B.B. SMITH, [seal.]

Witness--TH. L. WEST.

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_State of North Carolina, Wake County._

Office of Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, April 26, 1842.

The execution of the within bill of sale was this day duly acknowledged

before me by B.B. Smith, the executor of the same.

[L.S.]

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court,

and subscribed my name at office in Raleigh, the date above.

JAS. T. MARRIOTT, Clerk.

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_State of North Carolina, Wake County._

I, Wm. Boylan, presiding magistrate of the Court of Pleas and Quarter

Sessions for the county aforesaid, certify that James T. Marriott, who

has written and signed the above certificate, is Clerk of the Court

aforesaid,--that the same is in due form, and full faith and credit are

due to such his official acts.

Given under my hand and private seal (having no seal of office) this

26th day of April, 1842.

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