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48° GEORGII III. Cap.149.
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Hereditaments shall be holden a Note in Writing, stating whether the Surrender proposed is upon a Sale or not upon a Sale, and in the former Case specifying the Amount of the Purchase or Consideration Money agreed upon for such Lands or Hereditaments, to the Intent that the same may be inserted and set forth, in Words at Length, in or upon the Copy of Court Roll to be afterwards made out of such Surrender, pursuant to the Directions of this Act; and until such Note in Writing shall be delivered the Lord or Lady or Steward of the Manor or Honour shall not accept or take the proposed Surrender, on pain of forfeiting for every such Offence the Sum of Fifty Pounds; Penalties on Neglect and where the proposed Surrender shall be Penalties on upon a Sale, if the Steward shall neglect to insert the said Purchase or Neglect. Consideration Money in or upon the Copy of Court Roll to be afterwards made out of such Surrender, in Words at Length, he shall for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of Fifty Pounds; and if upon the Sale of any such Lands or Hereditaments any Person or Persons shall, in the Note so to be delivered as aforesaid, state the proposed Surrender to be not upon a Sale, he, she, or they shall for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds.

Penalty for enrolling Surrenders out of Court, or Bargains and Sales, of Copyholds,&c., unless duly stamped.XXXI. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said Tenth Day of October, where any Copyhold or Customary Lands or Hereditaments shall be intended to be conveyed to any Person or Persons (either upon the Sale or Mortgage thereof or otherwise), by means of a Surrender made out of Court, or by a Deed of Bargain and Sale, or other Deed, by Commissioners named in a Commission of Bankrupt, or by Executors or others, by virtue of a Power given by Will or by Act of Parliament, the Lord or Lady or Steward of the Manor or Honour whereof such Lands or Hereditaments shall be Parcel or be holden shall not enrol any such Surrender or Deed, or accept any Presentment thereof, or admit any Person to be Tenant of such Lands or Hereditaments under or by virtue of the same respectively, unless such Deed or Surrender, or the Memorandum of such Surrender, shall be duly stamped with the Duty hereby charged thereon respectively, on pain of forfeiting for every such Offence the Sum of Fifty Pounds.

{{R sidenote|Penalty on Lords and Stewards of Manors for taking Surrenders, or granting Admissions, &c., out of Court, unless duly stamped. XXXII. And be it further enacted, That if any Lord or Lady or Steward of any Manor or Honour shall, after the said Tenth Day of October, accept or take any Surrender, or admit any Person Tenant, of any Copyhold or Customary Lands or Hereditaments, out of Court, or make any voluntary Grant of any such Lands or Hereditaments, out of Court, or grant any Licence to demise any such Lands or Hereditaments, out of Court, without causing the same, or some Memorandum thereof respectively, to be put in Writing on Vellum, Parchment, or Paper, duly stamped with the proper Duty hereby charged thereon respectively, then and in every such Case he or she shall for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of Fifty Pounds.

Penalties on Stewards of Manors negelecting to make out and deliverXXXIII. And be it further enacted, That in all Cases of Surrenders, Admittances, and voluntary Grants of or to any Copyhold or Customary Lands or Hereditaments, and in all Cases of Licences to demise any such Lands or Hereditaments, which shall be taken, made, or granted in Court, after the Tenth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and eight,
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