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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1837. .

Authority.

and shall have authority to take the acknowledgments and

proof of the execution of any deed, mortgage, or other convey-

ance of any lands, tenements or heieditaments lying or being

in this state; any contract, letter of attorney, or any other writ-

ing, under seal, to be used or recorded in this state ; and such

acknowledgment or proof taken or made in the manner directed

by the laws of this state, and certified by any one of the said

commissioners before whom the same shall be taken or made,

Endorse-

under seal, which certificate shall be endorsed on or annexed

ment.

to said deed or instrument aforesaid, shall have the same force

Available.

and effect, and be as good and available in law for all purposes,

as if the same had been made or taken before some one of the

judges of the United States' courts, or of the courts of record of

the several states.

Administer

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every commissioner

oaths.

appointed by virtue of this act, shall have full power and autho-

rity to administer an oath or affirmation to any person who

shall be willing and desirous to make such oath or affirmation

before him, and such affidavit or affirmation made before such

commissioner, shall and is hereby declared to be as good and

effectual, to all intents and purposes, as if taken by any justice

of the peace in this state.

Oath of

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every commissioner

office.

appointed as aforesaid, before he shall proceed to perform any

duty under and by virtue of this law, shall take and subscribe

an oath or affirmation before a justice of the peace in the city

or county in which such commissioner shall reside, well and

faithfully to execute and perform all the duties of such commis-

sioner under and by virtue of the laws of this state, which oath

or affirmation shall be filed in the executive office of this state.

CHAPTER 116.

AN ACT directing that the Rules of the several Courts in this State, be

published lor the information of the People.

WHEREAS, courts have and exercise a discretionary power of

establishing and altering rules, which in their operation are as

binding as the acts of the legislature, and ought therefore to be

printed and published; therefore,

Annual

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland ,

publication.

That for the information of the citizens at large, it shall hence-

forth be the duty of every clerk of a county court, within two

weeks next after the final adjournment of said court at the

County

spring term in every year, to cause to be published at the state's

courts di-

expense, in each of the newspapers printed in his county, not

rected.

exceeding two in number, a perfect copy of all the rules by

said court established and then in force, and in case no news-

paper should be printed in such county, then said publication