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Со ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1844.
Registration of deeds wills &c.
The memorial 8. And be it further enacted that every such memorial shall, as soon
to be regis
tered as soon after the receipt thereof as practicable, be carefully registered by the Land
as possible in
a proper book Officer, in regular succession as received , according to its proper number,
and be depo
sited in a in a particular book to be kept by him for that purpose, and shall afterwards
secure place in
the office. be deposited by him in some secure place in his office, and there kept for
future reference when required, and he shall also keep an index of the
mentioned in
parcels of ground tenements and premises mentioned in every such
Land Officer to memorial, and also a like index or indexes of the names of the several
keep an index
of places and parties to conveyances and other deeds and instruments, and of devisors
names con
nected with and devisees in wills, and of the plaintiffs and defendants in case of
the instru
ments so re judgments with accurate references in all such indexes respectively to the
gistered with
correct refer number and page of registry of the memorial to which any entry in such
ences to the
proper page index or indexes shall relate .
of the re
gistry book,
In case of 9. And be it further enacted that in case of mortgages and judgments
mortgages registered in pursuance of this Ordinance, if at any time afterwards such
and judg :
ments Land
Officer shall verified certificate as is hereinafter next mentioned shall be brought to the
enter satisfac said Land Officer, signed by the respective mortgagors and mortgagees or
tion for the
same on re plaintiffs and defendants or their agents respectively, and attested by two
ceiving a veri
fied certificate credible witnesses , whereby it shall appear that the whole of the monies
as after de
scribed. due on any such mortgage or judgment have been fully paid , or that such
mortgage or judgment is otherwise satisfied, then the said Land Officer
shall make a short entry or memorandum thereof on the memorial and on
the margin of the registry of such mortgage or judgment , and shall after
wards carefully register the same certificate in one of the registry books of
his office, and the Land Officer, shall make an entry thereof in his index or
indexes, referring accurately to the page of registry of such certificate.
Form of the 10. And be it further enacted that every such certificate shall contain
certificate of
satisfaction the following particulars ; that is to say, in case of judgments the
on a judgment
or mortgage. names and additions of the plaintiffs and defendants , the time of entering
up or recording the same, the sum or sums thereby recovered , the date or
dates ofpayment or other satisfaction ofthe amount bonâ fide due thereon,
and in case of mortgages the names and additions of the original parties ,
the date of the instrument, the sum thereby secured , and the time or times
of payment or other satisfaction thereof, and every such certificate shall be
verified by the oath of some competent person , that the same contains a
just and true account of the several particulars therein set forth, which
oath shall be made and taken before the said Chief Magistrate , or before