Registration and Records Act (Cap. 19:04)

LAW:S UI' lJUMlrULA REGISTRATION AND RECORDS ACT CHAPTER 19:04 Act L.I. 5 of 1881 Amended by L.I. 9 of 1922 L.I. 9 of 1932 L.I. 9 of 1933 19 of 1939 15 of 1941 1 of 1973 20 ofl978 13 of 1980* 27 of 1981 10 of 1982 12 of 1990 *See Note on page 2 Current Authorised Pages Pages Authorised (inclusive) by L.RD. 1-18 1/1991 T. ~ n 111001 2 Chap. 19:04 Record Office Rules Registration and Records of Subsidiary Legislation Note on Act No. 13 of 1980 Page 17 This Act is to be read as one with the Registration and Records (New Register) Act, (Chap. 19:05). Registration and Records CHAPTER 19:04 Chap. 19:04 3 REGISTRATION AND RECORDS ACT ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION 1. Short title. 2. Interpretation. PART I RECORDING OF DEEDS 3. Unregistered deeds void as against subsequent purchasers. 4. Unregistered deeds not to be received in evidence. 5. Wills of realty to be proved and registered. 6. Time after execution within which deeds are to be registered. 7. Every deed to be attested by a witness. 8. Proof of deeds executed in the State wherein registered. 9. Proof of deeds may be affixed instead of endorsed. 10. Proofof deeds executed in Great Britain or Northern Ireland. 11. Proof of deed executed in Commonwealth territory. 12. Proof of deeds executed in any foreign state. 13. Persons authorised to acknowledgment of deeds, etc. exe­ cuted out of Dominica, for any purpose connected with registration in Dominica. 14. Deeds to be fully stamped and endorsed with name of drafts man. 15. Declaration in lieu of oath. 16. Acknowledgment of deeds by Registrar. 17. Time of receipt to be deemed time of registration. MODE OF REGISThRli~G DEEDS 18. Copies of deeds for registration to be supplied. LRO 111991 4 Chap. 19:04 SECTION Registration and Records PART III RECORD OFFICERS 19. Chief Justice to be keeper of the records. 20. Registrar of High Courts to be registrar of deeds. PARTlY DUTIES OF RECORD KEEPER 21. Registrar to give certificate of receipt of deed. 22. Endorsement of time. Registrar not to part with deed until recorded. 23. Entry in register books of time of registration. 24. Chief clerk to act in absence of Registrar. 25. Reports. PARTY RECORD OFFICES 26. Record Offices. Provision to be made for safe custody of records, etc. 27. Branch offices. 28. Public records, records of superior courts, etc., to be under charge of Chief Justice. 29. Other records may be placed under charge of Chief Justice. 30. Removal of records. 31. Power to make Rules as to disposal of valueless documents. 32. Return of original deeds and writings after registration. 33. Searches. 34. Copies of public records. 35. Office copies to be evidence. ~tl. Records not to hP. removed from rhr- TP.rnrrl ()ffirp PART VI RULES OF RECORD OFFICES 37. Chief Justice may make Rules. Registration and Records 'DA'DT Vir LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 39. Action for negligence against Registrar. PART VIII FEES 40. Fees. SCHEDULE. Chap. 19:04 5 r D n 111001 6 Chap. 19:04 Registration and Records 1961 Ed. Cap. 220. L.I. 5 of 1881. Commencement. Short title. Interpretation. [27 of 1981 10 of 1982]. Ch. 18:51. REGISTRATION AND RECORDS ACT AN ACT to provide for the registration of deeds, wills and docu­ ments of a public nature executed in Dominica or any other Commonwealth country or a foreign state. [23rd November 1881] 1. This Act may be cited as the ­ REGISTRATION AND RECORDS ACT. 2. In this Act "deed" includes every document in writing affecting or relating to lands, tenements, or hereditaments in the State, and any licence granted to an alien or alien company under the Aliens Land Holding Regulation Act; "Dominica consular officer" means any person, including the head of a consular post, entrusted in that capacity with the exercise of consular functions, or a consular officer of a state other than Dominica, acting as such on behalf of the Government of Dominica; "Dominica diplomatic agent" means the head of a mission or a member of the diplomatic staff of a mission or a diplomatic agent of a state other than Dominica, acting as such on behalf of the Government of Dominica; "indices" includes all indices, abstract books and catalogues in any Record Office in the State relating to public records, registered deeds and writings, or registers; "public records" includes all documents of any kind of a public nature deposited in the Record Office; "reoistered cif'.P.ci~ and writinoc" inrlnnPll ~11 in'ltM,mpnt'l ~nti ",nt1n"" ...... - .- -... . "------(;;1- -------- ~ ------------....... -.--- •• -----0 ... whatever recorded in the Record Office before and after the - -- - -- - . ...... ... -.-------------- .