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*1 --‘a. OF, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
8am8'appaarlng‘b8roro 8aM arrleqw author1s8d to take 8uoh Wmowledgmnt, 8nd stating that hehad .emmat8d th8 8ue8 for th8 aon8ld8ra~lon and purptiser therein 8trtedt 8nd the offlo8t talking rush aokziowl- edgment ah&U maka a 0uWXlaate th8roof, rign and -real the atm vith him real OS off lae i '
Qrt.66c6; horrlMrtakfRgth8 mkaovledg~ ment of a deed, OF other instrument of writing;-mmt plaoe th8reon his offlolal oertitlaate, signed by him end given uudar his wrl of offloe; 8ub8tantlaU7 in form as hereirdtsr pre8ar'ibed."
Artlole SOa, ti am8ndedi 8~8, authoric88 alerk ai tho.dl8triot aouct, a judge or 8lerk of the ciouat7 oourt, and aotarler publla to tak8 aokaowld&mantrc Ju8tloer of ths pesos two ex offlofo not8rler publio, however, for the pur- po8.8 .of thlr oplgfon it 18 not n8oe88ar7 to 0cm81d8c a joage 0s the oountfaoart, notml*r publlaj aud ju8tlo88 of th8 peaat, @ii0 are 8x off1010 notu%er publlor The only ootmty o~iiofale ltho are legelly aathozk8d to take aaknowledglllent8 and whose nuy 1sgsUy take acknowledgBIRnt8 ire aleek of th8 cieputier dS.8triot uorirt and okrk8 the huaty aourti
We quota from Texas JtWepmdenoei Volume 1, plleo f ollow8 t 433, i8, : the pwsr to take w+ .%hd+ itib atWit 3rw8'7 ooarsrred ttp&
know~$8~ ns ortea 0 *ore quallfi8ddi the &pat188 0f'0rsl~?8 rtwh power has at parlous tlmss been oanforred upon d8 utp dirtriot oZark8 rod d&put7 ooouty olerksi v Bu l roa In the rbrenae ot 8~~~88 rtrtutaq au-, ~, thor*tion it 80ems thst If M orf&oer ha 8Uthcir~ iti to'taks 8oIulovle~t8 hi* regQlu17 a ol.nl+ eid dspatlea aa@. lnT~rt~d'ylth~Uk@ polmr$ 38 that sa ~aahaowledgmMt taken bsrore i de raoto dsputr 08. a~ wthorlsqd drfloer is : mUdi Iero ~8.~ u7 oall MAent1an.t~ ths~ruls~- notfood later - that when an aoknowledgma~ is taken before a dep- ut it proper rm ha to u88 law ain naam rod ft 0 lOI title, uld that,ur wJvl8dgm8llt I8 not vItlat8d bf fu3t that the offloe* taking It slgued as a lrpmlal@ deputy.*
HopOrable J. D.Iawy, MS3 Volume 1,
482, !E quote further from Zeus J~rl8prwhnc8, f CllOWS t that the~certlflcate be ‘Th8 St&tUtCl r.qUilWS rigned by the officer before whoa f&m aCknCwl8dg- mnt, Wag tSkM, and colppllanCs with this r8qoire- mnt 18 o88ential to th8 raWlfty of the certiricate. In ccnformlty with the rule generally preoalllng in 0th.F StatSS, th. TOuS d.CiSioPI hold tllat th8 io- sertlon of the name of the offloor in tha bodr of cortffiaate -- in aecordauce with a ocmmon prastioe to prepare the aertlflcate in tadvance SO th&t the OffiCOl' hu olil7 t0 Oia bi8 ILuDb --18 not Such a S%@&AlI'O a8 Will OUpply th@ OPrio8iCNl to sign at tb8 aonClu8lCn.
When au a&nCwledgment is tak8n boforo a dop- uty duly qurliflsd officer, the d8Quty may Si&$S hi8 OM Euw tiaar, -0ithO’At ti80 wOrtin(l th. na316 Of hi8 ~fttCi~1, Md M MtkUCtllOdgunt th&t is in Other rOSpeCt.8 PbRUhW 18 IlOt vltlated bs the faot that the off16 signs as 'special* d&p- 'racial' mCry bo rejected 88 SIW- uty, for the word plusage. ’ 245:
~?A deputy awnty elsrk has the power to take 88ltnorrl8&8SMt8 urb tS&iStSt deeds. & 88tS b7 VfFtUS Of hi8 Ovll Off;08 unbar th8 law, and -7 tsks and certify Foot sknowlodgment of 8 dmd wltb- out autnp h&i princlpalr'
fn ViSW Of th8 fOFOgOing UlthCPfti.8, fOU WS FSS-
p8Ctftllly adT$SCd t&t i&&&S the.oplnlan Cf this dS&TMtBdt ii&pUty d.lStriOt Old b8VS th8 that d.plrty SOS&7 S%Wk8 urri power aad legal ruthoritg to talu MkMWwtS w tirtlu of tiholr own officer under the law.without mmlng thrir pinolp@laI