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Q.M. Generals Office
Washington D.C. Nov 9 1865

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71

Decision of the second Comptroller:

"Affidavits taken before a notary public after the 1st of October, 1865, must have a certificate of the Secretary of the State, or of a clerk of a court of records, to the official character of the notary."