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Preamble,

Act 20 V. c.

63,

Shubael

Park's case stated.

Courts of Law

CAP. CXLIII.

An Act to authorize the Court of Chancery, and the
Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, in
Upper Canada, to admit Shubael Park to practise as
a Solicitor and Attorney.

[Assented to 16th August, 1858.]

WHEREAS by an Act of the Legislature of Canada, passed

in the twentieth year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to amend the law for the admission of Attorneys, it is amongst other things enacted, that from and after the passing of the said Act, no person shall act as an Attorney or Solicitor in Her Majesty's Court of Chancery, or Courts of Queen's Bench or Common Pleas, or in any County Court in Upper Canada, without complying with certain conditions and restrictions thereinafter mentioned; And whereas it appears by the petition of Shubael Park, of the City of Hamilton, in the County of Wentworth, and Province of Canada, Gentleman, that the petitioner has been duly called and admitted to the practice of the law, as Barrister, in Upper Canada, and has duly taken the oath of allegiance in accordance therewith; And whereas it also appears that he was duly articled for one year as an attorney's clerk to Walter Graham, in the Town of Simcoe, in the County of Norfolk, then a practising Attorney and Solicitor, respectively, for the Courts of Law and Equity in and for Upper Canada; that the petitioner's articles were at the end of the said year duly assigned to George Sylvester Tiffany, of the City of Hamilton, in the County of Wentworth, then, another Attorney as aforesaid; and that the said petitioner was, in accordance therewith, duly articled to the said George Sylvester Tiffany for the further term of two years; that the said articles, at the expiration of the said two years, were duly assigned to Samuel Black Freeman, another Attorney as aforesaid, of the said City of Hamilton; that the petitioner was duly articled to the said Samuel Black Freeman for the further term of over two years, making the whole term of the petitioner's service under articles over five years; that the said Walter Graham and George Sylvester Tiffany are both since deceased, and that the said articles and transfers have since been lost; And whereas the said petitioner is desirous of practising as an Attorney and Solicitor, respectively, in the said Courts of Law and Equity in Upper Canada, and it is expedient to relieve him from the disability of the said Act: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. It shall and may be lawful for the Courts of Queen's and Equity in Bench and Common Pleas in Upper Canada, in their discretion,

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and after the usual examination, to admit the said Shubael U. C. may in Park, without production of certificates, attendance during the their discresittings of either of the Courts during term time, production, Park to pracfiling or enrollment of articles or further servitude or oath of tise as an Atallegiance, to practise as an Attorney of the said Courts; torney, &c. and it shall also be lawful for the Court of Chancery in Upper Canada aforesaid, in its discretion, and after the usual examination, to admit the said Shubael Park to practise as a Solicitor in the said Court of Chancery, without production of certificates, attendance during the sittings of either of the Courts during term time, production, filing or enrollment of articles or further oath of allegiance or servitude as aforesaid, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

2. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act.

Public Act.

TORONTO :-Printed by S.. DERBISHIRE & G. DESBARATS,
Law Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.

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1858.-22 VICTORIE.

FIRST SESSION, SIXTH PARLIAMENT.

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