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 1104 72d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CSI. 127 . F EBRU ARY 27, 1933. Foreign country. 7. Documents of any other class in a foreign c ountry, by the original, or by a copy, cert ified by the lega l keeper thereof , with a certificate, under seal, of the country or sovereign, that the document is a valid and subsisting document of suc h country, and the co py is duly certified by the of fi cer having the legal custody of the original e stD~ aomeroanted 8. Documents in _the departments of the United States Govern- ment, by the certificates of the legal custodian thereof. Public record of pri- SEC. 1106. PUBLIC RECORD OF PRIVATE WRITING FVIDENCE.-A pu blic vate writing. rec ord of a pr ivat e wr itin g may be pr oved by the ori gina l re cord , or by a copy thereof, certified by the legal keeper of the record. Entries in official S EC. 1107 . ENTRIES IN OFFICIAL BOOKS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE : dance ., prima facie evi- dence. Entries in public or ot her official bo oks or records made in the per form ance of his dut y by a publ ic o ffic er of the C anal Zon e, or by another person in the performance of a d uty specially enjoined by la w, are prima fac ie evidence of the fa cts stated therein. Judgm ents of State SEC . 1 108. JUSTI CE'S JUDGMENT IN STATES, HOW P ROVED .-A tra n- lusttces ° script from the record or docket of a justice of the peace of a State, of a judgment rendered by him, of the proceedings in the action before the judgment, of the execution and return, if any, subscribed by the justice and verified in the manner prescribed in the nex t section is admissible evidence of the facts stated therein. Additional certifiea- SEC. 1109 . SAME.-There mu st be attached to the transcript a `ions ° certificate of the justice that the transcript is in all respects correct, and that he had jurisdiction of the action, and also a further certifi- ca te of the clerk or prothonotary of the county in which the justice re si ded at the ti me of rendering the judgment, under the se al of the county or the seal of the court of common pleas or county court th er eof?, certifying that the person subscribing the transcript was, at the d ate of the judg ment, .a, justice of the peace in t he county, and that the si gnat ure is genuine. Such judgment, proceedings, and jurisdiction may also be pro ved by the justice himself, on the production of his docket, or by a copy of the judgment, and his oral examination as a witness. Other official certifi- SEC. 1110 . CONTENTS OF OTHER OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES: Whenever eates. a co py of a wri ting is cer tifi ed for the p urp ose of evidence, the certificate must state in substance that the copy is a correct copy of the original, or of a specified pa rt thereof, as the cas e may be. The cer tifi cate mus t be un der the offi cial se al of the ce rti fyin g officer, if there be any, or if he be the clerk of a court having a seal, under the seal of su ch court. Provisions with re- S EC. 1111 . PROVISIONS IN RELATION TO PUBLIC WRITINGS OF STATES sp ect to States to app ly to United States and APPLY TO THOSE OF UNITED ST ATES OR TER RITO RIES .-T he prov isio ns Territories. of the precedi ng sections of th is subchapter app licable to the p ublic writings of a state, are equally applicable to the public. writings of the United States or a Territory of the United States. Entries of offices of S EC. 1112 . ENTRIES MADE BY OFFICERS OR BOAR DS P RIMA FAC IE EVI- boards prima facie evi- dence. DENCE.-An entry made by an officer, or board of officers, or under the direction and in the presence of either, in the course of official duty, is prima facie evidence of the facts state d in such entry. Pe ed as e' .id en ce of SEC. 1113. DEED EVIDENCE OF TRANSFER .-A deed of conveyance transfer. of real prope rty, purporting to have been e xecuted by a pr oper of fi cer in pursuance of legal pro ce ss of the district court, or °the record of such de ed, or a certified copy of such record is prima facie evidence that the property or interest therein described was th er eby conveyed to the grantee nam ed in su ch deed.