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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

II. A Judge of any Court of the United States.
III. A Judge of any Court of any State or Terri-
tory having a seal.

Without the
U. States.

86. If acknowledged without the United States,
the acknowledgement may be made before:
I. Any Minister or Consul of the United States.
II. Any notary public.

Certificate.

87. Every officer, before whom any acknowledge-
ment shall be made, shall give a certificate thereof
and endorse on or annex to the deed such certifi-
cate, and the certificate shall be recorded with the
deed.

Seal of court.

88. To every certificate of acknowledgement, ta-
ken without this State before the Judge of any
Court having a seal, the seal of such Court shall be
affixed.

What certifi-
cate must con-
tain.

89. The certificate of acknowledgement shall con-
tain:
I. The name of the person making the acknow-
ledgement.
II. The official style of the officer taking the ac-
knowledgement.
III. The time when it was taken.
IV. A statement that the grantor acknowledged the
deed to be his act, or made an acknowledgement to
the like effect.

Married wo-
men.

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

Forms of cer-
tificate.

91. Certificates of acknowledgement of a deed
for land, 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 as the
substance is expressed :

Certificate of acknowledgement, taken within this
State.

State of Maryland, }
County to wit: }
92. I hereby certify, that on this day
of , in the year , before the
subscriber, (here insert style of the officer taking the
acknowledgement,) personally appeared, (here insert
the name of person making the acknowledgement,)
and acknowledged the foregoing deed to be his act.