1831,

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 305.

pointed or gave bond, that there be also a certificate of the

clerk of the county court, of the county in which such jus-

tice of the peace resides, under the seal of the said court,

certifying to the fact of his being a justice of the peace, in

and for such county at the time such acknowledgement was

made.

Acknowledgments

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That all and every such pow-

of such taken out
of the state

ers of attorney as aforesaid, for any of the purposes afore-

said, which may be acknowledged any where out of this

state before the mayor of a corporation, notary public,

judge of any couit of record, justice of the peace or alder-

man, or before a consul general, 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 acknowledgment of any such

power of attorney, and the same may be recorded in the

office aforesaid; Provided however, That before any such

power of attorney shall be so received in evidence or re-

corded, if it be acknowledged before the mayor of a cor-

Forms and certifi-
cates required

poration, there shall be his certificate of the fact under the

seal of such corporation, or if it be acknowledged before

a notary public, there shall be his certificate of the fact un-

der 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 beiore a

justice of the peace, then that there shall bev a certificate,

under seal from the governor, chief magistrate, or clerk of

a court of such state or country, as the case may be, cer-

tifying to the fact, that the person before whom such ac-

knowledgment 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 cor-

poration, under the seal of such corporation, or from a no-

tary 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 ac-

cknowledged before a consul general, consul or vice consul

as aforesaid, 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.

Acquittances, re-

ceipts, and final

discharges from
heirs, legatees, &c
made evidence,

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That any receipt, acquittance,
release, or final discharge from any heir, representative,
distributee, or legatee, authorised to execute the same, or