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 1280 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Ch. 854. 1901. O,,g*,§§Q;{jf’€dgm°“‘5· SEo. 568. .:kCKNO\VLEDG)IENTS, oATHs, AND so roaTH.——Each notary ’ public shall have power to take and to certify the acknowledgment or proof of powers of attorney, mortgages, deeds, and other instruments of writing, the acknowledgment of any conveyance or other instrument of writing executed by any married woman, to take depositions and to administer oaths and affirmations in all matters incident or belonging to the duties of his office, and to take affidavits to be used before any court, judge or officer within the District. R·>·=·>¤i- SEc. 569. ,RECORD.—-E&Ch notary public shall keep a fair record of all his official acts, except such as are mentioned in the preceding section, and when required shall give a certihed copy of any record in his oflice to any person upon payment of the fees therefor. €v‘Q{§g(,;f‘ "’°°"1 ’“‘ Sec. 570. Corr or Rnooan AS EVIDENCE.-TDG certificate of a notary public, under his hand and seal of office, drawn from his record, stating the protest and the facts therein recorded, shall be evidence of the facts in like manner as the original protest. For each certificate and seal, fifty cents. — Taking depositions or other writings, for each one hundred words, ten cents. Administering an oath, fifteen cents. Take acknowled ment of a deed or ower of attorne, with certifit th f fift g t P y ca e ereo y cen s. Every prdtest of a bill of exchange or promissory note, and recording the same one dollar and seventy-five cents. Each notice of protest, ten cents. Each demand for acceptance or payment, if accepted or paid, one dollar, to be paid by the party accepting or paying the same. Each noting of protest one dollar. hjP;ggg§ggf¤¤¢eki¤g Sec. 572. PENALTIES Eon. TAKING HIGHER FEES.—·AHy notary pubg " lic who shall take a hi her fee than is rescribed b the recedin sec- _ g` P Y P S` tion shall pay a fine of one hundred dollars and be removed from office by the supreme court of the District. D€Mh»¢*¤· Sec. 573. DEATH AND so roRTH.—U on the death resignation, or 1 _ P _ s _ removai from office of any notary public, his records, together with all his official papers, shall be deposited in the office of the clerk of the supreme court of the District. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. °°'P°‘““"“S· CORPORATIONS. SUBCHAPTER ONE. _€;;ingJ§;t¤=i¤¤¤ of INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING. m$,‘§,§“°“‘°°‘°’g““i‘ SEo. 574. CERTIFICATE or onGAN1zAT1oN.—Any five or more persons desirous ofassociating themselves for the purpose of establishing an institution of learning, may make, sign, and acknowledge, before any officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the District, and file in the office of the recorder of deeds, a certificate in writing, to be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and open to public ins ection, in which shall be stated: I —¢<>¤t€¤*S <>f· lgirst. The name or title by which the institution shall be known in law· · Second. The number of trustees, directors, or managers, and their names·. ‘ ~ Thirid. The particular branch of literature and science, or either of them, proposed to be taught;_and,
 * "°°*· Sec. 571. FEEs.——The fees of notaries public shall be-