Mr. DAVIS. I move to strike out on pages 117 and 118, beginning at line 2699, the followmg: That it shall not be lawful to record any instrument. document or paperrequired by law to be stamped. unless a stamp or stamps of the properamount shall have beenaffixed and canceled in the manner required by law; and the recordof any such instrument upon which the properstampor stamps aforesaid shal not have been aflixed and cunce led as aforesaid, shall be utterly void, and shall not be usedin evidence and to insert in lieu thereof the following: l thing. But when he begins by providing that It shall be unlawful. from and after the passageof these cases shall all be covere by construc this act, to record any instrument document deed mortgage or other paper required or authorized by law to be recorded.unlesssuch stamp or stamps as shall be required thereon by law shall be affixed thereto and duly canceled; and the record of any such instrument or the record of any instrument licrctoloro recorded.upon which the properstamp or stamps aforesaidshall not have beenufiigtedandean celed as required bylaw shall be invalid and of no effect except as constructive notice of the interest acquired by the purchaser, grantee or mortgagee of any real estate interest under any contract. deed or mortgage which may have been recorded Without being properly stamped. as provided by law; and neithertheoriginal instrument nor the recordthereof shall be use djn evidence for any other purpose until i f the originaI instrument or a certified copythereof shall be lost shall have been duly stamped.so as to entitle it to he recorded under the provisions of this uct or the act hereby amended; and when the original instrument or a.certified cop thereof, as aforesaid shall have been duly stampe. so as to entitle the sameto be recorded, shall be presentedto the clerk. register or other officer having charge of the original record. it shall be the duty of such officer. upon the payment of the fee legally chargeable for the recording thereof. at the option of the party presenting such instrument. to make a new record thereofor to note upontheoriginal record the fact thatthe error or omissionin thestampingof said orikinul instrument hasbeenduly correctedpur suant tolaw: and after such recordor entr the original instrument or such certifiedeopy or the record thereof may be usedin all.courts and places in the same manner and with like effoetas if the instru ment had been legall entitled to record when 1st recorded: Provided, hat no right acquiredin good faith before the properstamping of such instrument or eogy and thp recprding or entry aforesaid shall be a ectedor inipaired by such correction of the stamping aforesai. I offer that amendment for the purpose of correcting what I believe would operate unustly in many cases unless the correction shall e made. There are many cases in which conveyances have been made and recorded which have not been properly stamped according to law. It has been one in good faith and Without intent to defraud the government.