Duchy of Lancaster Act 1817

VIWhen Sales are made, the Commissioners mail grant Certificates to Purchasers, describing the Premises, &c.

And be it further enacted, That whenever the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues for the Time being mall have contracted with any Person or Persons, Body or Bodies Politic or Corporate, for the Sale of any of the Possessions or Land Revenues of the Crown hereby authorized to be fold for the Purposes aforesaid, the said Commissioners shall grant the Purchaser or respective Purchasers thereof a Certificate under their Hands, describing the Premises so agreed to be fold, and the Amount of the Purchase Money to be paid for the same, and which shall accordingly be paid into the Bank of England within Thirty-one Days after the Date of such Certificate; and the Cashiers of the Bank, or One of them, shall upon the Production of such Certificate accept and receive the Purchase Monies therein mentioned, and carry the same to the Account therein specified, and at the Foot or on the Back of such Certificate, acknowledge the Receipt of the same, without Fee or Reward ; and every such Certificate and Receipt shall be according to the Form contained in the Schedule to this Act annexed, or as near thereto as the Circumstances of the Cafe will admit; and every such Certificate and Receipt shall, within Two Calendar Months after the Date of such Certificate, be taken to the Office of the Auditor of the Land Revenue for the District within which the Premises therein described are situate, and be there forthwith enrolled in the proper Books for that Purpose ; and such Auditor, having enrolled the said Certificate and Receipt, shall attest the same under his Hand, and shall, upon receiving the usual Fees for such Enrolment, return the said Certificate and Receipt to the Purchaser or Purchasers; and from and after such Enrolment, and thenceforth for ever, the respective Purchasers, their Heirs or Successors, shall by force and virtue of this Act, be and be adjudged, deemed, and taken to be in the actual Seisin and Possession of the Premises, Rights, and Interests to be by them reflectively Purchased, and shall hold and enjoy the same peaceably and quietly, freed and discharged from all Claims and Demands of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, or of any Person or Persons claiming under him or them, as fully and amply to all Intents and Purposes as His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, might or could have held and enjoyed the same if such Sale had not taken place; and every such Certificate shall be reflectively witnessed and attested as to the. signing thereof by the said Commissioners, by one of the Principal Clerks or other Officers in their Office; and every such Certificate and Receipt, being enrolled as aforesaid, shall effectually discharge the respective Purchasers to whom the same shall be given or granted, of and from the Consideration or Purchase Money therein expressed, and such Purchasers shall never afterwards be liable to be called upon, fued, troubled, molested, or questioned, for or in respect thereof or any Part thereof.