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•foiuidlaud. It is presided over by a judge wlio is uoniinatod by 

 the Governor in Council. His salary is -$'1,154. 



CKXTKAL UISTKICT COURT. 



The Central District Court is a C^'ourt of Record, held in St. 

 John's, for the said district, for the ailjudication of civil causes, 

 and sits \vheut?ver Imsiness requires. There are two Judges ap- 

 pointetl by tile Governor in Council. There is also a District 

 Court in Harbour Grace with jurisdiction over the electoral dis- 

 tricts of Conception Bay. It is presided over by a Judge, who 

 is e:c officio a justice of the peace. There is a sheriff for each 

 judicial district of the island who is appointed by the Governor 

 in Council. 



OUAKTEK SESSIONS. 



Courts of general and quarter sessions are liehl in the island, 

 in such places as may lie determined by the proclamation ot the 

 (Tovernor. They are presided over by the stipemliary magis- 

 trates or justices of the peace. 



T.AAV SOCIETY. 



" The Law Society of Newfoundland " is constituted by statute, 

 ami is under the inspection of the Judges of the Sujn'eme Court 

 for the time being. "No person is admitted by the Sujjrenie 

 Court to practice as an Attorney unless upon actual service of 

 live years with some practising Attorney of the island ; or, if a 

 regular graduate of any college in Her Majesty's Douiinions of 

 four years ; or who, having been entered on the books of ' The 

 Law Society' as a studeut-at-law, shall have been subsequently 

 called to the Bar in England, Scotland or Ireland, or any of Her 

 Majesty's Colonies." Any person who has been called to the 

 Bar in England Scotland or Ireland, or any of the colonies, upon 

 producing evidence thereof, and undergoing a satisfactory ex- 

 amination, may be called by tlie Law Societ}' to the degree of 

 l^arrister. 



