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PROCLAMATION. By His Excellency JAMES DOUGLAS, Governor of . Proclamation having the force of Law in Her Majesty's Colony of British Columbia. HEEEAS under and by virtue of an Act of Parliament held in the 21st and 22nd years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Yictoria, intituled "An Act to provide Wfor the Government of British Columbia," and by a Commission under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, I, JAMES DOUGLAS, have been appointed Governor of the said Colony, and have been authorized by Proclamation under the Public Seal of the said Colony, to make Laws, Institutions, and Ordinances for the peace, order, and good Government of the same; And whereas by a Commission under the Eoyal Signet and Sign Manual, dated the 2nd of September, in the 22nd year of the Reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty, MATTHEW BAILLIE BEGBIE has been appointed to be a Judge in the said Colony, with full power and authority to hold Courts of Judicature, and to administer Justice according to the Laws at the date of the said Commission in force, or wrhich might thereafter be in force in the said Colony; And whereas it is expedient to declare the constitution of the Court of Justice of British Columbia, and to make provisions with regard thereto; Sow therefore, I, the said JAMES DOUGLAS, Governor of British Columbia, do hereby, by virtue of the aforesaid authority and of every other authority enabling me in this behalf, enact and proclaim as follows, viz: 1. The Court held before the said MATTHEW BAILLIE BEGBIE, and his successors in office, shall be called and known as The Supreme Court of Civil Justice of British Columbia. 2. The said MATTHEW BAILLIE BEGBIE shallbe the Judge therein during Her Majesty's pleasure. 3. The said Court shall be a Court of record by the name or style of the Supreme Court of Civil Justice of British Columbia. 4. The said Court shall have and use, as occasion shall require, a Seal bearing Her Majesty's Royal Arms, within an exergue or lable enclosing the same, with the inscription "The Seal of the Supreme Court of British Columbia." o. The said Supreme Court of Civil Justice of British Columbia shall have complete cognizance of all pleas whatsoever, and shall have jurisdiction in all cases, civil as well as criminal, arising within the said Colony of British Columbia. 6. All process heretofore issued by or under the authority of the said MATTHEW BAILLIE BEGBIE, or issued out of the Court over which he hath heretofore presided, shall be valid and effectual notwithstanding the alteration in the style and Seal of the said Court, and shall be enforced under the name and style hereby given to the said Court, in the same manner as if the same had been originally issued in such last mentioned name, and under the Seal hereby authorized to be used. Issued under the Public Seal of the said Colony,at Victoria, this eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine, in the twenty second year of Her Majesty's Reign, by me, JAMES DOUGLAS. By Command of His Excellency, WILLIAM A. G. YOUNG, Acting Colonial Secretary. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.