a credible witness, to be a subscribing witness to the foregoing deed"), who, after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that A. B., whose name appears subscribed to said deed, is the real person who executed the same, and that he the said W. T. subscribed his name as a witness thereto, in the presence, and at the request of, the said A. B., which is sufficient evidence to me of the execution of said deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at- this day of A.D. [Seal.] (Signature and title of officer.) Waiving Homestead Exemption. *"Sec. 27. No deed or other instrument shall be construed as releasing or waiving the right of homestead, unless the same shall contain a clause expressly releasing or waiving such right. And in such case the certificate of acknowledgment shall contain a clause substantially as follows: including the release and waiver of the right of homestead,' or other words which shall expressly show that the partles executing the deed or other Instrument intended to release such right. And no release or waiver by the husband shall bind the wife unless she join In such release or waiver." R. S. 1877, Ch. 30, ? 27. INDIANA. To entitie any conveyance, mortgage, or instrument of writing to be recorded, it must be acknowledged by the grantor, or proved before any judge or clerk of a court of record, justice of the peace, auditor, recorder, notary public, or mayor of a city in this or any other State, or before any commissioner appointed in any other State by the governor of this State, or before any minister, chargé d'affaires, or consul of the United States in any foreign country. When any conveyance, mortgage, or other instrument required to be recorded, is acknowledged in any county in this State other than the one in which the same is required to be recorded, the acknowledgment must be certified by the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the officer resides, and attested by the seal of said court; but an acknowledgment before an officer having an official seal, if attested by such official seal, is sufficient without such certificate." A county surveyor is authorized to have a seal, and take and certify acknowledgments of mortgages and deeds for realty. Any acknowledgment of any conveyance in a foreign country, as above provided, requires no certificate other than the official seal of the officer taking said acknowledgment.1 To entitle to record in this State conveyances acknowledged out of this State and within the United States, the same must be certified by the clerk of any court of record of the country in which the officer receiving the acknowledgment resides, and attested by the seal of said court; but an acknowledgment before an officer having an official seal, attested by his official seal, is sufficient without such certificate.j All deeds may be proved according to the rules of the common law, before any officer authorized to take acknowledgments, and being so proved are entitled to record.k hand and affixed my official seal the day and year aforesaid. [Seal.] (Signature and title of officer.) Proof by Subscribing Witness. State of -, county of -, SS. Be it remembered, that on this- - day of A. D. —, before me, the undersigned (name ana title of officer), personally appeared W. T., the subscribing witness to the execution of the within deed, of lawful age, who being by me duly sworn upon his oath did depose and say that on the -day of A. D., he saw the within-named grantors, A. B. and W. B. his wife, sign, seal, and deliver the within deed, as their act and deed; that this deponent at the same time signed his name as a witness of the execution of said deed, at the request and in the presence of said grantors, which grantors were at the time over the age of twenty-one years, and of sound mind and memory, and laboring under no disability so far as deponent knows. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year aforesaid. [Scal.] (Signature and title of officer.) IOWA. Instruments affecting real estate executed within the State must be acknowledged before some court having a seal, or some judge, or clerk or deputy clerk thereof, or some J. P., or notary public, or a count auditor or his deputy. Instruments affecting real estate executed out of this State but within the United States must be acknowledged before some court of record, or officer holding the seal thereof, or before some commissioner of deeds appointed by the governor of this State, or before some notary public or justice of the peace; and when before a justice, a certificate under the official seal of the proper authority, of the official character of said justice and of his authority to take such acknowledg ments, and of the genuineness of his signature, shall accompany said certificate of acknowledgment. Such instruments, if executed without the United States, may be acknowledged or proven before any ambassador, minister, secretary of legation, consul, chargé d'affaires, consular agent, or any other officer of the United States in any foreign country, who is authorized to issue certificates under the seal of the United States. Such instruments may also be acknowledged or proven before any officer of a foreign country who is authorized by the laws thereof to certify to the acknowledgments of written documents; but the certificate of acknowledg. ment by a foreign officer must be authenticated by one of the above-named officers of the United States, whose official written statement that full faith and credit is due to the certificate of such foreign officer shall be deemed sufficient evidence of