They hung 'round the market, and they patrolled the streets, and they had signs and countersigns, and more tomfoolery than would run a circus.
"The Other Fellow"
F. Hopkinson Smith
He is also the medium of correspondence between the President and the chief executive of the several States of the United States; he has the custody of the great seal of the United States, and countersigns and affixes such seal to all executive proclamations, to various commissions, and to warrants for pardon, and the extradition of fugitives from justice.
"Government and Administration of the United States"
Westel W. Willoughby and William F. Willoughby
In all directions the corporal gives the order, and the magistrate countersigns it.
"Napoleon the Little"
Victor Hugo