--------- --- ------ -- writings in the Record Office; "will" includes every last will and testament, codicil, or exemplifica tiO!l thereof, 3..i.'1d the proof or probate of me same required to rJC Registration and Records pARTT Chap. 19:04 7 RECORDING OF DEEDS. 3. Every deed shall be absolutely void as against any subsequent Unregist7red . . deeds VOId as purchaser for valuable consideration or mortgagee unless the deed has against subse been duly registered before the registrationof the deed under which the quent purchasers. subsequentpurchaser or mortgagee claims, and within the time limited for the registration of deeds after their execution. 4. No deed shall be received in evidence in any proceeding whatever,whether at law or equity in the State,unless the deedhas been duly registered. Unregistered deeds not to be received in evidence. Wills of realty to be proved and registered. 5. No will, whereby any estate or interest in realty within the State is devised, shall be admitted in evidence in any proceeding whatever, either at law or at equity, within the State, until the will has been duly proved and registered. 6. Every deed shall be lodged in theRecord Office for registration, Time after ithi th . h . aft l' . d th . execution withinWI n e ttme erem er imtted, at IS to say - which deeds are (a) if executed within the State, within three months after to be registered. execution; (b) if executed anywhere out of the State, within twelve months after execution; but any Judge may, on cause shown, order any deed to be registered notwithstanding its not having been presented for registration within the time hereinbefore limited; and, in such case, a copy of the order of the Court shall be attached to the deed and registered therewith. In the case of deeds executed before the cominginto operation of this Act, the same shall be received for registration without the Judge's order required by this section. 7. Every deed shall be executed in the presence of at least one Every deed to be , h hall th lth hl her si Wh th attested by aWItness w 0 s attest e same WI IS or er SIgnature. ere e witness. sole attesting witness to the execution of a deed is a person before whom, but for this section, the deed might be acknowledged as hereinafter provided, such person shall be disqualified from taking the fJI,.,.1rnn'l'l,loA tTn"\on't--- --- - -- - -- -- -- - - - - -- -- acknowledgment shall be endorsed on the deed and attested by the r n Fl t r t on t 8 Chap. 19:04 Registration and Records Proof of deeds may be affixed instead of endorsed. Q Whpn llnnpr tht c;,:o A f't ~n" ti~~ti 1~ T'\r(,\'\1~ri h~! th~ I"\~'t'h 1'\"" f}.ff:;"·'''~''·!':L- ----- ----- ---- - --- -- - ----- -- t------ - =--~ ~-~~ :.-=--=-~- "'--~~:.=--=- ,,--.=. :.~.=.-=--=--=--=-=-:.:. tionofoneof the witnesses,the proofmaybe by affidavitor declaration affixed to the deed and attested by the Registrar. Proof of deeds 10. All deeds intended for registration in the State which are eBx7c~ted in Great executed in Great Britain or Northern Ireland shall be proved by the ntam or Northern Ireland. oath or affirmationof oneof the witnessesor shall be acknowledgedby the grantor before the mayor,deputymayoror other chiefmagistrateof any city, borough or town corporate in Great Britain or Northern Ireland, and certified under the common seal of such city, borough or town corporate. Proof of deed executed in Commonwealth territory. [12 of 1990]. Proof of deeds executed in any foreign state. [27 of 1981]. 11. (1) All deeds intended for registration in the State, which are executed in any Commonwealth territory except Dominica, shall be proved by the oath or affirmation of one of the witnesses, or shall be acknowledgedby the grantorbefore an authorisedofficer and certified under the hand and public or official seal if any of such authorised officeror, whereaseal isnotappropriated tohisoffice,undertheprivate seal of such officer, the certificate in such case stating that no official seal exists. (2) For the purposesof this section"authorised officer" means a judge of a superior court, a magistrate or other corresponding functionaryauthorisedto preside over a court of inferiorjurisdiction, a notary public, any functionary civilor militaryauthorisedby the law of that territory or of Dominica to administeroaths in that territory, and such other person as may be prescribed by Order of the President. 12. All deeds intended for registration in Dominica which are executed in any foreign state shall be provedby the oath or affirmation of one of the witnesses. or shall be acknowledged or executed by the grantor or grantee or both before a Dominica diplomatic agent or 'T"'oo. 11 I"~ .. ..- ---- ----------- .