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issued, and also of the person to whom or in whose favour the
same shall have been given, together with the number and the dates
of the execution and filing of the same, and the sum for which the
same has been given, and the time or times (if any) when the same
is thereby made payable according to the form contained in the
Schedule to this Act, which said book or books, and every bill of
sale or copy thereof filed in the said office may be searched and
viewed by all persons, at all reasonable times, paying to the officer
for every search against one person the sum of two shillings and no
more.

4. There shall be paid to the Registrar or Deputy Registrar, Fee for filing Bill of
   upon the filing of every such bill of sale or a copy thereof as afore- Sale.
   said, the fee or sum of two shillings and no more.

5. Any person shall be entitled to have an office copy or an Office copies or ex-
   extract of every bill of sale, or the copy thereof filed as aforesaid, tracts to be given on
   upon paying for the same at the rate of four pence for every folio of payment.
   seventy-two words contained in such copy or extract.

6. It shall be lawful for any Judge of the Supreme Court to Satisfaction may be
   order a memorandum of satisfaction to be written upon any bill of entered.
   sale or copy thereof respectively as aforesaid, if it shall appear to
   him that the debt (if any) for which such bill of sale is given as
   security shall have been satisfied or discharged.

7. In construing this Act, the following words and expressions Interpretation clause.
   shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be
   something in the subject or context repugnant to such constructions
   (that is to say) -The expression "bill of sale" shall include bills
   of sale, assignments, transfers, declarations of trust without trans-
   fer, and other assurances of personal chattels, and also powers of
   attorney and authorities or licences to take possession of personal
   chattels as security for any debt, but shall not include the following
   documents (that is to say) assignments for the benefit of the credi-
   tors of the person making or giving the same; marriage settlements;
   transfers or assignments of any ship or vessel or any share thereof;
   transfers of goods in the ordinary course of business of any trade or
   calling; bills of sale of goods in foreign parts or at sea; bills of
   lading; warehouse keeper's certificates; warrants or orders for the
   delivery of goods, or any other documents used in the ordinary
   course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or
   authorising or purporting to authorise, either by endorsement or
   delivery, the possessor of such document to transfer or receive the
   goods thereby represented. The expression "personal chattels"
   shall mean goods, furniture, fixtures, and other articles capable of
   complete transfer by delivery, and shall not include chattel interests
   in real estate, nor shares or interest in the stock, funds or securities
   of any Government, or in the capital or property of any incor-
   porated or joint stock Company, nor choses in action, nor any stock
   or produce upon any farms or lands which by virtue of any cove-
   nant or agreement, or of the custom of the country, ought not to
   be removed from any farm where the same shall be at the time of
   the making or giving of such bill of sale; and personal chattels