Certificate of Official Character
This Harris County Certificate of Official Character, dated October 29, 1888, certifies that notary H. Paul Georgi was duly commissioned and acting in Harris County, Texas, with his commission set to expire May 31, 1889 — a standard attachment giving Georgi's notarizations of Elias Roberts' pension papers "full faith and credit" outside the county. Though the printed form bears the name of County Clerk Alexander Erikson, it was actually executed under the county seal, in Houston, Texas, by Deputy and Acting County Clerk Alex Bartleigh.
Full Transcription
The State of Texas,
HARRIS COUNTY.
Court in and for Harris County, Texas, do hereby certify, that H. Paul Georgi, Esq. is a the duly appointed, qualified, commissioned and acting Notary Public in and for Harris County, Texas; that his certificate is in due form of law, and that the signature thereto is genuine, and that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit.
whose term expires May 31, 1889.
(inserted above the printed clerk's name:) Bartleigh, deputy and acting.
I, ALEXANDER ERIKSON, Clerk of the County Court in and for Harris County, Texas...
WITNESS MY HAND and the Seal of said Court, at office in Houston, Texas, this 29th day of October, 1888
Alex Bartleigh
By: Deputy and acting County Clerk[,] Harris Co. Tex.
(large embossed/inked round court seal, lower left — text within not legible at this resolution)