--- ------- -- --- ------- -- ---- -- ------ --- ------------ --- -- ----- state and certified under the hand and seal of the diplomatic agent or consular officer or before a notary public in the foreign state and certifiedunderthe handandofficialsealof thenotarypublic;but if there is no publicor official seal~ the absenceof S&lie shallbecertified by tlle Registration and Records Chap. 19:04 9 autnonscc to declarations and affirmations to be used under the authority of anylaw acknowledgment in force in Dominica before any registrar of deeds for any purpose of deeds, etc. connected with the registrationof deeds or wills or other documents or execut~d out of things executed outside of Dominica may be sworn and taken in any :~;;s~or foreign state before any court, judge, notary public or other person connected with lawfully authorised to administer oaths in the foreign state, or before reDorninigis~~tion in ca. any Dominica diplomatic agent or Dominica consular officer in the [27 of 1981]. foreign state exercising his function as such in the foreign state, and everyregistrarofdeeds shall takejudicialnoticeof the sealor signature, as the case may be, of any such court, judge, notary public, authorized person, Dominica diplomatic agent or Dominica consular officer which is attached, appended, or subscribed to any such affidavit, declaration or affirmation, or any other document. 13= (1) An acknowledgments of execution of deeds, affidavits~ Persons (2) Any person who forges the signatureor the official seal of any court, judge, notary public, person, consul or vice-consul lawfully authorised to administer oaths under this Act, or tenders in the Record Office, for the purpose of the registration of any deed or will or other document or thing, any affidavit, declaration or affirmation or other judicial or official document, with a false or counterfeit signature or seal of any court, judge, notary public, person, consul or vice-consul, authorised as aforesaid, attached or appended thereto, knowing the same signature or seal to be false or counterfeit, is liable to imprison­ ment for two years. (3) Any deed which is executed outside of Dominica for the purpose of registration in Dominica may be proved by the oath, declaration or affirmationof a witness to the execution thereof, or may be acknowledged by the grantor or grantee in the country in which it wasexecutedbefore anycourt or personauthorisedby this Actto swear andtake acknowledgments,affidavits,declarationsand affirmationsin the country to be used for any purpose connected with registration of deeds, wills, documents or other things executedoutside of Dominica, and the proof or acknowledgmentshallbe as good and effectual for all purposes of registration as if the deed had been proved or acknowl 14. 0) No deed shall be admitted to registration unless UUIY lJeedslo be fully stampedwith the amount requiredby anylaw in that behalf for the time :~:=da~~th beingin force in the State;nor, if the deed wasprepared within the State name of .;;;;;; ~-~;~..; ;;;;; ;-;:;;.;-;;.;;;~-;;~ ~;;--;~;;;~ ~~-;~ ;,;';;;;;;;:;:: ;;;;~.-:-; .;-;;:-:..;~ti.-:;~ G-f ~12 !'--:;;.-:~ (;fi4lfr~Tn)ifi L.R.o.1I1991 10 Chap. 19:04 Registration and Records Declaration in lieu of oath. Acknowledg­ ment of deeds by Registrar. Time of receipt to be deemed time of registration. Copies of deeds fi)r registration to be supplied. unless the naBle of the person by whom it was prepared is endor~d thereon. (2) Whenever any deed offered for registration purports to have been prepared by any person other than a barrister, solicitor or other person authorised to prepare legal documents, the Registrar before admitting the deed to registration shall require an affidavit from that person proving that he did not draw or prepare the deed either directly or indirectly for or in expectation ofany fee, gain or reward, and a further affidavit from the party bearing the cost of the preparation or registration of the deed that no such fee, gain or reward was offered, paid or was to be paid by him to the person for drawing or preparing the deed. Further, the Registrar, in his discretion, is hereby authorised to retain custody of the deed so offered for the purpose of being registered pending the production of the affidavit. 15. Where, by any statute or Act in force in any part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or its dependencies, a statutory declaration is substituted for an oath or affirmation, it shall be sufficient for the subscribing witness to any such deed to prove the execution thereof by such declaration in lieu ofhis oath or affirmation. 16. Whenever it is necessary under the provision of any Act for a Registrar as Provost Marshal or in any other capacity to acknowledge any deed, he may acknowledge the deed before a Judge or before the first clerk for the time being in the Registrar's office, or, in the absence or incapacity of the first clerk, the acknowledgment may be made before the second clerk. 