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 A. D. 1711. Anno decimo Ann^ Regi'ns. C. 18. 533 CAP. XVIII. An Aft to give further Time for inrolling fuch Leafes granted from the Crown, as have not been inrolled within the refpective Times therein limited -, and for making the pleading of Deeds of Bargain and Sale inrolled, and of Fee Farm Rents, more eafy. ' TT 7 HE RE AS feverd Leafes or Grants have been made by her Majefty, or her Royal Predeceflbrs, ' VV under her or their Great Seals, or under the Exchequer Seal, the Seals of the Dutchy and County ' Palatine of Lancqftey, or fome of them, of feveral Manors, Mefluages, Lands, Woods, Tenements, ' Tithes, Profits, and other Hereditaments, within that Part of Great Britain called England, TFaL's, and ' the Town of Berivick upon Tweed, to take Effect in Poffeffion, Reverfion, or Expeilancy, or by way ' of future Litereit, for one, two, or three Lives now in being, or for fome Term or Terms of Years, ' determinable upon one, two, or three Lives now in being, or for fome certain Term or Terms, not ' exceeding fifty Years, to take effeft from tte Date or making thereof, or for fuch other Eftate or Term ' as (■ together with the Eftate or Eftates in Pofleffion of and in the Premiifes fo leafed or granted refpec- ' tively) was not to exceed three Lives, or the Term of fifty Years, from the Date or making of every ' fuch particular Leafe or Grant: And whereas there are feveral Provifoes, Conditions, or Covenants in- ' ferted in the faid feveral Leafes, or fome of them refpeftively, importing that the fame fhould be inroiled ' Duties thereby referved or payable might be put in Charge, and duly anfwered and paid, or performed : ' And whereas notvi/ithflanding the faid Provifoes, Conditions, or Covenants in the faid Leafes, yet fe- ' veral of the Lefiees or Farmers therein named, or thofe claiming under them, have omitted and ne- ' glccEled inrolling, or caufing to be inrolled, their faid Leafes, within the refpe£live Times limited for that ' Purpofe, as aforefaid, whereby the faid P.ents or Duties are not only in Likelihood of being loft, but the ' Leafes are for that Caufe void or voidable, or the Leflees, or thofe claiming under them, are liable to ' Payments Nomine pcencs, or other Penalties or Damages: Now to the end the faid Lefiees, and the Per- ' fons claiming under them, may be relieved in the Premifles, and that the Rents due and referved upon ' fuch Leafes may hereafter be duly put in Charge, anfwered and fitisfied, her Majefty is gracioufly pleaf- ' ed, that it may be enacted ;' And be it enadted by the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the All Perfcns ha. Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament af- ving before 3 fembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That all and every Perfon and Perfons, Bodies Politick and Mai-'li lyi'- Corporate, having at any Time or Times before the third Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and L'^a^s Jad'^b v eleven, made fuch Default or Omiffion of Lirollment of any fuch Leafe or Leafes, as aforefaid, or any the Crown, ftall Perfon or Perfons claiming or pretending any Right, Title, or Intereft under them, or any of them, fhall before 3 March and may, on or before the third Day of March v/hich fliall be in the Year of our Lord one thouland feven '""• <^3ure " hundred and tv/elve, bring, or caufe to be brought, fuch Leafe and Leaf;S to the proper Auditor to be in- ^n"'/^^',"' rolled, who is hereby authorized and required to inrol the fame, 3nd to put the Rents thereupon referved Leafe 'fo'i'nroliei in Charge, as if fuch Leafe or Leafes had been brought to be inrolled within the refpeftive Times thereby /luU be adiudg- limited in that Behalf; and that in every fuch Cafe, the Leafe fo inrolled within the faid Time limited by ed to have'its puriuant to this Act, and all Perfons claiming under them refpeiStively, fliall be, and is and are hereby ex- inrollmentr. onerated and difcharged of and from all Penalties and Damages which might be occafioned for want of fuch Inrollmerit ; any Law, Cuflom, or Ufage to the contrary notwithftanding. IL Provided always, That nothing in this A£t contained fliall extend to afRrm or give Continuance or This Aft rti?.ll Being to any Leafe or Leafes, which in any Court of Law or Equity have been adjudged or decreed to be not contin-je any forfeited or avoided fox want of fuch Lirollment, as aforefaid ; any thing herein contained to the contrary ^<^^'"'= adjudged notwithftanding. _ to be forfeited. ' in. And for fupplying a Failure in plea ling or deriving the Title to Lands, Tenements, or Heredita- if a Bargain and ■ '-ments, conveyed by Deeds of Bargain and Sale, indented and inrolled according to the Statute made in Sale lie pleaded. ' Indenture, and afterwards derived to different Perfons ;' Be it further enacted by the Authurity aforefaid, Oath, fliall be That where in any Declaration, Avowry, Bar, Replication, or other Pleading whatfoever, any fuch In- <^' tbe fame Ef- denture of Bargain and Sale inrolled, {hall be pleaded with a Prqfcrt in Curia, or ofFer^to produce the jj'^f jn^l'^rr^en- fame, the Perfon or Perfons fo pleading, fhall and may produce and fhew forth, and be fuffercd and allow- t"re"had beoi'" ed to produce and fiiew forth, by the Authority of this A6t, to anfwer fuch Profcrt, as w-.-l! againft her produced. Majefty, her Heirs and Succeffors, as againft any other Perfon or Perfons, a Copy of the InroUnient of 27 fl. 3. c. 16. fuch Bargain and Sale; and fuch Copy examined with the InroUm.ent, and figned by the proper Officer, having the Cuftody of fuch Inrollment, and proved upon Oath to-bs a true Copy, fo examined, and figned, fhall be of the fame force and efFe<£l, to all Intents and Conftruftions of Law, as the faid Inden- tures of Bargain and Sale were and fliould be of, if the fame were in fuch Cafe produced and iliewn forth. ' IV. And for as much as the Fee Farm Rents, and other Rents purcbafed under an Aft of Paiiiament where any Fee ' made in the twenty-fecond Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An ASl for the 'i-t-n Rents, ' c .. . tlie A€is 22 Car* 3 ' tvvcnty- "<• -»^-» — <-'"^-
 * before the proper Auditor of each County within a Time limited in that Behalf, to the end the Rents or
 * advancing the Sale of Fee Farm Rents, and other Rents- and ore other A6t made in the twenty-fecond and '"''' F"":'i«nt f"