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–103– -103§ 729. Form of certificate of acknowledgment by corporation (a) The certificate of acknowledgment of an instrument executed by a corporation shall be substantially in the following form: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Canal Zone, ««•• 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 oath of ) to be the president (or the secretary) of the corporation that executed the within instnunent (where, however, the instrument 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 within instrument on behalf of the corporation therein named) and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the same. (b) The certificate of acknowledgment of an instrument executed by a corporation, by its president or vice president and secretary or assistant secretary, other than an instrument conveying or otherwise transferring all, or substantially all, the assets of the corporation, may contain, in addition to the matters set forth in subsection (a) of this section, a statement substantially in the following form: "and acknowledged to me that the corporation executed the within instrument pursuant to its by-laws or a resolution of its board of directors"; and that recital is prima facie evidence that the instrument is the act of the corporation, and that it was duly executed pursuant to authority duly given by its by-laws or the board of directors, and conclusive evidence of those matters in favor of any good faith purchaser, lessee or encumbrancer. § 730. Form of certificate of acknowledgment by partnership The certificate of acknowledgment of an instrument executed by a partnership shall be substantially in the following form: UNITED 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 oath of ) to be one of the partners of the partnership that executed the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that the partnership executed the same. § 731. Form of certificate of acknowledgment by attorney in fact The certificate of acknowledgment by an attorney in fact shall be substantially in the following form: UNITED 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 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 subscribed the name of thereto as principal, and his own name as attorney in fact.

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