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THE PREDECESSORS OF THE 



subject to, or dependent upon, the Government of Madras, as 

 the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal 

 did consist of, was invested with, or subject to, within the 

 said Fort William or the Kingdoms or Provinces of Bengal, 

 Bahar and Orissa. Provided always that the Governor and 

 Council at Madras and the Governor-General of Fort William 

 should enjoy the same exemption from the authority of the 

 Supreme Court to be erected at Madras as was enjoyed by 

 the Governor- General and Council at Fort William from the 

 jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Judicature, there 

 already by law established. And it was further enacted that 

 if His Majesty should grant such Charter as aforesaid and 

 erect such Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras as afore- 

 said, all the records, muniments and proceedings whatsoever 

 of, and belonging to, the late Mayor's Court at Madras, or- to 

 the late Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, 

 which were by the 37th Geo. Ill, c. 142, directed to be 

 delivered over and preserved and deposited in the new Courts, 

 erected by virtue of that Act, and all the records, muniments 

 and proceedings whatsoever of, and belonging to, any of the 

 said new Courts should from and immediately after such 

 Supreme Court of Judicature should be established at Madras 

 be delivered over to be preserved and deposited for safe 

 custody in the said new Court of Judicature, to which all 

 parties concerned should and might have resort and recourse 

 upon application to the said Court, and that so much of the 

 Charter granted by His Majesty for erecting the Courts of 

 the Becorder of Madras and Bombay as related to the 

 appointment of such Becorder and the erecting of such Court 

 of Judicature at Madras 90 should from, and immediately 



90 The Court of the Recorder of Bombay continued without material 

 alteration till 1824, when a Supreme Court was established in that Presidency 

 under the authority of 4 Geo. IV, c. 71, by Charter dated 8th December 

 1823. 



