protection of members' persons, against all process in chan cery or courts of judicature, with a proviso, that new writs may issue after privilege of assembly ceases, and priorities not to be affected.-31 Geo. 3, c. 4. Speaker to be paid one thousand pounds per annum.-34 Geo. 3, c. 21. If any member die during a recess, the custos or senior magistrate must give notice to the speaker, under penalty of fifty pounds, within fourteen days, who must acquaint the governor within ten days, or, without such information, if he be satisfied of the truth of the fact; or, in case of the death or absence of the speaker from the island, notice shall be given to the governor by the custos or senior magistrate; who is thereupon to direct a new writ to be issued; by this act, also, if a member should be called up to the council, the governor is forthwith to direct a new writ to be issued.-35 Geo. 3, c. 31. The assembly existing on the death of the king, or his successors, shall not dissolve until six months after such death is made known by authority, unless sooner prorogued or dissolved by authority, and the governor is empowered to prorogue, or call and convene it from time to time, the act not to controvene the power of the king or governor. All laws passed by such assembly are declared to have full force and effect. 53 Geo. 3. c. 9. The new parish of Manchester to send two two members.-55 Geo. 3, c. 23. Collecting constables cannot be members.-43 Geo. 3, c. F. Representatives of the different parishes are commissioners of the workhouses.-32 Geo. 3, c. 11. Previous to sitting or voting, every member must take an oath that he has an estate in his own or wife's right, of the value of three hundred pounds a-year, or an estate worth three thousand pounds, besides what is sufficient to pay all his debts, which must be taken along with the oaths of alle giance and supremacy.-21 Geo. 3, e. 15, s. 19.

See ELECTION.

ASSESSMENTS, see APPENDIX.

ASSETS.

Slaves are declared assets and made liable to be taken for debts and legacies, when no other effects can be found.-50 Geo. 3, c. 21.

See TITLES TO SLAVES.

ASSIGNMENTS, see BAIL, BONDS, JUDGMENTS, &c.

ASSISTANCE, WRITS OF.

A judge of supreme court or two magistrates, on infornia tion on oath, by a proper officer, of smuggled goods being concealed or suspected to be so, must, under penalty of two hundred pounds, grant a writ of assistance, 28 Geo. 3. c. 15. one magistrate may grant the writ, when a positive oath is made by one credible witness, on application of the officers of customs, but it must be executed in the day time only; but, if information prove false, damages may be recovered against the officer who applied for it.-29 Geo: 3, č. 15.

ASSISTANT JUDGES

May sign writs when the chief is ill or absent.-4 Geo. 3, d 8. The two senior assistant judges of the supreme court, resident, to receive seven hundred pounds per annum, while they give regular attendance, unless disabled by sickness; the two senior assistant judges of courts of assize of Surrey and Cornwall to have five hundred pounds per annum, on same conditions; any judge who shall be absent more than one court in one year is deemed not regular in attendance; on the death; disability, or departure from the island of any senior assistant judge, the judge next in seniority to enjoy the salary, if he has attended as judge within the twelve months preceding his claim, if not, his right is forfeited, and the next who has given attendance shall receive the salary; the attendance necessary to entitle to salary must be six days at least within the preceding twelve months; the names of the judges to be entered by the clerk in a book, and their time of attendance to be signed in the presence of the chief, whose signature is also ne cessary; any judge on salary, absent four months, the next in seniority to receive it, but if the judge return within three years, and resume his functions, his seniority is preserved, and he may claim the first vacant salary, provided he complies with the regulations; assistant judges of assize courts entitled to salary shall be judges of the supreme court, but not entitled to succeed to salaries in the grand court, to the prejudice of its assistant judges serving without salaries, whatever their seniority; but their attendance at the grand court shall be the same as an attendance at the assize; the salaries to be paid half yearly on the production of a certificate from the chief-justice of regular attendance.-51 Geo. 3, c. 27.

See CHIEF JUSTICE and COURTS,

ASSIZES see COURTS OF ASSIZE.

ATTACHMENTS.

