annual sum issuing out of land (in this section referred to as the rent), the copyhold commissioners shall at any time, on the requisition of the owner of the land, or of any person interested therein, certify the amount of money in consideration whereof the rent may be redeemed. (2.) Where the person entitled to the rent is absolutely entitled thereto in fee simple in possession, or is empowered to dispose thereof absolutely, or to give an absolute discharge for the capital value thereof, the owner of the land, or any person interested therein, may, after serving one month's notice on the person entitled to the rent, pay or tender to that person the amount certified by the commissioners. (3.) On proof to the commissioners that payment or tender has been so made, they shall certify that the rent is redeemed under this act; and that certificate shall be final and conclusive, and the land shall be thereby absolutely freed and discharged from the rent. (4.) Every requisition under this section shall be in writing; and every certificate under this section shall be in writing, sealed with the seal of the commissioners. (5.) This section does not apply to tithe rentcharge, or to a rent reserved on a sale or lease, or to a rent made payable under a grant or licence for building purposes, or to any sum or payment issuing out of land not being perpetual. (6.) This section applies to rents payable at, or created after, the commencement of this act. (7.) This section does not extend to Ireland. XI.-POWERS OF ATTORNEY. 46. Execution under Power of Attorney.]—(1.) The donee of a power of attorney may, if he thinks fit, execute or do any assurance, instrument or thing in and with his own name and signature and his own seal, where sealing is required, by the authority of the donor of the power; and every assurance, instrument, and thing so executed and done shall be as effectual in law, to all intents, as if it had been executed or done by the donee of the power in the name and with the signature and seal of the donor thereof. (2.) This section applies to powers of attorney created by instruments executed either before or after the commencement of this act. 47. Payment by Attorney under Power without Notice of Death, &c. good.]-(1.) Any person making or doing any payment or act, in good faith, in pursuance of a power of attorney, shall not be liable in respect of the payment or act by reason that before the payment or act the donor of the power had died or become lunatic, of unsound mind, or bankrupt, or had revoked the power, if the fact of death, lunacy, unsoundness of mind, bankruptcy, or revocation was not at the time of the payment or act known to the person making or doing the same. (2.) But this section shall not affect any right against the payee of any person interested in any money so paid; and that person shall have the like remedy against the payee as he would have had against the payer if the payment had not been made by him, (3.) This section applies only to payments and acts made and done after the commencement of this act. 48. Deposit of Original Instruments creating Powers of Attorney.-(1.) An instrument creating a power of attorney, its execution being verified by affidavit, statutory declaration, or other sufficient evidence, may, with the affidavit or declaration, if any, be deposited in the central office of the supreme court of judicature. (2.) A separate file of instruments so deposited shall be kept, and any person may search that file, and inspect every instrument so deposited, and an office copy thereof shall be delivered out to him on request. (3.) A copy of an instrument so deposited may be presented at the office, and may be stamped or marked as an office copy, and when so stamped or marked shall become and be an office copy. (4.) An office copy of an instrument so deposited shall without further proof be sufficient evidence of the contents of the instrument and of the deposit thereof in the central office. (5.) General rules may be made for purposes of this section, regulating the practice of the central office, and prescribing, with the concurrence of the commissioners of her majesty's treasury, the fees to be taken therein. (6.) This section applies to instruments creating powers of attorney executed either before or after the commencement of this act. XII.-CONSTRUCTION AND EFFECT OF DEEDS AND OTHER 49. Use of word Grant unnecessary.]-(1.) It is hereby declared that the use of the word grant is not necessary in order to convey tenements or hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal. (2.) This section applies to conveyances made before or after the commencement of this act. 50. Conveyance by a Person to himself, &c.]—(1.) Freehold land, or a thing in action, may be conveyed by a person to himself jointly with another person, by the like means by which it might be conveyed by him to another person; and may, in like manner, be conveyed by a husband to his wife, and by a wife to her husband, alone or jointly with another person. (2.) This section applies only to conveyances made after the commencement of this act. 51. Words of Limitation in Fee or in Tail.]