§ 5. Letters patent, form and contents; to be recorded in the office
of the secretary of state. All letters patent shall be in such form as
the commissioner of general services directs. All letters patent
granting unappropriated state lands, as defined by this chapter, shall
contain an exception and reservation of all gold and silver mines. All
letters patent shall be recorded in a book or books to be kept for that
purpose in the office of the department of state, and the record thereof
in any such book or a copy of any letters patent duly certified by the
secretary of state to be a copy of such record thereof, whether
heretofore or hereafter recorded, shall be received in evidence in any
court in this state with the same force and effect as the original of
such letters patent.