Solicitors to practise in the Court of Chancery of County Palatine. Westminster, and all Attornies of the Court of Common Pleas at Attornies and Lancaster, on being registered as by this Act provided, may appear and prosecute or defend any Suit or Proceedings in the Court of Chancery of the said County Palatine, and that the Office and Privileges of the Clerks in Court of the said Court shall cease and determine accordingly; and thereupon the said Chancellor, with the Advice and Consent of the Vice Chancellor of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine, shall and he is hereby empowered to make all such Orders as may be necessary or proper in respect of or consequent on the Abolition of the said Office. Court for Losses occasioned by Abolition of Office. XXVI. Provided always, and be it enacted, That in case the Power to grant Chancellor of the said Duchy and County Palatine shall make Compensation such Order as aforesaid for the Determination of the Office of to Clerks in Clerks in Court, it shall be lawful for the said Chancellor and he is hereby required, at any Time within Six Calendar Months after the Date of such Order, to receive any Claims which may be made for Compensation by any Person holding that Office at the Time of such Order, in respect of Loss occasioned by the Abolition of the Office, and to award and determine the Amount, if any, of Compensation proper to be allowed to such Claimant, either in a gross Sum or by way of Annuity for Life, having regard to the Loss sustained, and the Conditions on which any such Clerk in Court may have been appointed to his Office, and to any Notice which may have been given to him that the same was to be held subject to the Abolition or Regulation thereof; and for the Purposes aforesaid the said Chancellor shall have full Power to examine the said Clerks in Court or any other Persons upon Oath, and to compel the Attendance of all such Persons, and the Production of all necessary Books, Papers, and Accounts and Documents; and the said Chancellor shall, after such Inquiry, certify under his Hand the Amount of Compensation proper to be paid to every such Clerk in Court as aforesaid. prac Admission Fee to be paid by Solicitors de sirous of prac XXVII. And be it enacted, That in case of the Abolition of the said Clerks in Court, every Attorney or Solicitor desirous of tising in the Court of Chancery of the said County Palatine shall enter or cause to be entered his Name and Address with the Regis- tising in Court trar of the said Court; and that, until all Compensation to be of Chancery of awarded to the Clerks in Court or any of them shall have been the County paid and satisfied, such Sum, not exceeding Five Pounds, as the Palatine. Chancellor of the said Duchy and County Palatine shall, by any General Order to be inserted in the Table of Fees, from Time to Time direct, shall be paid by or on behalf of every such Attorney or Solicitor to the Registrar, before his Name shall be entered with the said Registrar; and the Monies so paid shall be paid by the Application of Registrar into Court to an Account to be entitled the "Fee Fund Fees. Account;" and further, that until all Monies awarded as Compensation to the said Clerks in Court or any of them shall have been paid and satisfied, it shall be lawful for the Chancellor of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster to direct that the Fees, or such Portions as he shall think proper of any of the Fees to be allowed by such Table of Fees as in this Act is directed to be kept, shall be paid to the Registrar, to be by him paid into Court to the Account of the said Fee Fund. XXVIII. And out of Fee Fund, or, in case of Deficiency, out of Revenues of the Duchy, to be repaid out of Fee Fund. XXVIII. And be it enacted, That the Compensation to be Payment of Compensation awarded to the said Clerks in Court or any of them shall be paid from Time to Time out of the Fee Fund; and if the same be insufficient, then out of the general Revenues of the said Duchy, as the said Chancellor of the said Duchy and County Palatine shall by Warrant or Order under his Hand from Time to Time direct; but in case of their being paid out of the Revenues of the said Duchy, the same shall be repaid to the Receiver General of the said Duchy out of the Fee Fund, as the said Chancellor shall from Time to Time by Order under his Hand direct; and the Payments directed to be made to the said Fee Fund shall continue until such Repayment, and all other Repayments directed to be made by this Act out of the same, shall have been made. Power to the Chancellor of the Duchy to XXIX. And be it enacted, That if the Chancellor of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster for the Time being shall at any Time think fit to direct, by Warrant under his Hand, that a fixed direct that the Salary shall be paid to the Registrar of the Court of Chancery of Registrar be paid by Salary. the said County Palatine, in lieu of Fees, then and thenceforth there shall be paid and payable out of the said Fee Fund, or if the same be not sufficient for that Purpose, then by the Receiver General for the Time being of the Duchy of Lancaster, out of the Revenues of the said Duchy, as and for the Salary to the Registrar for the Time being of the said Court of the County Palatine, such annual Sum as the Chancellor for the Time being of the said Duchy and County Palatine shall from Time to Time, by Warrant under his Hand, authorize and direct; and such Salary shall grow due from Day to Day, but shall be payable on such Days as the said Chancellor shall by such Warrant as aforesaid direct, and shall be paid to the Person entitled thereto, or his Executors or Administrators, free from all Deductions out of the same, except the Tax on Income; and all Payments made out