Silk, &c. managing the said duties should, at a time therein men- Stamps. tioned, provide proper seals or stamps for marking such of the said silks, calicoes, linens, and stuffs, to be printed, painted, stained, or dyed, in Great Britain, during the continuance of the said act; which said stamps, or any of them, should or might be altered or renewed from time to time, as her majesty, her heirs, or successors, should think fit: And it was thereby further enacted, that if any person or persons whatsoever should, at any time or times thereafter, counterfeit or forge any stamp or seal, to resemble any stamp or seal which should be provided or made in pursuance of that act, or should counterfeit or resemble the impression of the same upon any of the said commodities chargeable by that act, thereby to defraud her majesty, her heirs or successors, of any of the duties thereby granted, then every such person so offending, being thereof convicted in due form of law, should be adjudged a felon, and should suffer death, as in cases of felony, without benefit of clergy: And whereas some doubts have arisen, whether persons counterfeiting or forging any stamp or seal, to resemble any stamp or seal renewed or altered by the commissioners of excise, in pursuance of the authority of the said act of the twelfth year of Queen Anne, or counterfeiting or resembling the impression of such renewed or altered stamp or seal, are subject to the penalties and pains of death, in the said acts enacted and declared; and evilminded persons have thereby been encouraged to counterfeit such renewed and altered stamps and seals: Now, for obviating all such doubts, be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that from and after the 5th day of July, 1773, After July if any person or persons whatsoever shall, at any time or 5, 1773, times hereafter, counterfeit or forge any stamp or seal al- persons ready provided by the said commissioners, or which shall ing stamps hereafter be by them provided, renewed, or altered, or or seals to shall counterfeit or resemble the impression of the same be punished upon any of the said commodities chargeable by the said as felons. acts, thereby to defraud his majesty, his heirs or successors, of any of the said duties thereby granted, then every such person so offending, being thereof convicted in due form of law, shall be adjudged a felon, and shall suffer death, as in cases of felony, without benefit of clergy. counterfeit Note. The words in italics are repealed by 52 Geo. 3, c. 142, s. 1. See ante, tit. "Clergy." Stamps on Cambrics, &c. 4 Geo. 3, c. 37. XVII. Be it enacted, &c., that all cambrics and lawns, or goods of the kind usually known under either of those denominations, which, from and after the tenth day of May now next ensuing, shall be wove or fabricated in England, or the principality of Wales, shall be marked or sealed at each end of every piece with such mark or seal, and by Stamps. Persons &c. or sell ing goods with a counterfeit seal, &c. guilty of felony. such officer or officers, as the commissioners of excise in England shall direct or appoint for that purpose. XXVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that if any person or persons shall, at any time or counterfeit times hereafter, forge or counterfeit any stamp, mark, or ing the seal, seal, to resemble any stamp, mark, or seal, which shall be provided or used in pursuance of this act, or shall forge, resemble, or counterfeit, the impression of any such mark, stamp, or seal, upon any goods required by this act to be stamped, marked, or sealed, or shall import or bring into England any foreign cambrics or lawns, or goods of the kind usually known by or under either of those denominations, having any such counterfeit mark, seal, stamp, or impression, thereon, or sell or expose to sale any cambrics or lawns, or goods of the kind usually known by or under either of those denominations, with such counterfeit mark, seal, stamp, or impression thereon, knowing such stamp, mark, or seal, to be counterfeited; every such person so offending, being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be judged guilty of felony, and shall suffer as in cases of felony, without benefit of clergy. Punishment XXXIII. [Public act.] Post-Office Mark. 54 Geo. 3, c. 169. XIV. Be it enacted, that if any person shall forge or of persons counterfeit, or cause to be forged or counterfeited, any for forging the poststamp, mark of postage, or designation upon any letter office mark. hereby authorized to be so stamped, marked, or designated, with intent to avoid the payment of the rate of postage hereby imposed, each and every person and persons so offending shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of a misdemeanor, to be punished by fine and imprisonment and such offence, if committed within Great Britain, shall and may be inquired of, tried, and adjudged, either within the city of London, or where