2224 ARTICLE 68.

An. Code, sec. 8. 1904, sec. 8. 1888, sec. 8. 1801, ch. 86, sec. 10. 1906, ch. 398.

8. A notary may exercise all functions of the office of notary in any
other county or city than the county or city for which he may be appointed,
with the same power and effect in all respects as if the same were exercised
in the county or city for which he may be appointed.

An. Code, sec. 9. 1904, sec. 9. 1888, sec. 9. 1862, ch. 108.

9. It shall not be lawful for any notary public to sign and issue any
protest not previously stamped with the stamp of the comptroller, and any
notary public who shall violate this provision shall, for every such offense,
be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars, to be recovered by indictment in
the circuit court for the county or in the criminal court of Baltimore, as
the case may be, one-half for the use of the State and one-half for the
informer, but in no action or other proceedings in law or equity shall any
protests be rejected as evidence, if otherwise admissible, on account of
the absence of the stamp of the comptroller therefrom.

An. Code, sec. 10. 1904, sec. 10. 1902, ch. 112, sec. 12. 1904, ch. 15. 1906, ch. 98.

10. Fifteen women, in all other respects qualified, and no more, shall
be eligible as notaries public in the city of Baltimore, and five women, in
other respects qualified, and no more, shall be eligible as a notary public
in each of the counties of the State; provided, that the provisions of this
section shall not apply to Washington county.

An..Code, sec. 11. 1904, sec. 11. 1902, ch. 96

11. All official acts heretofore done by women notaries public are
hereby declared valid if any such act should have been done or performed
by a man notary public appointed under the laws of this State.

1920, ch. 649.

12. It shall be lawful for any notary public who is a stockholder,
director, officer or employee of a bank or other corporation to take the
acknowledgment of any party to any written instrument executed to or by
such corporation, or to administer an oath to any other stockholder, direc-
tor, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or to protest for non-
acceptance or non-payment bills of exchange, drafts, checks, notes and
other negotiable instruments which may be owned or held for collection
of such corporation; Provided, it shall be unlawful for any notary public
to take the acknowledgment of an instrument by or to a bank or other
corporation of which he is a stockholder, director, officer, or employee,
where such notary is a party to such instrument, either individually or as
a representative of such corporation, or to protest any negotiable instru-
ment owned or held for collection by such corporation, where such notary
is individually a party to such instrument.