Be it remembered, that on the thousand eight hundred and day of in the year one before me, the undersigned, M N, a commissioner resident in -, duly commissioned and qualified by the executive authority, and under the laws of the State of Rhode Island, to take the acknowledgments of deeds, etc., to be used or recorded therein, personally appeared [etc., continuing as in preceding forms]. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the day and year aforesaid. [Seal.] [Signature and title.] 83. SOUTH CAROLINA. Proof by subscribing witness. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, District [or County] of SS. day of Be it remembered, that on this 18-, before me, giving name and style of officer] personally appeared M N, with whom I am personally acquainted, and made oath that he saw the within named A B sign, seal, and as his act and deed, deliver the within deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned; and that he [with O P, in the presence of each other] subscribed his name as a witness of the due execution thereof. Sworn to before me, this and official seal]. [Seal.] day of [as witness my hand. [Signature and title.] [It is usual to prove within the State by a witness as in the foregoing; but when acknowledged by the grantor, any of the ordinary The following form is prescribed. forms may be used. Rev. Stat. (1873) p. 430.] 84. Acknowledgment of release of dower. I, JP, [giving name and official title of officer] do hereby certify unto all whom it may concern, that C B, the wife of the within named A B, did this day appear before me, and, upon being privately and separately examined by me, did declare that she does freely, voluntarily, and without any compulsion, dread, or fear of any person or persons whomsoever, renounce, release, and forever relinquish unto the within named Y Z, his heirs and assigns, all her SOUTH CAROLINA-CONTINUED. interest and estate, and also all her right and claim of dower of, in, or to all and singular the premises within mentioned and released. Given under my hand and seal, this thousand eight hundred and [Signature, title, and seal of officer.] A. D. one day of [Signature of wife.] 85. TENNESSEE. Acknowledgment by husband and wife. STATE OF TENNESSEE, SS. day of 18. County of, On this at , personally appeared before me, [giving name and title of officer] the within named bargainor, with whom I am personally acquainted, and who acknowledged that he executed the within instrument, for the purposes therein contained. And C B, the wife of the said A B, having appeared before me privately and apart from her husband, the said CB acknowledged the execution of the said deed to have been done by her freely, voluntarily, and understandingly, without compulsion or constraint from her said husband, and for the purposes therein expressed. Witness my hand and seal, the day and year first above written. [Seal.] [Signature and title.] [The form for a single grantor is the same as the above, leaving out the sentence beginning, "And C B," etc. The seal is unnecessary if the acknowledgment be made before a judge, but in such case there must be annexed a certificate to the judge's official character, which may be by the clerk under the seal of the clerk, or, if he have none, under his private seal.] TEXAS. 86. Acknowledgment of married woman. STATE OF TEXAS, County of Before me, }ss. judge of [or notary public of] — day of County, personally appeared C B, wife of A B, parties to a certain deed or writing, bearing date the and hereto annexed, and having been examined by me privily and apart from her husband, and having the same fully explained to her, the said C B acknowledged the same to be her act and deed, and declared that she had willingly signed, sealed, and delivered the same, and that she wished not to retract it, to certify which I hereto sign my name and affix my seal, this day of A. D. [Signature and seal.] TEXAS-CONTINUED. [This form is prescribed by the statute. Paschal's Dig. Art. 1003. The form for a single grantor is the same as that in New York. The certificate must in all cases be under seal.] The day of, 18. Then personally appeared A B, [and C B, his wife] to me known, and [severally] acknowledged the within instrument by him [or them] signed and sealed, to be his [or their] free act and deed, before me. 88. [Signature and title.] Acknowledgment by agent of a corporation. STATE OF VERMONT, SS. County of } The day of —, 18—. Then personally appeared A B, within named, to be the agent of the within named CD Company, and acknowledged the within instrument to be the free act and deed of the said C D Company. [Signature and title.] [The last form is held sufficient in McDaniels v. Flower Brook Manfg. Co. 22 Vt. 274.] VIRGINIA. 89. STATE OF County of Acknowledgment within or without the State. SS. I, M M, a commissioner appointed by the Governor of the State of Virginia for the State of, [or within the State, or a notary public for the county of] do hereby certify that * A B, whose name is signed to the writing above, bearing date on the of —, 18has acknowledged the same before me at before me in my county]. day [or day of [Signature and title.] Given under my hand and official seal, this 18-. [Seal, if any.] 90. VIRGINIA-CONTINUed. Acknowledgment by a married woman. [As in the preceding form to the *, then continue:] and C B, the wife of A B, whose names are signed to the writing above, bearing date the day of, 18, personally appeared before me, and being examined by me privily and apart from her husband, and having the writing aforesaid fully explained to her, she, the said C B, acknowledged the said writing to be her act, and declared that she had willingly executed the same, and does not wish to retract it. Given under my hand or official seal, this thousand eight hundred and [Seal, if any.] day of [Signature and title.] one WASHINGTON TERRITORY. 91. Acknowledgment by husband and wife. TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON, County of } SS. day of - 18- ―, before me, [here give name and title of officer] personally came A B, and CB, his wife, to me known to be the individuals described in and who executed the within [or foregoing] conveyance, and severally acknowledged that they signed, sealed, and delivered the same as their free act and deed, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned; and the said C B, upon an examination by me, separate and apart from her husband, acknowledged that she did voluntarily, of her own free will, and without the fear of or coercion from her husband, execute the deed. Witness my hand, [and official seal] the day and year first above written. [Signature and title.] [Seal, if any.] [The form for the acknowledgment of a single grantor is the usual one.] 92. WEST VIRGINIA. STATE, LOT TERRITORY, OF DISTRICT] OF WEST VIRGINIA, } of SS. I,, [name and style of officer] do certify that, whose name [or names] is [or are] signed to the writing above, [or hereto annexed] bearing date on the -day of -, has [or have] this day acknowledged the same before me, in my said Given under my hand, this day of [Signature and title.] WEST VIRGINIA-CONTINUED. [This form is prescribed by the Code of West Virginia, p. 469. The form for the acknowledgment of a married woman is the same as that for Virginia.] 93. WISCONSIN. Acknowledgment by grantor. STATE OF WISCONSIN, SS. day of 18—, before Be it remembered, that on this me, [giving name and title of officer] personally came the within named A B, and C B, his wife] to me known to be the identical person [or persons] described in and who executed the within deed, [or mortgage, or other instrument] and acknowledged the same to be his [or their] free act and deed, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. [If without the State, add:] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and year first above written. [Seal.] [Signature and title.] [Two subscribing witnesses are necessary to a deed. A deed executed out of the State may be executed according to the laws of the place where it is executed; but if executed in the United States, and not acknowledged before a Wisconsin commissioner, there must be annexed a certificate by a clerk of a Court of Record, to the authority and signature of the officer, and to the fact that the deed is executed and acknowledged in conformity with the laws of the place.] 94. On the seventy CANADA. Form of acknowledgment in Lower Canada. day of A. D. one thousand eight hundred and before me, A B, of [a justice of the peace for the county of or mayor of, or a notary public duly appointed and sworn for personally came and appeared CD, -] the person who executed the foregoing deed, [power of attorney, or other instrument] and to me well-known as such, who then and there acknowledged that he had executed the same. Witness my hand and seal at above written. on the day and year first AB [Seal.] [The execution of deeds of lands situated in this province by parties residing in the United States will be valid if executed according to the laws or custom of the locality where executed. If |