LXXI. That where a Master shall make a separate report of debts or legacies, there the Master shall be at liberty to make such certificate as he thinks fit with respect to the state of the assets; and every person interested shall thereupon be at liberty to apply to the Court as he shall be advised.

LXXII. That the Master shall be at liberty to examine any creditor or other person coming in to claim before him, either upon written interrogatories or vivâ voce, or in both modes, as the nature of the case may appear to him to require; the evidence upon such examination being taken down at the time by the Master, or by the Master's Clerk in his presence, and preserved, in order that the same may be used by the Court if necessary.

LXXIII. That if any party wishes to complain of any matter introduced into any state of facts, affidavit, or other proceeding before the Master, on the ground that it is scandalous or impertinent, or that any examination taken in the Master's office is insufficient, he shall be at liberty, without any order of reference by the Court, to take out a warrant for the Master to examine such matter, and the Master shall have authority to expunge any such matter which he shall find to be scandalous or impertinent.

LXXIV. That the Master, in deciding on the sufficiency or insufficiency of any answer or examination, shall take into consideration the relevancy or materiality of the statement or question referred to.

LXXV. That in cases where estates or other property are directed to be sold before the Master, the Master shall be at liberty, if he shall think it for the benefit of the parties interested, to order the same to be sold in the country, at such place and by such person as he shall think fit.

LXXVI. That where a Master is directed to settle a conveyance or to tax costs, in case the parties differ about the same, then the party claiming the costs, or entitled to prepare the conveyance, shall bring the bill of costs, or the draft of the conveyance, into the Master's office, and give notice of his having so done to the other party; and at any time within eight days after such notice, such other party shall have liberty to inspect the same without fee, and may take a copy thereof, if he thinks fit. And at or before the expiration of the eight days, or such further time as the Master shall in his discretion allow, he shall then either agree to pay the costs, or adopt the conveyance, as the case may be, or signify his dissent therefrom, and shall thereupon be at liberty to tender a sum of money for the costs, or to deliver a statement in writing of the alterations which he proposes in the draft of the conveyance. But if he make no such tender, nor deliver any such statement in writing, or if the other party refuses to accept the sum so tendered, or to adopt the proposed alterations in the draft of the conveyance, the Master shall then proceed to tax the costs, or settle the conveyance according to the practice of the Court. [And in case the taxed costs shall not exceed the sum tendered, or the Master shall adopt the proposed alterations in the draft of the conveyance, then the costs of the taxation, or the costs of the proceeding with respect to the conveyance, shall be borne by the other party.]

LXXVII. That whenever in any proceeding before a Master the same solicitor is employed for two or more parties, such Master may at his discretion require that any of the said parties shall be represented before him by a distinct Solicitor, and may refuse to proceed until such party is so represented.

LXXVIII. That such of the foregoing Orders as limit or allow any specified time for any party to take any proceeding, or for any other purpose, shall only apply to cases where the period from which such specified

time is to be computed, shall be on or subsequent to the first day of Easter Term next ensuing.

LXXIX. That such of the foregoing Orders as relate to the manner in which the costs of any suit or proceeding are to be taxed, and to the amount of costs to be paid on any occasion, shall not apply to any costs which shall have been incurred, or to the costs of any proceeding which shall have been had or taken previously to the first day of Easter Term next ensuing.

LXXX. That such of the foregoing Orders as relate to the course of proceeding in the offices of the Masters of the Court, or to the authority of the Masters, shall have effect from and after the first day of Easter Term next ensuing, and shall be acted upon by the Masters in all cases, except where from the then advanced stage of any proceeding they are not practically applicable.

LXXXI. That, subject to the regulations hereinbefore specified, the foregoing Orders shall take effect as to all suits, whether now depending or hereafter commenced, on the first day of Easter Term next.

LXXXII. *[And whereas the present practice, that causes can only be entered for hearing during the time of Term, and that the subpoena ad audiendum judicium can only be then returnable, is productive of great delay and inconvenience, It is hereby further ordered by the said Lord High Chancellor, with the advice and assistance aforesaid, that from henceforth causes may be set down for hearing, and the subpoenas ad audiendum judicium served and returnable on any day as well out of Term as in Term; and this order is to be called the LXXXII. Order].

*[And it is hereby further ordered, that the aforesaid 82d Order shall take effect immediately, and the aforesaid amended Orders shall take effect on the first day of Hilary Term next].

ORDERS for the Regulation of the Practice and Proceedings of the COURT OF CHANCERY, with TABLES OF FEES; issued by the Judges of the Court, 21st December, 1833. (1 Myl. & Keen, App. i.)

WHEREAS it is expedient that certain further Orders for regulating the practice of the Court of Chancery be added to those which were published on the 26th day of November last, and that thereupon certain alterations be made in the said Orders; and it is also expedient that the whole of the said new Orders should be embodied together under the act of the 3rd and 4th William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for the Regulation of the Proceedings and Practice of certain Offices of the High Court of Chancery in England.”

It is hereby declared and directed, by the Lord High Chancellor, by and with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls, and of the Vice-Chancellor, that from and after the 10th day of January next, the several Orders which hereafter follow, shall be considered as a substitution for the said Orders of the 26th day of November last.

I. That all writs of subpoena in this Court shall be prepared by the solicitor of the party requiring the same, and that the seal for sealing the same shall be marked or inscribed with the words "Subpoena Office, Chancery," and such writs shall be in the forms mentioned at the foot of these Orders, or as near as may be, with such alterations and variations as circumstances may require.

II. That a præcipe in the usual form, and containing further the particulars hereinafter mentioned (as to the

names and residences of the solicitors issuing the same), shall, in all cases, be delivered and filed at the Subpœnaoffice. And that on a subpoena for costs being sealed, the certificate or report shall be produced to the officer sealing the writ as his authority for sealing it.

III. That the name or firm, and the place of business or residence of the solicitor or solicitors issuing a subpoena, shall be indorsed thereon; and where such solicitors shall be agents only, then there shall be further indorsed thereon the name or firm, and place of business or residence, of the principal solicitor or solicitors.

IV. That the service of subpoenas shall be effected by delivering a copy of the writ and of the indorsement thereon, and at the same time producing the original writ; and that in all cases where a subpoena might heretofore have been served by leaving the body thereof at the party's dwelling-house, or otherwise than personally, it shall be sufficient to leave a copy of such subpoena in the same manner, producing the original writ to the person with whom such copy shall be so left.

V. That every subpoena, other than a subpoena duces tecum, shall contain three names where necessary or required, and that a gross sum or fee of twelve shillings and sixpence shall be the amount allowed in costs for every subpoena duces tecum, including the præcipe, attendance, and sum paid for sealing, and five shillings and ten-pence each for all other subpoenas; in addition to which last-mentioned sum, the solicitor suing out the same shall be allowed one fee of six shillings and eightpence for the præcipes and attendance on sealing such subpoenas as heretofore, where the number of names included therein shall not exceed nine; and if they shall exceed nine in number, then an additional fee of six shillings and eight-pence; and if they exceed eighteen, a further fee of six shillings and eight-pence; and so in proportion for every additional number of nine names included in such subpoenas.