hongkong-colonial-ordinances-1847 — Page 13

8 COLONIAL ORDINANCES.


Satisfaction for same afterwards such verified Certificate as is hereinafter next mentioned
on receiving a verified
Certificate. shall be brought to the said Land Officer, signed by the respective
Mortgagers and Mortgagees, or Plaintiffs and Defendants, or their
Agents respectively, and attested by Two credible Witnesses, whereby
it shall appear that the whole of the Moneys due on any such Mort-
gage 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
afterwards 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 Certificate. X. And be it further enacted, That every such Certificate shall
contain the following Particulars ; that is to say, in case of Judg-
ments, the 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 of Payment or other Satisfaction of the
Amount bona 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 any Justice of the Peace of the said Colony ; and on the back
of such verified Certificate the Land Officer shall immediately
indorse the Date when the same was received by him, and the
Name and Place of Abode of the Person verifying the same ; and
the said Certificate shall, after being so indorsed and entered as
aforesaid, be safely kept in his Office for future Reference when
required.

Wills and other In-
struments be XI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any
sited in said Office for Person or Persons whatsoever, to deposit in the said Land Office for
safe Custody.
safe Custody, any Conveyance, Deed, Power of Attorney, or Instru-
ment in writing whatsoever, or his or her last Will and Testament,
of which Deeds, Wills, Conveyances, or other Instruments the said
Land Officer shall (first giving a Receipt for the same) immediately
make an Entry or Entries in a Book to be kept for that purpose, to
which Book he shall keep an accurate Alphabetical Index, having
reference therein as well to the Name of the Testator or Parties to
each such Deed or Instrument, as to the Person or Persons deposit-
ing the same ; and the said Land Officer shall carefully and securely
keep all such Deeds, Wills, or other Instruments in his said Office
until required by the Party or Parties depositing the same to deliver
To be wrapped
sealed Envelope. in a them back again : Provided that every such Will or Testament shall
be enclosed within a Cover or Envelope, sealed with the Seal of the
Testator or Testatrix, whose Name shall be endorsed by the Land
Officer on such Envelope or Cover : and every such Will shall remain
in the said Office until the Decease of the Testator or Testatrix ,
unless he or she shall previously require the same to be delivered
onTo whom
Death delivered back ; and upon the Death ofthe Testator or Testatrix, the said Land
of Testator.
Officer shall ( after examining such Will) deliver the same to the
Executor