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 A. D. 1735. Anno octavo Geoegii II. C. 6. 179 EfUtc of Inheritance or Freehold (haJl be made or take Effect, in any Perfon or Pcrfons, or any ' and Sale be made by Writing, indented, foaled and inrolled in one of the King's Courts ol ' at Weflminfler, or elfe within the fame County or Counties where die fame Minors, Lands, Tenc- « ments" or Hereditaments fo bargained and fold lie, or before the Ck/Ui Roiulorvm, and two Juftict ' the Peace, and the Cierk of the Peace of the fame County or Counties, or two of tl ' whereof the Clerk of the Peace to be one ; which Act hath been found by Experience to be of little or ' n'il'i'c within the faid North Riding, for that the Clerk of the Peace thereof for the time ' hath the keeping of the faid Inrolments within the faid North Riding, is not by the faid :;cd • to gi-e ar.y Security for the fafe keeping, nor under any Penalty for the negligent k. ♦ Inroiments, nor i; any Place by the faid Act appointed for keeping thereof: And whereas by this pre- « the faid North Riding, for regiftring and fafe keeping Memorials .'Jeeds and Co. - as 4 aforefaid, and a p'.iblick Retrifter to be chofen, who, according to the Directions her the faid Act maGe in the twenty-feventh Year of the R-ign of King Henry the Eighth more effectual and beneficial to the Inhabitants of the faid N rth PJdirg, Be it further enacted by the Au:i. ;- _ faid, That from and after the twenty-ninth Day of SepUtrtltr in the Year of our Lord .or.e rh Record at Weflminjlcr, or before the Cu/Ios Rotukrum, and two Juftices of the Peace, and the Cier the Peace for the faid North Riding, or two of them, according to the aforefaid Act made in. the twenty- feventh Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, or any other Act now in Force ; and one or more fuftice or Juftices of the Peace of the faid Riding for the time being, ihal! have Power to take and enter the Acknowledgment of the Bargainer, if but one, or of one of the Bargainers, if more, in fuch Bargains and Sales ; ar.d the faid Pegifter or his Deputy for the time being, lhall weli and fufficiently inroll, by ingroffing in Parchment Books, all fuch Bargains and Sales as fhall for that Purpofe be ac- knowledged as aforefaid, and ihali indorfe a Certificate on fuch Bargains and Sales of the Times of in- rolling thereof and iign the fame, and the Bocks thereof fhall fafely keep in the faid publick Office, there to remain upon Record amongft the Memorials of Deeds there regiftred. And be it further enacted , That ail Deeds of Bargain and Sale fo inrolled in the faid publick or Regifter Office as aforefaid, which 7 (hall appear to be fo inrolled by an Indorfement or Certificate on the faid Deeds of Bargain and Sale, - dence. ~ produce at Weftmtnfier, ar.d the Copies of the Inrolments there.:. ' XXII. And whereas Deeds have been often deftroyed by Fire and other Accidents ;' Be it further "ted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twenty-ninth Day of September or.e -"-_;-.- ihoufand feven hundred and thirty-fix, any Perfon or Perfons having or claiming Titie to any Hon.: Manors, Lards, Tenements or Hereditaments in the faid Norte K:iing, may regifter at fui! Length in die (aid Regifter Office, all and every or any the Deeds, Writings, Wills or Conveyances, by ;r under which fuch Title (hall be claimed, and which (hall be made and executed or figned and publi'hed, and in the cafe of Wills where the Devifor or Teftatrix fhall die, after the faid twenty-ninth Day of Sepum- . - • in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-fix ; and the faid Regifter or his Deputy is hereby authorized to enter and inroll al! fuch Deed;, Writings, Wills and Conveyances fhall be fo brought to be regiftred at full Length, by ingroffing them in Parchment Books ; t - i 1 .- laid Regifter or his Deputy lhall, in the Margin of every fuch Entry and InroJment, mention -he Time of fuch Entry and Enrolment, and fhall indorfe and fign a Certificate on fuch Deed, Conveyance or . tanner as is by this Act directed where a Memorial is entred, and fhall fafe.'y keep all and eery the Bocki wherein fuch Entries and Inrolments fhall be made in the .aid publick Oftice, there to remain uyon Record, ar.d all Copies of fuch Entries and In of fuch Deed?, Writing;, Will. ; Conveyances fo regiftred at full Length, and which C ill be figned by the faid Regifter or his uty, and atteftcd by two or more Witnefies, fhall be allowed in all Courts of R.ecord to be good ar.d -:ent Evidence of fuch Deeds, Writings, Wills or C. ice* fo regiftred and deftroyed by F .. . other .".ceident. XXIII. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That at the Time any Deed, Conve; ance Will made and executed or figned and publifhed after t . : twenty-ninth Day of i . . the - (even hundred and thirty-fix, fhall be brought to zhc faid Regifters Office to be rcgiitred or inrc : Length, one of the WirneflLs to the Executic: ;: ft :h Deed or Conveyance, .r sing err publiihing fechWill, fhall make Osth, or being one of the People caiird j9. - ->•. his . . .. Affirmation, before the faid P.egifter or his Deputy, that fuch Deed or Co a '.as duly exec the Grantor or Grantors, or that fuch Will was figned and publifhed by the Devifor or Tefts ch refpective Oaths and Affirmations the faid Regifter or his Deputy is reqi ired and impowered to adminifler. XXIV. Provided always, That fuch Deeds, Conveyances ar.d WiDs as fha!] be rr.sde and exec any Place not with : n forty Allies of the faid Office, may be er.tred and regiftred at fu i Leng h. by aforefaid Regifter or his Deputy, in cafe an Affidavit (worn, or a (oleum Affirmation of a Perlbn of .. A a z PeriuaS
 * 'Ufe thereof to be made, by reafon only of any Bargain and Sale thereof; except 'he faid Bar u
 * fent Act a publick Office is intended to be erected and eftabhfhed a» aforefaid, at the publick Charge of
 * tioned, is to give fufficient Security for the due Execution of the faid OfF.ce ; ' For rendring ther-