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( 29 ) We do hereby authorize the ſaid Supreme Court of Judicature, at Fort-William in Bengal, to conſtiture and appoint ſuch, and ſo many Regiſters, Proctors, Apparitors, and other Officers, as from Time to Time there ſhall be Occaſion for, and to do and perform all other Matters and Things, needful and neceſſary, in or concerning the Premiſes, although, by their own Nature, they may require a more ſpecial Warrant or Mandate.

We do hereby authorize and empower the ſaid Supreme Court of Judicature, at Fort-William in Bengal, to appoint Guardians and Keepers for Infants, and their Eſtates, according to the Order and Coarſe obſerved in that Part of Great-Britain, called England, and alſo Gaurdians and Keepers of the Perſon, and Perſons and Eſtates of natural Fools; and of ſuxh as are or ſhall be deprived of their Underſtanding or Reaſon, by the Act of God, ſo as to be unable to govern themſelves and their Eſtates, which We hereby authorize and empower the ſaid Supreme Court of Judicature, at Fort-William in Bengal, to enquire, hear and determine, by Inſpection of the Perſon, or by ſuch other Ways and Means, by which the Truth may beſt be diſcovered and known.

it is Our further Will and Pleaſure, and We do hereby grant, ordain, eſtabliſh and appoint, that the ſaid Supreme Court of Judicature, at Fort-William in Bengal, ſhall be a Court of Admiralty, In and for the ſaid Provinces, Countries or Diſtricts of Bengal, Babar, and Oriſſa, and all other Territories and Hands adjacent thereunto, and which now are or ought to be dependent thereupon: And We do hereby commit and grant to the ſaid Supreme Court Their Power, of Judicature, at Fort William in Bengal, full Power and Authority to take cogsnižance of, hear, exmine, try and determine, all Cauſes, Civil and Maritime; and all Pleas of Contracts, Debts, Exchanges, Policies of Aſſurance, Accounts, Charter-Parties, Agreements, Loading of Ships, and all Matters and Contracts, which in any Manner whatſoever relate to Freight or Money due for Ships, hired