LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1831.

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be acknowledged before a notary public, there shall be his cer-
tificate of the fact under his notarial seal, or if it be acknow-
ledged 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 it 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
county, as the case may be, certifying to the fact, that the per-
son before whom such acknowledgment was made, was at the
time thereof a justice of the peace, or if it be acknowledged
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.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all and every such power
of attorney as aforesaid, for any of the purposes aforesaid, which
may be executed by a female, of the age of eighteen years, and
acknowledged according to the provisions of this act, shall be as
good and valid to all intents and purposes, and shall have the
same effect and operation in law, in every respect, as if such
female was of the full age of twenty-one years.

Such acts
of females
of 18 years
made valid.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That any receipt, acquittance, re-
lease or final discharge, acknowledged according to the provi-
sions of this act, by any female of the age of eighteen years
shall be good and valid to all intents and purposes, and shall
have the same effect and operation in law, in every respect, as
if the same was executed and acknowledged before any or-
phans court in this state, any law to the contrary notwith-
standing.

As effectual
as if before
the orphans
court.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That any power of attorney, re-
ceipt, acquittance, release, or final discharge, executed or ac-
knowledged according to the provisions of this act, may be
recorded in the office of the register of wills of the county in
which the guardian was appointed or gave bond, or in which
the executor or administrator obtained letters testamentary, or of

Such instru-
ments shal
be recorded

administration ; and that a copy of any such power of attorney,
receipt, acquittance, release, or final discharge acknowledged
and recorded as aforesaid, duly attested under the seal of the
office in which the same is recorded, shall, at all times hereaf

Copy inad

evidence.