the qualification of said officer to take acknowledgments, and to certify thereto, and of the genuineness of his signature or seal, if he have any The certificate of acknowledgment must contain the title of the court or person before whom it was taken; that the person making the acknowledgment was per. sonally known to be the identical person whose name is affixed thereto: or that such identity was proved by at least one credible witness (naming him); and that such person acknledged the instrument to be his voluntary act and dee a If the grantor die, or his attendance cannot be procured, or he refuses to acknowledge it, proof of the due execution and delivery of the deed may be made by one competent person other than the vendee or other person to whom the instrument is executed, and the certificate of acknowledgment must contain the title of officer taking same, that it was satisfactorily proved that grantor was dead, or that his attendance could not be procured, or that he refused to acknowledge same, and the names of the witnesses by whom proof was made, that the instrument was executed by the person whose name is signed thereto." The execution of any deed, mortgage, or other instru ment in writing, executed by an attorney in fact, may be acknowledged by the attorney executing the same, and the certificate thereof must contain the title of officer taking acknowledgment, that the person signing same was personally known to be the identical person n-See General Statutes. signing same as attorney in fact for grantor, and that such person acknowledged the instrument to be the act and deed of grantor by him as his attorney thereunto appointed, voluntarily done and executed.n In every conveyance of real estate the joining of the wife with her husband is deemed suficient to pass ail her interest in the property, either as his wife or in her own right. Conveyances by corporations may be executed by any officer thereof, qualified thereto by charter or laws of the corporation, by giving his title as such officer, certifying that he is duly authorized to act, and by attaching the seal of the corporation." A married woman may convey her interest in real estate in the same manner as other persons. Acknowledgment-Husband and Wife. State of -, county of, ss. day of -, A. D. On this before me (title of the court or person before whom the acknowl edgment is taken) personally came A. B. and W. B. his wife, to me personally known to be the identical persons whose names are affixed to the above deed as grantors, and acknowledged the execution of the same to be their voluntary act and deed. Witness my hand and notarial (or official) seal the day and year above written. [Seal.] (Signature and title of officer.) - day of Proof by Subscribing Witness.° State of, county of —, ss. Be it remembered, that on this A. D.- -, before me title of court or officer before whom the acknowledgment is taken) personally appeared W. T., who being by me first duly sworn, did depose and say that A. B., the grantor in foregoing deed, was personally known to him, and that the said A. B. was dead (or state the reasons for his non-attendance), which is satisfactory proof to me that his attendance could not be procured to make this acknowledgment (or that having appeared he refused to acknowledge the instru ment; and the said W. T. further deposed and said that he saw A. B., the grantor therein, subscribe and deliver said deed (or that the said A. B. the grantor therein, acknowledged to him that he had subscribed, sealed, and executed said deed), for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, which is satisfactory proof to me that said instrument was executed by said A. B., whose name is thereunto subscribed as a party. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial (or other official seal of office) seal the day and year aforesaid. [Seal.] (Signature and title of officer.) KANSAS. All conveyances and other instruments affecting real estate, acknowledged within this State, must be acknowledged before some court having a seal, or some judge, justice, or clerk thereof, or some justice of the peace, notary public, county clerk, or register of deeds, or mayor or clerk of an incorporated city.P If acknowledged out of this State, it must be before some court of record, or clerk or officer holding the seal thereof, or before some commissioner to take the acknowledgments of deeds, appointed by the gov ernor of this State, or before some notary public or justice of the peace, or before any consul of the United States, resident in any foreign port or country. If taken before a justice of the peace, the acknowledgment must be accompanied by a certificate of his official character, under the hand of the clerk of some court of record, to which the seal of said court must be affixed.4 day of in General Form of Acknowledgment. State of, county, ss. Be it remembered, that on this A. D., before me, the undersigned, a and for (said county,) came , who is (or are) personally known to me to be the same person (or persons) who executed the (above, foregoing or within) instrument of writing, and such person n-See General Statutes. -Title XIII. ch. 6. p-G. 5. 1868, Ch. 22, 29. q-Id. 2 10. Acknowledgment-by Husband and Wife. The State of county, ss. Be it remembered, that on this - day of A. D., in before me, the undersigned, a — and for said county, came A. B. and W. B. his wife, who are each personally known to me to be the same persons who executed the (above, foregoing or within) instrument of writing, and such persons each duly acknowledged the ex ecution of the same. