7. Attornies of to practise on 8. Writs and other Process to be made returnable when neces sary or proper. and if Parliament shall not be assembled, then within Fourteen Days after the meeting of Parliament then next following. 5 And be it Enacted, That all persons admitted or admissible to practise as Attornies in the Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas or Exchequer of Pleas shall be admissible in like manner as Attornies of the Court of Exchequer on the Revenue side, and be allowed to practise there as such accordingly; and that it shall be lawful for the Lord Chief Baron and other Barons of the said Court and they are hereby required by rule of Court to settle the amount of Fees to be taken and received by Attornies practising on the Revenue side of the 10 said Court, for the duties and services to be performed by them, and which Fees, so settled, shall be allowed on the taxation of costs. AND whereas there is often inconvenient delay and great expense incurred in recovering debts to the Crown, more particularly with without delay, respect to Extents, by reason of the interval between the Terms; 15 BE it Enacted, That all or any Commissions, Extents, Writs or other process of whatever denomination to be hereafter issued from the office of Her Majesty's Remembrancer, in pursuance of this or any former or other Act or Acts, or according to the ancient usage or practice of the Court of Exchequer, may bear teste and be made 20 returnable and be returned on any day certain in Term or Vacation to be named in such Commission, Extent, Writ or other process, and thereupon and at the return of any such Commission, Extent, Writ or other process, the like rules may be given, and such other proceedings had, and such subsequent Writs and process issued at any time in Vaca- 25 tion, as may be given, had or issued in Term, or at or before the Seal day after Term, and all such Commissions, Extents, Writs or other process, rules and proceedings, shall be as valid and effectual as if the same had been tested and made returnable, or given, or had, or issued in Term, according to the Common Law and course of the Exchequer: 30 Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall extend to alter the time for filing any pleadings, or to authorize the entering up any judgment in Vacation; and that where any person shall enter a claim to any goods seized under any Extent, or returned as forfeited (which it shall be lawful to do in Vacation), the further proceedings shall be only according to the ordinary practice and course of the Court. 9. CLAUSE (A.) Revenue Orders heretofore made at the Sittings after Term may be made by a single Judge. And be it Enacted, That all such Orders relating to Revenue Causes and matters of Revenue as have heretofore been made at the Sittings of the Court of Exchequer appointed and held after Term, may be made at any time by any single Judge out of Court. Provided 35 5 Provided always, and be it Enacted, That nothing herein contained shall extend to prejudice or in anywise affect the power, jurisdiction or authority of the Lord Chief Baron and the other Barons of Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, or the ancient rights or privileges of Her Majesty's Remembrancer in the said Court, or the rights or privileges of any person appointed to be Solicitor or Attorney on behalf of Her Majesty under the orders and directions of the Commissioners of the Treasury, Customs, Excise or Stamps, or under the orders and directions of any Commissioners or other persons or person 10 having the management of any other branch of Her Majesty's Revenue, save so far as the same may have been varied or altered by any Act or Acts now in force. 10. This Act not to affect Juris diction of the Court of 11. And be it Enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by Act may be altered, &c. any Act to be passed during the present Session of Parliament. A BILL For appointing Commissioners to inquire as to the Issue, [Note.--The Words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted 5 HEREAS certain Docuinents purporting to be Exchequer Preamble. Bills have been presented at the Exchequer for examination, and have been there detained as forged; and there is reason to believe that other forged Exchequer Bills have been put into circulation, and are now holden by divers persons: And whereas it is highly expedient for the public service that an inquiry should be made by Commissioners to be specially appointed for that purpose into the manner whereby such Documents came into the possession of the parties by whom the same have been so presented, or by whom they may now be holden; it Enacted, by The QUEEN's most Excellent MAJESTY, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, THAT it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, from time to time, by a Commission under 15 the Great Seal of England, to constitute and appoint Two Persons, being Barristers at Law of not less than Ten Years' standing, to be Commissioners of Inquiry for the purposes of this Act. 10 20 1. Commissioners to be appointed. 2. sioners to bo sworn. And be it Enacted, That every Commissioner appointed in pur- Commissuance of this Act shall, before beginning to act in the execution of the Commission, take the following Oath before the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the 3. Secretary and Clerks to be appointed. 4. Place of meeting. 5. Inquiry by Commissioners. 6. Reports to be laid before Parliament. Court of Common Pleas, or the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of “I, A. B., do swear, That I will truly and faithfully execute the powers and trusts vested in me by an Act, intituled, [here set forth the title of this Act], according to the best of my knowledge and judgment. So help me God." And be it Enacted, That the said Commissioners shall have power to appoint, and at their pleasure to dismiss, a Secretary and so many Clerks, Messengers and Officers as shall be thought necessary by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. 5 10 And be it Enacted, That the said Commissioners shall meet from time to time in some convenient place or places, to be appointed for that purpose, in London or Westminster, by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury; and the said Commissioners of Inquiry shall give notice of their appointment, and of their place or places of meet- 15 ing, in the London Gazette. And be it Enacted, That the said Commissioners shall inquire into the case of every owner or holder of any Document purporting to be an Exchequer Bill which shall be referred to them by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and shall from time to time report to Her 20 Majesty what they shall find concerning the manner of the issue, circulation, deposit or possession of every such Document and especially in what manner the cwners or holders of such Documents received the same, whether in exchange for other Bills, and if so, in what manner such exchange was made, or whether by purchase in open 25 market or otherwise, and if so, at what rate of purchase; or whether by way of deposit as securities for loans of money, and if so, at what rate of interest and for what time such loans were made, and whether such loans were renewed, and if so, how often and for what time; and also, whether the owners or holders of such Documents employed 30 any and what means of inquiry into the genuineness of such Documents; and all other matters and things whereby, in the opinion of the said Commissioners, the truth may be better known touching the premises. And be it Enacted, That every Report which the said Commis- 35 sioners shall make to Her Majesty in pursuance of this Act, shall be laid before Parliament within One calendar Month next after such Report shall be made, if Parliament shall then be sitting, or if not, then within One calendar Month next after the then next meeting of Parliament. And |