the offence shall be committed.. Memorial convey. ances in 5. OFFICIAL PAPERS, SECURITIES, AND DOCUMENTS. Be it enacted, &c. that a memorial of all deeds and conof wills and veyances, which, from and after the 29th day of September in the year of our Lord 1704, shall be made and executed, and of all wills and devises in writing made, or to be made and published, where the devisor or testator shall die after the said 29th day of September, of or concerning, and whereby any honours, manors, lands, tenements, or heredi West Riding of Yorkshire. taments in the said West-riding, may be any way affected Qficial in law or equity, may, at the election of the party or par- Papers, &c. ties concerned, be registered in such manner as is herein- Registry after directed. Act. &c. Deeds and VII. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- How memosaid, that all and every memorials, so to be entered or rials shall registered, shall be put into writing, in vellum or parch- be written} ment, and directed to the register of the said office; and in and dicase of deeds and conveyances, shall be under the hand rected, and seal of some or one of the grantors, or some or one of conveythe grantees, his or their guardians or trustees, attested by ances. two witnesses, one whereof to be one of the witnesses to the execution of such deed or conveyance; which witness shall, upon his oath before the said register, or his deputy, to prove the signing and sealing of the said memorial, and the execution of the deed or conveyance mentioned in such memorial; and in case of wills, the memorials shall be under the hand and seal of some or one of the devisees, his or their guardians or trustees, attested by two witnesses, one whereof shall, upon his oath before the said register or his deputy, prove the signing and sealing of such memorial; which respective oaths the said register or his deputy is hereby empowered to administer. contain. VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- What said, that every memorial of any deed, conveyance, or will, every meshall contain the day of the month and the year when such morial of any deed, deed, conveyance, or will bears date, and the names and conveyadditions of all the parties to such deed or conveyance, and ance, or of the devisor or testatrix of such will, and of all the wit- will, shall nesses to such deed, conveyance, or will, and the places of their abode, and shall express or mention the honours, manors, lands, tenements, and hereditaments contained in such deed, conveyance, or will, and the names of all the parishes, townships, hamlets, precincts, or extra-parochial places, within the said West-riding, where any such honours, manors, lands, tenements, or hereditaments are lying or being, that are given, granted, conveyed, devised, or any way affected or charged by any such deed, conveyance, or will, in such manner as the same are expressed or mentioned in such deed, conveyance, or will, or to the same effect; and that every such deed, conveyance, and will, or Register to probate of the same, of which such memorial is so to be re- indorse gistered, as aforesaid, shall be produced to the said regis. a certificate ter or his deputy, at the time of entering such memorial, such deed, who shall indorse a certificate on every such deed, convey- &c. ance, and will, or probate thereof, and therein mention the certain day, hour, and time on which such memorial is so entered and registered, expressing also in what book, page, and number the same is entered, and that the said register or his deputy shall sign the said certificate when so in- Memorials dorsed; which certificates shall be taken and allowed as to be num-, on every bered. Official Registry evidence of such respective registries in all courts of rePapers, &c. cord whatsoever; and that every page of such registerbooks, and every memorial that shall be entered therein, shall be numbered, and the day of the month, and the year, and hour, or time of the day, when every memorial is registered, shall be entered in the margins of the said register-books, and of the said memorial. Act not to extend to copyhold estates, &c. Manors, Jands, &c. to be but once named in the memorial, &c. where there are more writings than one for making the conveyance, &c., Penalty on forging or counterfeit ing memorials or cer tificates. Memorials of wills en XVI. Provided also, and be it further enacted, that this act shall not extend to any copyhold estates, or to any leases at a rack rent, or to any lease not exceeding one-andtwenty years, where the actual possession and occupation goeth along with the lease; any thing in this act contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. XVII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, that where there are more writings than one, for making and perfecting any conveyance or security, which do name, mention, or any ways affect or concern the same