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 A. D. 1751. Anno vicefimo quarto Georgii II. C. 42. 381 of the faid United Kingdom where the Offence or Offences (hall be committed, wherein no Eflbin, Protedtion, Wager of Law or more than one Imparlance {hall be allowed j any Law, Ufage or Cullom to the contrary notwithftanding. t ■ ■ • c XXXIV. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any AftioB or Suit fhall be ^^™'^^*"'" "^^ commenced agaiiift any Perfon or Perfons for any thing done in purfuance of this Aift, the Defendant or Defendants in fuch Adtiou or Suit may plead the General Illiie, and give this Aft, and the Special Matter General Iffuc. in Evidence, at any Trial to be had thereupon ; and that the fame was done in purfuance of and by Au- thority of this Aft ; and if it fhall appear fo to have been done, then the Jury {hall find for the Defendant or Defendants ; and if the Plaintiff fliall bs nonfuited, or difcontinue his Aftion, after the Defendant or Defen 'ants fhall have appeared, or if Judgment fhall be given upon any Verdift or Demurrer againfl the Plaintiff, the Defendant or Defendants fhall and may recover treble Cofts, and have the like Remedy Treble Goftj. for the fame as Defendants have in other Cafes by Law. ConctrmngTsbacca fee farther z6 Geo. z, c, 13. CAP. XLII. An A61 to explain and amend an Aft pafled in the iaft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, Jn A5i for the more eafy and fpeedy Recovery of fmall Debts within the City and Liberty of Weft- minfter, aftd that Part of the Dutchy of Lancafter which adjoineth thereto ; and tor making the faid Aft more efFeftual. P R. ' TTTHEREAS feveral Doubts have arifen in the Execution of an Aft pafTed in the twenty-third 23 Geo. 2. ' VV Year of his prefent Majefly's Reign, intituled. An A^ for the more eefy and fpeedy Recovery of'^-~l- ' fmall Debts within the City and Liberty of Weftminfler, and that Part of the Dutchy of Lancafter which ' pofes thereby intended : And whereas Doubts have arifen, whether Attornies and Solicitors are fubjeft ' to the Proceffes of the faid Court :' Therefore, for explaining, amending, and making the faid Aft more effeftual, May it pleafe your mofl Excellent Majefty, that it may be enafted, and be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majeily, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem- poral, and Commons, in this prel'ent Parliament afl'enibled, and by the Authority of the fame. That all Attornies and Perfons admitted as Atiornies or Solicitors fhall be, and they are hereby declared to be fubjeft to all the?"-'" ^i" Proceffes of the faid Court of Requefts for the City _and_ Liberty of IViJhninJler., and that Part of the;,'|.'|^^.^'°^J-''jJ'"" Dutchy of Lancajhr which adjoineth thereto ; any Thing in the faid Aft to the contrary in any wife not-coun. withftanding. ' 11. And whereas the Commiflioners nominated and appointed to put the faid Aft in Execution, are ' direftcd by the faid Aft to meet in three different Divifions, one Day in each Week : And whereas di- ' vers Miftakes and Inconveniencies have happened, for want of knowing the particular Bounds and Li- ' mits of the feveral Divifions or Diftr' ' " " faid. That from and after the twenty- piuch of the faid Aft as relates to the _ the Dutchy of Lancajler which adjoineth thereto, intp three Diftrifts or Divifions, fliall be, and is hereby city and Liber- repealed. "tyofWeft- into 3 Divifion repealed. III. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Commiflioners nominated and ap- Court to beheld' pointed, or to be nominated and appointed, by virtue of the faid Act, are hereby authorized and required'" twoDivifi- to aflemble, fit and hold the faid Court in and for the faid City and Liberty, and that Part of the Dutchy°"''" of Z,««i:<7//'fr which adjoineth thereto, in two Divifions only ; videlicet. The feveral Parifhes of »9/. Mar- garet^ St. John the Evangeliff, St. Martin in the Fields, St. Paul Covent Garden., St. Chinent Danes, Si. Merry Ic Strand, and that Part of the Dutchy of Lancafter which adjoineth to the laid Liberty of IV.Jlir.inJler, to be one of the faid Divifions ; and the feveral Parifhes of St. George Hanover Square, St. James, and 5/. Anne, to be the other Divifion, in fuch manner as is herein after-mentioned and declared ; vldeliat, TheD-^y? of fitting CommifTioners for the faid feveral Pariflies oi St. Margaret, St. John the Evangelift, St. Martin in //.>•"',''"=. '^.''."" *"=■ Fields, St. Paul Covent Garden, St. Clement Danes, St. Mary le Strand, and that Part of the Dutchy of""^" '^'""""' Lancajler which adjoineth to the faid Liberty of IVefiminfler, on every Fhiirfday in every W"eek, or oftener, if irecefTary, in fome convenient Part of the faid Divifion ; and the faid Commiflioners for the Parifhes of St. George Hanover Square, St. James, and St. Anne, on every Tnefday in every Week, or oftener, if ne- ceifary, in fome convenient Part of the faid Divifion, for the putting in Execution the feveral Powers and Authorities granted by this and the faid former Aft. ' IV. And whereas the erefting or hiring, fitting up and maintaining two convenient Court-houfes for ' the Purpofes aforefaid, will be attended with very great Expence to the Officers appointed to put the faid ' Aft of the Iaft Seflion of Parliament in Execution : And- whereas by the faid Aft the faid Oflicers are ' obliged .to pay an annual Allowance to the Council of the Marfhelfea Court; which Expences and Ai-r ' lowances, and other neceflary Charges attending the Execution of the faid Aft, have rendered, and w-ill Vol. VII. D d d ' <:ont!n«e
 * adjoineth thereto ; and the faid Aft has, in many Refpe£ts, been found infufficient to anfwer the Pur-