be held in the ever thenceforward, all Public Meetings under Commissions of new Building. Bankrupt in London, and all Places within the Bills of Mortality, (as well those fixed by the said Commissioners, as also all Meetings of Creditors under Commissions which are held in pursuance of public Advertisement,) shall be holden within the Building mentioned or referred to in such Notice. The Ground and Buildings vested in Com missioners here in named. Appointment of future Commis sioners in case of Death, &c. The said Ground and vested in such IV. And be it further enacted, That the Piece or Parcel of Ground described in and conveyed by the Indenture of Feoffient hereinbefore recited or expressed so to be, and all Erections and Buildings now erecting and building, or which shall be erected and built thereon, shall from henceforth be and the same are hereby vested in the said William Courtenay, Stephen Rumbold Lushington, Matthew Wood, Thomas Wilson and Henry Wrottesley, their Heirs and Assigns for ever, in Trust for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, and to the Intent and Purpose that the said Piece of Ground, and the Buildings thereon, may for ever hereafter be used and applied for the Purposes and in Manner mentioned and described by this Act; subject to such Rules and Regulations respecting the Use and Occupation thereof, and of the Rooms and Chambers thereunto belonging, as the Lord High Chancellor, Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal, shall from time to time order and direct, and to and for no other Use, Intent or Purpose whatsoever; and the said William Courtenay, Stephen Rumbold Lushington, Matthew Wood, Thomas Wilson and Henry Wrottesley, and the Survivors and Survivor of them, and the Heirs and Assigns of such Survivor, are accordingly hereby appointed, and shall from henceforth be and continue Commissioners and Trustees for carrying into Effect the Purposes of this Act. V. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That when any of them the said William Courtenay, Stephen Rumbold Lushington, Matthew Wood, Thomas Wilson and Henry Wrottesley, or any future Commissioner or Commissioners, Trustee or Trustees, to be appointed as hereinafter is mentioned, shall die, or be desirous of being discharged of and from, or refuse or decline or become incapable to act as a Commissioner and Trustee for the Purposes of this Act, then and so often as by the Means aforesaid the Number of the said Commissioners and Trustees shall be reduced to Three, it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord High Chancellor, or Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal for the Time being, by Writing under his or their Hand or Hands, to nominate and appoint any other Person or Persons to be a Commissioner and Trustee, or Commissioners and Trustees, for the Purposes of this Act, in the Place or Stead of the Trustees who shall have so died, or desired to be discharged, or refused, declined or become incapable to act as aforesaid. VI. And it is hereby enacted, That when and so often as any new Commissioner or Commissioners, or Trustee or Trustees, shall be nominated and appointed as aforesaid, the said Piece of Ground and Premises comprised in the said recited Indenture of missioners and Feoffment, and the Buildings thereon, and the Fee Simple and Inheritance thereof, shall be thereupon, with all convenient Speed, conveyed and assured in such sort and manner, and so as that the same shall and may be legally and effectually vested in the surviving or continuing Commissioner or Commissioners, Trustee or their Heirs. Trustees, Trustees, and such new or other Commissioner or Commissioners, Trustee or Trustees, or if there shall be no continuing Commissioner or Trustee under this Act, then in such new Commissioners and Trustees only, and their Heirs and Assigns for ever, upon the same Trust and for the same Intent and Purpose as by this Act is enacted and declared concerning the Commissioners and Trustees hereby nominated; and that every such new Commissioner and Such new ComTrustee shall and may in all things act and assist in the Manage- missioners to ment, carrying on and Execution of the Trusts and Purposes of act with the surviving or this Act, in conjunction with the other then surviving or con- continuing tinuing Commissioner or Commissioners, Trustee or Trustees, if Commissioners. there shall be any such, and if not, then by themselves, as fully and effectually, and with the same Power and Powers, Authority and Authorities, to all Intents, Constructions and Purposes whatsoever, as if they had been originally in and by this Act nominated Commissioners and Trustees, and as the Commissioners or Trustees in this Act named, in or to whose Place such new Commissioners or Trustees shall respectively come or succeed, are enabled to do, or could or might have done under and by virtue of this Act, if then living and continuing to act in the Trust and for the Purposes hereby directed or declared. VII. And be it further enacted, That the Contract and Pur- Contract with chase so as aforesaid made and concluded by and between the said Corporation William Courtenay, Stephen Rumbold Lushington, Matthew Wood, of London Thomas Wilson and Henry Wrottesley, of the One Part, and the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of London of the other Part, shall be, and such Contract and Purchase is hereby ratified, confirmed and established in all Respects whatsoever. Expences of Buildings, and of this Aet. Purchase, VIII. And be it further enacted, That the Consideration Money Provision for for the Purchase of the said Piece of Ground, and also the Ex- Payment of pences of erecting and completing the intended Buildings thereon, and of fitting up and furnishing the several Rooms and Offices therein, and also the Expences attending the said Contract and Purchase, and the Examination of the Title of the City of London to the said Piece of Ground, and also all