|
|
Custody of court rolls.
|
48. When and so soon as all the lands held of or parcel of any manor shall be enfranchised the lord or, with the consent of the lord, any other person having custody of the court rolls, court books, and records of such manor may, if he thinks fit, give up and hand over to the Master of the Rolls all or any of such court rolls, court books, and records, and the Master of the Rolls shall have power to receive and to undertake the custody thereof, and in case the Commissioners shall have obtained the custody of any such court rolls, court books, or records under the Copyhold Act, 1852, or otherwise under the Copyhold Acts, they shall have power to give all or any of them up to the Master of the Rolls, who shall have power to take and keep the same in manner aforesaid; and from thenceforth all persons seised of or interested in any such lands shall have access to and may inspect such court rolls, court books, and records handed over as aforesaid, and may inspect the same and obtain office copies or certified extracts therefrom on the payment of such reasonable fees as shall be fixed from time to time under the authority of the Master of the Rolls.
|
|
| |
Provided always, that the Master of the Rolls shall have power from time to time to make, and when made revoke, add to, and vary rules respecting the manner in which and the time at which the access to and inspection of such court rolls, court books, and records handed over as aforesaid, shall be had and made, and such office copies and certified extracts shall be obtained, and as to the amount and mode of payment of reasonable fees for or in respect of such office copies and certified extracts as aforesaid.
|
