Form of FORM of Certificate to be endorsed upon the original Memorial. by * upon this Day day the Day of • One thousand eight hundred and C. D. One of the Extraordinary Com- FORM of Certificate to be endorsed upon the Copy of the Memorial. Form of Certi-DO hereby certify, That the Deed, of the Memorial of which Deed the within Writing is a Copy, was delivered to me in ficate to be endorsed on the Copy. Memorial and tificates transmitted to Re gistrar of Deeds in Ireland, who shall enter same. · ness thereto, upon a subscribing Wit Day of One thousand eight hundred and ; and that the Execution of said Deed and Memorial was 'then proved by the said as required by the Sta tute in that case made and provided; and I do hereby further with, delivered to me the within Copy of the said Memorial, which he then verified upon Oath, as by said Statute is required; ' and I have certified the same upon the said Memorial. C. D. One of the Extraordinary Com'missioners of the Court of Chancery 'in Ireland for taking Affidavits in • Great Britain.' III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That Copy with Cer- the said Extraordinary Commissioner shall thereupon deliver the said Memorial and Copy, with said respective Certificates, to the Person or Persons concerned, to be by such Person or Persons transmitted to the Registrar of Deeds in Ireland; and that the Registrar of Deeds in Ireland shall, upon receiving the same, register the said Memorial, and enter the same in the alphabetical Calendars kept by him, in the manner in which all other Memorials are registered and entered by him, without the Deed or Instrument in such Memorial mentioned being produced unto the said Registrar or Deputy Registrar, or the Stamps thereon examined by him; any thing whatsoever in an Act passed in the Fifty sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to repeal the several Stamp Duties in Ireland, and also several Acts for the Collection and Management of the said Duties, and to grant new Stamp Duties in lieu thereof, and to make more effectual Regulations for collecting and managing the said Duties, in any wise to the contrary thereof notwithstanding; and the said Copy and Cer tificate to be returned to Extraordinary Commissioner in G. B. 56 G.3. c.56. Registrar Commissioner thereon. Registrar or Deputy Registrar shall certify the Registry thereof in For administering the Oath to the Wit-£ s. d. For administering the Oath to the Wit ness upon his verifying the Copy of For the Certificate upon the Memorial 026 23 66 0 036 For the Certificate upon the Deed of the Fees to Extraordinary Commissioner. 0 15 6 IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Certificate to be given by the Registrar of Deeds in Ireland, upon the Copy of the Memorial so to be registered, shall be in the Form or to the Effect following: A MEMORIAL of the within mentioned Deed was entered in Form of Certithe Register's Office in the City of Dublin, in that Part of ficate to be the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ire- gistrar on Copy day the • land, upon of our Lord or near the Hour of Page Day of o'Clock in the and Number given by Re in the Year of Memorial. at noon, in Book ; and the Execution ⚫ of said Deed and Memorial was duly proved in that Part of the • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called England, • before One of the Extraordinary Commissioners of the Court of Chancery of Ireland for taking Affida'vits in Great Britain, as appears by said Memorial and the Cer⚫tificate of said 3 GEO. IV. Tt thereon. Register.' V. And Form of Certificate to be given by Extraordinary Commissioner. On Production Deeds registered accordingly, deemed effectual. Forging Memorials and Certificates. V. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Certificate to be given by the Extraordinary Commissioner as before mentioned, upon the Deed, Instrument or Writing, the Execution whereof shall have been so proved before said Extraordinary Commissioner in Manner aforesaid, whereof a Memorial also so proved before said Extraordinary Commissioner shall have been so registered in Ireland, shall be in the Form or to the Effect following: day the MEMORIAL of the within Deed was entered in the Regis- Page o'Clock in the and Number noon, in Book ; the Execution of said Deed and Memorial having been first duly proved before me, pursuant to the Statute in that Case made and provided, and such Registry appearing by the Certi'ficate of the Register in Ireland upon the Copy of said Memorial, and by my Attestation thereof upon said Register's Certificate. Dated this Day of One thousand eight hundred and C. D. One of the Extraordinary Commissioners • of the Court of Chancery in Ireland for taking Affidavits in Great Britain.' And the said Certificate, so signed by such Extraordinary Com- VII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That Act of Parliament made in Ireland in the Twenty eighth Year of the Penalties of Reign of Queen Elizabeth, intituled An Act against forging Evi- 28 Eliz. (I.) dence, are imposed upon such like Offenders as therein mentioned; and if any Person or Persons shall at any Time wilfully swear Swearing falsely before any such Extraordinary Commissioner in any of the falsely. Cases aforesaid, and be thereof lawfully convicted, such Person or Persons shall incur and be liable to the same Pains and Penalties Punishment. as if such Oath had been made in any of the Courts of Record in Great Britain or Ireland. VIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, Public Act. That this present Act shall be taken and allowed, in all Courts within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as a Public