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, (and affixed my seal), this day of O. R. (Official title.) A. D. [Seal.] county, ss. day of Be it remembered, that on this A. D. -, before me, the undersigned, a in and for said county, came A. B., by A. A., his attorney in fact, who is personally known to me to be the same person who executed the (above, foregoing or within) instrument of writing for said A. B., and he duly acknowledged the execution of the same (by virtue of a power of attorney, duly executed by said grantor, bearing date the — day of and recorded in the office of the county, in the State of, in volume page, of -) for and as the act of said A. B. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand (and seal) this day of, A. D. [Seal.] O. R. (Official title.) Acknowledgment-to Confirm Deed Executed during Infancy. of , A. D. State of county, ss. Be it remembered, that on this — day of A. D., before me, the undersigned, a in and for said county, came I. I., who is personally known to me to be the same person who executed the (above, foregoing or within) instrument of writing, and such person duly acknowledged that said instrument was formerly executed by him when an infant under the age of twenty-one years; that he since arrived at full age; that he is desirous of confirming his former execution thereof, and duly acknowledged the execution of Executor. county, ss. day of in State of -——, ——— Be it remembered, that on this A. D., before me, the undersigned, a and for said county, came A. E. (executor of the last will and testament, or administrator of the estate and effects), of A. B., deceased, who is personally known to me to be the same person who executed the within instrument of writing, and such person duly acknowledged the execution of the same. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the day and year last above written. [Seal.] (Official title.) The within deed approved by me, this day A. D.-. P. J., Probate Judge. of [Seal.] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, the day and year Signature: (Official title.) Acknowledgment-Tax Deed. [Seal.] county, ss. State of Kansas, I hereby certify that, before me, a →→→ in and for said county, personally appeared the above-named C. C., clerk of said county, personally known to me to be the clerk of said county at the date of the execution of the above conveyance, and to be the identical person whose name is affixed to, and who executed the above conveyance, as clerk of said county, and who acknowledged the execution of the same to be his voluntary act and deed, as clerk of said county, for the purpose therein expressed. Witness my hand and seal this — day of A. D., before me (here insert name and title in full) duly commissioned in and for the county and State aforesaid, personally appeared W. T., by whose oath duly administered by me, it is proved to my satisfaction that A. B., the grantor named in and who executed the foregoing deed of conveyance, has died since executing the same (or that for some other cause his attendance could not be procured in order to make the acknowledgment, or that, having appeared, he refused to acknowledge the deed, as the case may be), and that said instrument of conveyance was so executed by the said A. B., whose name is thereunto subscribed by himself as a party in the presence of the said W. T. Witness my hand and official seal the day and year first above written. [Seal.] (Signature and title of officer.) This form of acknowledgment can only be used if the grantor die, or his attendance cannot be procured, or having appeared before the officer he refuses to acknowledge the deed. As no subscribing witnesses are required by the law in this State, the proof may be made by any person knowing the facts to be proven, except that in cases where a deed is witnessed in fact proof of the handwriting of the grantor and of the witnesses cannot be resorted to until it is shown that the subsoribing witnesses are dead, or cannot be had to prove the execu tion of the instrument. Such proof may be made before any court or officer authorized by the law of the State to take the acknowledgment of the grantor in person. They are also empowered by law to issue subpoenas for witnesses to prove the facts required by law to be es tablished, and to compel their attendance by attach ment. KENTUCKY. Deeds (mortgages, etc.) by persons other than married women may be admitted to record when sxecuted in this State. 1. On the acknowledgment before the proper clerk by the party making the deed. 2. Or by the proof of two subscribing witnesses, or by the proof of one subscribing witness who shall also prove the attestation of the other. 3. Or by proof of two witnesses that the subscribing witnesses are both dead, and also like proof of the signature of one of them and of the grantor. 4. Or by like proof that both the subscribing witnesses are out of the State, or that one is so absent and the other is dead, and also like proof of the signature of one of the witnesses and the grantor. 