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direct to Land Commission or otherwise) of pay-

were included in the requisitions

on Title the

mcnt of instalments, redemption moneys, etc.

position would be clear before completion of the

sale.

5. Lodgment of Legal Documents

(a)

In the case of Deeds sent for noting clear

identification of holdings by reference to Receiv–

able Order Number, tenant and townland is very

helpful to the Land Commission who also require

to be informed as to the devolution of title from

the person noted in their records as entitled. The

name on the Receivable Order is often merely

that of the payer or occupier.

(b)

In the case of marriage settlements where

joint tenancies are set up, the date on which the

marriage took place should be stated.

(f)

Change of ownership in the case of vested

holdings or parcels is a matter to be notified to

the Land Registry, Chancery St., Dublin. Docu–

ments in such cases should not be referred to the

Land Commission see also 9.

6. Quit Rents and Church Temporalities

(tf) Correspondence relating to Quit Rents and

to

the Church Temporalities Accounts

should

be addressed to the Secretary, Irish Land Com–

mission, Church Temporalities Branch, 24 Upper

Merrion St., Dublin.

(b)

Every application for a Certificate of the

Redemption Value of a perpetuity rent or tithe

rent charge should indicate the purpose for which

the Certificate is required.

(<r) Frequently

on

the

subdivision of

lands

subject to a Church Temporalities mortgage it is

proposed that each of the parties to the subdivision

should pay part of the instalment and receive a

separate demand for that part. There are no pro–

visions for division of a mortgage but anyone

who wishes

to avoid the trouble which often

ensues when two or more parties own land subject

to a mortgage may do so by redeeming an agreed

part of the mortgage.

(d)

Frequently in a private sale of lands

the

subject of a Tithe Rent charge

the documents

of Tithe do not reveal the existence of the charge

and the vendor does not disclose it but continues

to pay it. The Land Commission Church Property

Branch not having been made aware of the change

of ownership, continue to issue

their demands

to the original payer until he (or his successor)

declines to pay. Then the facts come to light and

there is trouble in getting the new owner to pay.

If a certificate as

to Tithe Rent charge liability

7. Sales of Holdings and Parcels

(tf) In the Purchase Agreement for a parcel of

land the purchaser agrees not to " sell, alienate,

sub-let, subdivide or part with possession " of the

parcel before it has been vested in him.

Breach

of this condition may result in the purchaser being

deprived of the parcel.

There is no mention of

sale " with the consent of the Land Commission " ;

yet in a number of cases parcels have been offered

for sale " subject to the consent of the Land Com–

mission " though such consent has neither been

applied for nor obtained and in many cases the

sale

is completed before the Land Commission

become aware of it. When a Solicitor is instructed

to apply for consent to sale he should whenever

possible state the name of the proposed purchaser

and give the Receivable Order No. and other

particulars of any lands held by him.

(b)

Before completing the sale of a holding the

Solicitor

should ascertain whether

the vendor

has ever been allotted a parcel (or has another

holding) for consolidation with it and, if he has,

should consult the Land Commission.

(It is not

always realised that when a holding with which

a parcel is to be consolidated is sold, even if the

parcel is not sold, the allottee is liable to have the

parcel taken up from him owing to the breach

of the terms of the Agreement which provides

for consolidation, or that in such cases the sale

may be null and void see Section 23 of the Land

Act, 1939, and Section 6 of the Land Bill, 1945.)

8. Copies of Documents

and Production

of Originals

(a)

The Receivable Order No. should be quoted

in all applications and requisitions for copies of

purchase agreements, maps and other documents.

(b)

The purpose for which the copies are required

should be fully stated.

(<r) The fee quoted by

the Land Commission

for the copies should be paid in Land Commission

(not Land Registry or other) stamps.

Stamps

should not be sent until asked for as over or

under-estimation of fees

causes correspondence

and delay.

(W) Applications for copies required for Court

cases should be made in good time, say, 10 or 12

days before hearing.