(1974)

NORMAN M. CLAPP, Secretary, Department of Transportation

Section 889.08 (1), Stats., provides that, in certifying a copy of a public record, the custodian thereof shall certify that the copy has been compared "by him" with the original and found to be a true copy. In Stevens v. Clark County Supervisors (1877),43 Wis. 36, the court held that a certification without the words "by him" is insufficient as a certification under this statute. Your question is whether a certification without the words "by him" but in compliance with sec. 909.02 (4), Wisconsin Rules of Evidence, 59 Wis.2d R p. 341,…