Public Records (Scotland) Act 1809

IV Clerk of the Commissary Court of Edinburgh to deliver his Registers of Deeds, and the Warrants to the Lord Clerk Register.

And be it further enacted, That on or before the Expiration of Six Months after the pairing of this Act, the Clerk of the Commissary Court of Edinburgh shall deliver to the Lord Clerk Register, or his Deputy-Keepers of Records, all the Books or Registers of Deeds or of Probative Writings kept by them and their Predecessors in Office, and which shall be in their Custody, together with the Minute Books and Warrants of the said Registers or Books of Record, and with an Inventory of the whole, to the Accuracy and Completeness of which the said Clerks shall make Oath before the Lords of Council and Session; and that the Lord Clerk Register or his Deputy Keepers of Records shall receive the aforesaid Books, Registers, and Warrants to be deposited with the other Public Records of Scotland, and shall make and subscribe a full Duplicate of the aforesaid Inventory, to be delivered to and deposited by the said Clerk with the other Records of the Commissary Court remaining under his Custody and Care.