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A.D. 1773]
THE STATUTES OF WALES
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themselves, or their sufficient Deputies, according to the Purposes and Intents in the said Ordinances specified: And whereas by one other Act, made in the eighteenth Year of the Reign of her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth, intituled, An Act for the appointing of Justices in the Shires of Wales, it is (amongst other Things) enacted, That the Queen's Highness, her Heirs and Successors, may and shall have full Power and Authority, from Time to Time, to constitute, name, or appoint, two or more Persons, learned in the Laws of this Realm of England, to be Justices of and for the said Counties of Chester, Flint, Denbigh, and Montgomery; and two or more, learned as aforesaid, to be Justices of North Wales; (videlicet) of and for the said Shires of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth; and likewise two or more, learned as aforesaid, to be Justices of and for the Circuits and Shires of Radnor, Glamorgan, and Brecknock; and also two or more, learned as aforesaid, to be Justices of and for the Circuits and Shires of Cardigan, Caermarthen, Pembroke, and the Town and County of Haverfordwest: And whereas the exercising the Power of appointing Deputies by such Justices may be attended with Inconvenience; for preventing thereof," be it further enacted, That no Justice now appointed, or at any time hereafter to be appointed, of or for the said County of Chester, or of or for any County, Circuit, or Shire, within the said Principality or Dominion of Wales, shall have any Power or Authority of exercising his Office by Deputy, save and except for the Purpose of calling and adjourning any Court or Courts, and receiving any Motion or Motions appointed, or especially directed to be made at such Court, and for the further Purpose of taking and proclaiming Fines and arraigning Recoveries, in such Court or Courts of each respective Great Session and Assizes, within the Circuit of such Justice; any Law, Statute, or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

4. Provided always nevertheless, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from henceforth it shall and may be lawful to and for the several and respective Justices of and for the said several and respective Circuits and Counties for the Time being, from Time to Time, and at any Time, as Occasion may require, by writing under the Hand and Seal, or Hands and Seals, of such Justice or Justices respectively, to nominate, constitute, or appoint, any Person or Persons to be his or their Deputy or Deputies, for the Intent and Purpose of calling and adjourning any Court or Courts, and receiving any Motion or Motions, appointed or especially