The sheriff of said city shall present the deeds of all property that may be sold at judicial sales, whether for partition, or otherwise; and it shall be deemed a misdemeanor in office for the clerk, or prothonotary of any court, to admit such deeds to record until the same is properly registered; and the said sheriff is hereby authorized to demand and receive from the purchasers of such property, for said duty, the sum of twenty-five cents for each deed.
53 P.S. § 16958