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Registration and custody of memorial. Indices of lands registered and of parcels of ground, tenements, and premises mentioned in every such memorial and also a like index or indices of the names of the several parties to deeds, conveyances, and other instruments in writing, and of the devisors and devisees in the case of wills, and of the plaintiffs and defendants in the case of judgments, with accurate references in all such indices respectively to the number and page of registry of the memorial to which any entry in such indices relates.

No. 1 of 1844. LAND REGISTRATION.

(2) The Land Officer shall also in like manner immediately indorse on the back of the memorial a certificate, containing the day and the time of day when the memorial was so delivered, and the name and place of abode of the person verifying it, and shall sign the certificate when so indorsed.

(3) Such certificate shall be taken and allowed as evidence of the registration, and of the time of registration, of the deed, conveyance, or other instrument, or of the will or judgment, of which the memorial has been so made.

10. Every such memorial shall, as soon after the receipt thereof as practicable, be carefully registered by the Land Officer, in regular succession as received, according to its proper number, in a particular book to be kept by him for that purpose, and shall afterwards be deposited by him in some secure place in his office, and there kept for future reference when required.

11. The Land Officer shall also keep an index of the lands registered and of parcels of ground, tenements, and premises mentioned in every such memorial and also a like index or indices of the names of the several parties to deeds, conveyances, and other instruments in writing, and of the devisors and devisees in the case of wills, and of the plaintiffs and defendants in the case of judgments, with accurate references in all such indices respectively to the number and page of registry of the memorial to which any entry in such indices relates.

Entry of satisfaction and registration of certificate of satisfaction.

12. In the case of any mortgage or judgment registered, if at any time afterwards such verified certificate as is hereinafter next mentioned is brought to the Land Officer, signed by the respective mortgagors and mortgagees or plaintiffs and defendants or their agents respectively, and attested by two credible witnesses, whereby it appears that the whole of the moneys due on such mortgage or judgment have been fully paid, or that such mortgage or judgment is otherwise satisfied, then the 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 afterwards carefully register the certificate in one of the registry books of his office.

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Registration and custody of memorial. Indices of lands registered and of parcels of ground, tenements, and premises mentioned in every such memorial and also a like index or indices of the names of the several parties to deeds, conveyances, and other instruments in writing, and of the devisors and devisees in the case of wills, and of the plaintiffs and defendants in the case of judgments, with accurate references in all such indices respectively to the number and page of registry of the memorial to which any entry in such indices relates. No. 1 of 1844. LAND REGISTRATION. (2) The Land Officer shall also in like manner immediately indorse on the back of the memorial a certificate, containing the day and the time of day when the memorial was so delivered, and the name and place of abode of the person verifying it, and shall sign the certificate when so indorsed. (3) Such certificate shall be taken and allowed as evidence of the registration, and of the time of registration, of the deed, conveyance, or other instrument, or of the will or judgment, of which the memorial has been so made. 10. Every such memorial shall, as soon after the receipt thereof as practicable, be carefully registered by the Land Officer, in regular succession as received, according to its proper number, in a particular book to be kept by him for that purpose, and shall afterwards be deposited by him in some secure place in his office, and there kept for future reference when required. 11. The Land Officer shall also keep an index of the lands registered and of parcels of ground, tenements, and premises mentioned in every such memorial and also a like index or indices of the names of the several parties to deeds, conveyances, and other instruments in writing, and of the devisors and devisees in the case of wills, and of the plaintiffs and defendants in the case of judgments, with accurate references in all such indices respectively to the number and page of registry of the memorial to which any entry in such indices relates. Entry of satisfaction and registration of certificate of satisfaction. 12. In the case of any mortgage or judgment registered, if at any time afterwards such verified certificate as is hereinafter next mentioned is brought to the Land Officer, signed by the respective mortgagors and mortgagees or plaintiffs and defendants or their agents respectively, and attested by two credible witnesses, whereby it appears that the whole of the moneys due on such mortgage or judgment have been fully paid, or that such mortgage or judgment is otherwise satisfied, then the 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 afterwards carefully register the certificate in one of the registry books of his office.
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A 14 Registration and custody of memorial. Indices of lands regis- parties to instruments. No. 1 of 1844. LAND REGISTRATION. (2) The Land Officer shall also in like manner immediate- ly indorse on the back of the memorial a certificate, contain- ing the day and the time of day when the memorial was so delivered, and the name and place of abode of the person verifying it, and shall sign the certificate when so indorsed. (3) Such certificate shall be taken and allowed as evidence of the registration, and of the time of registration, of the deed, conveyance, or other instrument, or of the will or judgment, of which the memorial has been so made. 10. Every such memorial shall, as soon after the receipt thereof as practicable, be carefully registered by the Land Officer, in regular succession as received, according to its proper number, in a particular book to be kept by him for that purpose, and shall afterwards be deposited by him in some secure place in his office, and there kept for future reference when required. 11. The Land Officer shall also keep an index of the tered and of parcels of ground, tenements, and premises mentioned in every such memorial and also a like index or indices of the names of the several parties to deeds, conveyances, and other instruments in writing, and of the devisors and devisees in the case of wills, and of the plaintiffs and defendants in the case of judgments, with accurate references in all such indices respectively to the number and page of registry of the memorial to which any entry in such indices relates. Entry of satisfaction and registra- tion of certificate of satisfaction. 12. In the case of any mortgage or judgment registered, of mortgage if at any time afterwards such verified certificate as is or judgment hereinafter next mentioned is brought to the Land Officer, signed by the respective mortgagors and mortgagees or plaintiffs and defendants or their agents respectively, and attested by two credible witnesses, whereby it appears that the whole of the moneys due on such mortgage or judgment have been fully paid, or that such imortgage or judgment. is otherwise satisfied, then the 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 afterwards carefully register the certificate in one of the registry books of his MER
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No. 1 of 1844.

LAND REGISTRATION.

(2) The Land Officer shall also in like manner immediate- ly indorse on the back of the memorial a certificate, contain- ing the day and the time of day when the memorial was so delivered, and the name and place of abode of the person verifying it, and shall sign the certificate when so indorsed.

(3) Such certificate shall be taken and allowed as evidence of the registration, and of the time of registration, of the deed, conveyance, or other instrument, or of the will or judgment, of which the memorial has been so made.

10. Every such memorial shall, as soon after the receipt thereof as practicable, be carefully registered by the Land Officer, in regular succession as received, according to its proper number, in a particular book to be kept by him for that purpose, and shall afterwards be deposited by him in some secure place in his office, and there kept for future reference when required.

11. The Land Officer shall also keep an index of the tered and of parcels of ground, tenements, and premises mentioned in every such memorial and also a like index or indices of the names of the several parties to deeds, conveyances, and other instruments in writing, and of the devisors and devisees in the case of wills, and of the plaintiffs and defendants in the case of judgments, with accurate references in all such indices respectively to the number and page of registry of the memorial to which any entry in such indices relates.

Entry of satisfaction

and registra- tion of

certificate of

satisfaction.

12. In the case of any mortgage or judgment registered, of mortgage if at any time afterwards such verified certificate as is or judgment hereinafter next mentioned is brought to the Land Officer, signed by the respective mortgagors and mortgagees or plaintiffs and defendants or their agents respectively, and attested by two credible witnesses, whereby it appears that the whole of the moneys due on such mortgage or judgment have been fully paid, or that such imortgage or judgment. is otherwise satisfied, then the 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 afterwards carefully register the certificate in one of the registry books of his

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