The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1840.

PUBLIC RECORDS.

RULES and REGULATIONS made by the Master of the Rolls
for the Management of the PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE,
for the Admission of Persons to the use of the Records,
Calendars, and Indexes, and the Amount of Fees to
be paid for the same, and for Copies of Records, pur-
suant to the Statute made and passed in the Parlia-
ment held in the First and Second years of the Reign
of her present Majesty, intituled An Act for keeping
safely the Public Records," the same to be observed
and paid in the said Public Office, and in the Record
Offices of the Tower, Rolls Cnapel, and Chapter
House, and the Repositories of the Records of the
King's Bench at the Roll's House, the Common Pleas
in the Carlton Ride, and the Repository No. 3, White-
hall-yard, and of the Exchequer of Pleas in the said
Repository, No. 3, Whitehall-yard, and all such other
Record Offices and Repositories as shall hereafter be
brought under the regulations of the said Act by the
said Master of the Rolls
I.—The public office, and all the above-mentioned offi-
ces and repositories are to be opened daily from ten till
four, excepting on Sundays, and the following holidays,
viz.—
May 24th, her Majesty's birthday.
June 28th, her Majesty's Coronation.
Good Friday and Saturday following, Easter Mon-
day and Tuesday.
Whit-Monday and Whit-Tuesday.
Christmas Day to New Year's Day isielusive ;
be appointed for public faits or
andth
alnlksugeih v,s in sas may
—A book is to be kept at each of the said record
g.
days
offices and repositories, in which each party requiring the
use of records is to enter the following particulars, viz. :
dthaeter'encaomrd and
e,of
f party making the application, reference to
the service which be requires, viz, inspec-
tion, extract, copy, or attendance with a record.
11s.—Upon the inspection of a record, the party may
take notes, extracts, or copies therefrom, in pencil, as he
may think fit.
I V.—Copies are to be made and delivered according to
priority of application, or as near thereto as the nature of
the copy wilt admit of, except in special cases, for particu-
lar reasons assigned.
V.—No assistant keeper, clerk, or other officer, is to act
as a record solicitor, or as record agent, for individuals,
otherwise than in the discharge of his official duties.
VI.—No stranger is to be allowed to have any use of a
record excepting in the presence and under the inspection
of an assistant keeper or other officer of the establishment,
and in all cases where the record may be liable to be in-
jured or damaged, the assistant keeper is to give such di-
rections for preventing such injury or damage as the case
may require.
Vll.—Except the fees undermentioned, no fee nor any
gratuity or reward is to be received by any officer of the
establishment from any person consulting or using the re-
cords ; save only, that if any party should desire to obtain
information respecting any records in the Rolls Chapel,
from the indexes heretofore belonging to the late Mr. Kip-
ling, the assistant keeper of the records at the Rolls Cha-
pel shall (until further arrangements can be made for the
relief of the public) be at liberty to receive, for the parties
who may be entitled thereto, such fees as have been here-
tofore paid for the use of such indexes.

TABLE OF FEES to be Paid for the Use of the Records,
Calendar!, and Indexes, and for Copies of Records, at
the above mentioned Record Offices and Repositories.
For a general search in all the calendars or £ s. d.
indexes of each office 0 1 0
For inspection of Records :
[The fee to cover all the use which may be
made of the Record for the current week.]
Each separate Roil of Chancery, or other Roll
of consecutive inrolments, excepting the
Specification Rolls at the Rolls Chapel
The Rolls, files, or bundles of proceedings of
Courts of Common Law each year (that is
to say, the Records of the four terms to be
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covered by the fee)
Rolls of Ministers' and Receivers' Accounts,
Court Rolls, Surveys, Extents, Terriers,
Deeds, and miscellaneous documents, class.
ed topographically under one head, whether
of parish, town, vill, manor, lordship, bo-
rough, city, deanery, archdeaconry, or dio-
cese, each set or series
Single Records of the last-mentioned des-
cription
Specifications at the Rolls Chapel, each, and
which is to include the fee for search
Post-mortem Inquisitions, and other Inquisi-
tions upon the file, Returns to Commissions,
Pecks, Chirographs, and Concords of Fines 0 1 0
General inspection of the last-mentioned do-
cuments, as to any family or place
Rolls of Parliament, or other Parliamentary
proceedings, each Parliament
Proceedings in Courts of Equity, each suit 0 1 0
Every bound book, portfolio, or volume, with-
out reference to the nature or number of
the documents which it may contain 0 1 0
All other documents not before enumerated,
each
[lf the number bona fide required for pro-
secuting any search relating to any fa-
mily, place, or single object of inquiry,
shall exceed five, then it shall be in the
discretion of the assistant keeper to remit
the fees for all above that number.]
For Copies of Records :
Under three folios of 90 words 0 1 6
Above three folios, per folio
IThe fee for inspection of a Record to be
deducted, if a copy be taken from the
Record produced.]
For Examination and Authentication :
Under three folios, if required
Above three folios, per folio, if required 0 0 6
For enrolment of any specification, per folio 0 0 6
For annexing drawings or maps to any enrol
;Rent or specification

For attendance at the Bar of the House of
Lords, or elsewhere, for the purpose of
producing Records (including the produc•
tion thereof), or for giving evidence upon
the Records, per diem
Attending the Master of the Rolls on a va-

catur
(Signed) LANGDALE, M.R.
Rolls House, July 17, 1840.