the person making or giving the same or of the person against whom the process is issued to be in some place outside the London bankruptcy district as defined by the Bankruptcy Act, 1869 (h), or where the bill of sale describes the chattels enumerated therein as being in some place outside the said London bankruptcy district, the registrar, under the principal Act, shall forthwith and within three clear days after registration in the principal registry, and in accordance with the prescribed directions, transmit an abstract in the prescribed form of the contents of such bill of sale to the county court registrar in whose district such places are situate, and if such places are in the districts of different registrars to each such registrar. Every abstract so transmitted shall be filed, kept and indexed by the registrar of the county court in the prescribed manner, and any person may search, inspect, make abstracts from, and obtain copies of the abstract so registered in the like manner and upon the like terms as to payment or otherwise as near as may be as in the case of bills of sale registered by the registrar under the principal Act (i). (Sect. 12) Every bill of sale made or given in considera- Bill of sale to tion of any sum under thirty pounds shall be void (k). secure less than 30%. seized under (Sect. 13) All personal chattels seized, or of which Chattels possession is taken after the commencement of this Act, bill of sale. under or by virtue of any bill of sale (whether registered before or after the commencement of this Act), shall remain on the premises where they were so seized or so taken possession of, and shall not be removed or sold until after the expiration of five clear days from the day they were SO seized or taken possession of (). (Sect. 14) A bill of sale to which this Act applies shall be no protection in respect of personal chattels included in such bill of sale, which, but for such bill of sale, would have been (h) See now stat. 46 & 47 Vict. c. 52, ss. 96, 149 (sub-s. 2). (i) See ante, p. 544, and s. 16, below. (k) See Davis v. Usher, 12 Q. B. D. 490. (7) See sect. 7, ante, p. 546; Tomlinson v. Consolidated Credit Corporation, 24 Q. B. D. 135. liable to distress under a warrant for the recovery of taxes and poor and other parochial rates. (Sect. 15) The eighth and twentieth sections of the principal Act, and also all other enactments contained in the principal Act which are inconsistent with this Act are repealed, but this repeal shall not affect the validity of anything done or suffered under the principal Act before the commencement of this Act (m). (Sect. 16) So much of the sixteenth section of the principal Act as enacts that any person shall be entitled at all reasonable times to search the register and every registered bill of sale upon payment of one shilling for every copy of a bill of sale inspected (n) is hereby repealed, and from and after the commencement of this Act any person shall be entitled at all reasonable times to search the register, on payment of a fee of one shiling, or such other fee as may be prescribed, and subject to such regulations as may be prescribed, and shall be entitled at all reasonable times to inspect, examine and make extracts from any and every registered bill of sale without being required to make a written application, or to specify any particulars in reference thereto, upon payment of one shilling for each bill of sale inspected, and such payment shall be made by a judicature stamp: Provided that the said extracts shall be limited to the dates of execu tion, registration, renewal of registration, and satisfaction to the names, addresses, and occupations of the parties, to the amount of the consideration, and to any further prescribed particulars (6). (Sect. 17) Nothing in this Act shall apply to any deben⚫tures issued by any mortgage, loan, or other incorporated company, and secured upon the capital, stocks or goods, chattels and effects of such company (p). (m) See ante, pp. 540, 541. (n) See ante, p. 544. (0) See note (o) to p. 544, ante. (p) See Ross v. Army and Navy Hotel Co., 34 Ch. D. 43; Jenkin son v. Brandley Mining Co., 19 Q. B. D. 568; Reid v. Joannon, 25 Q. B. D. 300; Re Standard Manufacturing Co., 1891, 1 Ch. 627. APPENDIX (B). (Referred to ante, pp. 303, 305, 308.) Form of Letters Patent given in the First Schedule to the Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Act, 1883 (a). VICTORIA by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith to all to whom these presents shall come greeting WHEREAS John Smith of 29 Perry Street Birmingham in the county of Warwick Engineer hath by his solemn declaration represented unto us that he is in possession of an invention for " Improvements in Sewing Machines" that he is the true and first inventor thereof and that the same is not in use by any other person to the best of his knowledge and belief (b) AND WHEREAS the said inventor hath humbly prayed that We would be graciously pleased to grant unto him hereinafter together with his executors administrators and assigns or any of them referred to as the said patentee our royal letters patent for the sole use and advantage of his said invention AND WHEREAS the said inventor hath by and in his complete specification particularly described the nature of his invention (c) AND WHEREAS We being willing to encourage all inventions which may be for the public good are graciously pleased to condescend to his request KNOW YE therefore that We of our especial grace certain knowledge and mere motion do by these presents for us our heirs and successors give and grant unto the said (a) Stat. 46 & 47 Vict. c. 57. (b) See ante, pp. 299, 301. (c) See ante, pp. 303-307. patentee our especial licence full power sole privilege and authority that the said patentee by himself his agents or licensee and no others may at all times hereafter during the terms of years herein mentioned make use exercise and vend the said invention within our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Isle of Man (d) in such manner as to him or them may seem meet and that the said patentee shall have and enjoy the whole profit and advantage from time to time accruing by reason of the said invention during the term of fourteen years from the date hereunder written of these presents (e) AND TO THE END that the said patentee may have and enjoy the sole use and exercise and the full benefit of the said invention We do by these presents for us our heirs and successors strictly command all our subjects whatsoever within our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Isle of Man that they do not at any time during the continuance of the said term of fourteen years either directly or indirectly make use of or put in practice the said invention or any part of the same nor in any wise imitate the same nor make or cause to be made any addi tion thereto or subtraction therefrom whereby to pretend themselves the inventors thereof without the consent licence or agreement of the said patentee in writing under his hand and seal (f) on pain of incurring such penalties as may be justly inflicted on such offenders for their contempt of this our Royal command and of being answerable to the patentee according to law for his damages thereby occasioned PROVIDED that these our letters patent are on this condition that if at any time during the said term it be made to appear to us our heirs or successors or any six or more of our Privy Council that this our grant is contrary to law or prejudicial or inconvenient to our subjects in general or that the said invention is not a new invention as to the public use and exercise thereof within our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Isle of Man or that the said patentee is not the first and true inventor (f) See ante, p. 309. (d) See ante, p. 305. (e) See ante, pp. 297-299. thereof within this realm as aforesaid these our letters patent shall forthwith determine and be void to all intents and purposes notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained. PROVIDED ALSO that if the said patentee shall not pay all fees by law required to be paid in respect of the grant of these letters patent or in respect of any matter relating thereto at the time or times and in manner for the time being by law provided (g) and also if the said patentee shall not supply or cause to be supplied for our service all such articles of the said invention as may be required by the officers or commissioners administering any department of our service in such manner at such times and at and upon such reasonable prices and terms as shall be settled in manner for the time being by law provided (h) then and in any of the said cases these our letters patent and all privileges and advantages whatever hereby granted shall determine and become void notwithstanding anything herein before contained PROVIDED ALSO that nothing herein contained shall prevent the granting of licences in such manner and for such considerations as they may by law be granted (i) AND LASTLY We do by these presents for us our heirs and successors grant unto the said patentee that these our letters patent shall be construed in the most beneficial sense for the advantage of the said patentee IN WITNESS whereof We have caused these our letters to one thousand eight be made patent this day of hundred and and to be sealed as of the one thousand eight hundred and day of (k) (i) See ante, p. 308. (g) See ante, pp. 297, 298. (h) See ante, pp. 302, 303. (k) See ante, p. 305. |