Chap. 365.—An ACT to authorize recitals in deeds of conveyance executed
prior to April, 1865, that the deed from the patentee of the land conveyed
to or from his vendees was admitted to record in the general court at
Richmond, Virginia, or Frankfort, Kentucky, and authenticated copies of
such original deeds to be received as prima facie evidence of the execu-
tion of the said deed in suits and actions where the title to the land pur-
ported to be conveyed is involved.

Approved March 22, 1910.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That in any
action at law or suit in equity, wherein the title to real estate is involved,
it shall appear from the evidence that any deed from the patentee of the
land in controversy, or to or from his vendees, cannot be found upon the
records of the county or counties in which said land is situated, and if it
shall appear that there are deeds in the chain of title of the land in con-
troversy, duly executed and recorded prior to April, eighteen hundred and
sixty-five, in the county or counties where the said land, or some part
thereof, is situated, reciting the recordation of such deed or deeds from
the patentee, or to or from his vendees, in the general court at Richmond,
Virginia, or Frankfort, Kentucky, then the recitals in such deed or deeds
or authenticated certified copies of such original deeds shall be received
as prima facie evidence of the execution and recordation of the original
deed or deeds referred to in said recital, and unless rebutted by satisfac-
tory proof such recitals shall have all the effect of the original deed or
deeds.