Attestation or certificate of consul, etc., as evidence of authority of officer of foreign country ACTIVE

The several courts of this state shall receive the attestation or certificate of any American consul, consul general, or vice consul, residing in any foreign country, as legal evidence of the attributes and official station or authority of any magistrate or other civil officer in such foreign country under the laws thereof; which attestation and seal shall be full and complete proof that it emanated from said consul, consul general or vice consul, as the case may be.