294 ORDINANCES IN CHANCERY. 



94. Upon suit for the commission of sewers, the 

 names of those that are desired to be commissioners 

 are to be presented to the lord chancellor in writing ; 

 then his lordship will send the names of some privy 

 counsellor, lieutenant of the shire, or justices of assize, 

 being resident in the parts for which the commission 

 is prayed, to consider of them, that they be not put 

 in for private respects ; and upon the return of such 

 opinion, his lordship will give farther order for the 

 commission to pass. 



95. No new commission of sewers shall be granted 

 while the first is in force, except it be upon discovery 

 of abuse or fault in the first commissioners, or other 

 wise upon some great or weighty ground. 



96. No commission of bankrupt shall be granted 

 but upon petition first exhibited to the lord chancel 

 lor, together with names presented, of which his lord 

 ship will take consideration, and always mingle some 

 learned in the law with the rest ; yet so as care be 

 taken that the same parties be not too often used in 

 commissions ; and likewise care is to be taken that 

 bond with good surety be entered into, in 200/. at 

 least, to prove him a bankrupt. 



97. No commission of delegates in any cause of 

 weight shall be awarded, but upon petition preferred 

 to the lord chancellor, who will name the commis 

 sioners himself, to the end they may be persons of 

 convenient quality, having regard to the weight of 

 the cause, and the dignity of the court from whence 

 the appeal is. 



98. Any man shall be admitted to defend &quot; in 