By 33 Chas. 2, c. 23, it is enacted, "That upon any de claration exhibited in debt, upon a specialty or bill under hand, or, in case of a book-debt, upon a concessit solvere, and dis closing the special matter to the chief-judge of the supreme court of judicature, that the said debtor, against whom the plaint is entered, is either gone off this island, or that, upon process already taken out against him, a on est inventus hath been returned, an attachment shall then issue, thereby com manding the provost marshal, or his lawful deputy, to attach such monies, goods, chattels, or debts, in the hands of the possessors of the same, be they attorney, wife, servant, or any other person; and also require them to appear at the next court to shew cause why the said money, goods, chattels, or debts, or so much thereof a will satisfy the said debts then demanded, should not be delivered to the plaintiff; at which day, if the said possessor or debtor, be they attorney, wife, servant, or other person as aforesaid, be convicted by confes sion, verdict, or otherwise, that the said monies, goods, chattels, or debts, do properly belong to the person so gone off. this island, or otherwise absented himself as aforesaid, and if the plaintiff, before or after due proof made, do solemnly swear in open court that his debt is true, and that, directly or indi rectly, no part or parcel of what he demanded is satisfied, and also give in security in double the sum he demands to restore the same, with treble damages, or so much thereof as shall at any time afterwards be disproved; that then, and in all such cases, the plaintiff, shall have judgment to recover the said debt out of the said money, goods, chattels, of debts, so attached as aforesaid: Provided always, That if any will ap pear as attorney to the said debtor, and put in bail to answer the action, and pay the condemnation, that then, and in all such cases, the attachment on the said money, goods, chattels, or debts, shall be dissolved, and proceeding's had according to the custom of the common law: But if the possessor or owner of such money, goods, chattels, or debts, be they attorney, wife, servant, or other person, as aforesaid, shall, after attachment so laid on them in the respective hands, dispose of the said money, goods, chattels, or debts, towards the payment of any other debts, before the said debt for which the attachment was laid be satisfied, or the said attachment be dissolved ; that then, and in all such cases, the said party, for such their default, shall be liable to make satisfaction to the plaintiff out of their own proper estates."

They may be issued by justices of the peace for debts

B

not exceeding forty shillings, if the party is gone off the island or otherwise absent, and judges of inferior courts for sums under twenty pounds.-10 Ann, c. 4, s. 12.

ATTORNIES AT LAW.

None to practise until admitted by the judges, after taking the oaths, and if their clients are nonsulted through their ignorance or negligence they pay full costs of suit, 33 Chas. 11, c. 23, their fees are fixed and a penalty of one hundred pounds inflicted if they charge more, and if they offer a bill of costs before such bill is taxed, they forfeit five hundred pounds, 10 Ann, c. 4. If they wilfully endorse a writ of execution or venditioni for a greater sum than due they forfeit one hundred pounds, and become incapacitated, 8 Geo. 2, c.5, and by 24 Geo: 2. c. 16, they must have authority for endorsing writs. No partnership is to be allowed, unless the agreement is regularly executed and recorded, and each name must be endorsed on all proceedings.--4 Geo. 3, c. 8. No person allowed to practise as an attorney, who has not been admitted as an attorney, solicitor, proctor, or writer to the signet, either in the supreme court here, or in some of the courts of England, Ireland, or Scotland; no clerk to be articled under the age of sixteen, nor for less than five years, and such articles must be recorded within three months; no one to be admitted until examined in open court by the chief-justice; no attorney to suffer any person but his clerks to practise in his name, under penalty of one hundred pounds, and persons not admitted and presuming to act in the petit courts to forfeit one hundred pounds, and two hundred pounds on the custos or judge who permits it; if an attorney dies before the expiration of his clerks articles, the clerk is entitled to the benefit of the time he has served, and may be turned over to another.-14 Geo. 3, c. 3, they are not to stand security for their clients prosecuting writs of error. -17 Geo. 3, c. 16.

See COURTS.

ATTORNIES FOR ESTATES.

Attornies, trustees, guardians, executors, administrators, mortgagees, sequestrators, &c. having management of properties must give in a just account, on oath, annually, of all rents, profits, produce and increase, on or before the 25th March, to be recorded in secretary's office, under a penalty of one hun

dred pounds, recoverable in supreme court, besides loss of commission; the following is the form of the oath:

MEMORANDUM.-This personally appeared before me A. B. of

day of

18.

one of the

attorney for

judges, &c. and upon the holy Evangelists made oath (or if a quaker. solemnly affirm) that the account above written or annexed, is a true and just account of all the rents, profits, produce, and proceeds of the plantation and premises of

under his care and direction, or which he is in possession of ; and that in such account is particularly set forth the quantity of sugar, rum, molasses, cotton, ginger, coffee, cocoa, pimento, or other produce, produced and made in the year

and ending the 31st December last past, of, from, or upon. the said

Falsely swearing is declared perjury, this act to be read quarterly in vestry, 13 Geo. 2. c. 9. This act had only three years' duration, but declared perpetual by 24 Geo. 25 c. 19, s. 7, within eighteen months after recording crop accounts, accounts of sales must also be recorded in secretary's office, the payments made, and how the crop hath been applied, under penalty of five hundred pounds, which oath, as well as the former, to be taken before a judge of grand court or common pleas.-33 Geo 3, c. 21.

AXTELL'S PEN see ST. ANDREW