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SCHEDULE, PART I.	Duty.
BONDS—Exemptions continued.		£	s.	d.
Administration Bond given by any Person, where the Estate to be administered shall not exceed 20l. in Value.
See also the General Exemptions at the End of this Part of the Schedule.
CERTIFICATE to be taken out yearly by every Person admitted as an Attorney or Solicitor in any of His Majesty's Courts at Westminster, or in any of the Courts of the Great Sessions in Wales, or of the Counties Palatine of Chester, Lancaster, and Durham, or in any other Court in England holding Pleas where the Debt or Damage amounts to Forty Shillings;—and by every Person admitted as a Proctor in any of the Ecclesiastical or Admiralty Courts in England;—and by every Person admitted as a Writer to the Signet, or as a Solicitor, Agent, Attorney, or Procurator, in any of the Courts in Scotland ;-and by every Person admitted or enrolled as a Notary Public in England or Scotland;—and also by every Sworn Clerk, Clerk in Court, and other Clerk or Officer in any of the Courts aforesaid, who, in his own Name, or in the Name of any other Person, shall commence, prosecute, carry on, or defend any Action, Suit, Prosecution, or other Proceeding in any of the Courts aforesaid, or do any Notarial Act whatever, for or in Expectation of any Fee, Gain, or Reward, as an Attorney, Solicitor, Agent, Proctor, Procurator, or Notary Public, although not admitted or inrolled as such;
If he shall reside in the City of London or City of Westminster, or within the Limits of the Two-penny Post in England, or within the City or Shire of Edinburgh;
And if he shall have been admitted or been in possession of his Office for the Space of Three Years or upwards		10	0	0
Or if he shall not have been admitted or been in possession so long		5	0	0
If he shall reside elsewhere;
And if he shall have been admitted or been in possession of his Office for the Space of Three Years or upwards		6	0	0
Or if he shall not have been admitted or been in possession so long		3	0	0
But no one Person is to be obliged to take out more than One Certificate, although he may act in more than one of the Capacities aforesaid, or in several of the Courts aforesaid.
Exemptions.
All Clerks and Officers of any of the Courts aforesaid who shall act or be concerned in the Conduct or Management of any Action, Suit, Prosecution, or other Proceeding, by virtue and in the Execution of their respective Offices or Appointments only, and shall not be also retained or employed by any Party to such Action, Suit, Prosecution, or other Proceeding, or by any Attorney, Solicitor, Agent, Proctor, or Procurator on Behalf of any Party thereto, for or in Expectation of any Fee or Reward other than the established Fees due and payable in respect of their Offices and Appointments.