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Section 76June 17, 1948, Sec./Art. 76
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Miscellaneous powers of justice of the peace. - A justice of the peace shall have power anywhere within his territorial jurisdiction to solemnize marriages, authenticate merchant's books, administer oaths and take depositions and acknowledgment, and, in his capacity as ex-officio notary public, may perform any act within the competency of a notary public.
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