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of the Court of Queen’s Bench in England, being the highest criminal
Court. I shod have no hesitation in assuming a jurisdiction in civil
cases, but in matters of life and death I think the highest jurisdiction
not too great.
I have the honor to be,
Site.
Your obedient servant,
Marr. B. Brcste.
To His Excellency the Governor.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE—OATH.

I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will honestly and truly perform
all the duties of [High Sheriff for] [a Justice of the Peace in] the
Colony of British Columbia to the best of my knowledge and ability,
without fear or favor, according to the laws which now are or here-
after shall be in force in the sd Colony. So help me God.

High Sheriff.
BritisH CoLnuMBIA—PROCLAMATION.*4

By His Excellency James Douglas, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief of Her Excellency’s Colony of British Columbia, having the force
of law for making temporary provision for the better administration of
Justice in the said Colony.

Whereas, by a commission under the Great Seal of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which has been duly proclaimed
and published, I, the Governor of British Columbia, have been author-
ized by Proclamation under the Public Seal of the Colony to make
laws, institutions, and ordinances for the peace, order, and good Goy-
ment of the same:

And whereas it is expedient to make temporary provision for the
trial of criminals and of civil causes in British Columbia, and to provide
for the issuing of writs and the inforcement of process thereupon:

Now, therefore, I, James Douglas, Governor of the said Colony,
do hereby enact, proclaim, and declare as follows, viz. :-—

Ist. It shall be lawful for the Judge in British Columbia to appoint
from time to time, by any writing under his hand, some fit and proper
person to be assize clerk in British Columbia: and that every person so
appointed shall have power to issue all such writs and do all such acts
as he shall be directed by the said Judge to do and as are usually done

(54) This Proclamation does not seem to have been issued. It is not to be found in the
printed Proclamations of Governor Douglas.