Section 1 Clerks of the peace, &c. to receive the documents herein mentioned, and retain them for the purposes directed by the standing orders of the Houses of Parliament.

Whenever either of the Houses of Parliament shall, by its standing orders already made or hereafter to be made, require that any such maps, plans, sections, books, or writings, or extracts or copies of the same, or any of them, shall be deposited as aforesaid, such maps, plans, sections, books, writings, copies, and extracts shall be received by and shall remain with the F1clerks of the peaceclerks of the district councils, sheriff clerks, parish clerks, schoolmasters, town clerks, . . . F2, and other persons with whom the same shall be directed by such standing orders to be deposited, and they are hereby respectively directed to receive and to retain the custody of all such documents and writings so directed to be deposited with them respectively, in the manner, and for the purposes, and under the rules and regulations concerning the same respectively directed by such standing orders, and shall make such memorials and endorsements on and give such acknowledgments and receipts in respect of the same respectively as shall be thereby directed.