THat the Trustees as aforesaid shall have power to no­minate one, two, three, or more Surveyors to survey the Premisses, or any part of them as they shall thinke fit, and that the surveyes and returnes made by any such one, two, three, or more Surveyors, shall be good and effectuall to be proceeded upon, notwithstanding any Clause in any Ordinance of Parliament to the contrary.

That the Surveyor or Surveyors appointed, or to be appointed by the Trustees, shall survey, and inquire what Timber building, open Quarries, or Mines are upon any of the Premisses, and certifie the condition and values thereof.

That no Surveyor, or any his Childe or Children, or any in trust for him or them, shall be admitted to be a Purchaser of any part of the Lands surveyed, or to be sur­veyed by himselfe, upon paine of losing his or their Pur­chase Money, and the Purchase to be void.

Provided, that nothing in the Instructions, Oath, or in this present Ordinance, shall be construed to compell [Page 23] the Surveyors to make any admeasurement of the Lands, or any particular Survey, and of the number of Acres, un­lesse they in their discretion shall thinke fit; the intention of the Houses being, That the said Surveyors should make a speedy returne of their severall surveyes, to the end that a speedy sale may be made thereupon.

I. THat he do receive all Surveyes, and Certificates to be returned by the Surveyors, and immediately after the receipt thereof, fairely enter and Register the same in Books, to be kept by him for that purpose, and in an orderly manner fyle, bundle up, and safely lay up, and keepe the Originals.

II. That he do weekly or oftner certifie unto the Contra­ctours, what Surveyes and Certificates are returned to him, and of what Manours, or otherwise as the case shall require.

III. That upon Warrant and Direction from the Contra­ctors, he do make forth, and fairely ingrosse in Parch­ment, particulars of all such Manours, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, Buildings, Woods, or other things sur­veyed [Page 25] and certified into his Office, by the Surveyors, whereupon the Contractors are to proceed, or intend to make any sale, and that he do examine and signe the same particulars, and deliver them to the Contractors.

IIII. That upon Contract or Agreement made by the Con­tractors, for any Manours, Lands, Tenements, Heredita­ments, Buldings, Woods, or other thing contained in any particular made forth, signed and delivered unto them by the Register, the said particular be returned to the Regi­ster, together with the Order of Agreement or Contract made with the Purchasors thereupon.

That upon returne thereof, he do forthwith rate the particular, and ascertaine the purchase Money, how much it comes to, at how many yeares Purchase the parliculars contracted for are sold, and enter the same upon the said particular, together with such other proceedings as shall be required by the Contract.

That he do returne the particular thus rated and ascer­tained to the Contractors, who are to signe the same, to at­test the Agreement, and thereupon to desire and give Warrant to the Trustees to draw up and seale conveyan­ces thereof to the Purchasors accordingly.

That all particulars thus finished, together with all pro­ceedings thereupon, be fairely entred or registred by the Register, and be safely kept by him as Records, and that after such entring and registring thereof, the Register do deliver the said particulars unto the Trustees to perfect the sale as aforesaid.

And to the end this service may be performed in such manner as the Register may be able from time to time to give an accompt of all proceedings; (if he shall be requi­red) [Page 26] to the Parliament himselfe, or one of his Deputies, are to attend upon, and enter all Orders and Proceedings before the Contractors.

That he do weekly make Certificate to the Treasurers, Comptroller, and Register, accomptant of all Rents, and all Rates of particulars, and of all Moneyes payable upon any Contract upon any particular, how much thereof is to be paid in hand, and how much to be forborne, and for what time, and how, and in what manner the sum or sums to be forborne are to be secured.

That he do methodize and put in good order all Char­ters, Evidences, and Writings, belonging to the late Arch­bishops, and Bishops, and all Books or Survey, and other things to be delivered to his care and custody, to be kept by him as Records, and make Catalogues of them, and fit them in such manner, as the Subject may readily see, and have Copies (if he desire it) of whatsoever shall be brought into the Registers Office, and be under his charge and custody.

ORdered by the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parlia­ment, That there he an aditionall allowance of three hun­dred pounds per annum, allowed and paid unto Mister Al­derman Fowke, for his sallary, for his execution of the place of Comptroller of the Receipts of Monies mentioned in the Ordinance, for the appointing the sale of the late Bishops Lands, over and above the two hundred pounds per annum, appointed by the said Ordinance.