In all cases where heretofore any county judge, register of deeds, United States commissioner, or United States court commissioner has taken acknowledgment of deeds or other conveyances of real estate in their respective counties, that the same be and are hereby legalized and made valid and binding; and such action shall have the same force and effect as if taken before some officer heretofore empowered by the statute to take acknowledgments.
R.L.1910, § 1182.