ART. 79] ACKNOWLEDGMENT——POWER OF ATTORNEY. 1781

fact that the person before whom such acknowledgment was made was
at the time a justice of the peace. If acknowledged before an alderman,
there shall be a certificate from the mayor under the seal of the corpora-
tion, or from a notary public under his notarial seal that he was an
alderman at the time of such acknowledgment. If acknowledged before
a consul-general, consul or vice-consul, there shall be a certificate of the
fact that he is such officer under his seal.

1904, art. 79, sec. 4. 1888, art. 79, sec. 4. 1860, art. 79, sec. 4. 1825, ch. 160,
secs. 1, 2. 1831, ch. 305, secs. 1, 2.

4. Any release or receipt mentioned in the two preceding sections
may be executed in virtue of a power of attorney for that purpose; pro-
vided, such power of attorney, if executed within this State, shall be
acknowledged and certified as if it were a release, and if executed out
of the State, shall be acknowledged and certified in the same manner as
releases or receipts are required to be by the preceding section; and any
female over eighteen years of age may execute such power of attorney.
Cited but not construed in Greenwood v. Greenwood, 28 Md. 385.
See art. 10, sec. 28, et seq.

Ibid. sec. 5. 1888, art. 79, sec. 5. 1860, art. 79, sec. 5.
1831, ch. 305, sec. 7.

5. Such power of attorney shall be recorded in the office of the reg-
ister of wills of the county in which the administration was granted, or
in which the guardian was appointed or gave bond, and any release or
receipt executed and acknowledged in virtue of such power before the
register of wills, or a justice of the peace of the county where the power
of attorney is required to be recorded, may be recorded with such
power of attorney, and a copy, under seal, of such release or receipt and
power of attorney shall be evidence thereof.

Ibid. sec. 6. 1888, art. 79, sec, 6. 1860, art 79, sec. 6.
1831, ch. 305, sec. 7.

6. Any release, receipt or power of attorney authorized to be
recorded in the preceding sections shall remain and be retained and pre-
served in the office of the register of wills and shall not be delivered to
any person.

Ibid. sec. 7. 1888, art. 79, sec. 7. 1860, art. 79, sec. 7. 1816, ch. 134, sec. 1.

1882, ch. 15.

7. All receipts, releases and final discharges from persons residing
in this State authorized to execute the same to any trustee appointed by
any court of equity, by deed or by will, (and any female over the age of
eighteen years is hereby authorized to execute the same for the proceeds
of the sale of real estate or leasehold property,) acknowledged before
any officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds of real estate
may be recorded, and the clerk of the court by which said trustee was
appointed or in which the deed was recorded or trust executed, or the