美国的公证人共有420万人。这一人数要比美国所有的医生、律师、会计师的总和还要多。我们公证人是城镇里最好的保守秘密者,因此,即便我们有如此庞大的群体,相对而言还是不为人所见的。对于公证人事务所的作用以及公证人服务的重要性,社会尚未充分予以重视。公众可能还不知道,美国的总统可以在公证人面前宣誓就职。历史上曾有一位总统利用过这种方式就职。卡尔文·柯立芝就是在他的父亲——一个公证人的主持下宣誓就职的。不过,后来他又重新举办了由联邦最高法院院长主持的就职仪式。我想象不出这是为什么。事实上,凭藉着我们印章的权威,我们见证了所有使这个国家正常运转的文书工作。人们相信我们可以使文件有效并且可信,假如没有公证人,那些最重要的文件上的 There are a total of 4.2 million U.S. notary public. This figure is more than the sum of all doctors, lawyers and accountants in the United States. We notary are the best kept secret in town, so even if we have such a large group, we are relatively unnoticed. The community has not paid sufficient attention to the role of notary public companies and the services of notary public. The public may not know yet that the U.S. president can be sworn in before a notary public. In history there was a president who used this method to take office. Calvin Coolidge was sworn in under the auspices of his father, a notary. However, he later reopened his inauguration by the president of the Federal Supreme Court. I can not imagine why this is. In fact, with the authority of our seal, we have witnessed all the paperwork that has brought the country to work. People believe we can make documents valid and credible, and without the notary, those most important documents