All deeds of conveyance and mortgages for and upon property
in Worcester County which may have been recorded without any certificate
of the clerk of any of the courts of this state accompanying the acknowledgment
thereof, in cases in which such certificates are necessary and proper,
certifying to the official character of the Justice of the Peace taking
the same and all deeds of conveyance and mortgages of property in
said county which have been recorded in said county without the seal
of the notary public before whom the acknowledgment was taken having
been first attached when the grantor resided in another state, and
the acknowledgment was made in that state, are declared to be valid
to all intents and purposes as if such defect and omission did not
exist, provided that the execution and acknowledgment of such deeds
and mortgages in all other respects conformed to the laws of this
state in such cases made and provided, saving, nevertheless, the rights
of bona fide purchasers and encumbrancers without notice, and excepting
also such as were in suit in courts of law or equity on May 31, 1882.