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24. Within ten days after the last day of each month, the Registrars to Registrars in charge respectively of the Offices at any places other prepare than the seat of the Government of the Colony, shall send to the monthly, List Registrar in charge of the office at such seat of Government, a ments regiscomplete List which shall be as near as may be in the words or to tered. the effect of Form G. in the said first Schedule of all the Instruments and Memorials which have been registered in their respective Offices during the past month, and on receipt of these Lists the Registrar in charge of the office at the seat of Government shall within Fourteen days compile one General List, and shall send one copy of the same to the Registrars in charge respectively of the other offices. The original General List from which such copies have been made shall be retained in the office at the seat of Government, and the said original General List and the said copies thereof shall severally be available for inspection in the said respective offices on payment of a fee as set forth in the said second Schedule. (8 of 1883, s. 25.)

25. It shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to Governor make such Rules for the conduct of business at the said Registry may make Offices as shall appear to him to be expedient. (8 of 1883, s. 26.)

Rules.

26. In the construction of this Ordinance, the word "Registrar" Interpretation shall include a Deputy Registrar; and the word "Land" shall clause. extend to any estate or interest whatever in real property; and the word "Will" shall include a Codicil and the Probate of a Will and Letters of Administration with a Will annexed; and the word "Instrument" shall mean any Instrument in writing affecting Land in the Colony including a Will and including a Power of Attorney under which any Instrument affecting Land may be executed. (8 of 1883, s. 27.)

27. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Land Registration Short title. Ordinance, 1883." (8 of 1883, s. 28.)

THE FIRST SCHEDULE.

FORM A. (Section 3.)

This Instrument was acknowledged by A.B. within-named or by C.D. duly authorized by A.B., to be the deed of A.B., or proved by the testimony of E.F. to be the deed of A.B. before me this in the year One thousand, eight hundred o'clock in the fore or afternoon. (Signed)

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FORM B. (Section 3.)

Certificate of Registry of an Instrument not proved or Acknowledged before the Registrar.

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or afternoon, this

eight hundred and

day of

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Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment not before a Registrar.

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THE SECOND SCHEDULE.

FEES (Section 23).

For every acknowledgment or proof of an Instrument
the Registration and Recording of every Instrument
other than a Memorial, for every folio of 72 words.
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depositing every Instrument

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Enactment.

Volunteer

Military Force may be raised.

Appointment of officers.

officers.

No. 2.-1884.

AN ORDINANCE to organize and establish a Volunteer
Force.
[11th March, 1884.

Whereas several inhabitants of this Colony have expressed a desire to be formed into a Volunteer Military Force, and it is expedient to authorise the raising of the same for the purpose of being organized, equipped and trained for the internal defence and protection of the said Colony;

Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of the Colony of Lagos, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

1. It shall be lawful for the Governor to raise, organize, equip, train and exercise a Volunteer Military Force to serve within the said Colony for the defence of the same and the protection of the inhabitants thereof; and to appoint one or more person or persons to raise and enrol such Volunteers as aforesaid, being able-bodied men of the Colony aforesaid.

2. The Governor may appoint to every Company and Troop of such Volunteers, such and so many officers, and such staff-officers and non-commissioned officers as he may deem necessary for the efficiency of the service and, from time to time, remove any of such officers and non-commissioned officers and appoint others in Precedence of their place. All officers appointed under the authority of this Ordinance shall take precedence among themselves according to the rules which obtain in that behalf in Her Majesty's Regular Forces and shall rank as junior of their respective ranks with officers in Her Majesty's Regular Forces, while on active service: Provided that the Officer in command of Her Majesty's Troops in the said Colony and all Field Officers and Captains of Her Majesty's Regular Forces, the Inspector-General of the Constabulary and all Inspectors and Assistant Inspectors thereof shall command all Field and other Officers of Volunteers.

Volunteers to

sign engage be subject to disciplinary rules.

ment, and to

3. Every Volunteer, upon enrolling himself, shall sign an engagement to serve as such Volunteer, when called out for training and exercise or for actual service, and whilst embodied, shall be subject to all such rules and regulations for the maintenance of discipline in the said Force as may be made and published under the authority hereof; Provided that, notwithstanding such engagement, it shall be lawful for such Volunteer, when not called out for, or not being at the time engaged in actual service, to retire from the said Force on the expiration of one month's notice in writing of his intention so to do, duly given to the Captain or Officer commanding his Company or Troop.

4. Such Volunteers shall have power, with the consent of the Volunteers Governor, to make such rules and regulations for their own with consent empowered guidance when not called out on actual service, as they may deem of the necessary, and from time to time with the like consent to alter such Governor to rules and regulations; and such rules and regulations not being ma repugnant hereto, shall, when approved by the Governor, be as guidance binding on all Volunteers as if they were enacted in, and formed when not on part of, this Ordinance.

make rules for

actual service.

5. Such Volunteers may, in any such rules and regulations Offences may made and approved as aforesaid, define offences and fix the punish- be defined ments therefor by fine not exceeding One pound sterling, which and punishmay be inflicted summarily by the Officer for the time being in

command.

ment fixed.

6. It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, to Governor may make and publish in the Government Gazette, rules and regula- make rules, tions, not being repugnant to any Imperial Statute regulating the &c., for the discipline of discipline of Her Majesty's Land Forces, for the maintenance of the Volunteer discipline in the said Force, which shall have effect only when the Force. Force or any part thereof shall be called out for actual service: and in such rules and regulations, the Governor may define offences and fix the punishment therefor by fine and imprisonment, or either, but so that no fine shall exceed the sum of Five pounds sterling, except for breach of an engagement by absence from duty when called out for actual service, the fine for which shall not exceed the sum of Twenty pounds sterling, and no period of imprisonment shall exceed the term of Twenty days; and any breach of such rules and regulations may be heard and adjudicated upon by any District Commissioner in a summary way: Provided that any punishment not exceeding one day's imprisonment in any guard-room to be appointed for the purpose by the Governor, or a fine not exceeding One pound sterling may be inflicted summarily by the Officer for the time being in command: And provided also that such Officer in command may order any person committing any breach of such rules and regulations to be arrested and kept in custody until he shall be brought before a District Commissioner which shall be within twenty-four hours at the furthest if no legal holiday intervene, or unless there is no District Commissioner at the place, in which case such person shall be sent within a period of twenty-four hours to the nearest place in which a District Commissioner shall then be actually resident and brought before such District Commissioner without delay.

7. The Governor may appoint any person to inspect such Inspection of Volunteers at any meeting held by them for drill, practice or other corps. purpose.

8. The arms and accoutrements of such Volunteer Force shall Arms and ac. be of a description and pattern which shall be approved by the coutrements. Governor, and shall be furnished to each Volunteer by the Govern

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