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     VOL. 1. EDWARD REILLY, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     QUEEN’S PRINTER. No. 35. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Thursday, Angus 
     
    
   
   
    
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     An Act for shortenin 
     
     Deeds. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ’ HEREAS the numb er of statutes relating I 
     
    
   
   
    
     to the exeCution .of deeds ofland sold by 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sheriffs under execution for the payments of 
     
    
   
   
    
     debts is very great, and'the recital of such stat- 
     
     utes in such deeds tends to great prolixity and 
     
     unnecessary expense: 
     
    

    
     I. Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant 
     
     Governor, Council and Assembly, that any deed 
     
     already executed by any Sheriff, of any lands 
     
    
   
   
    
     sold under and by virtue of any execution issued 
     
    
   
   
    
     forth on any judgment in the Supreme Court, 
     
     or any deed hereafter to be executed, shall be 
     
     valid, although the several acts relating thereto 
     
    
   
   
    
     be not recited and particularly set forth in such 
     
    
   
   
    
     deed, provided that it appear therein that such 
     
     deed was executed by the said Sheriff as Sheriff. 
     
    

    
     II. In all deeds to be executed after the pass- 
     
     ing of this act, it shall be declared therein, that 
     
     such deed is executed by the said Sheriff as such 
     
     Sheriff, by virtue of, and in obedience to the 
     
     - execution therein recited, and of all acts of the 
     
     General Assembly, and of all other powers and 
     
     authorities in anywise thatbehalf enabling him. 
     
    

    
     III. The recitals in such deed shall be made 
     
     as short and concise as is consistent with a clear 
     
     and distinct statement of the facts intended to be 
     
     set forth, and the said several deeds shall be in 
     
     the form, and to the effect of the Schedules to 
     
     this act annexed, marked (A), or as near there- 
     
     to as the circumstances of the case permit. 
     
    

    
     1V. Any deed now or hereafter to be ex- 
     
     ecuted by any Sheriff shall be valid, although 
     
     the same has been executed by the Deputy 
     
     Sheriff, and it shall not be necessary to prove 
     
    
   
   
    
     a power under the hand and seal of the said 
     
    
   
   
    
     elanguage of Sherifl‘S, 
     
    
   
   
    
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     him to execute such deeds ; but general evi- 
     
     dence of such. Under or DeputySheriff having 
     
     acted on such in the execution of writs or other 
     
     process, shall be sufficient evidence of his ap- 
     
     pointment as Deputy Sheriff, and of his au- 
     
     thority to execute such deed for and in the 
     
     name of the Sherif ‘. 
     
    

    
     V. The Deputy Sheriff of any late Sheriff, 
     
     may execute any such deed for and in the 
     
     name of the said Sheriff, in like manner as if 
     
     his principal then held the office of Sheriff. 
     
    
   
   
    
     VI. Appraisements of land, and all returns 
     
     to executions shall shortly set forth the facts 
     
     required to be stated therein, and shall as far 
     
     as the circumstances of the case permit, be to 
     
     the effect of Schedules hereunto annexed, 
     
     marked (B) and  respectively, and all ap- 
     
     praisements and returns now made, shall be ' 
     
     deemed to be as valid as if they had been made; " 
     
     subsequently to the passing of this act, and had 
     
     then complied with this section. 
     
    
   
   
    
     VII. ' N 0 such deed already executed or 
     
     hereafter to be executed by any such Sheriff, 
     
     shall be void by reason of i the unis-recital or 
     
     non-recital of any statute or of any matter re- 
     
     quired to be done by such Sheriff in the pre- 
     
     mises ; but if the said Sheriff or late Sheriff, or 
     
     Deputy Sheriff, (if such deed be executed by 
     
     him,) shall at any time make oath to beindors— 
     
     ed upon saiddeed, and sworn beforea Commis— 
     
     sioner for taking affidavits in the Supreme Court, 
     
     or the Register of Deeds, that the said lands 
     
     and premises therein mentioned, were regular- 
     
     lyseized, appraised, advertised and sold in every 
     
     respect as by law directed, (according to the 
     
     Schedule hereunto annexed marked D), then 
     
     such deed, Whether executed before or after 
     
     the passing of this act, when produced in any 
     
     court, shall be prima facie evidence of all the 
     
     facts therein stated, and that all things were 
     
     ldone according to law, and the onus of proving 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Sheriff to the said Deputy Sheriff, authorising any defect in any proceeding or matter requir-