1831.

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAP. 305

before a consul general, consul or vice-consul of the Unit-

ed States, residing in a foreign country, shall be good and

sufficient evidence in any court of this state to prove the

due execution or acknowledgement of any such receipt ac-

quittance, release or final discharge, and the same may be

recorded in the office aforesaid; Provided however. That if

such receipt, acquittance, release or final discharge be ac-

knowledged, before a mayor of a corporation, there shall

be his certificate of the fact under the seal of such corpo-

ration, or if it be acknowledged before a notary public,

there shall be his certificate of the fact under 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, certi-

fying to the facts, that at the time such acknowledgement

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 person before whom such acknowledgement 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 acknowledgement was made, was at the time

thereof an alderman, or if it be acknowledged 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.

Such acts of Fe-

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That all and every such pow-

males of 18 years
made valid.,

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

said, which may be executed by a female, of the age of

eighteen years, and acknowledged according to the provi-

sions 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.

At effectual as if
before the orphans
court.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That any receipt, acquittance,
release or final discharge, acknowledged according to the

provisions of this act, by any female of the age of eigh-

teen years shall be good and valid to all intents and purpo-

ses, and shall have the same effect and operation in law, in

every respect as if the same was executed and acknowl-

edged before any orphans' court in this state, any law to

the contrary notwithstanding.