—(1.) In a deed it shall be sufficient, in the limitation of an estate in fee simple, to use the words in fee simple, without the word heirs; and in the limitation of an estate in tail, to use the words in tail without the words heirs of the body; and in the limitation of an estate in tail male or in tail female, to use the words in tail male, or in tail female, as the case requires, without the words heirs male of the body, or heirs female of the body. (2.) This section applies only to deeds executed after the commencement of this act. 52. Powers simply Collateral.]-(1.) A person to whom any power, whether coupled with an interest or not, is given may by deed release, or contract not to exercise the power. (2.) This section applies to powers created by instruments coming into operation either before or after the commencement of this act. 53. Construction of Supplemental or Annexed Deed.]—(1.) A deed expressed to be supplemental to a previous deed, or directed to be read as an annex thereto, shall, as far as may be, be read and have effect as if the deed so expressed or directed were made by way of indorsement on the previous deed, or contained a full recital thereof. (2.) This section applies to deeds executed either before or after the commencement of this act. 54. Receipt in Deed sufficient.]-(1.) A receipt for consideration money or securities in the body of a deed shall be a sufficient discharge for the same to the person paying or delivering the same, without any further receipt for the same being indorsed on the deed. (2.) This section applies only to deeds executed after the commencement of this act. 55. Receipt in Deed or indorsed, Evidence for subsequent Purchaser.]—(1.) A receipt for consideration money or other consideration in the body of a deed or indorsed thereon shall, in favour of a subsequent purchaser, not having notice that the money or other consideration thereby acknowledged to be received was not in fact paid or given, wholly or in part, be sufficient evidence of the payment or giving of the whole amount thereof. (2.) This section applies only to deeds executed after the commencement of this act. 56. Receipt in Deed or indorsed, Authority for Payment to Solicitor.] (1.) Where a solicitor produces a deed, having in the body thereof or indorsed thereon a receipt for consideration money or other consideration, the deed being executed, or the indorsed receipt being signed, by the person entitled to give a receipt for that consideration, the deed shall be sufficient authority to the person liable to pay or give the same for his paying or giving the same to the solicitor, without the solicitor producing any separate or other direction or authority in that behalf from the person who executed or signed the deed or receipt. (2.) This section applies only in cases where consideration is to be paid or given after the commencement of this act. 57. Sufficiency of Forms in Fourth Schedule.]-Deeds in the form of and using the expressions in the forms given in the fourth schedule to this act, or in the like form or using expressions to the like effect, shall, as regards form and expression in relation to the provisions of this act, be sufficient. 58. Covenants to bind Heirs, &c.]-(1.) A covenant relating to land of inheritance, or devolving on the heir as special occupant, shall be deemed to be made with the covenantee, his heirs and assigns, and shall have effect as if heirs and assigns were expressed. (2.) A covenant relating to land not of inheritance, or not devolving on the heir as special occupant, shall be deemed to be made with the covenantee, his executors, administrators and assigns, and shall have effect as if executors, administrators and assigns were expressed. (3.) This section applies only to covenants made after the commencement of this act. 59. Covenants to extend to Heirs, &c.]—(1.) A covenant, and a contract under seal, and a bond or obligation under seal, though not expressed to bind the heirs, shall operate in law to bind the heirs and real estate, as well as the executors and administrators and personal estate, of the person making the same, as if heirs were expressed. (2.) This section extends to a covenant implied by virtue of this act. (3.) This section applies only if and as far as a contrary intention is not expressed in the covenant, contract, bond, or obligation, and shall have effect subject to the terms of the covenant, contract, bond, or obligation, and to the provisions therein contained. (4.) This section applies only to a covenant, contract, bond or obligation made or implied after the commencement of this act. 60. Effect of Covenant with Two or more jointly.]—(1.) A covenant, and a contract under seal, and a bond or obligation under seal, made with two or more jointly, to pay money or to make a conveyance, or to do any other act, to them or for their benefit, shall be deemed to include, and shall, by virtue of this act, imply, an obligation to do the act to, or for the benefit of, the survivor or survivors of them, and to, or for the benefit of, any other person to whom the right to sue on the covenant, contract, bond or obligation devolves. (2.) This section extends to a covenant implied by virtue of this act. (3.) This section applies only if and as far as a contrary intention is not expressed in the covenant, contract, bond or obligation, and shall have effect subject to the covenant, contract, bond or obligation, and to the provisions therein contained. (4.) This section applies only to a covenant, contract, bond |