17. The time at which a deed or will is received in the Registrar's office for registration shall be deemed to be the time of registration of the deed. PART II MODE OF REGiS 1 tRiNG DEEDS 18. (l) Every person presenting any deed or writing of whatever kind (wills excepted) for registration which may be legally registered shall, at the time of presentation, supply the Registrar with a true and exact copy thereof, and theRegistrar shl!11, instead of copying t.~e deed ~......;.L; : A. 1 .. .. •• Registration and Records Chap. 19:04 11 after having satisfied himself a, to it, correctness.. deposit the copy in its proper order in a safe place to be kept for that purpose, and the copy shall, thereupon,be deemed to be the proper recordof the deed or other writing. (2) Every copy shall be written on paper of a size, quality and kind to be from time to time prescribed by the Chief Justice, and shall be dulyboundinbook-formin suchmannerandat suchtimes as the said Chief Justice shall direct; and the Registrar shall not accept any copy whichis not written on the prescribedpaper,or whichis, inhis opinion, improperly or illegibly written, or which is written in any way which would be likely to impair its usefulness as a record. PART III RECORD OFFICERS Paper on which deed is to be written. 19. The Chief Justice for the time being shall be ex officiokeeper Chief Justice to f bli d d f . ed d d d .. . th S be keeper of theo pu IC recor S an 0 register ee s an wntmgs m e tate. records. 20. The Registrarof the HighCourtshallcontinueto be the registrar Registrar of High of deeds and shall,under the directionof the Chief Justice, act as record ~~~~~:r deeds. keeper. PARTlY DUTIES OF RECORD KEEPER 21. On receiving any deed for registration,the Registrar shall give Reg.is.trarto give th d .. th ifi kn I dzi th . certificate ofto e party epositmg e same a cern cate ac ow e gmg e receipt receipt of deed. thereof; and the certificate shall be receivedasevidence of the registra tion of the deed described therein. 22. At the time of the presentationof any deed for registration, the ~ndorsement of Rr-oistrar shall pnrlnr~e therennon II memorandum of the hour. dav. ume. f,,;;I .- -- -... .. month and year when the deed waspresentedfor registration, and shall ~ -:... 7'":. : -:... "':': - -- -- -- -- -- - -- - with the deed until it has been duly recorded, pan with deed ,"' 1 1uruu recorueo. 23. The Registrar shall enter in the register books the hour, Entry in register day,monthandyearwheneachdeedhasbeenpresentedfor registration :;~~-:~~e of - - . . . .- - - - - - - - - -- - ." -.- ~ o •• 0. 0 - " ••• •• 0 o. •••-.-;-;. -;-;-;.;=. .---;':=;:::;.-~ '.RD.1I1991 12 Chap. 19:04 Registration and Records Chief clerk to act ill absence oi Registrar. Reports. in the Record Office shallexecuteall the dutiespertainingto the office of Registrar. 25. (1) The Registrarshall, whenevercalled uponto do so, furnish a reportto the ChiefJusticeas to allproceedings under this Act, and the report shall be in such form and contain such particulars as shall be prescribed by Rules. (2) The Registrar shall, once in every year, report to the President upon all proceedingsunder this Act, and the report shall be published in the Gazetteand laid before the House of Assembly. PART V RECORD OFFICES Branch offices. Record Offices. Provision to be made for safe custody of records, etc. 26. The Registrar's office shall be the Record Office; and the Presidentmay, from time to time, cause suitableprovision to be made for the safekeepingof all the records, which,under this Act, shallbe in thelegalcustodyof theChiefJustice, andfortheconvenienttransaction of the business of the Record Office. 27. Every office and place in which public records which by authority of law are placed under the charge of the Chief Justice are deposited shall be deemed so long as the records remain therein to be a part of the Record Office. Public records, 28. The public records, the recordsof the Supreme Court, and the records of superior P Offi all . d d d d .. d all' hi hcourts, etc., to be atent Ice, registere ee s an wntmgs, an registersw C under charge of now are, or ought to be, deposited in the Record Office,or which now Chief Justice. are,or ought to be, in the custodyof the officersof the Courtsto which they belong, in whatsoeverofficeor place they may be depositedat the time of the passing of this Act, shall be under the charge and superin­ tendenceof the ChiefJusticein the nameandon the behalfof the State. The persons now having the care of any such record shall continue to have the charge of them, subject to