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 72d C ONGRESS. SESS. IL CR. 128. FEBRU ARY 27, 1933 . 1165 edgment is taken, that the officer certifying to the same is author- ized by law so to do, and that the signature of the said officer to such cer tificate is his true and genuine signatur e, and t hat such acknowledgment is taken in accordance with the laws of the place where the same is made ; shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate of said clerk. SEC. 296 . FoRM OF ACKN OWLEDG MENT BY CORPORATION .-The cer- Ack now led gme nt by tificate of acknowledgment of an i nst rum ent exe cut ed by a OOIpel aU„n corporation must be substantially in the following form " UNrrrn STATES OF AMERICA, Canal Zone, ss "On this	day of, in the year 	, before me (here insert the name and quality of the officer), personally appeared known to me (or proved to me on the oa th of 	) to be the president (or the secretary) of the corporation that executed the with in instr ument (w here, ho wever, t he instru ment is executed in behalf of the corporation by some one other than the president or secretary insert : known to me (or proved to me on the oath of to be the person who executed the w ithin instr ument on behalf of t he co rporat ion t herein name d and ackn owledg ed to me that such corporation executed the same) ." SEC. 297. FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACKNO WLEDGM ENT BY AT TORN EY By attorney in fact . I N FA C T .-Th e certif icate of acknowl edgment b y an att orney in fact must be substantially in the following form " UNITED SPATES OF AMERICA, Canal Zone, ss "On this day of	-, in the year, before me (here insert the name and quality of the officer), personally a ppeare d known to me (or proved tomeon the oath of 	) to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument as the attorney in fact of 	, and acknowledged to me that he subscr ibed the name of	thereto as principal, and his own name as attorney in fact ." Sac. 298 . OFFICERS MUST AFFIX, THEIR SIGNATURES .-Officers taking Omcets' signatures . and certifying acknowledgments, or proof of instruments for record, must authenticat e their certific ates by affixing thereto their si gna- tures, followed by the names of their offices ; also, their seals of office, jf by the laws of the State or country where the acknowledgment or proof is taken, or by authority of which they are acting, they are required to have official seals. Sac. 299. PROOF OF EXECUTION, How MADE .-Proof of the execution Proof of e xecut ion. of an instr ument, when not acknow ledge d may be made either 1 . By the part executing it, or either o them ; or, 2 . By a subscribing witness ; or, 3 . By other witnesses, in cases mentioned in section 302. Sac. 300 . WITNESS MUST B E PERSONALL Y KNOWN TO OFFICER.-If by Pew rsoina ll~ Y kno swn a subscribing witness, such witness must be personally known to the o!$eer. officer taking t he proof to be t he perso n whose n ame is s ubscribe d to the instrument as a witness, or must be proved to be such by the oath of a credible witness. Sac. 301, WITNESS MUST PROVE, WHAT.-The subscribing witness Witness must prove, what. must prove that the person whose name is subscribed to the instru- ment as a party is the person described in it, and that such person executed it, and that the witness subscribed his name thereto as a witness.