692 C. 23.. Anno fecuncio Georgii II. A. D. iyig, < This Glau'e and fuch Matter may be given in Evidence upon the General TfTue, or pleaded in Bar, as the Nature of amended and the Cafe fhall require, fo as at the Time of his pleading the General Iffue, where any fuch Debt of the made perpetual Plaintiff, his Teitator orlnteftate, is intended to be infilled on in Evidence, Notice iliall be given of the by 8 Geo. 2. c p ar f] C ular Sum or Debt fo intended to be infifted on, and upon what Account it became due, or otherwife 24 ' fuch Matter fhali not be allowed in Evidence upon fuch General IfTue. Continuation. XIV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That this Act fhall continue in force for five ' c ° nu ^ uedbv , Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, and no longer. Not t° 'extend 'to ^CV . Provided always, That this Act or any thing therein contained, (hall not extend or be conftrued to Scotland. extend to that Part of Great Britain called Scotland. Penalty on XVI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That every Sheriff, Under-Sheriff, Bailiff, Gaoler offending Serjeant at Mace, or other Officer or Minifter aforefaid, offending againft this Act, fhall (over and above againft this Ait. fuch Penalties or Punifhments as he fhall be liable unto by the Laws now in Force] for every Offence Farther Pro- againft this prelent Act, forfeit and pay to the Party thereby aggrieved the Sum of fifty Pounds, to be reco- yifions concerning V ered, with treble Cofts of Suit, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of the Courts at Pn ! om " ' > Ge °' lVeJl?ninfter, wherein no Effoin, Protection, or Wager of Law, or more than one Imparlance, fhall be- Geo. 2. c. 31. allowed. 2,7 Geo. z. c. 3 & 17, 32 Geo, 2. c. 2.3. CAP. XXIII. For former L aws ^ n j^q. f OY fa b etter Regulation of Attornies and Solicitors. concerning tfttor- ° nics refer to 20 H. 3. c. 10. 12 Ed. 2. c. 1. 15 Ed. 2. fat. 1. 7 R. 2. c. 14. 4 H. 4. c. 18 & 19. 7 H. 4. c. 13. 29 El. c. 5. 31 El. c. 10. 3 Jae, I. c. 7. 12 Geo. 1. c. 29. OR the better Regulation of Attornies and Solicitors, praflifing in any of the Courts of Law or Equi- ty, in thafr Part of Great Britain called England, Be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this Drefent After 1 Decem. Parliament affembled,,and by the Authority of the fame, That no Perfon, from and after the firft Day of t ? D°' dmitt d" December one thoufand feven hundred and thirty, fhall be permitted to act as an Attorney, or to fue out a'nAttorney, un- an Y Writ or Procefs, or to commence, carry on or defend, any Action or Actions, or any other Proceed- lefs he takethe ings, either before or after Judgment obtained, in the Name or Names of any Perfon or Perfons, in his Oa'.h, and be in- Majeily's Court of King's Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer, or Dutchy of Lancajler, or in any of his. r 9 Jled - Majefty's Courts of Great Seffions in Wales, or in any of the Courts of the Counties Palatine of Chejler, Lancajler and Durham, or in any other Court of Record in that Part of Great Britain called England wherein Attornies have been accuftomably admitted and fworn, unlefs fuch Perfon fhall take the Oath herein after direited and appointed to be taken by Attornies, and fhall alio be admitted and inrolled on or before the faid firft Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and thirty, in fuch of the faid Courts where he fhall act as an Attorney, or fhall be fworn, admitted and inrolled in the faid refpective Courts after the faid firft Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and thirty, in fuch Manner as is herein after di- rected. Judges toexa- II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Judges of the faid Courts refpectively mine into his or any one or more of them, fhall, and they are hereby authorized and required, before they fhall admit Capacity, before fu C h perfon to take the faid Oath, to examine and inquire, by fuch Ways and Means as they fhall think Adrai ion. proper, touching his Fitnefs and Capacity to act as an Attorney ; and if fuch Judge or Judges refpectively fhall be thereby fatisfied, that fuch Perfon is duly qualified to be admitted to act as an Attorney, then and not otherwife, the faid Judge or Judges of the faid Courts refpectively, fhall, and they are hereby au- thorized to adminifter to fuch Perfon the Oath herein after directed to be. taken by Attornies, and, after fuch Oath taken, to caufe him to be admitted an Attorney of fuch Court refpectively, and his Name to be inrolled as an Attorney of fuch Court refpectively, without any Fee or Reward, other than one Shilling for adminiftring fuch Oath ; which Admiffion fhall be written on Parchment in the Engii/l} Tongue, in a common legible Hand, and figned by fuch Judge or Judges refpectively, whereon the lawful Stamp fhall be firft imprefied, and fhall be delivered to fuch Perfon fo admitted. None to be per- Hf A n d be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Perfon from and after the firft Day of mittedtoaftas r) ecem fo r in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and thirty fhall be permitted to act as a So- Jefs be'takethe ^ c i tor i or £o f~ ue ollt an Y Writ or Procefs, or to commence, carry on, foiicit or defend any Suit, or any Pro- Oath, and be ceedings, in the Name of any other Perfon, in any Court of Equity, either in his Majefty 's High Court of inrolled. Chancery, Court of Equity in the Exchequer Chamber, Court of the Dutchy Chamber of Lancajler at Wejl- min/ler, or Courts of the Counties Palatine of Cbefler, Lancajler or Durham, or of the Great Seffions in Wates y or in any other inferior Court of Equity in that Part of Great Britain called England, unlefs fuch Perfon fhaU tike the Oath herein after directed and appointed to be taken by Solicitors in Courts of Equity, and fhall alfo be admitted and inrolled on or before the faid firft Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and thirty, in. fuch of the faid Courts of Equity, where he fhall act as a Solicitor, or fhall be fworn, admitted and inrolled after the faid firft Day of December, in fuch Manner as is herein after directed. IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Mafter of the Rolls, or two of the Mafters of the Chancery, the Barons of the Court of Exchequer, the Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lan- Courtof Equity cajler, and the Judges of the faid other Courts of Equity for the Time being refpectively, or any one or to ejanvne So- more of them, fhall, and they are hereby authorized and required, before he or they fhall admit any Per- hcitors. j- on tQ ta j ce j.jjg j- a j^ Oath, to examine and inquire, by fuch Ways and Means as he or they fhall think pro- per, touching his Fitnefs and Capacity to ait as a Solicitor in fuch Courts of Eciuity refpectively ; and if the faid Mafter of the Rolls, or two Mafters of the Chancery, the Barons of the Court of Exchequer, the Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancajler ; or the Judges of the faid other Courts of Equity for the Time be-
