In civil law jurisdictions conveyancing is handled by civil law notaries. Likewise, civil law jurisdictions distinguish between advocates and civil law notaries. Public notaries in Thailand are Thai lawyers who have a special license. They are also separate from notaries in other jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. The work of notaries and solicitors in England is separate although most notaries are solicitors. The vast majority of notaries in Ireland are also solicitors. Therefore, despite their name, "notaries public" in these jurisdictions are in effect civil law notaries. However, there are three significant differences between notaries and other lawyers. Meanwhile notaries, copyists, and innkeepers grew rich. Imperial Ravenna retained separate scholae of imperial notaries, ecclesiastical notaries, and tabelliones. In some civil law countries this responsibility is handled by civil law notaries. The secretary of state also issues appointments for notaries public. State governments, too, appoint notaries for the whole or any part of the states. Not all certified copies are prepared by notaries. The governing body is the Faculty of Notaries Public in Ireland.