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under his seal of office concerning all matters done by him in
virtue of his office.

1888, art. 68, sec. 5. 1860, art. 67, sec. 5. 1801, ch. 86, sec. 5.

5. Each notary shall keep a fair register of all protests
and other official acts by him done in virtue of his office and
shall, when required, 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.

Ibid. sec. 6. 1860, art. 67, sec. 6. 1801, ch. 86, sec. 6.

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.

Ibid. sec. 7. 1860, art. 67, sec. 7. 1801, ch. 86, sec. 7.

7. Every notary shall provide a public notarial seal with
which he shall authenticate his acts, instruments and attesta-
tations, 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.

Ibid. sec. 8. 1860, art. 67, sec. 8. 1801, ch. 86, sec. 10.

8. A notary may perform such special acts proper to be
done by a notary public which he may be required to perform
in any other county of the State than that for which he may
be appointed.

Ibid. 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 Balti-
more, 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