such orders as the Chief Justice is herein empoweredto give concerningthe same. Other records m~vhP nbrp£l 29. The Presidentmay, fromtime to time,order that public records ........,.,..:-......... iMibv vi Chief Justice. mentioned, shallbe LlIenceforLlI underthe charge andsuperintendence of the Chief Justice, and, thereupon, this Act shall apply in relation to such records and their custody, in the same way as if they had been placedliilderh1.c chargeandsUJ:~rintendence of the ChiefJusticeby this Registration and Records Chap. 19:04 13 30 irh~ (;hlpf Iusrice. with the approval of the President! shall Removal of records. make such orders as he may think fit for cleaning, repairing, preserving and arranging all the public records under his charge and superinten­ dence, and for making calendars, catalogues and indices to the same, and for such purposes to cause any of the records to be, from time to time, removed from their present place ofcustody and deposited in such safe place or places as he may order by warrant under his hand directed to the person then having the same under his care; and every such warrant shall be kept among the public records in the custody of the Chief Justice, and shall be a sufficient warrant for the removal of the records as are specified therein to the place named in the warrant, and the removal of any record by authority of the Chief Justice shall not in any manner affect the legal authority of the record, but the place where any record is deposited and kept, from time to time, under the authority of the Chief Justice shall be taken to be, for the time, its legal place of deposit; and every record shall, after removal under this Act and in its new place of deposit, be of the same legal validity and be received or rejected in evidence in all courts and proceedings in the same manner as if the record had remained in the custody in which it is at the time of the passing of this Act. 31. (1) The Chief Justice, with the approval of the President, and Powertomake h f rth al · th f . d . h . ft Rules as toSUc u er approv III e case 0 certam ocuments as IS erema er disposal of mentioned, may, ifhe sees fit, from time to time make Rules respecting valueless the disposal by destruction, or otherwise, of documents which are documents. deposited in, or can be removed to, a Record Office, and which are not of sufficient public value to justify their preservation in a Record Office. The Rules shall, so far as they relate to documents ofany Court or office mentioned in section 28, be made with the further approval of the Judges, or the principal officers, of such Court or office. (2) Before the power of disposal given by this section is exercised, the Chief Justice shall cause a schedule to be prepared of the documents proposed to be disposed of. containing a list of the docu­ ments and such particulars as to their character and contents as may be ofdisposing of the documents in the proposed manner; but where there are several documents of the same class or description, it shall be sufficient to classify them, as far as practicable, according to their nature and conte-nts" instead of specifying each document separately: LR.o.1I1991 14 Chap. 19:04 Registration and Records Return of original deeds and writings after registration. Searches. Copies of public records. Office copies to be evidence. Records not to be removed from the record office. ments, before required, has been approved by the House of Assembly. (3) No rule made in pursuance of this section shall provide for the disposal of any document of older date than the year 1750. (4) Every rule, when approved by the House of Assembly shall be deemed to have been within the power of this Act, and duly made, and shall, while in force, have effect as if it were enacted. by the House of Assembly. 32. The Registrar shall, if required by any person authorised in that behalf, return any deed or writing received into the Record Office for registration after the same has been registered, and shall obtain from such person a receipt for the same, which receipt shall be entered in a book to be kept for the purpose. 33. Any person shall be at liberty, at such times and under such restrictions as shall be prescribed by Rules, to search and examine the public records, and the registers and indices in the office, and to take abstracts, or other short notes, of any matters in the same, and to inspect, in the presence of the Registrar or any of his clerks, any original registered deeds or writings to which reference is obtained in such search. 34. (1) The Registrar may allow copies to be made of any public records in the custody of the Chief Justice at the request and cost of any person desiring the same. (2) Any copy so made shall be examined and certified as a true copy by the Registrar and shall be sealed with the seal of the office. 