Act; and all Judges, Justices and other Persons therein concerned, are hereby required as such to take Notice thereof, without specially pleading the same. CA P. CXVII. An Act to reduce the Stamp Duties on Reconveyances of WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Fifty fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for repealing the Stamp Duties on Deeds, Law Proceedings and other written or printed Instruments and the Duties on Fire Insurances, and on Legacies and Successions to Personal Estates upon Intestacies, now payable in Great Britain, and for granting other Duties in lieu thereof; and by an Act passed in the Fifty sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to repeal the several Stamp Duties in Ireland; and also several Acts for the Collection and Management of the said Duties, and to grant new Stamp Duties in lieu thereof, and to make more effectual Regulations for collecting and managing the said Duties; and by the Schedules to the said Acts, respectively annexed, certain ad valorem Duties and other Duties were imposed on any Transfer, Assignment, Disposition, Assignation or Reconveyance of any Mortgage or Wadset, or other such Security as in the said Acts, and the Schedules thereto annexed, are mentioned, specified and contained; and by the said Act of the Fifty sixth Year aforesaid, and the said Schedule thereto annexed, a Duty of Three Pence was also imposed on every Promissory Note, whether in the Form of a Bank Note, Bank Post Bill or otherwise, issued by the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, or by any registered Banker or Bankers in Ireland, where the Sum therein expressed should not amount to Five Pounds: And Whereas it is expedient that the said several Duties should be repealed, and that other Duties should be granted in lieu thereof, in manner hereinafter mentioned: May it therefore please your Majesty that it may be enacted; And be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual Tt 2 and Duties under 55 G.3. c.184. Sched. Part 1. Mortgages in Duties under 56 G.3. c.56. Sched. Part 1. on Transfer of Mortgages and Bankers' Notes in Ireland. Duties hereinbefore mentioned, re pealed, except as to Recovery of Arrears, &c. New Duties: On Transfers in Great Britain and Ire land. and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the Expiration of Ten Days after the passing of this Act, the said several Duties hereinbefore mentioned shall be and the same are hereby repealed; save as to the raising, receiving, allowing or paying any Arrears of the said Duties under the said Acts or either of them respectively; and save as to any Proceedings commenced or to be commenced in any Court, Civil or Criminal, or otherwise, against any Person or Persons for or by reason of any Fine, Penalty or Forfeiture, or Punishment, for or in respect of any Crime or Offence committed or to be committed before the Expiration of Ten Days next after the passing of this Act, in any wise relating to the Collection or Management of the said Duties so repealed. II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Expiration of Ten Days next after the passing of this Act, in lieu and instead of the Duties by this Act repealed, there shall be granted, raised, levied, collected and paid in Ireland, unto His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, the several Sums of Money and Duties following; that is to say, upon any Transfer, Assignment, Disposition, of Mortgages Assignation or Reconveyance of any Mortgage, or of any other Security in the said Acts, and the Schedules thereto annexed, in that respect severally mentioned, or of the Benefit thereof, or of the Money or Stock thereby secured, provided no further Sum of Money or Stock be added to the Principal Money or Stock already secured, there shall be paid in Great Britain a Stamp Duty of One Pound Fifteen Shillings, and in Ireland a Stamp Duty of One Pound British Currency, for the First Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper, upon which such Transfer, Assignment, Disposition, Assignation or Reconveyance shall be ingrossed, written or printed; and where any such Transfer or Assignment, Disposition or Assignation, in Great Britain, hereby charged with the Duty of One Pound Fifteen Shillings, together with any Schedule, Receipt, or other Matter put or indorsed thereon, or annexed thereto, shall contain Two thousand one hundred and sixty Words or upwards, then for every entire Quantity of One thousand and eighty Words contained therein, over and above the First One thousand and eighty Words, there shall be paid a further progressive Duty of One Pound Five Shillings; and for every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper beyond the First, upon which any such Transfer, Assignment or Reconveyance shall be ingrossed, written or printed in Ireland, there shall be paid the Sum of Ten Shillings British Currency; and if any further Sum of Money or Stock shall be added to the Principal Money or Stock already secured, the ad valorem Duty on Mortgages, payable under the said recited Acts respectively, shall be charged only in respect of such further Money or Stock; and that upon every Promissory Note, whether in the Form of a Bank Note, Bank Post Bill or otherwise, which Bankers' Notes shall be issued by the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, or by any Banker or Bankers in Ireland, who shall have registered his or their Name or Names, or Firm, in manner directed by Law, where the Sum therein expressed shall not amount to Five Pounds, there shall be paid the Sum of One Penny Halfpenny Irish Currency, and no more. On Bank of Ireland and under 51. in Ireland. III. And |