ART. 79.] RELEASES AND RECEIPTS. 551

Court of the county in which he is register, that he was regis-
ter at the time of such acknowledgment; but if the acknow-
ledgment is made before a Justice of the Peace, Judge of the
Orphans' Court, or Register of Wills of the county in which
the release or receipt is to be recorded, or before a Judge of
the Judicial Circuit in which said county is situated, no such
certificate shall be necessary.

3. Such releases may be acknowledged out of this State before
the mayor of a corporation, notary public, judge of any court
of record, justice of the peace, alderman, consul-general, consul
or vice-consul of the United States residing in a foreign coun-
try. If acknowledged before the mayor of a corporation, there
shall be a certificate of the fact under the seal of the corpora-
tion. If acknowledged before a notary public, there shall be
his certificate of the fact under his notarial seal. If acknow-
ledged before a judge of a court, there shall be a certificate
from the clerk of the court of which he is judge, under the seal
of the court, certifying to the facts that at the time such ac-
knowledgment was made he was a judge of such court, and that
such court is a court of record. If acknowledged before a justice
of the peace, there shall be a certificate, under seal, from the
Governor, Chief Magistrate, or clerk of a court of such State or
county, certifying to the fact that the person before whom such
acknowledgment was made, was at the time a justice of the
peace. If acknowledged before an alderman, there shall be a
certificate from the mayor under the seal of the corporation, or
from a notary public under his notarial seal, that he was an
alderman at the time of such acknowledgment. If acknow-
ledged before a consul-general, consul or vice-consul, there shall
be a certificate of the fact under his seal.

4. Any release or receipt mentioned in the two preceding sec-
tions, may be executed in virtue of a power of attorney for that
purpose; Provided, such power of attorney, if executed within
this State, shall be acknowledged and certified, as if it were
a release; and if executed out of the State, shall be acknow-
ledged and certified in the same manner as releases or receipts
are required to be by the last preceding section; and any
female over eighteen years of age may execute such power of
attorney.

5. Such power of attorney shall be recorded in the office of the
Register of Wills in the county in which the administration was