The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-06-03
LAWS OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHoRII'

sioners, and prescribing their duties.
SECTION /. Be it enacted By the General
Assembly of the Stale Of Ohio, That the gov
ernor be, and he is hereby authorized to ap-
point and commission as notaries public as
many citizens of this State, having the
qualifications Of electors, residing in the
several counties of this State for which they
are appointed, as he may deem necessary;
provided that before making any such ap-
pointment each applicant shall produce to
the governor a certificate from Judge OF
the curt of common pleas or supreme
court residing in the same county or district
that the applicant is of good moral charac
ter, that he is an elector of the county in
which he resides, and that he possesses suf.
ficient qualifications and ability to discharge
the duties of the office of notary public.
Sec. 2. EuCh notary public so appoint.
ed and commissioned shall hold his office for
the term of three years, if go long he be-.
haves well, and that before entering upon
the duties of his office he shall give bond to
the State of Ohio in the sum OF fifteen hun.
dred dollars, with security to be approved
by the governor, conditioned for the faith.
full discharge of the duties of his office, and
he shall take and subscribe an oath or affir.
nation, to be indorsed on his commission,
that he will support the constitution of the
United States and of this State, and that he
will honestly, faithfully and ilnpartialIy dis
charge and perform all the duties of his Of.
fee to the best Of his ability.
Sec. 8. Each notary public SO commits.
stoned shall, before entering upon the duties
Of his Office, leave his commission, with the
oath thereon indorSed, with the clerk of the
court of common pleus in the county or dis.
trict in which he resides, for the purpose oi
being recorded by him.
Sec. 4. Upon receipt of Ohy such com.
mission, the clerk shall record the same in
q separate book kept in his Office for that
purpose, and indorse on the margin Of the
record and on the back OF said commission
the time he received the same for record
and make proper index TO ell commissions
by him recorded.
Sec. 8. Upon application the clerk
shall make out certified copy of any suct
commission aud the Endorsements thereon
under the seal ot the court, and such Certi
fed copy shall be prima facie evidence o.
all the matters and facts therein contained
Sec. +. For services under this act the
clerk shall be entitled to receive the follow
ing fees: For recording and inGexing eacl
commission, forty cents, and the like fee
for certified copies of such commissions a
are allowed by law to clerks of the court o
common pleas for copies and certificates o
records kept by them.
Sec. Z. No banker, or broker, or officer
attorney, stakeholder, clerk or agent, of an
bank, banker, or broker, shall be uppointe
to, or shall hold the .flicc Of notary publ
in this State.
Sec. 8. Each notary public, duly up
pointed, commissioned and qualified, shal
have power within the county in which h
may reside, to administer all oalhs requires
or authorized by law to be administered il
this State, to take and certify depositions t.
lie used in any OF the courts Of this State
to t~ke and certify to all acknowledgment
of deeds, mortgages, liens, powers OF attor
ney and other instruments of writing, an
to receive, make and record notarial pro
tests.
SEC. 9. For each oath or affirmation ad
ministered and certified, the notary publ
shall receive twenty-five cents, and no more
for the presentment, demand, notice to draw
ers and ihdorsers, and instruments Of pro
test of eHch Bill of exchange or promissor
note; he shall receive the sum of one do
lar; and tor recording each instrument b
him required to be recorded; the sum Of te
cents Tor each one hundred words; and n
more; and Tor his services in taking an
certifying acknowledgements Of deedsj NOR
cages, liens, powers OF attorney and othe
Instruments OF writing, and for the takih
and certifying OF dispositions, he shall re
ceive the same fees as are now by law PR
scribed for justices of the peace; and
taking dispositions he shall have the sam
power to compel the attendance of witneI
ses, and to punish witnesses for refusing
testify; which is now vested by law in just
ces of the peace; and all sheriffs and col
stables in this State are hereby required
serve and return all process issued by sue
notaries ih the taking of depositions.
SEC. 10. The instrument of protest
any notary public appointed and qualiti'
under the laws Of this State, or the laws
any other State or territory of the Unite
States, accompanying any bill of exchan!
or promissory note which has been protes
ed by such notary for nonucceptance or 4
! non. payment, shall be held and received
} all the courts of this State as prima fac
evidence of the facts therein certified; pr
, vded, thut any party may contradict,
other evidence, any such certificate.
Sec. ii. Any notary public who sh'
; charge or receive any fee or reward for a.
act or service done or rendered by him u
der this act greater than the amount here
= limited, or who shall dishonesty or unfait
d fully discharge any of his duties as nela
public, shall, on complaint filed and su
a stantiated in the court of common pleas
the county in which such notary public
> sides, be removed from his said Office
9 such court; and the court shall thereup
It certify the fact of such removal to the q
| ernor, and the party SO removed shall
"a thereafter ineligible to re.appointment
the Office Of notary public in this State.
SEC. l2. The governor is authorized
10 appoint and commission as commission
le OF the State OF Ohio, so many persons
siding in any other State or in any territ
;, of the United States, or in any fore
- State, and furnishing such evidence Of gu
sd ticalions as he may think proper to requ
d, who shall continue in Office for the tern
er three years; and shall have authority to t
,s Euffidavits and dispositions to be used in
: of the courts OF this State, and also to t
f' &C acknowledgment and proof of the exc
IN ton Of any deed Or other conveyance,
Nv of any leuse, contract, letter of attorr
- or other written instrument to be recor
|. or used in this State, every person thus
Nc pointed as commissioner OF the State
n Ohio, shall, before the issuing of his. c
ad mission, procure q proper seal of office,
shall take and subscribe an oath or afir