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estate lies. And all mortgages, or a true copy thereof, 

 on personal property, must be filed — if in the city of 

 New York, in the ollice of the register ; if in any other 

 place in the State, in the town clerk's office where the 

 mortgager resides. And all mortgages on personal pro- 

 perty will cease to be valid after one year, unless within 

 thirty days next preceding the expiration of the year, a 

 copy of the mortgage is again filed. 



In New Jersey, mortgages must be acknowledged, 

 proved, and recorded, in the same manner as deeds. 



The mortgager is entitled to redeem his property in 

 New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Hampshj'e, 

 &c. In Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Maine, he 

 has three years in which to redeem it. 



Mortgage of Real Estate, 



Know all men by these presents, That I, A. N., of 

 -, in the county of , and State of , yeoman 



for and in consideration of dollars, paid by E. V., 



of , in the county of , merchant, the receipt 



whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby give, grant, 

 bargain, sell, and convey, unto the said E. V.. his heirs 

 and assigns, for ever, a certain parcel of land situate 



in , in said county of , together with all 



the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging, 

 and bounded as follows : 



[Here insert the boundaries.^ 



To have and to hold the above granted premises to 

 the said E. V., his heirs and assigns, to his and their use 



