Chap. 27.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section One of Chapter One
Hundred and Twenty of the Code (edition of eighteen hundred and
sixty), in reference to Notaries Public.

Approved January 14, 1878.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section one
of chapter one hundred and twenty of the Code (edition of
eighteen hundred and sixty), be amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:

§1. The governor shall appoint, in and for the separate coun-
ties and corporations of the state, as many notaries public as
to him shall seem proper: provided the number shall not
exceed one for each thousand of population, who shall hold
office for the term of four years, and that the governor may
appoint the same person to serve for two or more counties or
corporations. Every notary public shall give bond before the
court of the county or corporation for which he is appointed,
in a penalty of not less than five hundred dollars, and the
clerk of said court shall immediately forward a copy to the
secretary of the commonwealth. All notaries now in commis-
sion, who shall have heretofore executed bond within the time
prescribed by law, or shall execute such bond within four
months from the passage of this act, in the penalty above
named, and only such, shall continue to act as notaries, and
their commissions shall be construed to run four years from
the date of this act. |