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_The State of North Carolina._
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
Be it known, that William Boylan, whose signature appears in his own
proper hand writing to the annexed certificate, was at the time of
signing the same and now is a Justice of the Peace and the Presiding
Magistrate for the county of Wake, in the State aforesaid, and as such
he is duly qualified and empowered to give said certificate, which is
here done in the usual and proper manner; and full faith and credit are
due to the same, and ought to be given to all the official acts of the
said William Boylan as Presiding Magistrate aforesaid.
[L.S.]
In testimony whereof, I, J.M. Morehead. Governor, Captain General and
Commander in Chief, have caused the Great Seal of the State to be
hereunto affixed, and signed the same at the city of Raleigh, on the
26th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty-two, and in the sixty-sixth year of the Independence of the
United States.