Michael Atkins
This is it. I've got to read read it a few times. June 8th 1797. An act to supply the want of enrollment of deeds of bargain and sale. https://books.google.ca/books?id=KmlFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=upper+canada+acts+passed+1797&source=bl&ots=LWXkJyECpL&sig=JflM27DH2FfbXnzQMdyqeRRliWE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4oZSl19XLAhUKuIMKHVugDcYQ6AEIMzAH#v=onepage&q=upper%20canada%20acts%20passed%201797&f=false