OpenLegislation

Section VI Sworn Broker to keep a Register Book, and to enter Contracts, &c. within Three Days after made, &c.

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

Omitting to enter Contract, &c., Penalty£50.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That from and after the said First Day of May One thousand six hundred ninety seven every Person and Persons sworne and approved of to be a Broker according to the true Intent & Meaning of this Act shall respectively keep a Book or Register which shall be called the Brokers Book in which said Book hee and they shall fairely enter all Contracts Agreements and Bargaines that hee and they shall from time to time make and contract betweene any Person and Persons within Three Days after the making such Contract or Agreement together with the Parties Names Buyer and Seller to the Intent and Purpose that such Broker and Brokers shall from time to time produce such Book or Register when thereunto lawfully required and in case such Broker or Brokers shall omitt to enter any such Contract Bargaine or Agreement in such Book or Register hee or they shall forfeit the Su[m]m of Fifty Pounds for every such Omission.