In all cases where, prior to May 16th, 1913, any Justice of the Peace has taken acknowledgments of deeds or other conveyances of real estate affecting and relating to real estate located in a county or counties other than the county in which such Justice of the Peace resided, such acknowledgments are hereby legalized and made binding, and such acknowledgments shall have the same force and effect as if taken before some Justice of the Peace, a resident of the county in which the land sought to be deeded or conveyed was situated.
Laws 1923, c. 153, p. 253, § 1.