LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1831.

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said court, certifying to the fact of his being a justice of the
peace, in and for such county, at the time such acknowledg-
ment was made.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That all and every such powers of
attorney as aforesaid, for any of the purposes aforesaid, which
may be acknowledged any where out of this state before the
mayor of a corporation, notary public, judge of any court of re-
cord, justice of the peace or alderman, or before a consul-gene-
ral, consul or vice-consul of the United States residing in a
foreign country, shall be good and sufficient evidence in any
court of this state, to prove the due execution or acknowledg-
ment of any such poxver of attorney, and the same may be re-
corded in the office aforesaid ; Provided however, that before
any such power of attorney shall be so received in evidence or
recorded, if it be acknowledged before the mayor of a corpora-

Acknow-
ledgments
of such
taken out of
the state.

tion, there shall be his certificate of the fact under the seal of
such corporation, or if it be acknowledged before a notary pub-
lic, there shall be his certificate of the fact under his notarial
seal, or if it be acknowledged before a judge of a court, there
shall also be a certificate from the clerk of the court of which
he is a judge, under the seal of such court, certifying to the facts
that at the time such acknowledgment was made, the person
before whom it was made was a judge of such court, and that
such court was a court of record, or if be acknowledged before
a justice of the peace, then that there shall be a certificate, under
seal from the governor, chief magistrate, or clerk of a court of
such state or country, as the case may be, certifying to the fact,
that the person before whom such acknowledgment was made,
was at the time thereof, a justice of the peace, or if it be acknow-
ledged before an alderman, that there shall be a certificate from
the mayor of the corporation, under the seal of such corporation,
or from a notary public, under his notarial seal, certifying to the
fact, that the person before whom such acknowledgment was
made, was at the time thereof, an alderman, or if it be acknow-
ledged before a consul-general, consul or vice-consul as afore-
said, there shall also be a certificate of the fact, under the seal
of such consul-general, consul or vice-consul, as the case
may be.

Forms had
certificates
required.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any receipt, acquittance,
release, or final discharge from any heir, representative, distri-
butee, or legatee, authorized to execute the same, or from any
other person authorized to execute the same to any guardian,
executor or administrator, which shall have been acknowledged
in this state, before the mayor of a corporation, notary public,
register of wills, judge or justice of an orphans court, or judge
of a county court, or any justice of the peace in this state, shall
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Acquit-
tances, re-
ceipts and
final dis-
charges
from heirs,
legatees,
&c. made
evidence.