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CA P. XLVII.

An Act to exclude the Borough of Grampound, in the County of Cornwall, from sending Burgesses to serve in Parliament; and to enable the County of York to send two additional Knights to serve in Parliament, in lieu thereof.

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[8th June 1821.] HEREAS there was the most notorious and general Bribery and Corruption previous to the Election of Burgesses to serve in the last Parliament for the Borough of Grampound, in the County of Cornwall, in order to procure the < Return of Burgesses to serve in Parliament for the said Borough and it should therefore be excluded from hereafter returning Burgesses to serve in Parliament: And Whereas it is expedient < that Two additional Knights of the Shire should be returned for the County of York, to serve in Parliament in lieu of Two Burgesses for the Borough of Grampound: May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the Borough of Grampound, in the County of Cornwall, shall cease to elect and return Burgesses to serve in the High Court of Parliament.

II. And be it further enacted, That if, during the present Parliament, the Election of the Two Burgesses now serving therein for the same Borough of Grampound or either of them shall by Death or otherwise become void, then and in every such case an additional Knight or Knights shall be returned to serve in the High Court of Parliament for the County of York; and that from the End of the present Parliament, and at all Times thereafter, the said County of York shall return, to serve in the High Court of Parliament, Four Knights of the Shire instead of Two Knights of the Shire, as the said County has heretofore returned; the said Knights respectively to be elected and chosen by virtue of Your Majesty's Writ, to be awarded by the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of that Part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain for the Time being, in that Behalf to the Sheriff of the County of York; and the said Knights to be elected and returned in the same manner, to all Intents and Purposes, as Knights have been heretofore returned for the County of York.

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An Act to amend the several Acts for the Regulation of Attor-
nies and Solicitors.
[8th June 1821.]

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Second Year of the

Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act for the better Regulation of Attornies and So•licitors, it was among other Things enacted, that from and after 'the Time in the said Act mentioned, no Person should be per'mitted to act as an Attorney or Solicitor respectively, in any of the Courts of Law or Equity in England in the said Act ' mentioned, unless such Person should have been bound by Con'tract in Writing to serve as a Clerk for and during the Space of Five Years to an Attorney or Solicitor respectively, duly ' and legally sworn and admitted, as in the said Act is directed, ' in some or one of the Courts of Law or Equity in England in 'the said Act mentioned; and that such Person for and during the said Term of Five Years should have continued in such Ser'vice: And Whereas by an Act passed in the Twenty second Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty King George the Second, for making further Regulations (among other Things) ' with respect to Attornies and Solicitors, it was enacted, that every Person who should so have been bound to serve any Attorney or Solicitor should, during the whole Time of such Service, continue and be actually employed by such Attorney or Solicitor, or his or their Agent or Agents, in the proper Busi'ness, Practice or Employment of an Attorney or Solicitor; and also, that every Person bound as a Clerk as aforesaid, should, 'before being admitted an Attorney or Solicitor, cause an Affi'davit of himself, or of such Attorney or Solicitor to whom he 'was bound, to be duly made and filed, that he had actually and really served and been employed in manner aforesaid, during the 'said whole Term of Five Years: And Whereas by an Act passed by the Parliament of Ireland in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act for 'the Amendment of the Law in relation to Popish Solicitors, and 'for remedying other Mischiefs in relation to the Practitioners in "the several Courts of Law and Equity, it was enacted, that no • Person should be admitted an Attorney, or licensed to be a Solicitor, who shall not have served an Apprenticeship for the Space of Five Years at least, to a Six Clerk of the High Court of Chancery in Ireland, or to a Six Clerk of the High Court of Chancery in England, or to an Attorney of one of the other • Courts in Ireland, or to an Attorney ór Solicitor duly admitted or licensed in that Kingdom, or in England: And Whereas it may happen that Persons who have taken or may take the Degree of Bachelor of Arts or of Law, in either of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, or of Dublin, may afterwards be desirous of becoming Attornies or Solicitors, but may be deterred by the Length of Service required for that Purpose by the said recited Acts; and it is expedient that the Ad'mission of such Graduates should be facilitated, in consider'ation of the Learning and Abilities requisite for the taking such

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Degree: And Whereas it would tend to the better qualifying of Persons to act as Attornies and Solicitors if Part of the said 'Service of Five Years were allowed to be performed in manner ‹ hereinafter mentioned;' Be it therefore enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, in case any Person who shall have taken or who shall take the Degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Law, either in the University of Oxford, or in the University of Cambridge, or in the University of Dublin, shall, at any time after he shall have taken or shall take such Degree, be bound by Contract in Writing to serve as a Clerk, for and during the Space of Three Years, to an Attorney or to a Solicitor, or to a Six Clerk duly and legally sworn and admitted under the Provisions and Directions of the said recited Acts of the Second Year and Seventh Year of the Reign of King George the Second, or of this Act, or of any other Act or Acts in force for the Regulation of Attornies and Solicitors, in some or One of the Courts of Law or Equity in the said recited Acts mentioned, and during the said Term of Three Years shall continue in such Service, and during the whole time of such Three Years' Service, shall continue and be actually employed by such Attorney or Solicitor, or Six Clerk, or his or their Agent or Agents, in the proper Business, Practice or Employment of an Attorney or Solicitor, and shall also cause an Affidavit, or being one of the People called Quakers, a solemn Affirmation of himself, or of such Attorney or Solicitor or Six Clerk to whom he was bound as aforesaid, to be duly made and filed, that he hath actually and really so served and been employed during the said whole Term of Three Years, in like manner as is required by the said recited Acts of the Second Year, and of the Seventh Year, and of the Twenty second Year of the Reign of King George the Second, with respect to Persons by the said Acts required to serve for the Term of Five Years, shall and may be qualified to be sworn, or to take his solemn Affirmation, and to be admitted and inrolled as an Attorney or Solicitor respectively (according to the Nature of his Service) in the several and respective Courts of Law or Equity, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes, as any Person having been bound and having served Five Years is qualified to be sworn or to take his solemn Affirmation, and to be admitted or inrolled under or by virtue of the said recited Acts, or any other Act or Acts for the Regulation of Attornies or Solicitors in England; any thing in the said Acts, or any of them, to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding,

