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PROCEEDINGSOFTHECOMMISSIONERS

UNDER THE FOREGOING COMMISSIONS.

1800—1811.

At a board, holden at the House of The Right Honourable The Speaker of The House of Commons, on Friday the 19th Day of December 1800.

PRESENT,

The Right Hon. Henry Addington, Speaker of the House of Commons;
The Right Hon. Lord Frederick Campbell;
The Right Hon. Sir William Grant, Master of the Rolls;
Charles Abbot Esquire:

Resolved—That a complete and authentic Collection of The Statutes of the Realm be prepared; including every Law, as well those repealed or expired, as those now in force; with a Chronological List of them, and Tables of their principal Matters: And that Alexander Luders, Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, and John France, Esquires, Barristers at Law, be appointed Three of the Sub-Commissioners for preparing and executing the said Work.

At a board, holden at the House of the Right Honourable The Speaker of The House of Commons, on Wednesday the 24th Day of March 1802;

PRESENT,

The Right Hon. Charles Abbot, Speaker of the House of Commons;
The Right Hon. Lord Frederick Campbell;
The Right Hon. John Baron Redesdale;
The Right Hon. Sir William Grant, Master of the Rolls;
The Right Hon. Sylvester Baron Glenbervie:

The Sub-Commissioners appointed for preparing a complete and authentic Collection of the Statutes, having laid before the Board their several Plans for carrying the Work into Execution; specifying the Sources from whence the Materials were to be derived; the Selection to be made thereout; and the general Arrangement and Distribution of the Work, under the several Heads of Text, Collation, Translation, Tables, and Indices:—The Board took the same into Consideratio, and having specially directed the Manner of Proceeding thereon;—Ordered, That the said Sub-Commissioners do proceed forthwith to carry the said Work into Execution comformably to such Directions.

At a board, holden at the House of the Right Honourable The Speaker of The House of Commons, on Wednesday the 21st Day of May 1806.

PRESENT,

The Right Hon. Charles Abbot, Speaker of The House of Commons;
The Right Hon. Lord Frederick Campbell;
The Right Hon. Sylvester Baron Glenbervie:

Ordered—That William Elias Taunton Esquire, Barrister at Law, be appointed a Sub-Commissioner in the Room of Mr. Luders resigned; and that he be employed conjointly with the other Sub-Commissioners heretofore appointed for preparing a complete and authentic Collection of the Statutes of the Realm.