Bills of Sale. [Ch. 31. No. 8.

plantation or lands, assignments for the benefit of the
creditors of the person making or giving the same,
marriage settlements, assignments of any ship, vessel,
boat, or craft of any description or any share thereof,
transfers of goods in the ordinary course of business of
any trade or calling, bills of sale of goods not in the
Colony, bills of lading, India warrants, warehouse-
keepers’ certificates, warrants or orders for the delivery
of goods, or any other documents used in the ordinary
course of business as proof of the possession or control
of goods authorising or purporting to authorise either
by endorsement or by delivery the possessor of such
document to transfer or receive goods thereby repre-
sented;

“ mortgage bill of sale ’’ means any bill of sale given
by way of security for the payment of money;

“personal chattels ’’ means goods, furniture, and
other articles capable of complete transfer by delivery,
and (when separately assigned or charged) fixtures;
but shall not include chattel interests in real estate,
nor fixtures when assigned together with a freehold or
leasehold interest in any land or building to which they
are affixed, nor growing crops, nor shares or interests
in the stock, funds, or securities of any government
or in the capital or property of incorporated companies,
nor things in action, nor any live or dead stock or
produce upon any plantation which by virtue of any
covenant or agreement ought not to be removed from
the plantation where the same are at the time of the
making or giving of such bill of sale;

“ Registrar ’’ means the Registrar General.

4. Every attornment, instrument, or agreement whereby
a power of distress is given or agreed to be given by any
person to any other person by way of security for any
present, future, or contingent debt or advance, and whereby
any rent is reserved or made payable as a mode of providing
for the payment of interest on such debt or advance, or
otherwise for the purpose of such security only, shall be
deemed to be a bill of sale within the meaning of this
Ordinance of any personal chattels which may be seized
or taken under such power of distress: Provided that

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Certain
instruments
giving
powers of
distress to
be subject
to this
Ordinance.