Expences of Surveyors and others incurred under the Direction of the said Commissioners, or any of them, in treating for a proper Place for transacting the said Business in Bankruptcy, and in procuring and passing this Act, and the Costs, Charges and Expences of all Proceedings had or to be had in consequence thereof, shall be defrayed by the said Commissioners out of the said Two several Sums of Twenty thousand Pounds and Two thousand three hundred Pounds, issued or to be issued from His Majesty's Treasury, in pursuance of the Address and Resolution of the House of Commons hereinbefore recited; and that the Drafts of the said Commissioners, or of any Three or more of them, for the said Monies, or any Part thereof, for the Purposes of this Act, shall at all Times be sufficient Authority and Voucher for the Issue and Payment of the same; and when and so soon as the said Offices and Buildings shall be completed and prepared for the Transaction of Business, an Account shall be rendered by the said Commissioners, to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, of the Payment and Application of the Monies so as aforesaid received by or issued to them for the Purposes of this Act. IX. And The said Build ings to be under the Direction of the Commis sioners, subject to Order of the Great Seal. The said Buildings not to be occupied as a Residence, except by a Registrar and Housekeeper. Registrar to be appointed. His Duty as to as to keeping a Journal of Meetings, &c. IX. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners hereby appointed, or the major Part of them, (subject to such Rules and Regulations as the Lord High Chancellor, Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal, shall from time to time think proper to order or direct in the Premises,) to give and enforce such Order and Direction for the Completion of the said Buildings, and for the Occupation and Use of the several Offices or Rooms when completed, for the Purpose of transacting Business in and under Commissions of Bankrupt, and for preserving and keeping the said Buildings, Rooms and Offices in good Condition and Repair, and for insuring and keeping such Buildings and Offices insured from Loss or Damage by Fire, as the said Commissioners, or the major Part of them, shall from time to time think proper and advisable for all or any of the Purposes aforesaid. X. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the Buildings by this Act empowered to be erected or built, or any Chamber or Room, Chambers or Rooms therein, or any Part or Parts thereof, shall not be used or occupied as or converted to the Residence of any Person or Persons whomsoever; save only and except such Part or Parts of the said Buildings as the said Commissioners hereby appointed, or the major Part of them, shall appropriate or direct to be used for the Residence and Occupation of the Registrar and Housekeeper to be appointed for the Purposes of this Act, as hereinafter mentioned; but that the said Buildings, and all and every Chamber and Chambers, Room and Rooms therein, and every Part and Parts thereof, shall be used for the public Purpose and Purposes by this Act directed in respect of the same, and for no other Use or Purpose whatsoever. XI. And be it further enacted, That for the better carrying into effect the Purposes of this Act, it shall be lawful for the said Lord High Chancellor, Lord Keepers or Lord Commissioners of the Great Seal for the time being, to nominate and appoint some competent and proper Person to the Office of Registrar of the Meetings of the Commissioners of Bankrupt, who shall be resident in such Part of the said Building as the Commissioners shall direct, and who shall also have an Office in some convenient and public Part of the said Building; and whose Duty it shall be to be in Attendance in his said Office from the Hours of Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon till Four o'clock in the Afternoon, and also during the Sitting of any Commission of Bankrupt, or during the Continuance of any Meeting in Bankruptcy holden in any Part of the said Building, and during such other Times as the Lord High Chancellor, Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal, shall from time to time direct; and it shall further be the Duty of the said Registrar so to be appointed, to take and keep a Daily Journal, Registry and Account of Meetings in Bankruptcy which shall be holden in the said Buildings, or any Office belonging to the same; in which Journal or Registry shall be entered the Names of the Bankrupt or Bankrupts, the Solicitor or Solicitors to the Commission, the Messenger and the Number of the List of Commissioners to which the Commission is directed, and the Names of the Assignees, the Hours of Meeting and the Time to which any such Meeting shall be adjourned, and a Minute of the Nature or Pur pose Solicitor, &c. to furnish Regis trar with necessary Inforin ation. without Fee. Registrar to account for Fees, &c. pose for which such Meeting was held, and the Amount of any Dividend which shall be declared thereat; and the Solicitor or Clerk to every such Commission is hereby required to furnish the said Registrar with the necessary Information in Writing, to enable the said Registrar to make a proper Entry in such Journal or Registry of the Nature or Purpose of every such Meeting; and shall also keep One or more Book or Books, containing an Entry or Notice of all Meetings which shall be appointed or called by public Advertisement, either of the Commissioners or Creditors; which Book or Books shall be kept open in the Office of the said Such Journal, Registrar, for the Inspection of all Persons desiring to consult the &c. open to same, during Office Hours, without Fee or Reward; and it shall Inspection further be his Duty to receive and account for all Fees and Payments which shall be payable under this Act, as hereinafter men tioned; and when such Fees or Payments shall amount to the Sum of One