200 COMMISSIONERS TO TAKE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DEEDS. [ART. 21.

Id s 6 1801, c 86. s 6 In case of death register to be deposited with clerk of court	quired, give a certified copy of any record in his office to any person applying for the same, the said person paying the usual fees therefor. 6. In case of the death, resignation, disqualification, or removal from office of a notary, his register and other public papers shall be deposited in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court for the county in which he may reside, or if he reside in the city of Baltimore, in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of said city, within sixty days after such death, disqualification, resignation, or removal.
Id s 7 1801, c 86, s 7 Seal	7. Every notary shall provide a public notarial seal, with which he shall authenticate his acts, instruments, and attestations, on which seal shall be engraved such device as he may think proper, and for legend shall have the name, surname, and office of the notary, and the place of his residence.
Id s 8 1801, c 86, s 10 Special acts.	8. A notary may perform such special acts proper to be done by a notary public to which he may be required in any other county of the State than that for which he may he appointed
1862 c 108 Issuing unstamped protests	9. It shall not be lawful for any notary public to sign and issue any protest not previously stamped with the stamp of the comp- troller; and any notary public who shall violate this provision shall,
Penalty	for every such offence, 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 maybe, one-half for the use of the State and one-half for the informer; but in no action or other proceeding in law or equity shall any protests be rejected
Evidence.	as evidence, if otherwise admissible, on account of the absence of the stamp of the comptroller therefrom.

ARTICLE XXI.
COMMISSIONERS TO TAKE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DEEDS, ETC.

1 Governor to appoint commissioners, their authority 2 Tenure of office 3 Oath official seal 4 Authority to administer oaths 5 Effect of acknowledgment or proof taken before commissioners

6 Secretary of state to certify to qualifica tions 7 Governor may appoint commissioners in any foreign country 8 Oath 9 Commissioners to pay tax

Art 21, s 1 1837, c 97, s 1, 1852, c 106, s 1 Governor to appoint	1. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall biennially appoint and commission one or more com- missioners in each State, District or Territory, of the United States,
Authority of commissioners	who shall have authority to take the acknowledgment and proof of the execution of any deed or other conveyance or lease of any lands, tenements or hereditaments tying in this State, or any con- tract, letter of attorney, or any other writing, under seal, to be used and recorded in this State.