BOOK II. CHAP. VII. 15 



the governors kept their chancery -fittings; but, fmce the removal 

 of thefe courts into more convenient places, Jt is ofjio further j.ife 

 than for e4?£iy_cpmmaiKlex in ckiej, ..aaJai3„iir^^ in the town, 



to go into and take the ufual oaths ; and at other timesToF'li'S'IcIing 

 eleiftions of the p_.iLQchjalrepreieiitatiyes 01; office and, during 

 martial law, as.a guard-room for the militia. Adjoinfrig^'tb This 

 ftru61:ure is a range of building, which fills up this fule of the 

 fquare, and comprehends a tavern, a lodgino^-hQufe, .and a barber's 

 fliop ; allQf\yhich are well fituatcd for 2ftQ4..b-uianefaJja,,,their way. 

 Thefe houfes make an appearance that is rather diigraceful to the 

 other environs of the fquare. The tavern is an old Spanifh build- 

 ing, which, tradition fays,, \vas antiently aJiaW^^for^he mules 

 aiid"TTodes_^belpj;o;iiio^^^to^JJti_e governor. The fquare ha^i- 



within it an o6lagonal inclofure, furrounded with a paiapet-wall 

 and rails, fecured at proper diftances by brick quadrangular co- 

 lumns, crowned with free-flone ; this was intended as an orna- 

 ment, but it unfortunately has too much the refemblance of a 

 cemetery : on two of the fides are double gates for the convenience- 

 of paflage from the publick offices to the governor's houfe. The 

 original hojjJ£^©-f'^»^i4de»ee.4^uaut-§Qve:Ll}Oi;o_^con(i{ted partly of the 

 old Spanilh edifice, and partly of irregular additions made from 

 time, tojtime, hy^iji^WiJi;^^^^ i flv^c^om mande rs 



in chi5£t The Spanifli hall of audience was compleatly left till the 

 year 1761, when it was entirely pulled down to make room for 

 the prefent building : nothing of art: or Heglihl:e 'grTcad'thc: ' 11^^^^ 

 of this hall: it was lined throughout with boards, or rather planks, 

 unequally hewn with an adze; none of them appearing to have 

 undergone the embellifliment of the plane ; thefe were rudely nailed 



be fitly qualified for fueh prolcilion. So perfoiis, who have been vvriteri to the fignet 'v.\ Scotland 

 for three years, may, upon produchig certificate of fiich fervice, and going through one year's 

 further clerkdiip in Jamaica, and being approved of upon fimilar examination, be admitted in like 

 manner.' Andy to prevent coUufive co-partnerlhips, all partnerlhips, contracled benreen attornies 

 and folicitors, mull be reduced to writing, duly figned, fealed, and executed, in form, aiid recordeii 

 in the facretary!s ofKce ; and the names of all the partners indorfed on all writs, and other proceif 

 and proceedings, wherein they may be concerned. And, in order to put a (top to frivolous fitits, 

 it is ena<Sted by another law, that, if the debt and damages to be recovered upon any perfonal ac» 

 tion (except for matters affecting titles or intcreft of land, flaves, or their freehold or inheritance) 

 appear not to amount to forty (hillings or upwards, no greater colls fliall be allowed to iheplaintirt"- 

 than the fatn of fuch debt of damages ; but lefs inay be awarded at difcretion of the court. 



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