honours, manors, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, it shall be a suflicient memorial and register thereof, if all the honours, manors, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and the parishes, townships, hamlets, or extra-parochial places, where the same lie, be only once named or mentioned in the memorial, register*, [and certificate] of any one of the deeds or writings, made for the perfecting of such conveyance or security; and that the dates of the rest of the said deeds or writings, relating to the said conveyance or security, with the names and additions of the parties and witnesses, and the places of their abodes, be only set down in the memorials, registers, [and certificates] of the same, with a reference to the deed or writing whereof the memorial is so registered, that contains or expresses the parcels mentioned in all the said deeds, and directions how to find the registering the same. XIX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that if any person or persons shall at any time forge or counterfeit any such memorial or certificate as are herein before mentioned and directed, and be thereof lawfully convicted, such person or persons shall incur and be liable to such pains and penalties as in and by an act of parliament made in the fifth year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, intituled an An Act against Forgers of false Deeds and Writings, are imposed upon persons for forging or publishing of false deeds, charters, or writings sealed, court-rolls, or wills, whereby the freehold or inheritance of any person or persons of, in, or to any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, shall or may be molested, troubled, or charged. . XX. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted, that all tered in six memorials of wills that shall be registered in manner months after death of devisor *The brackets refer to another act. as aforesaid, within the space of six months after the death Official of every respective devisor or testatrix, dying within the Papers, &c. kingdom of [England, dominion of Wales, and town of Ber- Registry wick upon Tweed,] or within the space of three years Act. after the death of every respective devisor or testatrix, dying upon or in any parts beyond the seas, shall be as dying in valid and effectual against subsequent purchasers, as if the England,&c. same had been registered immediately after the death of or in three such respective devisor or testatrix; any thing herein con- death of tained to the contrary thereof, in any wise notwithstanding. devisor XXIII. [Public act.] 5 Anne, c. 18. I. [Enacts, that from 24th June, 1707, all bargains and sales of lands, &c. in the West-riding of Yorkshire, enrolled in the register's office at Wakefield, shall be as good in law as if enrolled at Westminster, and proceeds thus:]and the said register, or his deputy, for the time being, (together with one or more justice or justices of the peace of the said riding, shall have power to take and enter the acknowledgment of the bargainer, if but one, or of one of the bargainers, if more, in such bargains and sales; and shall well and sufficiently enrol, by engrossing in parchment rolls or parchment books, all such bargains and sales as shall for that purpose be acknowledged before him as aforesaid; and shall indorse a certificate on such bargains and sales, of the times of enrolling thereof, and sign the same; and the rolls or books thereof shall safely keep in the said public office, there to remain upon record amongst the memorials of deeds there registered. III. [Such enrolment deemed entering a memorial thereof pursuant to 2 and 3 Anne, c. 4.] years after dying beyond sea, to be valid. any manors, that a me IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, No judg that no judgment, statute, or recognizance, (other than ment, &c. such as shall be entered into in the name, and upon the to affect proper account of her majesty, her heirs, and successors) &c. in Westwhich shall be obtained, or entered into, after the said 24th Riding, but day of June, in the said year of our Lord 1707, shall affect from time or bind any manors, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, al situate, lying, and being in the said West-riding, but only thereof he from the time that a memorial of such judgment, statute, entered in or recognizance shall be entered at the said register-office, register's expressing and containing, in case of such judgment, the names of the plaintiffs, and the names and additions therein of the defendants, the sums thereby recovered, and the time of the signing thereof; and in case of statutes and recognizances, expressing and containing the date of such statute or recognizance, the names and additions of the cognizors and cognizees therein, and for what sums, and before whom, the same were acknowledged; and that in order to the making an entry of such memorials of office. |