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by the court; and in the absence of the attorney general to perform all the duties of said office for such county.

SEC. 6. Each solicitor shall give bond to the State with sufficient sureties, to be approved by one or more justices of the court of common pleas of the county, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and the payment of all money by him received as solicitor, to the State, county or individual to whom the same belongs, according to law.

SEC. 7. The bond of the attorney general and of each solicitor shall be lodged with and kept by the secretary of state.

SEC. 8. Any such bond may be put in suit by leave of the court of common pleas, at the expense and for the benefit of any person interested therein, in the same manner as sheriffs' bonds may be sued.

SEC. 9. The attorney general and each solicitor shall annually, on or before the first day of June, render to the treasurer of the State and of each county a true account of all money by him received belonging to the State or to such county.

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SECTION 1. Every notary public, in addition to the usual powers of such office, shall have the same powers as a justice of the peace in relation to depositions and the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments, and his certificate of any such official act shall be as valid as that of a justice of the peace.

SEC. 2. When any notary shall remove from the State, resign,

or from any cause cease to act in said capacity, he shall, within six months thereafter, deposite all his notarial records, and all papers filed in his office, in the office of the secretary of state.

SEC. 3. The protest of any bill of exchange, note, or order, duly certified by any notary public under his hand and official seal, shall be evidence of the facts stated in such protest, and of the notice given to the drawer or endorsers.

SEC. 4. If any notary shall die or become insane, it shall be the duty of his administrator, executor or guardian to deposite his records and papers in the manner aforesaid.

SEC. 5. The secretary of state may demand and receive any such records and papers of any person in whose possession the same may be.

SEC. 6. If any person in whose possession any such records or papers may be, shall neglect or refuse to deliver the same to said secretary or his order, on demand, or shall knowingly destroy or conceal any such records, he shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, one half for the use of the prosecutor, and the other half to the use of the county of which said notary is or was last an inhabitant, and shall also be liable for damages to any person injured in an action on the case.

SEC. 7. All notarial records and papers shall be kept by the secretary safely, and in such manner that reference thereto may easily be had, and shall be open to the examination of any person interested therein.

SEC. 8. The secretary shall make out and certify copies of any such records and papers, upon payment or tender of the fees therefor, and his certificate shall have the same validity as if made by such notary himself.

COMMISSIONERS.

SEC. 9. The governor, with the advice of the council, may appoint in each of the United States, and in each district and territory, a commissioner or commissioners, to continue in office during the term of five years.

SEC. 10. Before any commissioner shall perform any duty of his office, he shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before a judge of the superior court of the State in which such commissioner resides, that he will well and faithfully perform all the duties of such office; which oath shall be filed by him in the office of the secretary of state, within six months after the taking of the

same.

SEC. 11. Such commissioners may administer oaths, take depositions and affidavits to be used in this State, and notify parties of the time and place thereof, and take the acknowledgment of deeds or instruments to be used or recorded in this State, in the same manner as a justice of the peace for this State might do.

SEC. 12. Any oath administered by any such commissioner,

any deposition or affidavit taken by him, and any acknowledgment certified by him, shall be as effectual in law, for all purposes, as if certified by any justice of the peace in this State.

CHAPTER 15.

OF THE TENURE AND OATH OF OFFICE IN CERTAIN CASES.

SECTION

COMPILED FROM

Chapter 15 of the Revised Statutes.
Laws of 1848, chap. 624.

SECTION

1. Judges and sheriffs must file certificate 5. Persons scrupulous may affirm.

of age.

2. After 70 years of age incapacitated.

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SECTION 1. No person appointed a judge of any court, judge of probate or sheriff of any county, shall exercise such office or perform any act therein, or receive any fee or salary therefor, until he shall have deposited in the office of the secretary of state a copy of the record of his birth, attested by the clerk of the town in which he was born, or, if there is no such record, an affidavit sworn to and subscribed by him, stating according to the best of his belief the date and place of his birth.

SEC. 2. If any such officer shall continue to hold such office after he has attained the age of seventy years, upon satisfactory evidence thereof, the governor and council shall remove such officer, notifying him of such removal, and shall fill such vacancy.

SEC. 3. All officers hereafter appointed by the governor and council, excepting judicial and military officers, shall hold their offices for the term of five years, and shall be commissioned accordingly.

SEC. 4. No person chosen or appointed to any public office under any law of this State, shall exercise such office or shall perform any act therein, until he shall have taken the oath of office therefor.

SEC. 5. If any person is conscientiously scrupulous of swearing, the word affirm may be substituted for "swear" in the form of the oath, and the words, This you do under the pains and penalties of perjury, instead of " So help you God." Such affirmation shall, for all purposes, be and constitute an oath.

SEC. 6. No other ceremony shall be deemed necessary in swearing than holding up the right hand.

SEC. 7. Official oaths may be administered as follows: to the clerk of any court, by any two justices thereof, or by any two justices of the peace, one of whom shall be of the quorum; to all military officers above the rank of field officers, and to all other officers appointed by the governor and council, by any two members of the council, or by any member of the council with a justice of the peace, or by any two justices of the peace, one of whom shall be of the quorum; and to all other officers by any justice of the peace within his county. (Sec. 7 of chap. 15 R. S., and laws of 1848, chap. 624.)

SEC. 8. Every justice of the peace shall keep a record of every such oath by him administered in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall make return to the office of the secretary of state of every oath by him administered to any officer appointed by the governor and council, within six months after such oath is administered.

SEC. 9. All officers appointed by the governor and council, or chosen by the legislature, may be removed by the governor with the consent of the council, upon the address of both houses of the legislature.

CHAPTER 16.

OF FILLING VACANCIES.

IDENTICAL WITH

Laws of 1844, chap. 90.

SECTION 1. The governor and council, in anticipation of any vacancy or vacancies in any of the offices in this State, which the said governor and council have the constitutional power to fill, may anticipate and fill such vacancy or vacancies: provided, however, that no such vacancy or vacancies, which are to happen after the lawful time for which the said governor and council were elected, shall be so filled; nor shall any such vacancy or vacancies be so filled more than ninety days in anticipation thereof.

TITLE IV.

OF THE CIVIL DIVISIONS OF THE STATE.

CHAPTER 17. Of the several counties of the State.
CHAPTER 18. Of the several council districts.
CHAPTER 19. Of the several senatorial districts.

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SECTION 1. The State is divided into ten counties, by the names of Rockingham, Strafford, Hillsborough, Cheshire, Sullivan, Grafton, Merrimack, Belknap, Carroll and Coös, and all towns, places, lands and waters within their bounds, respectively, shall be parts of the respective counties aforesaid.

SEC. 2. The county of Rockingham is bounded thus: beginning at the mouth of Piscataqua river and running up the same to the easterly corner of New Market, including the river; thence northwesterly by the easterly and northerly lines of New Market, Epping, Nottingham and Northwood to the easterly line of Pittsfield; thence southwesterly by the northerly and westerly lines of Northwood, Deerfield, Candia, Chester and Londonderry to the northerly line of Hudson; thence by the northerly and easterly lines of Hudson to the northwest corner of Pelham; thence by the northerly line of Pelham to the state line; thence by the state line to the sea; thence by the sea to the bound first mentioned, includ

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