Excerpt from A Manual for Notaries Public, Justices of the Peace: And Their Employers in Massachusetts It is a! Curious fact that American text writers on Notaries have usually failed to treat of the noting and extending of marine protests, the most lucrative act the notary is called upon to perform. This work involves a knowledge of laws and cus toms unfamiliar to the average attorney, and nu known to the ordinary notary. The author has endeavored to rob this branch of the notarial office of its mystery by stating the law relating to marine protests, the customs of merchants, mariners, and average adjusters relating thereto as declared by these persons, and as interpreted in the decisions of the Admiralty Courts, and by presenting accurate, approved forms of marine protests in daily use at the port of Boston. Able assistance has been afforded by Mr. George M. Ameridge, Secretary of the Boston Board of Marine Underwriters, and by Messrs. Theodore W. And Christopher Gore, average adjusters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.