The secretary of state shall furnish to any person desiring the same a certificate, under the seal of the state, signed by the governor and countersigned by himself, of the official character of any officer of this state; and such certificate shall be received in evidence in all courts.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 19, art. 11; 1857, ch. 6, art. 14; 1871, § 120; 1880, § 206; 1892, § 4099; 1906, § 4651; Hemingway's 1917, § 7489; 1930, § 6949; 1942, § 4209.
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