Land Drainage Act 1845

After Endorsement of Master’s Certificate Inheritance to become charged with Expences incurred.

Registry of Memorial of Certificate.

VI. And be it enacted, That the Master, having granted such Certificate as aforesaid, is to be at liberty to inquire and state what Expences have been incurred in and about the Application to the Court, and making the necessary Surveys, Valuations, and Estimates, and also to inquire and state what Sums of Money have been actually expended in such Improvements; and the Master, being satisfied as to the Amount of such Expences, may endorse upon the said Certificate that it hath been made to appear to him that the whole, or such Part of the Monies so advanced as aforesaid as upon the Evidence shall appear to have been so advanced, hath been fully expended in manner aforesaid, and upon such Endorsement being made the Inheritance of the said Lands shall thereupon become and be charged with the Payment of the said Sum, with Interest as from the Time when the same was advanced; and such Charge shall have Priority over other Charges, except Tithe Commutation, Rent-charges, and any Quit or Chief Rents incident to Tenure; and a Memorial of every such Certificate, charging Hereditaments in the Counties of Middlesex and Yorkshire in England, or any Hereditaments in Ireland, may in all respects be registered as Deeds are now registered in Middlesex, Yorkshire, and Dublin respectively, and without Payment of any Fee.