The attestations, protestations, and other instruments of publication or acknowledgment, made by any notary public under seal, shall be received in evidence.
Code 1858, § 1799 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 11, § 5); Shan., § 3203; mod. Code 1932, § 5906; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1622; T.C.A. §8-16-304; Acts 2004, ch. 854, § 18.