i8o C. 46. Anno vicefimo fecundo Georgii II. A. D. 1740. ham, the refpe£live Prothonotaries of the faid Counties Palatine, and their refpeclive Deputies ; and in the fcveral Courts of the Great SefTions of Wales, the refpedive Prothonotaries of the faid Courts, and their refpe£live Deputies. Book to be kept VI. And be it further ena£fed. That every fuch Officer or OfF.cers, or their refpeftive Deputy or De- fbr entering the puties, filing fuch Affidavit as aforefaid, {hall keep a Book, wherein (hall be entered the Subftance of fuch PLxe?of"Aiiodc Affidavit, fpecifying the Names and Places of Abode of every fuch Attorney or Solicitor, and Clerk or Per- of every fuch "^ fo» bound as aforef'aid, and of the Perfon making fuch Affidavit, with the Date of the Articles or Contract Attorney .ind ill fuch Affidavit to be mentioned, and the Days of fvvearing and filing every fuch Affidavit refpectively ; and Clerk, &-C. every fuch Officer or Officers, or his or their Deputy or Deputies, {hall be at Liberty to take, at the Time Fees for filing of filing every fuch Affidavit, the Sum of two Shillings and fix Pence, and no more, as a Recompcnce for theAffiiaviis. j,is Trouble in filing fuch Affidavits, and preparing and keeping fuch Books as aforefaid, and which faid Books {hall and may be fearched in Offiice Hours, by any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, without Fee or Reward. No Attorney to VII. And be it further enaiSted, That from and after the faid firit Day of July, no Attorney or Solicitor take, &c. a fl;,all take, have or retain any Clerk, who {hall become bound by Contra£t in Writing as aforefaid, after Clerk after dif- fuch Attorney or Solicitor {hall have difcontinued or left off, or during fuch Time as he {hall not aclually B°ifinefs'."^ pra£i:ife as, or carry on the Bufinefs of an Attorney or Solicitor. Clerks to be em- VIII. And be it further enafted. That every Perfon who {hall, from and after the faid fir{lDay of July, ployed in their become bound, by Contra£l in Writing, to ferve any Attorney or Solicitor, as by the faid Adl is directed, proper Bufinefs {liall, during the whole Time and Term of Service, to be fpecified in fuch Contra(£l, continue and be ac- during the Time (^jj]]y gp^plgygj jjy j-yj,j, y^j(Qj.^gy Q„ SqHj,jjq^^ pj. j^jg or their Agent or Agents, in the proper Bufinefs, traS." °"" Pradlice or Employment of an Attorney or Solicitor. ' . IX. Provided always, and it is hereby enafted. If any fuch Attorney or Solicitor, to or with whom any Execution of ^ ^"'"'^ Perfon fhall be fo bound, {hall happen to die before the Expiration of fuch Term, or (hall difcontinue fecondContraas oi" leave ofF fuch his Pra<5lice as aforefaid, or if fuch Contract {hall by mutual Confent of the Parties be by fuch cicrkK, Cancelled, or in cafe fuch Clerk {hsll be legally difcharged by any Rule or Order of the Court, wherein the Service of fuch Attomcy or Solicitor {liall pra£tife, before the Expiration of fuch Term, and fuch Clerk fhall in any de^'Tfffl^ of the faid Cafes be bound by another Contract, or other Contradts, in Writing to ferve, and (hall ac- enie e e "^ • cgrdingly ferve in iVIanner hereinbefore-mentioned, as Clerk to any other fuch practifing Attorney or At- tornies. Solicitor or Solicitors as aforefaid refpectively, during the Refidue of the faid Term of five Years ; then fuch Service (hall be deemed and taken to be as good, efFeftual and available, as if fuch Clerk had continued to ferve as a Clerk for the faid Term, to the fame Perfon to whom he was originally bound, fo as an Affidavit be duly made and filed of the Execution of fuch fecond or other ContracEt or Contracts, with- in the Time, and in like Manner, as is before directed concerning fuch original Contra<ft. Clerks, before X. And be it further enaiSted, That every Perfon who, from and after the faid fir{t Day of July, (hall