as Clark . I understood this to be so from Conversation with the then Governor and Chief Justice. The Governor appeared to consider such appointment, as on the like footing with his appointment of his own Secretary.
To your further inquiry as to what reason there is to suppose that the Office is at present vacant, I have respectfully to state that after the late Chief Justice Mr Peter Clerk left the Colony, continued to act as such; but that he died in or about November last.
and I presume that as there was no Chief Justice merely acting appointed, having regard to the special and only duties of such Clerk - personally to and for the Chief Justice.
Die to ... I think ... I have the honour to be Sir, Your very obedient Servant John Amate
& the He appointment of a session or writ to manage the affairs you think me proper to notice this affair. Sir L Rogers reported the deal. & M. Porter Successor - the affair of a new nomination of this Acting Chief Justice see 1005 - it would appear from the circumstance of the promotion as after made to the promotion of the gentleman selected for the place of Judge's Clerk the other ...
... with be best to tell Mr Small Ant application until after making it & this fact. amial in Dom un Al 1 July dente: H, a third ...
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Here is the revised response in HTML format as requested:as Clark . I understood this to be so from Conversation with the then Governor and Chief Justice. The Governor appeared to consider such appointment, as on the like footing with his appointment of his own Secretary.
To your further inquiry as to what reason there is to suppose that the Office is at present vacant, I have respectfully to state that after the late Chief Justice Mr Peter Clerk left the Colony, ... continued to act as such; but that he died in or about November last.
and I presume that as there was no Chief Justice merely acting appointed, having regard to the special and only duties of such Clerk - personally to and for the Chief Justice.
... I think ... I have the honour to be Sir, Your very obedient Servant John Amate
& the He appointment of a session or writ to manage the affairs you think me proper to notice this affair. Sir L Rogers reported the deal. & M. Porter Successor - the affair of a new nomination of this Acting Chief Justice see 1005 - it would appear from the circumstance of the promotion as after made to the promotion of the gentleman selected for the place of Judge's Clerk the other ...
... with be best to tell Mr Small Ant application until after making it & this fact. amial in Dom un Al 1 July dente: H, a third ...
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