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39 Legal Observer Dig. J. Jurisprudence 413 (1849-1850)
No. 1151

handle is hein.journals/legalob39 and id is 417 raw text is: DIGEST, A.ND JOURNAL OF JURISPRUDENCE. SATURDAY, MARCH '30, 1850. SUMMARY OF THE LAW B3ILLS 1 3. The Railway Audit Bill, which pro- NOW BEFORE PARLIAMENT. rides that the bills of costs payable by rail- way companies must be taxed, including, IT will be useful, in the pause of proceed- eride ntly, not merely the solicitors of the ings in parliament during the Easter Recess, companies, but all solicitors who on behalf to give a glance at the present state of the of their clients have any claim for costs on Bills relating to the Law. In former Ses- the sale of property or on account of any sions a large part of this class of bills was other transactions with such companies. brought in after Easter, and often towards This measure, introduced by Earl Granville, the close of the Session. We are glad to I has been referred to a select committee, ap- observe in the present year that most, if pointed to meet on the 18th April. not all, of the measures for altering the law 1 4. Lord Brougharn's Consolidation and have already been introduced, and many of Amendment of the Bankrupt Law, the bill them have made considerable progresI for which is appointed to be read a second so that the survey of the state of law reform, tue on the 19th April, but which has not and the probable result of the Session may yet excited the attention of the City Com. be estimated with tolerable accuracy. mittee, or any other of the parties who were so active on this subject in the last Session. House oF LoRDs. 5. There is also a Bill for the Appoint- The most important bills affecting the ment of Umpires, brought in by Lord Port- interests of the suitors and practitioners are man, and waiting for second reading. as follow:- 6, 7. In the department of Criminal 1. The Jurisdiction of the Masters in Law, there is Lord Brougham's Bill for its Chancery without Bill or Petition in sits Consolidation, and the Government Bill as for the administration of assets and trusts, to Convict Prisons. and for the appointment of guardians and 8, 9. In regard to the Church, there are allowance of maintenance to infants, and. the Ecclesiastical Commission Amendment giving effect to the decisions of the Masters, Bill, brought in by the Lord President, and without confirmation by the Court, except the Proceedings against Clergy Amendment in cases of appeal. Lord Brougham intro- Bill, by the Bishop of London. duced this bill. The 6th May has been 10, 11. There are also two Bills relating appointed to proceed in Committee. to the Law of Ireland,--the one concerning 2. The amendment of Sir Edward Sug- the Traxsfer of Laud, the other the Admi- den's Trustee Aets, enabling the Court to nistration of Justice by transferring the transfer trust property, whether lands, I business of the E quity Exchequer to the stocks, or choses in action, by an order of Court of Chancery. Court instead of a deed, from trustees who! 12. We conclude with the Acts of Parlia. are lunatics, infants, out of the jurisdiction, ment Abridgment Bill, which waits for ,r who refuse or neglect to act. This bill,! second reading, on the introduction of Lord also brought in by Lord Brougham, has Brougham. been read a second time, and is committed HoUsF OF Co-ATMoNs for the 6th May. The prints of the bill H OF C were only delivered a very few days before 1. The Repeal of the Certifeate Duty of the second reading. Attorneys and SoliciMtors-the adjourned de. VOL. XXXIX. No. 1,151. z

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