of the Revenues of the said Duchy shall be repaid out of the said Fee Fund. Registrar to make out an Account of all Fees received by him, and have the same audited by the Vice Chancellor. Duplicate to be sent to Auditor of Duchy. XXX. And be it enacted, That, in the event of such fixed Salary being awarded, the said Registrar for the Time being shall once in every Year, or oftener, if required by the Chancellor of the said Duchy, on such Day as shall be appointed for that Purpose by the Vice Chancellor of the said County Palatine, make out a full and true Account of all Fees received by him by virtue of his Appointment during the preceding Year, or subsequent to his last Account, and shall have such Account audited by the Vice Chancellor, who is hereby required to audit the same, and if found correct to allow the same by putting his Signature thereto and to a Duplicate Copy thereof; and that in such Account and Audit there may and shall be charged and allowed such Sums of Money as to the said Vice Chancellor shall seem reasonable for the Rent, Taxes, and cleaning of the Offices where the Business of the County Palatine Court is transacted, for providing the said Offices with Coals, Candles, and other necessary Articles, and for the Books and Stationery supplied by such Registrar for carrying on the Business of the said Offices, and for Salaries of Clerks, Expenses of Journeys, Postages, and Carriage of Parcels, and all other incidental and necessary Expenses. XXXI. And be it enacted, That the said Registrar shall within Ten Days after every such Account shall be so audited as aforesaid transmit transmit the Duplicate Copy of such Account, signed by the Vice Chancellor as before directed, to the Auditor for the Time being of the Duchy of Lancaster. XXXII. And be it enacted, That the said Registrar shall from Registrir to Time to Time, when he shall transmit the Duplicate Copy of the pay Fees to said Account of Fees to the Auditor for the Time being of the Account of said Duchy of Lancaster, as before directed, at the same Time Fund and to Duchy Fee pay into Court to the "Fee Fund Account" the total Amount of give Security Fees which by such Account shall appear to be due from the said to account for Registrar; and the said Chancellor of the Duchy and County all Fees and Palatine of Lancaster in such Case may and is hereby autho- Suitors Money received by rized and empowered to take from the Registrar for the Time being him. of the said County Palatine Court such Security, by Bond, Recognizance, or otherwise, as to the said Chancellor shall seem fit, binding such Registrar, together with One or more sufficient Surety or Sureties, in such penal Sum or penal Sums as to the said Chancellor shall seem meet, for the due accounting for all Fees and for all Sums of Money which shall be received by such Registrar by virtue of his Appointment, or under any Order of the said County Palatine Court respectively in any Matter or Suit pending in the said Court. Chancellor to appoint District or Deputy Registrars. XXXIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Power for Chancellor of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster, after he shall have directed a fixed Salary to be paid to the Registrar as aforesaid, from Time to Time to appoint, by Writing under his Hand, such competent Persons as he shall think fit to act either as District or as Deputy Registrars of the said Court of Chancery of the said County Palatine during the Pleasure of the Chancellor for the Time being of the said Duchy and County Palatine, and to assign to any District Registrar a District; and such District Registrars within their Districts, and such Deputy Registrars, shall and may have and exercise all such Powers and Authorities in respect of any Matters referred to them by the said Court by any General or Special Order as might be exercised by the Registrar; and the Fees, or Salary payable out of Fees, payable to every such District or Deputy Registrar shall be such as the Chancellor of the said Duchy and County Palatine, with the Advice and Consent of the Vice Chancellor of the County Palatine, shall direct, and shall be included in the Table of Fees hereby directed to be kept; and the Acts of such District or Deputy Registrars in respect of all Matters referred to them by the said Court shall be as valid and effectual, and subject to Revision, in the same Manner as if they were performed by the Registrar of the Court. Court. XXXIV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That it shall not Registrars not be lawful for any Registrar, District or Deputy Registrar, of the to practise as said Court, during the Time he shall hold and exercise the Office Solicitors in the of Registrar, District or Deputy Registrar, of the said Court, either directly or indirectly, by himself, his Partner, Clerk, or other Person, to practise in the said Court of Chancery of the County Palatine, either as Solicitor originally retained for any Party in any Matter pending in the said Court, or as Agent for any other Attorney or Solicitor practising in the said Court, nor participate in any Fees payable to any Attorney or Solicitor so practising; and that any Registrar, District or Deputy Registrar, being proved 13 & 14 VICT. T to Court to have Jurisdiction as to Costs, but Orders subject to Appeal. Interpretation of Terms. Commence. ment of Act. Act may be amended, &c. Account of Population to be taken. By whom the Account shall be taken. to the Satisfaction of the said Court for the Time being to have so practised, or to have participated in any Fees as aforesaid, contrary to the Meaning and Intent of this Act, shall be deemed to have committed a Contempt of Court, and shall be liable to Dismissal from his Office, or to the Payment of such Fine, or liable