Aims and Objects of the Notary Act:- In the centuries followed,not only did more people learn to write, but the mechanizationof the art of making paper increased its supply. As agreements extended in length to often more than one page,it was customary to make two holes in the margin through the several pages of the agreement and tie the pages together with a ribbon. To make sure that the ribbon would not be broken in order to add or eliminate pages, the Notary melted wax over the knot and mpressed it with his official seal. From this Notary's act comes today'sdefinitionof the verb "seal" which meansto "make secure' or "enclose' an object.
Courts take judicial notice of the seal of Notary and presume that the document in question must have been certified as true copy by the Notary after taking all possible care by the Notary in comparing the copy with its original and due verification of the identity of the executant and the person appering before the Notary for certification.