APPENDIX.

491

89. The certificate of acknowledgment shall con-
tain,

1. The name of the person making the acknowledg-
ment.

2. The official style of the officer taking the ac-
knowledgment.

3. The time when it was taken.

4. A statement, that the grantor acknowledged the
deed to be his act, or made an acknowledgment to the
like effect.

What certifi-
cate must
contain.

90. A married woman may acknowledge a deed in
the same manner as any other grantor, and without
any additional act or ceremony whatever.

Married wo-
man.

91. Certificates of acknowledgment of a deed may
be in the following forms, or to the like effect, but it
shall not be erroneous or irregular to depart from the
letter of such forms, so long us the substance is ex-
pressed.

Certificate of acknowledgment taken within this
State.

State of Maryland. }
County to wit. }

Form of cer-
tificates.

92. I hereby certify, that on this day
of , in the year , before the
subscriber, [here insert style of the officer taking the ac-
knowledgment] personally appeared [here insert name
of person making the acknowledgment] and acknowl-
edged the aforegoing deed to be his act

Certificate of the acknowledgment of a married wo-
man to a deed conveying her real estate.

State of Maryland. }
County to wit. }

Form.

93. I hereby certify, that on this day of
, in the year , before the
subscriber [here insert style of officer taking the ac-
knowledgment] personally appeared [here insert name
of husband] and [here insert name of married woman
making the acknowledgment] his wife, and did each
acknowledge the foregoing deed to be their respective
act.

Form.