to such other Punishment, as to the said Court for the Time being shall seem fit. XXXV. And be it enacted, That in all Proceedings under and by virtue of this Act there shall be the same Jurisdiction as to Costs vested in the said Court of the County Palatine as such Court could exercise in any other Cause or Matter; and the Orders of the said Court made in pursuance of this Act shall be subject to Appeal in the same Manner in all respects as any other Orders of the Court. XXXVI. And be it enacted, That in this Act the following Words and Expressions shall have the several Meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction; (that is to say,) "the said County Palatine Court" shall mean the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster; Words importing the Singular Number shall include the Plural Number, and Words importing the Plural Number shall include the Singular Number; and Words importing the Masculine Gender only shall include Females as well as Males; and Words importing Individuals shall include Bodies Corporate. XXXVII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall commence and take effect on the First Day of November One thousand eight hundred and fifty. XXXVIII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in the present Session of Parliament. CA P. XLIV. An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Ireland. WHEREAS it is expedient that an Account of the Population of Ireland be taken :' Be 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 such Account be taken at the Time and in the Manner herein-after directed. II. And be it enacted, That such Officers and Men of the Police Force of Dublin Metropolis, and of the Constabulary Force, as the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland shall direct, together with such other competent Persons as the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors shall appoint to assist therein, shall, upon the Thirty-first Day of March and One or more next consecutive Days in the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, as the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors shall fix, severally visit every House within such Districts as may be assigned to them respectively, and take an Account in Writing, according to such Instructions Instructions as may be given to them by the Chief or Under Secretary to the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors, of the Number of Persons dwelling therein, and of the Sex, Age, and Occupation of all such Persons, distinguishing the Persons born in the Place or Parish and County in which they shall be then dwelling; and shall also take an Account of the Number of inhabited Houses and of uninhabited Houses, and of Houses then building within such Districts respectively; and shall also distinguish those Parishes and Places, or Parts of Parishes and Places, within each District respectively, which are within the Limits of any City or Borough returning a Member or Members to serve in Parliament; and shall also take an Account of all such further Particulars as by such Instructions they may be directed to inquire into, such Particulars and Instructions having no Reference to the Religion of any Person or Persons. Masters, &c. of the Inmates III. And be it enacted, That the Master or Keeper of every Gaol, Prison, or House of Correction, Workhouse, Hospital, or Lunatic Asylum, and every Barrack Master, and every Master or Keeper of every public or charitable Institution which shall be determined upon by the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief thereof. Governor or Governors, shall act as the Enumerator of the Inmates thereof, and shall be bound to conform to such Instructions as shall be sent to him by the Authority of the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors for obtaining the Returns required by this Act, so far as may be practicable with respect to such Inmates. for their Use. Power to make the Inquiry. IV. And for the more effectual obtaining of such Accounts, Forms, &c. to be it enacted, That the said Chief or Under Secretary shall be furnished prepare and cause to be printed such Forms and Instructions for the Use of the several Persons who shall be appointed as aforesaid to take or certify the said Accounts as he shall deem necessary. V. And be it enacted, That the better to enable such Persons to take the said Accounts they are hereby authorized and empowered to ask all such Questions of all Persons within their respective Districts, respecting themselves or the Persons con. stituting their respective Families, and of all such further Particulars as shall be directed by their said Instructions, or shall be necessary for the Purpose of taking the said Accounts. VI. And be it enacted, That every Person refusing to answer Penalty for reor wilfully giving a false Answer to any such Questions, and every fusing to anPerson in any way wilfully obstructing such Persons in the Exe-swer, or for giving false cution of the Duties required of them under this Act, shall for Answers. every such Refusal, false Answer, or wilful Obstruction, on Proof thereof being made before any Two Justices of the Peace of the County in which such Persons shall reside, on the Testimony of One or more credible Witnesses, forfeit a Sum not exceeding Five Pounds, at the Discretion of the said Justices before whom such Complaint shall be so made. Persons em VII. And be it enacted, That every Member of the said Police Penalty on or Constabulary Forces, or other Person, who shall be so appointed to take the said Accounts or to assist therein, who shall ployed if guilty make any wilful Neglect, Default, or Falsification in any Matters fault or Negrelating to the said Accounts, shall for every such Neglect, lect. T 2 Default, of wilful De |