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Provisions

XXVII of 1777 • Registers, clerks, marshals, attorneys.

APPROVED

The Text

AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED. That the register and clerks in chancery be appointed by the chancellor; the clerks of the supreme court, by the judges of the said court; the clerk of the court of probates, by the judge of the said court; and the register and marshal of the court of admiralty, by the judge of the admiralty. The said marshal, registers, and clerks to continue in office during the pleasure of those by whom they are to be appointed as aforesaid.
And all attorneys, solicitors, and counsellors at law, hereafter to be appointed, be appointed by the court, and licensed by the first judge of the court in which they shall respectively plead or practise: and be regulated by the rules and orders of the said courts.


A Few Facts

• Joined the Constitution in 1777

• In Article XXVII:

• Has 130 words

• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention

• Was adopted without a vote

• Is a new addition

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