be- adtnitted, to ^ come bound as a Clerk as aforefaid, (hall, before he be admitted an Attorney or Solicitor according to the rnake Affidavit f^^jj ^£^^ caufe an Affidavit of himfelf, or fuch Attorney or Solicitor, to whom he was bound as aforefaid, to < Veai's"*^ '■"^ be duly made and filed with the proper Officer herein before for that Purpofe appointed, that he hath ac- tually and really ferved and been employed by fuch praiStifing Attorney or Attornies, Solicitor or Solicitors, to whom he was bound as aforefaid, or his or their Agent or Agents, during the faid whole Term of five Years, according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Ait. ' XI. And when as divers Perfons who are not examined, fworn, or admitted to a<ft as Aftornies or '^o^ ' licitors in any Court of Law or Equity, do, in Conjunction with, or by the Affiftance or Connivance of ' certain fworn Attornies and Solicitors, and by various fubtle Contrivances, intrude themfelves into, and ^ ' a£t and pradtife in the Office and Bufinefs of Attornies and Solicitors, to the great Prejudice and Lois of ' many of his Majefty's Subjects, and the Scandal of the Profeffion of the Law ;' Be it therefore enacSted, Sworn Attornies That from and after the twenty-ninth Day of September which fliall be in the Year of our Lord one thou- aaing as Agents fand feven hundred and forty-nine, if any fworn Attorney or Solicitor (hall aCt as Agsnt for any Perfon or tor Perfons not Perfons, not duly qualified to a£t as an Attorney or Solicitor as aforefaid, or permit or fuiter his Name to ijuaiie , &c. jjg j^j^y ^gyg made ufe of upon the Account, or for the Profit of any unqualified Pcribn or Perfons, or fenJ any Procels to fuch unqualified Perfon or Perfons, thereby to enable him or them to appear, aCt, or practi:<; in any Refpedt as an Attorney or Solicitor, knowing him not to be duly qualified as aforefaid, and Com- plaint (hall be made thereof in a fummary Way to the Court from whence any fuch Procefs did ifiue, and Proof made thereof, upon Oath, to the Satisfaction of the Couit, that fuch fworn Attorney or Solicitor hath oftended therein as aforefaid ; then, and in fuch Cafe, every fuch Attorney or Solicitor fo offending to be ftruckoff £cii be ftruck off the Roll, and for ever after difabled from praCtifins; as an Attorney or Solicitor ; and in i.ic Ro , jI^.^j. q.^i^q^ gpj upon fuch Complaint and Proof made as aforefaid, it (hall and may be lavi'ful to and for the and to be com- faid Court to commit fuch unqualified Perfon, fo aCting or praCtifiiig as aforefaid, to the Prifon of the faid ni!.t:cd. Court, for any Time not exceeding: one Year. ' XII. And whereas frequent Delays, Inconveniencies and unneceffary Expences arife and happen, as ' well to Parifhes as private Perfons, by the Mifmanagement and Unfkilfulnefs of Perfons employed as So- ' licitors or Agents at the Seffions held for the feveral Counties, Ridings, Divifions, Cities, Towns Corpo- ' rate, and other Places of this Kingdom, who having never been regularly bred to the Law, and being ig- ' norant of the Forms and Operations thereof. Offenders againfl the Laws of the Land have frequently ' efcaped with Impunity :' For remedying therefore of thefe Inconveniencies, Be it enaCted by the Autho- None to aft as rity aforefaid. That from and after the twenty-ninth Day oi September vdn (hall be in the Year of our Attornies who Lord one thoufand feven hundred and forty-nine, no Perfon whatfoever fhall aCt as a Solicitor, Attorney or were not admit- Agent, or fue Out any Procefs, at any General or Quarter-Seffions of the Peace for any County, Riding,
- '^'rcD™z 'c^i Divifion, City, Town Corporate or other Place within this Kingdom, either with refpeift to Matters of a
^ "^ ■ " ' Criminal or Civil Nature, unlefs fuch Perfon (liall have been heretofore admitted an Attorney of one of his Majc(ty"s
