in Connection Therewith.  — Every register of deeds shall keep a book of records of chattel mortgages; shall certify on each mortgage left for record the date, hour, and minute when the sam e was by him received; record in such book any chattel mortgage, transfer, or discharge, which shall be presented to him in duplicate, the original to be filed and the duplicate to be returned to the person concerned. The record shall be effected by making an entry, which shall be given a correlative number, setting forth the names of the mortgagee and the mortgagor, the sum or obligation guaranteed, date of the instrument, name of the notary acknowledging the same, and  a note that the property mortgaged is mentioned in detail in the instrument filed, giving the proper file number thereof. The register shall also certify the officer's return of sale upon any mortgage, making reference upon the margin of the record of such officer's return to the volume and page of the record of the mortgage, and a reference of such return on the record of th e mortgage itself, and give a certified copy thereof, when requested, upon the payment of the lawful fees for such copy; and certify upon each mortgage officer's return of sale or discharge of mortgage, both on the original and on the duplicate, the date,  hour, and minute when the same is received for record and record such certificate with the return itself and keep an alphabetical index of mortgagors and mortgagees, which record and index shall be open to public inspection. AcICTS Duly certified copies of such records and of filed instruments shall be receivable as evidence in any court. A register of deeds shall collect the following fees for services under this section: For record of filing of any document, twenty-five centavos. For filing and recording each chattel mortgage, including the necessary certificates and affidavits, the fees established in the following schedule shall be collected: HIACac For each mortgage, the amount of which is — Three hundred pesos or less, three pesos. From three hundred and one to six hundred pesos, three pesos and fifty centavos. From six hundred and one to eight hundred pesos, four pesos. Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 79