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On proof of loss, &c. of certificate, a new one may be given.
Saving of rights of persons entitled under former certificate.
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25. If any land certificate or certificate of charge be lost or destroyed, the officer may, upon the fiat of the judge, who shall be satisfied of the fact of such loss or destruction, and shall direct such public advertisement for the recovery of the same as he may consider expedient, give a new certificate, and shall state thereon that it is given in substitution for the former certificate; and the same fees shall be chargeable for the new as for the former certificate; but no such new certificate shall be of any avail against any person who may have already derived title under the former certificate.
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