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as solicitor.

2. The Court shall admit Joseph Horsford Kemp Admission of Esquire, Barrister-at-law, to practise as solicitor in the J. H. Kemp Court; and thereafter, subject to the provisions of this Esq Ordinance, the said Joseph Horsford Kemp shall have all the rights and powers of a person duly admitted to practise as a solicitor under the Legal Practitioners Ordinance,

1871.

3.-(1.) Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to Limitation.. confer on the said Joseph Horsford Kemp the right to practise as a solicitor after ho shall have consed to be a public officer.

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(2.) The sail Joseph Horsford Kemp shall not entitled to practise as a barrister as long as he continues to perform the duties of a solicitor.

4. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and not- Professional withstanding any professional rule of etiquette or custom status to the contrary the status of the said Joseph Horsford preserved, Kemp as a barrister shall be preserved.

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5. Nothing in this Ordinance shall confer any rights Saving of on the said Joseph Horsford Kemp against the Crown. rights.

6.--(1.) If in any cause or proceeding before any court Costs. or tribunal any party, for whom any Crown Solicitor or section 2 Assistant Crown Solicitor appears or acts as solicitor, ob- tains an order for costs against any other party, such costs 1903. shall be taxed against and payable by the losing party.

(2.) If by reason of any custom, rule, regulation or arrangement any Crown Solicitor or Assistant Crown Solicitor so appearing or acting as aforesaid is not allowed to retain such costs, the costs so taxed when recovered shall be paid into the General Revenue of the Colony.

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7. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the 1st Commence- day of September, 1911.

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Objects and Rensons,

This Bill is necessary owing to the appointment as Crown Solicitor of Mr. Kemp who will be an English bar- rister by the time he arrives in the Colony. Section 6 is analogous to section 2 of the Crown Conusel's Fees Ordin- ance, 1903, which deals with the Attorney General's costs. The arrangement with the present Acting Crown Solicitor expires on the 31st August,

C. G. ALABASTER,

Attorney General,

No. 209. The following Bill to amend the Code of Civil Procedure will be introduced at the meeting of the Legislative Council to be held on the 17th August, and is published for public information :-