35. Every copy of a record in the custody of the Chief Justice certified by a Registrar to be a true copy and purporting to be sealed with ihe seal of the office shaii De received in eviaence 10 au courts orjusuce within the State without further or other nroof thereof in ev~rv ('~~~ in wrucn iiito unguiai recoru WOUHl nave oeen received as evidence. 36. No public record, and no original registered deed or writing, shall be taken out of tlJ.e Record Office, unless under an order of a -- ;-.:;.;~;-.;-;;; ;;;;;;;-;- ;;;;--: -;- ..- - - .- Registration and Records DADT'iT RULES OF RECORD OFFICES Chap. 19:04 15 37. The ChiefJusticemay fromtimeto time, withthe approval of Chief Justice may th Presid ak Rul . lati th f 11 . make Rules.e resr ent, m e es In re atton to e 0 owmgmatters: (a) the management of the Record Offices; (b) thedutiesto be performed bytheRegistrars andclerks; (c) the cleaning, arranging, repairing and preserving the records under his charge; (d) the registration and enrollment of deeds and writings, and the making of entries; (e) the making and keeping of registers and indices; (j) the admission of the public to the use of the records, calendars, catalogues and indices in the Record Of­ fices; and (g) the conductof searches andthe makingand certifying of copies and extracts in the Record Offices. 38. Copies of all Rules made under section 37 shall be kept in a Publication of conspicuous placeineveryRecordOffice, andshallbepublishedinthe Rules. Gazette, and shall be laid before the House of Assembly at its first session after the making of the Rules. PART VII LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 39. If at anytimedamageoccursto anypersonthroughanydefault Acti?n for I, f th R' . hi ffi h th d be negligenceor neg igence0 e egistrarIn so ce as sucn, e amagemay against Registrar. recovered by an action at law, and, in the action, the measure of damages shall be the amount of actual loss by the plaintiff, together withallcostsandexpenses necessarily to be incurred in remedying the same. .& "-..r,, i. T i..i.i. rbES 40. The feeshereafterto be charged in anyRecordOfficeshallbe Fees. SCi'1edule. r n I"'l t r trui t 16 [1 of 1973; 20 of 1978]. Chap. 19:04 Registration and Records DOCKETOF FEES 1. For entering, registering and recording any will, per folio of 90 words $3.00 2. For entering, registering and recording any deed or writing, of whatever kind (wills excepted, presented for registration under section 19, per folio of 90 words) 1.00 3. For an office copy, or extract from, any registered deeds and writings, per folio 2.00 4. For every certificate 3.00 5. For office seal on any document 2.00 6. For any search whatsoever, for each year 2.00 7. For every general search under one name 2.00 8. For acknowledgment of a signature to any document, or for signing a document, before a Registrar if at his office 1.00 9. If out of his office (beside fare of conveyanc) 2.00 10. For swearing an affidavit before the Judge 1.00 11. For a Judge's order 3.00 Registration and Records Record Office Rules SUBSiUIARY LEGISLJl-\'TIO:r~ RECORD OFFICE RULES made undersection 37 [1st June 1882] 1. These Rules may be cited as the ­ RECORD OFFICE RULES. Chap. 19:04 17 [Subsidiary] L.I. S.R.O. 14/1927. [12 of 1990]. Commencement. Short title. 2. All fees payable under the Act shall be payable in advance and Mode of by means of stamps in the manner prescribed by the Courts of Justice ~~~;;: Fees Act and the rules made in pursuance thereof. 3. No Registrar or other officer shall commence or do any work or Fees t.o be perform any of the duties imposed upon him by the Act or receive any prepaid. deed or other document for registration or otherwise until the fees payable in that respect have been paid to him in the manner aforesaid. 4. In any case where a document is by the Act required to be Seal. sealed, the seal to be used for that purpose shall be the seal of the Supreme Court. s. There shall be kept in each registry in addition to other indices General index. L.R.D.1I1991 18 [Subsidiary] Rule S, Chap. 19:04 Registration and Records Record Office Rules SCHEDULE GENERAL INDEX From: day of 19 . Liber "volume" to day of 19. Number Nature Page of Parties. of or Deed. Deed. folio. 4999 Anderson, A Bradlaugh, Conveyance 302 George and to William in fee of wife land in Charlestown. 4999 Bradlaugh, B Anderson, Conveyance William from George and in fee of wife land in Charlestown. 5000 Christian, C Williamson, Conveyance Robert to James by way of mortgage of freehold in Sandy Point. 5000 Williamson, W Christian, Conveyance James from Robert by way of mortgage of freehold in Sandy Point.