1778 RECORDING. [ART. 79

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.

1888, art. 79, sec. 6. 1860, art. 79, see. 6. 1831, ch. 305, sec. 7.

6. Any release, receipt or power of attorney authorized to
be recorded in the preceding sections shall remain and be
retained and preserved in the office of the register of wills and
shall not be delivered to any person.

Ibid. sec. 7. 1860, art 79, sec. 7. 1816, ch. 134, sec. 1. 1682, ch. 15.

7. All receipts, releases and final discharges from persons
residing in this State authorized to execute the same to any
trustee appointed by any court of equity, by deed or by will,
(and' any female over the age of eighteen years is hereby
authorized to execute the same for the proceeds of the sale of
real estate or leasehold property,) acknowledged before any
officer .authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds of real
estate may be recorded, and the clerk of the court by which
said trustee was appointed or in which the deed was recorded
or trust executed, or the register of wills in whose office the will
was recorded shall record the same in a well-bound book to be
kept for that purpose.

Ibid. sec. 8. 1860, art. 19, sec. 8. 1816, ch. 134, sec. 2. 1882, ch. 15.

8. Any receipt, release or final discharge from any person
authorized to execute the same to any trustee as mentioned in
the preceding section (and any female over the age of eighteen
years is hereby authorized to execute the same to any trustee
for the proceeds of the sale of real estate or leasehold prop-
erty), acknowledged by any non-resident of this State before
any officer authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds of real
estate, and certified as required for deeds of real estate, may
be received and recorded by such clerk or register.

Ibid sec 9. 1860, art. 79, sec. 9. 1816, ch. 134, sec. 3. 1882, ch. 15.

9. A copy of such receipt, release or final discharge
acknowledged and recorded as directed in either of the pre-
ceding sections, duly attested under the seal of the office in
which the same is recorded, shall be admitted as evidence to
prove such receipt, release or final discharge.