directions, and as to the matter of costs reserved in the said decree [if costs be reserved], in the presence of counsel learned on both sides, upon opening and debate of the matter, and hearing the said decree, &c. read, and what was alleged by counsel on both sides, his Lordship doth order, &c.

[The same form to be observed upon the decree for further directions, mutatis mutandis, where, upon the original hearing, an issue or a case for the opinion of a Court of Law is directed, or the bill is retained for twelve months with liberty to bring an action. The issue and verdict of the jury to be stated at length, but the judge's certificate upon the case only, and not the case itself.]

THE FORM OF AN ORDER UPON PETITION.

day of

[Date and title.] Whereas A. B. did on the prefer his petition unto, &c. setting forth as therein set forth, and praying There state the prayer], whereupon all parties concerned were ordered to attend his Lordship on the matter of the said petition, and counsel for the petitioner, and for this day attending accordingly, upon hearing the said petition, &c. read, and what was alleged by the counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for ship doth order, &c.

his Lord

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GENERAL ORDERS

OF

THE COURT OF CHANCERY,

23d FEBRUARY, 1837.

WHEREAS it is expedient that the fees which are by the General Orders for regulating the practice of the Court of Chancery, bearing date the twenty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, directed to be taken by the Masters and their clerks, and the Registrars and their clerks, under the Act passed in the third and fourth years of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled "An Act for the Regulation of the Proceedings and Practice of certain Offices of the High Court of Chancery in England," should be varied and increased, or reduced in amount, or wholly omitted to be received, as hereinafter mentioned; Now I, the Right Honourable Charles Christopher Baron Cottenham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, with the advice and concurrence of the Right Honourable Henry Baron Langdale, Master of the Rolls, and the Right Honourable Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Knight, Vice-Chancellor of England, do hereby order and direct, that from and after the twenty-seventh day of February instant, the fees set forth in the first Schedule hereunto shall be the fees to be received and taken by the clerks to the Masters in Ordinary, in the place and stead of the fees now received and taken by them, pursuant to the said general Orders, bearing date the twenty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three; AND THAT the fees set forth in the second Schedule hereunto shall be the fees to be received and taken by the Registrars and their clerks, in the place and stead of the fees now received and taken by them, pursuant to the said General Orders.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Fees to be received and taken by the Clerks to the Masters in Ordinary.

For every warrant

For drawing every report, exclusive of schedules of accounts of parties accounting before the Master, and exclusive of the fee on signing, per folio.

01 0

0

1

0 0

0

For drawing schedules of accounts of parties
accounting before the Master, per folio.
On signing every report and certificate
For investing every title brought in before
the Master to be settled, and perusing the
abstract thereof, upon the first 25 folios
thereof.
And upon every succeeding 25 folios thereof 0
For every advertisement issued by the Master
Upon every peremptory advertisement for
the sale of property with the approbation
of the Master, in addition to the foregoing
fee, to be repaid if the property shall not
be offered for sale

(In addition to the reasonable travelling
expenses of the Master's clerk, to be
received and retained by him.)

For signing the allowance of every deed, re-
cognizance, set of interrogatories, account,
or other document allowed and signed by
the Master

order

upon a warrant

For
every
For perusing and settling the draft of every
deed brought before the Master to be set-
tled (except lease for a year), where such
deed shall not exceed 30 folios

Where such deed shall exceed 30 folios and
not exceed 50 folios

1

300

0

5

0 5

1 0 0

1 10 0

And where such deed shall exceed 50 folios and not exceed 100 folios

£ s. d.

2 10

3

1

And where such deed shall exceed 100 folios
Fee on preparing every recognizance .
For taking the acknowledgement of any deed 0
For taking the acknowledgement of every
married woman, or such other fee as the
Court of Common Pleas at Westminster
shall order to be paid for taking such ac-
knowledgement

For an examination fee on each witness, exclusive of oath

For examining the engrossments of deeds, each skin

For comparing deeds, books, and papers with the schedule on their being deposited or delivered out, where the schedule shall not amount to 50 folios

9016

1

6 8

. 0 3 4

0 6 8

0 13 4

Where the schedule shall amount to 50 folios
For attending any Court per day by the clerk 0 13 4
For searching for papers in a cause or matter

not in immediate progress before the Mas

For every oath

For entering account for receivers, consignees, and committees, per folio in each book

For entering accounts of parties accounting before the Master in a book, if required, per folio

Where a Master shall be required to attend
a party to administer an oath, there shall
be paid a further fee of ten shillings over
and besides the coach-hire, or reasonable
travelling expenses of the Master
For expunging scandal or impertinence out
of every record or document referred on
every such record or document

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Fees to be received and taken by the Registrars and their Clerks.

For every decree or order on the original hearing of a cause, on further directions, exclusive of the Master of the Rolls' fee on decrees of 6s. 8d.

For

£ s. d.

0 1 0

every office copy thereof For every order on petition or motion of course, not exceeding one side For every additional side of such order For every order on other petitions where a reference is directed, but the decision of the Master is not to be final, and also where the petition is dismissed thereof

For every office сору

For every order for a special injunction, or
for the appointment of a receiver
For every office copy thereof

For

every order for payment of money out of Court, and for no other purpose, where the sum or sums thereby specifically directed to be paid shall not exceed in the whole 100%.

For every office copy thereof

0 10 0

0 10 0

2 10 0

0 10 0

0 10 0

For every order for transfer out of Court,
or sale, of any sum or sums of Govern-
ment stock, or South Sea annuities (ex-
cepting long annuities and anuities for
terms of years) and for no other purpose,
where the sum or sums thereby specifi-
cally directed to be transferred or sold
shall not exceed in the whole 100. stock
or annuities
every office