THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 753

Parish or District in which the acknowledgment is taken.
The signature to such authenticating certificate may be a
facsimile printed, stamped, photographed or engraved
thereon when the certificate bears the seal of the authen-
ticating officer.

18. (Acknowledgments Under Laws of Other States. )
Notwithstanding any provision in this sub-title contained,
the acknowledgment of any instrument without this State
in compliance with the manner and form prescribed by
the laws of the place of its execution, if in a State, a Terri-
tory or insular possession of the United States, or in the
District of Columbia, [or in the Philippine Islands, ] veri-
fied by the official seal of the officer before whom it is
acknowledged, [and authenticated in the manner provided
by Section 17, Sub-section (b), hereof, ] shall have the same
effect as an acknowledgment in the manner and form pre-
scribed by the laws of this State for instruments executed
within the State.

18A. (Acknowledgments by Persons Serving in or with
the Armed Forces of the United States and their respective
spouses Within or Without the United States. ) In addition
to the acknowledgment of instruments in the manner and
form and as otherwise authorized by this sub-title, any
person serving in or with the armed forces of the United
States and their respective spouses may acknowledge the
same wherever located before any commissioned officer in
active service of the armed forces of the United States
with the rank of Second Lieutenant or higher in the Army
or Marine Corps, or Ensign or higher in the Navy or United
States Coast Guard. The instrument shall not be rendered
invalid by the failure to state therein the place of execution
or acknowledgment. No authentication of the officers' cer-
tificate of acknowledgment shall be required but the officer
taking the acknowledgment shall indorse thereon or attach
thereto a certificate substantially in the following form:

On this the................ day of................, 19......... before me,

......................... the undersigned officer, personally appeared

......................... known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be

serving in or with the armed forces of the United States
or the spouse of such person and to be the person whose
name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowl-
edged that................ he.................... executed the same for

the purposes therein contained. And the undersigned
does further certify that he is at the date of this certificate
a commissioned officer of the rank stated below and is in