II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, if any Person who now is or hereafter shall be bound by Contract in Writing to serve as a Clerk as aforesaid, for the Space of Five Years in manner mentioned by the said recited Acts, or any or either of them, or any other Act now in force relating to the Service of Persons intended to be admitted as Attornies or Solicitors in England or Ireland, shall actually and bona fide be and continue as Pupil to any practising Barrister, or to any Person bona fide practising as a certificated Special Pleader

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to a Judge or in England or Ireland, for any Part or Parts of the said Term of other sufficient Five Years, not exceeding One Year, it shall be lawful for the Authority. Judge or other sufficient Authority to whom such Person shall apply to be admitted as Attorney or Solicitor as aforesaid, upon Affidavit or Affirmation of such Clerk, and of such Barrister or Special Pleader, to be duly made and filed, and upon being satisfied that such Person so applying for Admission had actually and really been and continued with, and had been employed as Pupil by such practising Barrister or Special Pleader as aforesaid (but not otherwise), to admit such Person as Attorney or Solicitor, in like manner as is now done in cases where the Clerk has served Part of the Term of his Clerkship with the Agent of the Person to whom he has been bound.

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• III. And Whereas an Act was made in the Forty first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for the better Regulation of Public Notaries in England;" Be it enacted, That nothing in the said Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to the Registrars or Solicitors of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge or to the Steward or Solicitors of any College or Hall within the said Universities or to the Chapter Clerk of any Cathedral or Collegiate Church, acting only as such Registrars, Solicitors, Stewards or Chapter Clerks.

IV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend, to any Person who shall have taken or shall take such Degree of Bachelor of Arts, unless such Person shall have taken or shall take such Degree within Six Years next after the Day when such Person shall have been or shall be first matriculated in the said Universities respectively; nor to any Person who shall take or shall have taken such Degree of Bachelor of Law within Eight Years after such Matriculation; nor to any Person who shall be bound, by Contract in Writing, to serve as a Clerk to any Attorney, Solicitor or Six Clerk, under the Provisions of this Act, unless such Person shall be so bound within Four Years next after the Day when such Person shall have taken such Degree.

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An Act for making further Regulations in respect to the Payment by Remittance Bill of the Wages of Petty Officers, Seamen and Marines, in the Royal Navy; and for extending the Provisions of an Act made in the Fifty fifth Year of His late Majesty, relating to the Execution of Letters of Attorney and Wills of Petty Officers, Seamen and Marines, in His Majesty's Navy. [8th June 1821.]

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HEREAS by an Act passed in the Thirty first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act for the Encouragement of Seamen employed in the Royal Navy, and for establishing a regular Method for the punctual, frequent and certain Payment of their Wages, and for enabling them more easily and readily to remit the same for the Support of their Wives and Families and for preventing Frauds and Abuses attending such Payments; and by another Act passed in the Thirty second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, in• tituled

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• tituled An Act for explaining and amending an Act passed in the Thirty first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act for the Encouragement of Seamen employed in the Royal Navy, and for establishing a regular • Method for the punctual, frequent and certain Payment of their Wages and for enabling them more easily and readily to remit the same for the Support of their Wives and Families and for preventing Frauds and Abuses attending such Payments, and for further extending the Benefits thereof to Petty Officers and Seamen, Non Commissioned Officers of Marines and Marines, serving or who may have served on board any of His Majesty's Ships; and by another Act passed in the Thirty second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled An Act for extending certain 32 G. 3. c. 67. • Acts therein mentioned to Petty Officers and Seamen, Non Com'missioned Officers of Marines and Marines, serving or who may have served on Board any of His Majesty's Ships and residing in Ireland; Petty Officers and Seamen, Non Commissioned Officers ' of Marines and Marines in His Majesty's Navy, are enabled to cause Payment of their Wages to be made in the cases in those • Acts mentioned to their Wives and Relations by Remittance Bills; but Doubts have been entertained whether the said Acts authorise Payment by such Bills to such Petty Officers, Seamen, 'Non Commissioned Officers of Marines and Marines themselves, ' when discharged or paid off from His Majesty's Service; and it is expedient to remove such Doubts and to alter the Form of • Remittance Bills hitherto used in such cases:' Be it therefore enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, such Petty Officers and Seamen, Non Commissioned Officers Petty Officers of Marines and Marines, shall and may be enabled and em&c. powered to obtain Payment of their Wages by Remittance Bill may obtain or Bills to themselves or to their Wives or Relations, as provided their Wages by Payment of by the said Acts, whether they, such Petty Officers and Seamen, Remittance Non Commissioned Officers of Marines and Marines, be still serving Bills, whether His said Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, or discharged or paid serving or paid off from the Service; which said Remittance Bills shall be in the following Form, or to the like Effect:

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if the same be demanded within Six Calendar Months from the Date hereof, otherwise you are to return this Bill to the Treasurer of the Navy, at the Pay Office of the Navy, London.

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