280 SELLING LATIN AMERICA 
name by the individual having the right to do 
so and in the case of corporations by the 
proper officer, and the corporate seal attached. 
The signature should then be sworn to before 
a notary public, whose name and seal should 
be certified to by the Secretary of State for the 
State wherein the firm or corporation does 
business or is chartered. The notarial oath 
and the certificate of the Secretary of State 
may be in English. These papers should 
then be sent to the Secretary of State of the 
United States at Washington, D. C., who will 
in turn certify to the fact that the signature of 
the Secretary of State for the State in question 
is correct and they should then be forwarded 
to the Ambassador or Minister or proper rep 
resentative of the Latin American country, 
wherein it is desired to register the power of 
attorney, who will in turn certify to the signa 
ture of the Secretary of State of the United 
States. Armed with this much verified and 
sealed document, your representative is then 
in a position to sign your name to the applica 
tion for the trade mark on his arrival, and to