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1st. A notary public.

2d. A judge of any court of the United States.

3d. A judge of any court of any State or territory hav-
ing a seal.

4th. A commissioner of this State to take acknowledg-
ments of deeds.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 24, sec. 5. 1856, ch. 154, sec. 86. 1882, ch. 68.

5. If acknowledged without the "United States the acknowledg
ment may be made before:

1st. Any minister, consul general, consul, deputy consul,
vice consul, consular agent, or consular officer of the United
States.

2d. Any notary public.

3d. A commissioner of this State to take acknowledgments
of deeds.

Ibid. sec. 6. 1856, ch. 154, sec. 87.

6. Every officer, before whom any acknowledgment shall be
made, shall give a certificate thereof and endorse on or annex to
the deed such certificate, and the certificate shall be recorded
with the deed.

Lewis' Lessee v. Waters, 3 H. & McH. 432. Beall v. Lynn, 6 H. & J. 355.
Sitler v. McComas, 66 Md. 139.

Ibid. sec. 7. 1856, ch. 154, sec. 88.

7. To every certificate of acknowledgment, taken without this
State, before the judge of any court having a seal, the seal of
each court shall be affixed.

Ibid. sec. 8. 1856, ch. 154, sec. 89.

8. The certificate of acknowledgment shall contain:

1st The name of the person making the acknowledgment.
2d. The official style of the officer taking the acknowledg-
ment.

3d. The time when it was taken.

4th. A statement that the grantor acknowledged the deed
to be his act, or made an acknowledgment to the like effect.
Kelly v. Rosenstock, 45 Md. 389. Frostburg Mut. Bldg. Ass'n v. Brace, 61.
Md. 510.