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 , the said substitutes shall be furnished with the office of Councillors in them.

39th.—The copies of documents from the Court of Chancery of Bourdeaux, shall be made out in the presence of two Councillors of this Chamber, one of whom shall be Catholic, and the other of the said pretended Reformed religion in the absence of one of the Masters of Requests of our Hotel. And one of the Notaries and Secretaries of the said Court of Parliament of Bourdeaux shall reside in the place where the said Chamber shall be established, or else one of the ordinary Secretaries of the Court of Chancery, for the purpose of signing documents from said Court.

40th.—We desire and command that in the said Chamber of Bourdeaux there be two Clerks to the Registrar of the said Parliament, one civil and the other criminal, who shall discharge their duties under our Commission, and shall be called Clerks to the Court of Records, Civil and Criminal. The Registrars of the Parliament shall not have power to dismiss or recall them. The Clerks shall pay over to the Registrars all the fees of the said Registry, and they shall be paid by the Registrars as shall be deliberately resolved upon by the said Chamber, Moreover, Catholic doorkeepers shall be appointed, who shall be taken from said Court, or elsewhere, according to our pleasure: besides which there shall be two newly appointed of said religion, provided gratuitously, and the said doorkeepers shall all be regulated by the said Chamber, as well in regard to the fulfilment of their duties as in the allowance of perquisites lo them. There shall also be a prompt appointment of a person to pay salaries and receive fines in said Chamber, if it be established elsewhere than in said city, to be approved of by us. The appointment formerly made, of a Paymaster to the Chamber of Castres shall take effect, and the duty of receiving fines in the said Chamber, shall be added thereto.

41st.—Good and sufficient assignments shall be made for paying salaries to the Officers of the Chambers ordered by this Edict.

42d.—The Presidents, Councillors and other Catholic Officers of the said Chambers shall be continued so long as shall seem to be for our benefit and the good of our subjects; and when some are removed, others must be provided beforehand to take their places; and during the time of service they must not be absent without the permission of those who shall have suits pending in conformity with the Ordinance.