LOUISIANA-CONTINUED. husband, and which she brought in marriage, reckoning from the celebration of the marriage; second, for the restitution and reinvestment of the dotal property by her acquired since marriage, whether by succession or donation, from the day the succession was opened, or the succession perfected; thirdly, for nuptial presents; fourthly, for debts by her contracted with her said 'husband; and fifthly, for the amount of her paraphernal property alienated by her, and received by her said husband, or otherwise disposed of for the individual interest of her said husband. And the said wife did thereupon declare unto me, commissioner, that she was fully aware of and acquainted with the nature and extent of the matrimonial, dotal, paraphernal, and other rights and privileges thus secured to her by the laws of the said State of Louisiana, in the property of her said husband; and that, availing herself of the rights secured to her by the second section of an act passed by the legislature of the said State of Louisiana, authorizing wives to make valid renunciation, etc., approved on the 27th day of March, 1835, she, nevertheless, did persist in her intention of renouncing not only all the rights, claims, and privileges hereinbefore enumerated and described, but all others, of any kind or nature whatsoever, to which she is or may be entitled by any law now or heretofore in force in the said State of Louisiana. And the said husband, being now present, aiding and authorizing his said wife in the execution of these presents, she, the said wife, did again declare that she did, and doth hereby, make a formal renunciation and relinquishment of all her said matrimonial, dotal, paraphernal, and other rights, claims, and privileges, in favor of the said Y Z, binding herself and her heirs, at all times, to sustain and acknowledge, at all times, the validity of this renunciation. in Thus done and passed in my office, in the said city of the presence of O P and Q R, competent witnesses, who hereunto subscribe their names, together with the said appearers and me, commissioner, on the day of A. D. eighteen hundred and [Signatures of parties, of witnesses, and of officer, and his title and official seal.] 38. Acknowledgment of private act. STATE OF LOUISIANA, SS. day of Be it remembered, that on the in the year one thousand eight hundred and before me, M N, a commissioner, resident in the city of -, duly commissioned and qualified by the executive authority, and under the laws of the State of Louisiana, to take acknowledgments of deeds, etc., to be used or recorded therein, personally appeared A B, to me known to be the individual named in and who executed the above [or foregoing] conveyance, [or instrument] and acknowledged to me that he did sign, seal, and LOUISIANA-CONTINUED. deliver the same as his free act and deed, on the day and year therein mentioned, and for the consideration, uses, and purposes therein expressed. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the day and year aforesaid. [Official seal.] [Signature and title.] day of, 18. Then personally appeared A B, [and CB, his wife] the persons [or one of the persons] described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and [severally] acknowledged that he [or they] did sign and seal the same as his [or their] free act and deed, before me. [Signature and title.] [Seal, if any.] [There is no private acknowledgment required from the wife, nor, it may here be said, in any of the New England States, except in Rhode Island.] day of in the year before the subscriber, [here state style of the officer taking the acknowledgment] personally appeared A B, and acknowledged the foregoing deed to be his act. 41. [Signature and title.] Acknowledgment by husband and wife. STATE OF MARYLAND, } County of SS. I hereby certify that, on this day of, in the year before the subscriber, [here insert the official style of the judge taking the acknowledgment] personally appeared A B and C B, his wife, and did each acknowledge the foregoing deed to be their respective act. [Signature and title.] 42. MARYLAND-CONTINUED. Acknowledgment taken without the State. STATE OF ?} SS. [As in Form 40, except the attestation will be as follows:] In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the Court to be affixed, [or have affixed my official_seal] this 18 day of [Signature, title, and seal.] [The preceding forms are given in the statute; but it is provided that "any form of acknowledgment, containing in substance the foregoing forms, shall be sufficient." Maryland Code, (1860) Art. 24, Secs. 66-69.] MASSACHUSETTS. 43. Acknowledgment within the State. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, SS. [Date.] Then personally appeared the within [or above] named A ̃B, [and C B his wife] and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his [or their] free act and deed before me. [Signature and title.] 44. Acknowledgment by attorney in fact. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, [Date.] Then A B, above mentioned to be the attorney of C D, above named, personally appeared and acknowledged the above instrument to be the free act and deed of the said C D; and that in subscribing the name and affixing the seal of the said C D to the above instrument, he, the said A B, acted freely, and without any manner of duress. Before me, I, MN, a commissioner for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, residing at in the county of and State of day of tify that on the in the year a. D. 18- the above named A B personally appeared before me at - in the county and State aforesaid, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument, by him signed, to be his free act and deed. MASSACHUSETTS-CONTINUED. In witness whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed my in the county of and State of official seal, at this day of [Official seal.] 18. [Signature and title.] on [This form is prescribed by the executive department of the State of Massachusetts, for commissioners resident in other States.] 46. MICHIGAN. Acknowledgment within the State. STATE OF MICHIGAN, SS. County of day of 18, at Be it remembered, that on this before me, M N, La justice of the peace in and for said county] personally came the within named A B, personally known to me to be the person described in and who executed the within conveyance, [or instrument] and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed. [Signature and title.] 47. Acknowledgment by husband and wife. STATE OF MICHIGAN, SS. County of 18. at Be it remembered, that on this -day of before me, M N, [a justice of the peace in and for said county] personally came the within named A B, and C B, his wife, personally known to me to be the persons described in and who executed the within instrument, and acknowledged the same to be their free act and deed; and the said C B, wife of the said A B, on a private examination before me, separately and apart from her said husband, acknowledged that she executed the same freely, and without any fear or compulsion from any one. [Signature and title.] 48. Acknowledgment of deed by corporation. STATE OF ARKANSAS, County of SS. On this day of A. D. 18-, before me, [style of officer] personally appeared A B, known to me to be the president of the M N Company, and C D, known to me to be the secretary of said company, and they severally acknowledged the execution of the foregoing instrument of writing to be the free act and deed of the said company. And I further certify that I know the seal affixed to said instrument to be the corporate seal of the said company. [Signature and title.] MICHIGAN-CONTINUED. [If taken without the State, insert, "In witness," etc. Compare this form for acknowledgment by a corporation with those given for California, Delaware, and New York.] day of 18. before the Be it remembered, that on the undersigned came A B, [and C D] to me known to be the identical person [or persons] described in and who executed the foregoing deed, and [severally] acknowledged that he [or they] executed the same freely and voluntarily, for the uses and purposes therein expressed. [Signature and title.] 50. Proof by a subscribing witness before a Court of Record within the State. STATE OF MINNESOTA, SS. day of 18. Be it remembered, that on this day of it appearing to the Court that A B, the grantor in the within [or annexed] deed to Y Z, bearing date the -, 18, has died, [or departed from this State, or resides out of this State, as the case may be] not having acknowledged the execution of such deed, M N, a competent subscribing witness to said deed, appeared in open Court, and, being duly sworn according to law, deposed and said: That he is the identical person of that name who attested the said deed as a subscribing witness; that he saw the said A B duly execute the said deed for the purposes therein stated, and that he, the said M N, and O P, the other subscribing witness to said deed, then and there subscribed the same as witnesses in the presence of said A B, and in the presence of each other. In testimony whereof, I, G H, clerk of said Court, which is a Court of Record, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this day of, 18 [Seal of Court.] [Signature.] Clerk of Court. 51. MISSISSIPPI. Acknowledgment by grantor. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,} On this day of SS. 18. personally appeared before me, [giving name and title of officer] the above-named [or within |