NORTH the state; before a judge of the supreme or superior court, or in the county court of the county where the estate is situ ated, or before the clerk of such court or his deputy,. Rev. Code (1855), 239, 2.
Without the state; by a commissioner appointed for the purpose by the court of pleas and quarter sessions of the county. Id. 3.
Without the state, and within the United States; before a judge of supreme jurisdiction, or a judge of a court of law of superior jurisdiction, within the state, territory, or district where the parties may be; and his certificate must he attested by the gov ernor of the state; or, if in the District of Colum bia, by the secretary of state of the United States; or it may be taken before a North Carolina com missioner.
Without the United States; before the chief ma gistrate of the city in which the instrument was executed, attested under the corporate seal; 07 before an ambassador, publio minister, consul, or commercial agent, under his official seal, Id. 240, 5 ; 241, n 6, 7; 125g2.
A married woman's acknowledgment is to be taken, within the state, before a judge of the su preme or superior court, or in the court of the county where the land lies, she being first privily examined by such judge, or some member of the county court appointed by the court for that pur. pose, or by a commission issued by the jndge or court for that purpose, as to whether she volun tarily assents. Without the state, before the same offioers specified above as authorized to take otber ac knowledgments without the state; but the same pri vate examination is requisite wherever the acknow ledgment may be taken. Id. 8, 9; 243, 12.
Onso.-Instruments affecting lands which are ex ecuted within the state are to be acknowledged be a judge of the supreme court or of the court of common pleas, a justice of the peace, notary public, mayor, or other presiding officer of an incorporated town or city, or a county surveyor of the county. The certificate must be upon the same sheet with the instrument. Laws of 1831, 346; same statute, Swan, Rev. Stat. 308, 893, 26.
A married woman must be examined by the of ficer separate and apart from her husband, and the contents of the deed he made known to her; and she must declare, upon such separate examination, that she did voluntarily sign, seal, and acknowledge the same, and that she is still satisfied therewith. Swan, Rev. Stat. 309, 0 2.
A certificate of acknowledgment within the state need not show that the officer was satisfied of the identity of the grantor, nor that he made known the oontents of the deed to a married woman, nor need it be sealed. Id. 312.
Instruments executed without the state may be proved or acknowledged in conformity with the laws of the state, territory, or country where ac knowledged, or in conformity with the laws of Ohio. They may be taken before Ohio commis
sioners. Id. 310, 0 5; 179, 0 3. Laws of 1858, 15, 0 12.
OREGON.—Acknowledgments are to be before any judge of the district court, probate judge, justice of the peace, or notary pnblic; and the certificate, stating the true date, must he endorsed on the in strument. If the deed is executed in any other state, territory, or district of the United States, it may be executed and acknowledged according to the laws of such state, tic. ; but in this case, unless it is acknowledged before an Oregon commissioner, the deed must have attached to it a certificate of the clerk, or other proper certifying officer, of a court of record of the county or district, under his seal of office, certifying that the person taking the ac knowledgment was such officer as represented, that his signature is genuine, and that the deed was ex ecuted according to the laws of the place. If ex ecuted in any foreign country, it may be executed according to the laws thereof, and acknowledged before any notary publio therein, or before any minister plenipotentiary, minister extraordinary, minister resident, chargé d'affaires, commissioner, or consul of the United States, appointed to reside therein, under his hand, and, if before a notary, under his seal of office.
The acknowledgment of a married woman resid ing within the territory, and joining in execution with her husband, must be taken separately and apart from her husband, and she must acknowledge that the execution was done freely, and without fear or compulsion from any one. If not residing in the territory, her acknowledgment may be as if she were eole. No acknowledgment can be taken unless the officer has satisfactory evidence that the person is the individual described in and who ex ecuted the conveyance.
Proof may be by a subscribing witness personally known to the officer, or satisfactorily shown to him to be the subscribing witness. The witness mnst state his residence, and that he knew the person described in and who executed the conveyance. In case of the death or absence of the grantor and witnesses, proof may be by handwriting of the grantor and of any witness. Proceedings for com pelling witnesses to appear are also given by the statute.
The officer must endorse the certificate on the instrument, and set forth the matter required to be done, known, or proved, and the names and resi dences of witnesses examined, and the substance of their ei idenoe. Statutes (1855), 519, 00 10-21.