Arizona miner., 1867-10-12
JAMES P. T. CARTER.
 Secretary of the Territory.
AN ACT

AN ACT
 Amehdatory of Chapter FJrty, HoreH Code, ''Of
 Notaries Public"
 Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of
 the Territory of Arizona:
 SECTION l. That section one of said Chap ter forty be and the same is hereby amended SD as to read as follows:
 SEC. l. The Governor may appoint one or more Notaries Public in each county who shall hold their offices for four years respect iyely unless sooner removed by the Governor. Whenever the Governor shall appoint Ne tary Public the Secretary of the Territory shaii transmit the commission of the person so appointed to the county Recorder of the county for which such Notary was appointed 1; and the county Recorder on receiving such commission shall give notice thereof to the person so appointed.
 SEC 2 Section two Of sasd Chapter is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
 SEo. 2. The person so appointed before entering upon the duties of his office ana within twenty days after receiving notice of his appointment shall appear before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths and take and subscribe the oath pIescribed by law and shall transmit the same to said Recorder who shall file the same in his office.
 SEC. B. Section three of said chapter is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
 SEC. 3. Each Notary Public shall also be- fore entering upon the duties of his office and within the time limited for filing his official oath give a bond 10 this Territory with one or more sureties, to be,approyed by said Recorder, in the penal sum of one thou sand dollars, conditioned that such Notary shall duly and faithfully discharge the duties of his office and shall file the same with said Recorder.
 SEC. 4. Section sour of said Chapter is hereby SO amended as to read as follows;
 SEC. i. Upon filing the official oath and bond as required by the two next proceeding sections, the Recorder shall deliver to the person so appointed, the commission received by him for such person; and shall therupon give notice to the Secretary of the Territory of the filing such oath and bond and of the time of filing the same
 SEC. 5. Section seven of said Chapter is hereby so amended as to read as follows
 SEc. '. Whenever the office of any Notary Public shall become vacant the recoris of such Notary and all the papers rela. ting to his office shall be deposited in tbe office of the county recorder of the proper county; and any Notary who on his resigna- tion or removal from office shall neglect for the space of three months to deposit such records and papers, and any executor or ad- ministrator of any deceased Notary Public who shall neglect for the space of three months after his appointment, to deposit with said recorder all such records and papers as shall come to his hands, shall forfeit and nav a sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
 SEQ. 0. Section nine of said Chapter is hereby 50 amended as to read as follows:
 SEC. 9. The County Recorder of each coun. l y shall receive and safely keep all records md papers of Hotaries Public directed to he deposited in his office; and shall give certi- led copies Of such papers and records when 'si. red and for such copies he shall receive anne fees as are by law allowed to Sota-
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