as agent or attorney for the owner of such lands; but every such letter or instrument and every executory contract for the sale or purchase of lands, when proved or acknowledged in the manner prescribed in this chapter, may be recorded in the May be reoffice of the register of deeds of any county in which the real estate to which such power or contract relates may be situated; and when so proved or acknowledged, and the record thereof, when recorded, or the transcript of such record, may be read in evidence in the same manner and with the like effect as a conveyance recorded in such county.

SEC. 27. That section 47a of chapter 73 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska be amended so as to read as follows:

of authenti

eated copy.

How made.

SEC. 47a. That a duly authenticated copy of Force and effect the record of any power recorded in this state shall be entitled to record, and shall operate to all intents and purposes, having the same force and effect, as the record of the original instrument. Such copy shall be deemed duly authenticated only when there shall be attached thereto a certificate of the register of deeds under his hand and official seal, setting forth that the same is a true copy of the original record in his office, the date of the filing of the original instrument, and the volume and page where the same is recorded;

Revocation

Provided, That it shall be unlawful for any reg-hall be noted. ister of deeds in this state to give a certified copy of any power of attorney which has been revoked,

and the revocation thereof filed in his office, with

Mechanics' lien, how made.

out also stating the fact of such revocation in his certificate; and any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.

SEC. 28. That section 2 of subdivision 1 of chapter 54 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska be amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 2. Any person or sub-contractor who shall perform any labor for, or furnish any material or machinery or fixtures for any of the purposes mentioned in the first section of this act, to the contractor or any sub-contractor who shall desire to secure a lien upon any of the structures mentioned in said section, may file a sworn statement of the amount due him or them from such contractor or sub-contractor for such labor or material, machinery, or fixture, together with a description of the land upon which the same was done or used, within sixty days from the performing of such labor or furnishing such material, machinery, or fixtures, with the register of deeds of the county wherein said land is situated, and if the contractor does not pay such person or sub-contractor for the same, such sub-contractor or person shall have a lien for the amount due for such labor or material, machinery, and fixtures on such lot or lots and the improvements thereon, from the same time and in the same manner as such original contractor, and the risk of all payments made to the original contractor shall be upon the owner until the expiration of the sixty days hereinbefore specified. And no owner shall be liable to any action by the con