1198 EELEASES AND RECEIPTS. [ART. 79.

of the corporation. If acknowledged before a notary public, there
shall be his certificate of the fact under his notarial seal. If ac-
knowledged 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 acknowledg-
ment 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, certi-
fying to the fact that the person before whom such acknowledg-
ment was made was at the time a justice of the peace. If ac-
knowledged before an alderman, there shall be a certificate from
the mayor under the seal of the corporation, or from a notary pub-
lic 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.

T. G. L., (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 sec-
tions may be executed in virtue of a power of attorney for that
purpose; provided, 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 re-
quired to be by the preceding section; and any female over
eighteen years of age may execute such power of attorney.

Greenwood v. Greenwood, 28 Md. 370.

Ibid. sec. 5. 1831, ch. 305, sec. 7.

5. Such power of attorney shall be recorded in the office of
the register 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.