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NOTARIES PUBLIC.
1539
ARTICLE LXVIII
NOTARIES PUBLIC
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1. Appointment; qualifications; num-
ber.
2. Bond of notary. Number of nota-
ries in each county.
3. Power to administer oaths.
4. To take acknowledgment of instru-
ments and make protests.
5. To keep a register; give copies ;
fees.
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6. Deposit of papers in case of vaca-
tion of office.
7. Seal.
8. Acts in counties other than that of
their appointment.
9. Stamp on protests.
10. Women notaries public.
11. Official acts by women, valid.
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1904. art. 68, sec. 1. 1888, art. 68. sec. 1. 1860, art. 67, sec. 1. 1801, ch. 86, sec. 2.
1872, ch. 191. 1880, ch. 21. 1886, ch. 14. 1902, ch. 321.
1904. chs. 15, 227.
1. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate,
shall appoint and commigsion a competent number of persons of known
good character, integrity and abilities, citizens of the United States
and who have resided in this State two years previous to their appoint-
ment, as notaries public for the State of Maryland, to reside in such
place or places within this State as the governor shall in and by their
respective commissions designate; this section as to the number of
notaries public not to apply to Baltimore city as to which special local
law exists.
Ibid. sec. 2. 1888, art. 68, sec. 2. 1860, art. 07, sec. 2. 1845, ch. 133.
1894, ch. 412.
2. Each notary public shall, within thirty days from the time of
his appointment, give the bond prescribed in section 24 of article 36
of the annotated code of public civil laws; and each county of the State
shall be entitled, on application, to at least two notaries public, to be
appointed as aforesaid by the governor; and in case of an appointment,
on application, during the recess of the legislature, the governor shall
submit said appointment to the senate for confirmation or rejection, as
in case of appointments to fill vacancies during the recess of the legis-
lature.
See art. 36, sec. 24.
Ibid. sec. 3. 1888, art 68, sec. 3. 1860, art. 67, sec. 3. 1801, ch. 86, sec. 3.
1832, ch. 286.
3. Each notary public shall have the power of administering oaths
according to law in all matter belonging or incident to the exercise of
his notarial office and in all matters and cases of a civil nature in which
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