| 1801.
CHAP. 86.
Passed Dec. 31. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. LXXXVI.
An Act respecting Public Notaries in this State. Lib.
JG. No. 4,
fol. 170. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS the establishment of public notaries has
been found
useful in all commercial countries, and it is proper by law to regulate
their fees in current money of the United States; |
Governor and
council to appoint
additional number
of notaries.
Provisos. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
after the thirty-first day of December instant, the governor and
council shall appoint and commission, in addition to the notaries
public already appointed and commissioned in this state, a competent
number of persons of know good character, integrity and
abilities, as notaries public for the state of Maryland, to reside
within such place or places within this state as the governor and
council shall, in and by their respective commissions, direct; Provided
always, that there shall not be at any time more than four
notaries appointed and commissioned to reside within the city and
county of Baltimore; And provided also, that no person shall be
commissioned as a notary who is not a citizen of the United States,
and shall not have resided within this state two years previous to
his appointment. |
Notaries may administer
oaths. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the notaries public
now or hereafter
to be appointed and commissioned under the authority of this
state, and every of them, shall have the power of administering
oaths and affirmations according to law, in all matters belonging
or incident to the exercise of their notarial office. |
Receive acknowledgment
of instruments
of writing. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said notaries,
and every of
them, shall have the power to receive the proof or acknowledgment
of all instruments of writing relating to commerce or navigation,
and such other writings as have been usually proved and acknowledged
before notaries public, and also to make protests and declarations,
and testify the truth thereof under their seals of office, concerning
all matters by them done in virtue of their respective offices. |
And keep fair records
of their proceedings. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That every of
the said notaries shall
keep fair registers of all protests, and other official acts by them
done in virtue of their office, and shall, when thereto required, give
a certified copy of any record in his office unto any person or persons
applying for the same, such person or persons paying the customary
fees therefor. |
In case of notary's
death, &c. his papers
to be lodged
with clerk of
county. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in case of the
death, resignation,
disqualification or removal from office, of any of the said notaries,
his or their |
Notary to provide
a seal to authenticate
his acts. |
7. AND BE IT ENACTED, That every notary shall
provide a public
notarial seal, with which he shall authenticate his acts, instruments
and attestations, on which seal shall be engraved such device
as said notary may think proper, and for legend shall have the
name, surname and office, of the notary using the same, and the
place of his residence. |
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