|l A. D. 1749' Anno vicefimo fecundo Georgii JI. C. 46, 179 CAP. XLvr. An acI to continue feveral Laws for preventing Exactions of the Occupiers of Locks and Wears upon the River 'Thames Weftward, and for afcertaining the Rates of Water Carriage upoti the faid River -, and for continuing, explaining and amending the feveral Laws for the bttter Regulation of Attornies and Solicitors ; and for regulating the Price and Afilze of Bread ; and for preventing the Spreading of the Diftemper amongft the Horned Cattle ; and alfo for making further Regulations with refpeft to Attornies and Solicitors ; and for fur- ther preventing the Spreading of the Diftemper amongft the Horned Cattle ; and for the more frequent Return of Writs in the Counries Palatine of Chefter and Lancafter ; and for afcertaining the Method of levying Writs of Execution againft the Inhabitants of Hun- dreds ; and for allowing ^uihn to make Affirmation in Cafes where an Oath is or fhall be required. "= ^ WHEREAS the Laws herein after mentioned (which have by Experience been found ufeful and j. ' VV beneficial) are near expiring ;' May it therefore pleafe your iVIajefty, that it may be enafted ; and ■ be it enaded by the King's moiil Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spi- ritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aiTembled, and by the Authority of the 3 Geo. 2. c n, fame. That an Aft made in the third Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, Jn AB for re- continued to |i vivhig mid amendifrg an A£i made in theflxih and /even th Tears of the Reign of his late Majejly King Wjlliam ' J"""= '75°- [• the Third., intituled, ' An Acl: to prevent Exactions of the Ownersof Locks and Wears upon the River of f^^^^' „ ' ' Thames Weftward, and for afcertaining the Rates of Water Carriage upon the faid River ;' which was to (.. z'~ ^°' *' continue in Force from the ftrft Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and thirty, for the Term of nine Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament ; and which by another Aft made in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his preient Majefty, foj continuing feveral Laws therein mentioned, was further continued from the Expiration thereof, until the nrft Day of June in the Year of our Lord one thoufand kftn. hundred and forty-feven ; and which by another Aft made in the twentieth Year of the Reio-n of his prefent Majefty, for continuing feveral Laws therein mentioned, was further continued till the firft Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-nine, fhall be, and the fame is hereby further con- tinued from the Expiration thereof, till the firft Day of June which iliall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fifty II. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefald, That an Aft made in the fecond Year of the iGeo.i. c.25. Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An Ail for the better Regulation of Attornies and Solieitcrs, which contiDucd to" was to be in l<orce froin the firft Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-nine, for the Term 24 J<'n<= J7S7. of nine Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament ; and which by an Aft Mode pcrfnud made in the twelfth Year of his prefent Majefty, for continuing feveral Laws therein mentioned, was ex- / ,^° ?|j^ !' plained and amended, and further continued until the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hun-'^' ^ ' ' ^' dred and forty-eight, and from thence to the End of the then next SeiEon of Parliament, fhall be, and the fame is hereby, together with the Alterations and Amendments made by the faid Aft of the twelfth Year of his prefent IVIajefty, and thofe herein after-mentioned, further continued, from the Expiration thereof until the twenty-fourth Day of June v/hich fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-feven, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament. III. A?id for the better preventing unqualified Perlbns from being admitted Attornies and Solicitors, and for rendering the faid Aft more efFeftual for the Purpofes thereby intended ; Be it enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That every Perfon who fhall, from and after the firft^Day of jidy one thoufand feven hundred PcrfonsVoumlto and forty-nine, be bound by Contraft in Writing to ferve as a Clerk to any Attorney or Solicitor, as by '^"'= ^s clerks 'the faid Aft is direfted, fcall, within three Months next after the Date of every fuch Contraft, caufe an '° Attornies, to Affidavit to be made and duly fvvorn of the actual Execution of every fuch Contraft, by every fuch At- j^'^l'^ ^'^^"■',5 tbrney or Solicitor, and the Perfon fo to be bound to ferve as a Clerk as aforefaid ; and in every fuch Af- in three McTths fidavit ftiail be fpecified the Names of every fuch Attorney and Solicitor, and of every fuch Perfon fo bound, of the Execution and their Places of Abode refpeftively, together with the Day of the Date of fuch Contraft ; and every fuch offufl" Con- Affidavit fhall be filed vvithin the Time aforefaid, in the Court where the Attorney or Solicitor to whom '^"'^ f"<'- every fuch Perlon refepeftively fhall be bound as aforefitid, hath been inrolled as an Attorney or Solicitor, fi^|S"^'"° "^ with the refpeftive Ofncer or Officers, or his or their refpeftive Deputy or Deputies, in the refpeftive Courts Fa.Vi,-r ;■;>;.■„/. herein after-rncntioned, v/ho fiiall make and fign a Memorandum or Mark of the Day of filing every fuch loiosd by 27 c™. Affidavit at the Back or at the Bottom thereof. 2. c 16. /tr?, & I V. And be it further enafted. That no Perfon who fhall, after the faid firft Day of July become bound None to be -d- as aforefaid, fhall be admitted or inrolled an Attorney or Solicitor in any Court in. the faid Aft- mentioned mitted iiefoi-e" before fuch Affidavit, fo marked by the proper OfHcer as aforefaid, firall be produced and openly read in "^'^ Affi<iavit be fuch Court, where fuch Perfon fliall be admitted and, inrolled an Attorney or Solicitor. produced. y. And it is hereby enafted and declared. That the feveral Perfons following (hall be deemed and taken qm^ to be the prcperOfficers for filing fuch Affidavits in the refpeftive Courts herein after-mentioned (that is to'filTfuch AP-* to lay) in the High Court of Chancery, the fenior Cleric of the Petty Bag Office, or his Deputy ; in the davits. Court of Kings Bench, the Chief Clerk of that Court, or his Deputy ; in the Court of Cotnmon Pleas the Clerk of the Warrants of that Court, or his Deputy; in the Com-toi Exchequer, the King's Remembrancer of that Court, or his Deputy ; in the Court of the Dutchy Chamber of Lancafter at TVeJtminJler, the Chief Clerk of that Court, or his Deputy ; and in the feveral Counties Palatine of Chejla-, Lanaylcr and Dur- A a 2 > hamy
