The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-04-20

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facts therein certified, provided, that
any party coptradicts by other evidence
any such certificate.
Sec. II. Any notary public who
shall charge or receive any fee or re-
wand for an act or service done or rem
dered BY him under this act greater
than the amount herein limited, or who
shall dishnestly or unlawfuily discharge
any of his duties as notary public, shsll,
on complaint fled and subtained in the
court of common pleas in the county in
which such notary public resides be re-
moved from his said Office by such court;
and the court shall thersupon certify
the fact-ofsuch removable the governor,
aud tue party SO removed shall be there
after Ineligible to a re appointment to
the Office of notary public in this state.
Sec. IL. The governor is authorized
to appoint and commission as com
missioners of the state of Ohio, so ma
ny persons residing in any other state
or in any territory of the United States,
or in any foreign state, and furnishing
such evidence of qualifications as he may
think proper to require, who shall con-
tiDue in Office for the term of three years,
and shall hayo authority to take afida-
Wits and depositions to be used 10 any of
the courts of this state, and also to take
Acknowledgements and proof of the exeeu-
ton of any deed or other conveyance,
and of any lease, contract, letter of at
torney, or other written instrument to
be recorded or used in this state, every
person thus appointed as commissioner
Of the state of Ohio, shall, tefors the is
suing fhis commission, procure a prop
er seal of Office, aud shall take and SUB
scribe an oath or afirmation before some
judges of q court of record or some 9TH
err commissioners of the state Of Ohio
within the state, territory or county in
which he may reside, well and faithfully
to execute and perform all the duties of
such commissioners under the laws of
this state, which oath with his signature
thereto, and an impression of his seal of
office, shall be transmitted to the gov
ernor, and filed in the Office ofthe secre-
tary of state.
Sec. Is. Dispositions taken upon
interrogatories, upon notice, or by oon-
sent, and afidayits taken before a COM
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entitled to be read in any suit or other
proceeding in this state, and shall have
the same effect as if taken before a mag
istrate or officer thereunto authorized
within this state, ard all certificates of
acknowledgment and proof of execution
made or granted by such Commissioner
shall have the same effect as if made T
granted by such magistrate or officer.
Such commissioner shall be entitled to
charge and receive for his services IN
der this act the following fees and no
more, to wit: For swearing each witness,
twenty five cents; for each one hundred
words contained in anySdep1sition and
certificate or affidavit taken before him,
twenty cents; for authenticating, seal
ing up and directing each deposition,
one dollar; for autheHticatiog each
affidavit sworn to before him, one dol.
lar; for taking the acknowledgment and
proof of each deed or other conveyance,
lease, contract, letter or power of attor-
ney, or other written instrument, two
dollars, and any commissioner who shall
charge or receive any fee or reward for
any act or service done or rendered by
him under this act greater than the
amount herein limited, or who shall
dishonesty or u~nfaithfully discharge
any of his duties as such commissioner,
shall be removed from Office by the
governor on complaint to him and such
proof as shall satisfy the governor that
such commissioner is guilty Of the
official misconduct charged, and the
governor shall forthwith notifythe party
of such removal, WHIP shall be thereafter
Ineligible to reappointment to the Office
of commissioner of this state, aud the
governor may also give such public no.
tice of such removal as be may deem
or advisable.
Sec. IA. There shall be kept in the
Office of the governor, a record showing
distinctly the names and residence of
all persons commissioned as notaries
public or as commissioners of the state
of Ohio, and the commencement and
termination Of each term of Office; and
there shall be paid by each person re-
ceiving a commission as notary public,
the sum of one dollar; and by each per-
son receiving a commission as commits
of the state of Ohio, the sum of
three dollars ; which sum, after paying
the wages of a messenger for the execu-
tive Office, shall form part of the COM
pensation of the private secretary of the
Sec. I5. The term of Office of each
commissioner for the state of Ohio
heretofore appointed under the laws of
this state, in any other state or in any
territory of the United States, or any
other country, and all notaries public
not holding appointments, shall be con-
tinued as if this act had not been made.
Aud the term of Office Eof] each CON-
missioner of the state of Ohio appoint
ed previous to the 18th day of April,
A. ID. 1857, under the laws of this
state, in any other state, or in any ter
Of the United States,Ior any other
country, shall expire at the end Of one
year from the said 18th day of April,
A. D.. 1857.
SEQ. IS. Any act done by a notary
subsequently to the expiration of
his term of Office shall be as valid as if
done during his term of Office.
Sec. II. Any person appointed a
public who shall do or perform
any act as a notary public after the ex-
of his term of Office, knowing
his term Of Office has expired, shall
be fined in any gum not exceeding 1--WE
hundred dollars, upon. conviction there
Of, IN indictment found in any court