. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. iSS<^. T//E American Florist, 495. \\\M \U IHt COHStRMMOV^X M VORtSl H\ CtUtlLRX, Vi"^\C^. H.\. is valid unless tbe parties executing it set their "hands and seals" to it. This is an important matter; possibly not just at present, but in years to come when you become rich and hold a great deal of real estate it will be well for you to recall this conversation. Accept no deed or mortgage not exe- cuted under the hand and seal of the grantor, which seal should be a round or diamond shaped piece
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. iSS<^. T//E American Florist, 495. \\\M \U IHt COHStRMMOV^X M VORtSl H\ CtUtlLRX, Vi"^\C^. H.\. is valid unless tbe parties executing it set their "hands and seals" to it. This is an important matter; possibly not just at present, but in years to come when you become rich and hold a great deal of real estate it will be well for you to recall this conversation. Accept no deed or mortgage not exe- cuted under the hand and seal of the grantor, which seal should be a round or diamond shaped piece of paper fastened to the instrument by gum or wafer or else a genuine seal, that is, an impression of a carved seal stamped on soft wax. Of course the law varies. In some states only a "scrawl" is called for. A "scrawl" is made by writing the word "seal" and enclosing it within a square or diamond. You say: How about a corporation ? Good. I'm glad you reminded me of corporate seals. Very few people have an idea how a corporate deed differs from a private one. First, the corporate seal should be impressed, not merely fastened by gum or wax, upon the paper of the instrument; and next, the certificate of the notarj- should not only set forth that the officer executing was personally known to the notary and known by him to be the officer of the corporation, but also that he (the notary) duly examined such officer who stated that the seal was the corporate seal and was affixeil by order of the corporation. You see how particular the law is. When a man can't write his name the cross must be set as an emblem thus: William (his X mark) Stubbs, andStubbs must lay his finger on the end of the pen while you make this mark of the cross. Such a signature must always be witnessed. Now, there is another important "em- blem" to which I desire to call your attention. The emblem of cancellation. Usually this emblem consists of two or more lines drawn by a
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