Where, prior to the second day of March, 1895, the probate of a deed or other instrument, executed by husband and wife, has been? taken as to the husband and the wife by different officers having the? power to take probates of deeds, whether both officers reside in this? State or one in this State and the other in another state, or foreign? country, the said probate, in the cases mentioned, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, and all deeds and other instruments required to be registered, and which have been ordered to registration by the proper officer in this State, and upon such probate or probates, and have been registered, shall be taken and considered as duly registered, and the word “probate,” as used in this section, shall include privy examination of the wife. (1895, c. 120; Rev., s. 1018; 1907, c. 34, s. 1; C.S., s. 3350.)