hundred Pounds in his Hands, to pay the same into the Bank of England, under an Order of the High Court of Chancery to be made for that Purpose, in the Name of the Accountant General of the said Court, to a separate Account, to be entitled "Fund arising from Fees in Bankruptcy," to be laid out or invested in the Purchase of Bank Three Pounds per Centum Annuities, in the Name of the said Accountant General, together with all Accumulations thereof, to be carried to the like Account; and that such Registrar shall at all Times, when required by the Lord High Chancellor, Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal, or by any Two of the Commissioners under this Act, render and give a just and true Account of his Receipts and Payments, and of the Monies actually in his Hands; and Once in every Year, between the Fifth Day of April and the Fifth Day of July, shall (without being thereunto specially required) make and give a just and true Account of all Monies received and paid by him during the Year, which Account shall be audited and settled and finally allowed by the Lord High Chancellor, Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal for the Time being, or by such other Person or Persons as he or they shall for that Purpose nominate and appoint. To give an Account of Receipts and Payments, &c. By whom such dited. Registrar to give Security; XII. And be it further enacted, That every such Registrar to be appointed for the Purposes of this Act as aforesaid, shall and he is hereby required, before he shall act in the Execution of his said Office, to give good and sufficient Security, to the Satisfaction of the said Court, for his duly accounting for and paying over to the said Accountant General the Monies so to be received by him; and shall take and subscribe, in open Court, the usual Oaths of and take Oaths Supremacy and Abjuration, and also an Oath to the Purport and as herein menEffect following; that is to say, A. B. do swear, That according to the best of my Skill and Ability I will truly and faithfully execute and exercise the • Office of Registrar of Meetings in Bankruptcy, according to the • Provisions and Directions of an Act of Parliament made and passed in the Second Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled [here insert the Title of this Act], so long as I shall continue in the said Office; and that I will be ready and attendant in the said Office to further His Majesty's Business, as need shall require; and that I will well and faithfully C preserve tioned. Housekeeper to be appointed. Power to Great Salaries to A Fund for of Expences under the Act, by Payment of Fees and Charges herein mentioned. preserve and keep a Registry of Proceedings and other Matters required by the said Act for Public Use; and will at all Times ' render and give just and true Accounts of all Monies which shall come to my Hands by virtue of my said Office; and that I will not at any Time during my Continuance in the said Office act as Solicitor, Attorney or Agent to or under any Commission of Bankrupt, or receive any Compensation, Fee or Reward for any Service or Business done, or proposed to be done, under or relating to any such Commission, otherwise than as directed and authorized by this Act. So help me GOD.'. XIII. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Lord High Chancellor, Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal for the time being, to nominate and appoint a proper Person to be Housekeeper of the said Buildings and Offices, who shall also be constantly resident in such Part of the said Building as the said Commissioners shall require, and whose Duty it shall be to keep the said Buildings and Offices, and the Furniture and Effects therein, in proper State and Condition, and at all times ready for the Transaction of Business therein. XIV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Lord High Chancellor, Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal for the time being, from time to time to remove the said Registrar and Housekeeper from his or her Office respectively, when by reason of permanent Sickness, Infirmity, Misconduct, Neglect or other Cause, he, she or they shall be unable or incompetent, or considered unfit to discharge the Duties of his or her Office respectively, and to supply the Place of the Person so removed. XV. And be it further enacted, That there shall be paid and allowed to the Registrar to be appointed as aforesaid, during his Continuance in the said Office the clear yearly Salary or Sum of Two hundred Pounds, and to the Housekeeper to be appointed as aforesaid the clear yearly Salary or Sum of Fifty Pounds; and also the further Allowance or yearly Sum of Fifty Pounds towards the Expences of a Servant or Servants in the said Building; the said Salaries to be paid to the said Registrar and Housekeeper respectively, besides an Allowance of Coals and Candles to each of them, to be used in their respective Offices or Apartments within the said Buildings. XVI. And be it further enacted, That in order to form a Fund Reimbursement towards reimbursing the Public for the Expences of the Purchase of the said Piece of Ground, and the Erection of the Buildings, and the Fitting up and Establishment of the Offices thereon, and for making the several other Payments by this Act directed and provided to be made thereout, there shall be taken from and charged to the Estates of the Bankrupts, the Business under whose Commission shall be transacted in the said Buildings, the following Fees; namely, for every Meeting under each Commission holden within the said Building or Offices, by way of Fee or Charge for the Use of the said Offices, the Sum of Ten Shillings; and to the Registrar, for his own Use, for the Registry of every such Meeting, the further Sum of One Shilling; and for every Search out of Office Hours that may be made in the said Registry, unless by or by the Order of the Commissioners under any Commission of 1* Bank |