ART. 79] ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 1777

1888, art. 79, sec. 3. 1860, art. 79, sec. 3. 1809, ch. 168, sec. 3.
1831, ch. 305, sec. 4.

3. Such releases may be acknowledged out of this State
before the mayor of a municipal corporation, notary public,
judge of any court of record, justice of the peace, alderman,
consul-general, consul or vice-consul of the United States
residing in a foreign country. If acknowledged before the
mayor of a municipal corporation, there shall be a certificate
that he is mayor under the seal of the corporation. If
acknowledged before a notary public, there shall be his certifi-
cate of the fact under his notarial seal. If acknowledged 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 acknowledgment
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,
certifying to the fact that the person before whom such acknowl-
edgment was made was at the time a justice of the peace. If
acknowledged before an alderman, there shall be a certificate
from the mayor under the seal of the corporation, or from a
notary public 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 certifi-
cate of the fact that he is such officer under his seal.

Ibid. sec. 4. 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
sections 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 required 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. 1860, art. 79, 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