5. Or on the certificate of a clerk of a county court of this State that the same had been acknowledged or proved before him as required by this section. Deeds (mortgages, etc.) executed out of this State and within the United States by persons other than married women may be admitted to record when the same shall be certified, under his seal of office, by the clerk of a court or his deputy, or by a notary public, mayor of a city, or secretary of State, or commissioner to take the acknowledgment of deeds, or by a judge, under the seal of his court, to have been acknowledged or proved by him in the manner hereby required. Deeds (mortgages, etc.) executed out of the United States by persons other than married women may be admitted to record when the same shall be certified by any foreign minister or consul, or secretary of legation of the United States, or by the secretary of foreign affairs, certified under his seal of office, or the judge of a superior court of the nation where the deed shall be executed, to have been acknowledged or proved before him in the manner prescribed by law, Where a deed is proved by persons other than the subscribing witnesses, the officer shall state the name and residence of such persons in his certificate." The deed (mortgage, etc.) of a married woman, to be effectual, shall be acknowledged before some one of the officers named in the preceding sections and lodged in the proper office for record. Previous to such acknowledgment it shall be the duty of the officer to explain to her the contents and effect of the deed, separately and apart from her husband, and thereupon, if she freely and voluntarily acknowledge the same, and is willing for it to be recorded, the officer shall certify the same as follows: 1. Where the acknowledgment is taken by an officer of this State, he shall simply certify that it was acknowledged before him and when it was done, which shall be evidence that she had been examined separately and apart from her husband, and the contents explained to her, and that she had voluntarily acknowledged the instrument and consented that it should be recorded. 2. Where the acknowledg ment shall be taken by an officer residing out of this State, the same shall be acknowledged and certified to the effect following:" Acknowledgment-Married Woman out of this State. Commonwealth (or Kingdom) of -, county (or town, or city, or department, or parish) of -, sct. I, O. R. (here give his official title), do certify that this instrument of writing from A. B. and his wife W. B. (or from W. B., wife of A. B.) was this day produced to me by the parties, and the contents and effect of the instrument being explained to said W. B. by me, separately and apart from her husband, she thereupon declared that she did freely and voluntarily execute and deliver the same to be her act and deed, and consented that the same might be recorded. Given under my hand and seal of off.ce this day of [Seal.] O. R. are personally known to me to be the same whose names are so written as witnesses, and being solemnly sworn by me in due manner, did severally declare on their oaths, that the said A. B. did acknowledge this instrument to be his act and deed, that the signature thereto was made by him, that they know him to be the same person who is named as the grantor therein, and that they did subscribe said deed as witnesses by his request. Given under my hand and seal of office this day of Any conveyance or instrument may be acknowledged before a commissioner of Louisiana, whose certificate under seal will admit it to record there. This officer may also certify to the official character and functions of all public officers in the State for which he is appointed. An acknowledgment made in conformity with the laws of any other State is valid in this State. The official character of the person before whom the acknowledgment is made must, however, be properly verified.* When they are not executed or acknowledged before a commissioner of Louisiana, they must be authenticated as follows: 1st. By some judge of a court having a seal, to have been taken before him, specifying the time and place where taken, or that the officer before whom it was subscribed was the proper officer, and that his attestation is in due form. 2d. The genuineness of the signature of such judge, the existence of the court, and the fact that such judge is a member thereof, mus: be certified by a clerk of the court, under the seal thereof. 3d. The official character of the officer before whom it is subscribed may also be shown by the certificate of the governor, the secretary of state; the chancellor, or the keeper of the great seal of the State, or, 4th. It may be taken before any commissioner for Louisiana, duly appointed and commissioned by the governor, and the said commissioner may also certify the official capacity and acts of any judge, justice of the peace, or other public officer, holding a commission or acting under the authority of the State or Territory in which he resides, and for which he shall have been appointed. The acknowledgment of deeds should contain name and title of the officer before whom executed, with the statement that signatures were affixed in the presence of two male witnesses over fourteen years of age, and that the parties signing declared the same to be their act and deed. Such acknowledgments can now be received by any notary public of any of the States or Territories, or of the District of Columbia, without any other evidence of authority than the seal of office, which should in all instances be affixed. Conveyances, etc., by corporations are executed and acknowledged by the proper officer in the same form as individuals.