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ecuted in this Island, or within twelve months if executed elsewhere, and any person being ignorant of such deed shall be induced to purchase or lend money by way of mortgage or charge on the security of such. land, and shall cause his deed of conveyance, mortgage, or security deed, to be proved and recorded in the Colonial Secretary's Office, such conveyance, mortgage or charge, so as aforesaid omitted to be recorded shall be null and void, as against such subsequent purchaser, or mortgagee or person having such charge for valuable consideration, but not otherwise. And the legal estate (if any) in the said land which has been conveyed or mortgaged by any such conveyance or mortgage omitted to be recorded as aforesaidshall, so far as is necessary to give effect to this section but not further or otherwise be and remain vested in such subsequent purchaser or mortgagee for valuable consi deration who shall have duly recorded his conveyance or mortgage as required by this Act. This section shall be retrospective in its operation.

2. (1) In the completion of any contract for selling, mortgaging or charging any land and subject to any stipulation to the contrary in the contract, recitals, statements, and descriptions of facts, matters, and parties contained in deeds, instruments, Acts of the Imperial Parliament or of the Legislature of this Island, or in affidavits, or statutory declarations twenty years old at the date of the contract, shall, unless and except so far as they shall be proved to be inaccurate, be taken to be sufficient evidence of the truth of such facts, matters, and descriptions.

Recitals, &c., years old prima facie proof of facts stated

Married

woman

(2) Trustees may sell or buy or mort gage or charge or lend on mortgage or charge without excluding the application of this section.

3. When any freehold hereditament shall who is a bare trustee be vested in a married woman as a bare may convey. trustee she may convey the same as if she were a feme sole.

Vendor or purchaser

cision of the Vice

4. A vendor or purchaser or an intending &c., may obtain a de- mortgagor or mortgagee of real or leasehold Chancellor in Cham- property in this Island, or their representabers es to requisitions tives respectively, may at any time or times objections to title &c. and from time to time, apply in a summary

way to the Vice Chancellor of the Court of Chancery for this Island in Chambers, in respect of any requisitions or objections, or any claim for compensation, or any other question arising out of or connected with the contract (not being a question affecting the existence or validity of the contract,) and the Vice-Chancellor shall make such order upon the application as to him shall appear just, and shall order how and by whom all or any of the costs of and incident to the application shall be borne and paid.

Printing of the Act 5. In printing the new edition of the laws in the new edition of the Commissioners are hereby required to the laws. print the principal Act as amended by this Act and to insert the several sections of this Act in such parts thereof as they deem most fitting and to re-number the sections thereof so far as may be necessary and to omit this Act from the new edition of the laws.

CAP. XXXVI.

(Assented to 14th April 1893.)

BARBADOS.

An Act to amend "The Compulsory Powers (Land) Act, 1891 "

E it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly of this Island, and by the authority of the same as follows;

any

1. In all cases in which the amount of any purchase money or compensation payable under the said Act, in respect of lauds is to be settled and determined by arbitration or the verdict of a jury, the estimate of the value of the preinises shall be based on the fair market value thereof, at the time of the valuation being made of such lands and of the several interests therein, due regard being had to the nature and their condition thereof and all circumstances affecting such value, but in case the arbitra. tor or the jury shall give compensation in respect of the purchase being compulsory, such compensation shall not exceed fifteen per cent on the market value of such lands; provided always that this section shall not apply to any compensation given for any damage or loss sustained by reason of the taking of any such land, or by reason of sev

erance.

Percentage to be added to the amount of the purchase mosorily taken not to ney of land compulexceed 15 per cent.

owners of moveable wooden

2. In all cases in which there is a wooden Compensation to be house standing on but not affixed to the given freehold of any land purchased under the houses standing on said Act, and not being the property of the such land. owner of such land, the owner of such house shall be entitled to receive from the Govern ment by way of compensation a sum of

not exceeding two pounds to defray the expense of removing such house to any other site and of repairing any damage caused to such house by its being so removed. 3. This Act shall be read as one with "The Compulsory Powers (Land) Act 1891," and in preparing the new edition of the laws the Commissioners shall insert in such place as they deem most fitting in the said Act, sections one and two of this Act omitting. from those sections the words "under the said Act," and shall if and so far as necessary re-number the sections of the said Act and shall omit this Act from such new edition.

CAP. XXXVII.
(Assented to 18th April, 1893.)

BARBADOS.

An Act for further promoting the revision of the statute law.

DE it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly of this island, and by the authority of the same, as follows:1. This Act may be cited as "The Statute Law Revision Act (No. 1) 1893."

2. The Act of the 19th September 1745 entitled, An Act to quiet the inhabitants. "of this island in the peaceable possession of "their estates, and for removing the causes "of expensive and vexatious suits in rela"tion thereto" which was repealed by "The Statute Law Revision Act (No. 1) 1891,” is hereby revived, and for all purposes whatever shall be deemed and held never to have been repealed.

3. The words "the commencement of mends section 6 the Act of this island of" and the words of the Act of 17th "relating to offences against the person", February, 1868. Occurring respectively in section 6 of the Act of 17th February 1868, entitled,

An Act to consolidate and amend the law of this island relating to offences against the person" are hereby repealed.

4. The words "the thirtieth day of June

Amends section 9

one thousand eight hundred and seventy of the Act of 25th seven" shall be substituted for the words February, 1873.

"the thirty first day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventy four" occurring in section 9 of the Act of the 25th February 1873, entitled, "An Act to incorporate the Barbados Railway Company," and the words "one thousand eight hundred and eighty three" shall be substituted for the words one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight" occurring later in the said section.

5 The Act of the 18th December 1874 entitled, "An Act to extend the time fixed for commencing the works of the Barbados Railway" and the Act of the 22nd November 1876, entitled, "An Act to extend the "time limited for commencing and comple"ting the Barbados Railway," and section six of the Act of the 11th April 1878, entitled, "An Act to amend An Act entitled An Act to incorporate the Barbados Railway Company" passed the 25th day of February one thousand eight hundred and seventy three and the Act of the 10th March 1879, entitled, "An Act to extend the time "for completing the Barbados Railway" are hereby repealed.

Repeal.