230 COMMISSIONERS OP DEEDS. [ART. 18.

or county in which he shall reside, well and faithfully to execute
and perform all the duties of such commissioner under and by
virtue of the kws of this State, and shall also procure an official
seal, a distinct impression of which, taken upon wax or some other
substance capable of receiving and retaining a clear impression,
together with his signature in his own proper handwriting thereto
attached, shall, with the oath of office aforesaid, be transmitted to
and filed in the office of the secretary of State.

P. G. L , (1860,) art. 21, sec. 4. 1837, ch. 97, sec. 2.

4. Every commissioner so appointed and qualified shall have:
authority to administer an oath to any person desirous to make--
such oath before him, and such oath shall be as good and effectual
as if made before a justice of the peace in this State.

Ibid. sec. 5. 1837, ch. 97, sec. 1.

5. Any acknowledgement made or proof taken before any such
commissioner in the manner directed by the laws of this State,
and certified to under his seal, and endorsed on or annexed to the
deed or instrument of writing, shall have the same effect as if the
same had been made or taken before a judge of a court of record
of another State.

Ibid. sec. 6. 1852, ch. 106, secs. 4-5.

6. The secretary of State, immediately upon the receipt of the
evidence of qualification of any such commissioner, shall make a
short entry of the same upon the record of appointments or civil
list; and a certificate of the governor, under the great seal of the
State, to the appointment and qualification of any such commis-
sioner, as appearing from the said record of appointments or civil;
list, shall be sufficient evidence of the appointment and qualifica-
tion of such commissioner.

Ibid. sec. 7. 1856, ch. 151, sec. 1.

7. The governor may also, by and with the advice and consent;
of the senate, appoint one or more commissioners in any foreign
country, who shall continue in office during the pleasure of the
governor, and shall have authority to take the acknowledgment,
and proof of the execution of any deed or other conveyance or