* Wherever a married woman joins with her husband in any act affecting his real estate, it is the duty of the officer before whom the act is passed to examine her, apart from the presence of her husband, touching the freedom of her action, and to inform her fully of the nature of her rights upon the property of her husband, and it must appear upon the face of the act that this has been done. In other cases, no particular form of words is required. Acknowledgment—Husband and Wife. State of -, county of—, ss. Be it remembered, that on this day came before me, O. R. (name and title of officer), within and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and acting as such, A. B. and W. B. his wife, to me known personally (or proved such by two credible witnesses) to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing deed, and the said A. B. acknowledged that he had executed the said conveyance (or other instrument) for the consideration and purposes therein mentioned X-See General Statutes. and set forth, and the said W. B. being by me first made acquainted with the contents of said instrument, in an examination apart from her husband, and fully advised of the nature of her rights upon his property, acknowledged that she executed the same freely and without compulsion or undue influence of her said husband. Witness my hand and seal of office on this day of (Signature and title of officer.) MAINE. Deeds in order to be recorded must be acknowledged, if executed in this State, before a J. P., or notary public; but if executed out of this State, before any justice of the peace, magistrate, or notary public in any of the United States, or by a commissioner appointed in any other State by the governor of this State; in any foreign country, by any United States minister of consul, or notary public. A wife must join in a deed. of her husband to relinquish dower, or may do so by a separate instrument. If she joins with her husband, the acknowledgment of either is sufficient. If she executes a separate deed, she must acknowledge it. She need not be examined separate from her husband in order to acknowledge any deed. The husband must join with the wife in conveying her real estate, when it was deeded to her by him or his relatives, or paid for by his means, but not otherwise. The acknowledgment of any one grantor is sufficient, and the acknowledgment of the wife is the same as that of any other person. Acknowledgment—General Form. State of, county of, ss. On this - day of, A. D., personally appeared the above-named (grantors) and acknowledged the foregoing instrument by them signed, to be their free act and deed. Before me, J. P., Justice of the Peace. The magistrate need not certify that he personally knows the grantor. The deed of a corporation is acknowledged by the person authorized by the special vote or the general bylaws of the corporation, and in behalf of the corporation, to sign it; for example: -, county of, ss. day of On the A. D. -, at the request of C. D., the grantee in the foregoing deed, I caused A. B., the grantor, a resident of this county, to be legally summoned to appear before me on the- day of, A. D., to hear the testimony of and , subscribing witnesses to said deed, therein stating the date of said deed, the names of parties thereto, and of the subscribing witnesses; and on said day of, A. D. said witnesses appeared and testified, and said grantor was (or was not) present; and I was satisfied by the testimony of said witnesses that they saw said deed duly executed by A. B., the grantor. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year aforesaid. [Seal.] (Signature and title of officer.) The summons must be issued and served at least seven days before the time of hearing, y-R. S. ch. 73, 1, 2, 17; ch. 61, 1; ch. 103, 6 z-R. S. ch. 73, 18-23. MARYLAND. If acknowledged within the State, the acknowledgment may be made before a justice of the peace, judge of the orphans' court or of the circuit court of any county, or before the judge of the superior court, court of common pleas, or circuit court for Baltimore city. If acknowledged before a justice of the peace within the State, but out of the county or city in which the real estate or any part of it lies, the official character of the justice must be certified to by the clerk of the circuit or superior court under his official seal. If acknowledged without this State, but within the United States, the acknowledgment may be made before: 1st, a notary public; 2d, a judge of any court of the United States, 3d, a judge of any court of any State or Territory having a seal; 4th, a commissioner of this State to take the acknowledgment of deeds. If acknowledged without the United States, the acknowledgment may be made before any minister, consul-general, consul or consular officer of the United States; any notary public, or a commissioner of this State to take acknowledgment of deeds. Every officer, before whom any acknowledgment shall be made, shall give a certificate thereof, and indorse on, or annex to the deed, such certificate, and the certificate shall be recorded with the deed. To every certificate of acknowledgment taken without this State, before a judge of any court having a seal, the seal of such court shall be affixed. The certificate of acknowledgment shall contain the name of the person making the acknowledgment; the official style of the officer taking the acknowledgment; the time when it was taken, and a statement that the grantor acknowledged the deed to be his act, or made an acknowledgment to the like effect. No separate examination of a married woman is required.b Acknowledgment-Husband and Wife. State of, county of -, SS. I hereby certify that on this day of A. D. before me (here insert name and title of official) personally appeared A. B. and W. B. his wife, and did each severally acknowledge the aforegoing deed (or other instrument) to be their act. