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 A. D. 1729. Anno fecundo Georgii II. C. 23. 695 XV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from end after the firft Day of July No Attorney to in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-nine, no Attorney or Solicitor {hall have have more than more than two Clerks at one and the fame Time, who (hall become bound by Contract in Writing as afore- ,wo 9 ,erIu at laid, after the faid firft Day of July, to ferve him as Clerks. onetime. XVI. And it is hereby further enacted and declared, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the fe- l'rothonotarica veral Prothonotaries of the Court of Common Pleas at Weflmhjhr, and the Secondary of the Court of of Corn - Wm, King's Bench, and the feveral Prochonotaries of the refpective Courts of the Counties Palatine of Chefter, £ -. c ' tol,av * Lancqfler and Durham, and tiie refpective Courts of Great Seffions in Wales, to have three Clerks at one c < -' 1 -''"' and the fame Time, and no more ; and that fuch refpective. Clerks, having ferved a Clcrkihip to any of the faid Prothonotaries, or Secondary, for any Term not lefs than five Years, may, after the Expiration of fuch Term of five Years, be examined, admitted and inrolled, to be an Attorney of any of the Courts of Law aforefaid, and for the fame Fee, and in the fame Manner, as any other Pcrfon may be admitted and in- rolled, who fhall ferve a Clerkfhip to any fworn Attorney for the Space of five Years, in cafe the Judge or Judges of the Court, before whom fuch Clerk fhall be'examined, be upon fuch Examination fatisfied, that he is duly qualified to be admitted an Attorney of fuch Court; any thing in this Act contained to the con- trary notwithstanding. XVII. And it is hereby alfo further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid firft After i Decern. Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and thirty, if any Perfon who fhall be a fworn Attorney of I73 °' iv " " ' : v> any of the Courts of Law aforefaid, fhall knowingly and willingly permit or fuffer any other Perfon or t j^! Perfons to fue out any Writ orProcefs, or to commence, profecute, follow or defend any Action or Actions ififue out Writs or other Proceedings in his Name, not being a fworn Attorney of one of the faid other Courts of Law, or a &c. difablcd fworn Solicitor of the faid Court of Chancery, or of fome or one of the Courts of Equity aforefaid, and f,om Practice, fhall be thereof lawfully convicted, every Perfon fo convicted fhall, from the Time of fuch Conviction, be difabled and made incapable to act as an Attorney in any of the Courts of Law aforefaid, and the Ad- mittance of fuch Perfon to be an Attorney of any of the faid Courts of Law fhail from thenceforth ceafe and be void. XVIII. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the firft Day of June one After i June thoufand feven hundred and twenty-nine the Chief Clerk of the Court of King's Bench or his Deputy, 1729. Attorneys the Clerk of the Warrants in the Court of Common Pleas or his Deputy, the Prothonotaries of the faid and ; - o!lc>!c ;'& "» refpective Counties Palatine of Lancajler, Chefter and Durham, and of the great Seffions in Wales, or their th V™ refpective Deputies, and fuch Officers of the faid inferior Courts of Law, as the Judge or Judges of the faid Courts, inferior Courts respectively fhall for that Purpofe appoint, fhall and they are hereby refpectively required from Time to Time, without Fee or Reward, to inroll the Name of every Perfon who fhall be admitted an Attorney in the faid refpective Courts of Law, purfuant to the Directions in this Act, and the Time when admitted, in an Alphabetical Order, in Rolls or Books to be provided and kept for that Purpofe in the faid feveral and refpective Offices ; and alfo that the fenior Clerk of the Petty-Bag Office in the Court of Chan- cery or his Deputy, the King's Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer or his Deputy, the Chief Clerk of the Court of the Dutchy Chamber of Lancajler or his Deputy, the Regifters of the refpective Courts of Equity in the faid Counties Palatine, and of the great Seffions of Wales, or their refpective Deputies, and fuch Officers of the inferior Courts of Equity, as the Judge or Judges of fuch inferior Courts refpectively fhall for that Purpofe appoint, fhall and they are hereby refpectively required from Time to Time, without Fee or Reward, to inroll the Name of every Perfon who fhall be admitted a Solicitor in the faid refpective Courts of Equity, purfuant to the Directions in this Act, and the Time when admitted, in an Alphabetical Order, in Rolls or Books to be kept for that Purpofe in the faid refpective Offices in the faid Courts of Equity ; to which Rolls or Books in the faid Courts of Law and Equity refpectively all Perfons fhall and may have free Accefs without Fee or Reward. XIX. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted, That the Admiffion of any Attorney in any of the Attomies to be Courts aforefaid, purfuant to the Directions in this Act, fhall and may be written on Parchment with- admitted with- out any Stamp impreffed thereupon, in cafe he hath at any Time, on or before the firft Day of June ? ut Stam P-> lf one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-nine, been fworn and admitted an Attorney of any of the faid j j une I72 r. Courts. XX. Provided alfo, and it is hereby further enacted, That from and after the firft Day of December one a fworn Attor- thoufand feven hundred and thirty, any Perfon who fhall be fworn, admitted and inrolled to be an Attorney ney may be ad- in any of the faid Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, Exchequer, Counties Palatine of _ Chefter, mitted a Solki - Lancafter and Durham, and Great Seffions in Wales, as herein before directed, may be fworn, admitted and % r ' Ge inrolled to be a Solicitor in all or any of the Courts of Equity aforefaid, without any Fee for the Oath, or c. a 6. k&. ' **-. any Stamp to be impreffed on the Parchment whereon fuch Admiffion fhall be written, if the Malter of the He ickv > r,^ y is Rolls, two Matters of the Chancery, the Barons of the Court of Exchequer, the Chancellor of the Dutchy admitted Anor- of Lancajler, and the Judges of the faid other Courts of Equity for the Time being, or any of them, re- ™" joitiwt fpectively, fnall, upon examining fuch Attorney touching his Fitnefs and Capacity to act as a Solicitor in Courts of Equity, be fatisfied that fuch Attorney is duly qualified to be fo admitted. XXI. Provided alfo, and it is hereby further enacted, That from and after the firft Day of December one a fworn Solid, thoufand feven hundred and thirty, any Perfon who fhall be fworn, admitted and inrolled to be a Solicitor tor in one Court in any of the faid Courts of Chancery, Exchequer, Dutchy of Lancajler, Counties Palatine of Chefter, ° f Equity, may Lancajler and Durham, and Great Seffions in Wales, as herein before directed fhall and may be fvyorn, ad- ^yoXrOraVt mitted and inrolled to be a Solicitor in all or any of the faid other Courts of Equity, Or in any inferior Court of Equity, without any Fee for the Oath, or any Stamps to be impreffed on the Parchment whereon fuch Admiffion fhall be written, in cafe the Mafter of the Rolls, two Matters of the Chancery, the Barons of the Court of Exchequer, the Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancajler, and the Judges of the faid other Courts of Equity for the Time being, or any of them refpectively, fhall, upon examining fuch Perfon touching 3 his