1780 RELEASES AND RECEIPTS. [ART. 79

1904, art. 79, sec. 2. 1888, art. 79, sec. 2. 1860, art. 79, sec. 2. 1809, ch. 168,
sec. 1. 1831, ch. 305, sec. 1.

2. The releases and receipts mentioned in the preceding section may
be acknowledged in this State before a justice of the peace; and if
acknowldged before a justice of the peace of any other county or city
than that in which it is to be recorded, there shall be a certificate of the
clerk of the circuit court for the county, or of the superior court of Bal-
timore city, under the seal of the court, that the person before whom the
acknowledgment was taken was at the time of the acknowledgment a
justice of the peace; or before the mayor of a municipal corporation;
and if so, the fact of his being mayor shall be certified under the seal of
the corporation; or before a notary; and if so, the fact of his being a
notary shall be certified under his notarial seal; or before a judge of
the orphans' court; and if before a judge of the orphans' court of
any other county than that in which it is to be recorded, there
shall be a certificate of the register of wills of his county, under
the seal of his office, that at the time of the acknowledgment he
was a judge of the orphans' court; or before a judge of the circuit court;
and if before a judge of any other judicial circuit than that in which
the county in which it is to be recorded is situated, there shall be a cer-
tificate from the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which it is
acknowledged that he was a judge of the circuit court for that county at
the time of the acknowledgment; or before a register of wills; and if
before a register of wills of any other county than that in which it is to
be recorded, there shall be a certificate of the chief judge of the orphans'
court of the county in which he is register that he was register at the
time of such acknowledgment; but if the acknowledgment 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.

Cited but not construed in McClellan v. Kennedy, 3 Md. Ch. 252.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1888. art. 79. sec. 3. 1860, art. 79, sec. 3. 1809, ch. 168.
sec. 3. 1831, ch. 305, sec. 4.

3. Such releases may be acknowledged out of this State before the
mayor of a municipal 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 country. If acknowl-
edged before the mayor of a municipal corporation, there shall be a cer-
tificate that he is mayor under the seal of the corporation. If acknowl-
edged before a notary public, there shall be his certificate of the fact
under his notarial seal. If acknowledged 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 acknowledgment 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