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal the day and year above written. [Seal.] (Signature and title of officer.) MASSACHUSETTS. Acknowledgment may be made before any justice of the peace, or notary public, in the State; or before any justice of the peace, magistrate, or notary public or commissioner, appointed for that purpose by the governor of this State, within the United States, or in any foreign country; or before a minister or consul of the United States in any foreign country. Acknowledgments taken out of the State by any magistrate other than a commissioner for Massachusetts, or a minister of the United States, should have appended a certificate of the magistrate's appointment and authority made by the secretary of state or clerk of court of record. The wife is not required to be examined separate and apart from her husband. The certificate of acknowledgment need not state that the wife relinquishes her dower. Letters of attorney made by husband and wife for the purpose of authorizing conveyances of her real estate, and not merely for the release of dower by the wife, must be acknowledged by both. Acknowledgment-General Form. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, county of Suffolk, ss. Boston, March 1st, A. D. Then personally appeared the above-named A. B., and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed. Before me, J. P., Justice of the Peace. Acknowledgments by husband and wife are made in the same form, only saying "the above-named A. B. and W. B., and severally acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be their free act and deed." Acknowledgment-Husband and Wife. State of, county of, ss. Be it remembered, that on this B-See General Statutes. b-Art. 45. c-Comp. Laws, day of A. D., before me, the undersigned (name and title of officer), personally appeared A. B. and W. B., his wife, who executed the foregoing conveyance, and severally acknowledged the same to me to be their free act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year aforesaid. [Seal.] (Signature and title of officer.) Proof by Subscribing Witness. Deeds made by non-residents of Massachusetts should be acknowledged, as the same cannot be proved before the commissioners by the subscribing witness. If the grantor die or leave the State before acknowl edging his deed, it may be proved by a subscribing witness before any court of probate or record. If the subscribing witnesses are dead, their handwriting or that of the grantor may be proved by competent evidence. MICHIGAN. Conveyances, etc., may be acknowledged within this State before any judge or commissioner of a court of record, or before any notary public or justice of the peace, and the officer taking such acknowledgment shall indorse thereon a certificate of the acknowledgment thereof, and the true date of making the same under his hand. Sec. 1. The acknowledgment of any married woman to a deed of conveyance or other instrument affecting real property, may be taken in the same manner as if she were sole (Single, unmarried), Act of April 20, 1877 Sec. 2. Any acknowledgment of any married woman to a deed of conveyance or other instrument affecting real property taken since the 4th day of August, in the year of our Lord 1875, in the same manner as if such married woman had been sole, is valid and effectual, and shall be so held in all courts and places, Act of April 20, 1877. No conveyance of land, or instrument intended to operate as such conveyance, made in good faith and upon a valuable consideration, shall be wholly void by reason of any defect in any statutory requisite in the sealing, signing, attestation, acknowledgment, or certificate of acknowledginent thereof, etc.d If any such conveyance shall be executed in any other State, Territory, or district, such deed may be executed according to the laws of such State, Territory, or district, and the execution thereof may be acknowledged before any judge of a court of record, notary public, justice of the peace, master in chancery, or other officer authorized by the laws of such State, Territory, or district, to take the acknowledgment of deeds therein, or before any commissioner appointed by the governor of this State for such purpose. In the cases provided for in the last preceding section, unless the acknowledgment be taken before a commissioner appointed by the governor of this State for that purpose, such deed shall have attached thereto a certificate of the clerk or other proper certifying officer of a court of record of the county or district within which such acknowledgment was taken, under the seal of his office in the usual form, that the person whose name is subscribed to the certificate of acknowledgment was at the date thereof such officer as he is therein represented to be; that he believes the signature of such person subscribed thereto to be genuine, and that the deed is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of such State, Territory, or district.f If executed in a foreign country, it may be according to the laws of such country, and may be acknowledged before any notary public therein, or minister plenipotentiary, minister extraordinary, minister resi dent, chargé d'affaires, commissioner or consul of the United States appointed to reside therein, which acknowledgment shall be certified thereon by the officer taking it under his hand, and if before a notary public, his seal of office should be affixed to the certificate. There is no statutory provision for the proof of deeds by subscribing witnesses out of this State. Acknowledgment-Husband and Wife, -, county of State of On this -, ss. day of, A. D. —, before me (name and title of officer) personally came A. B. 1343. d-Comp. Laws, 1351. e-Comp. Laws, 1348. f-Comp. Laws, 1343. |