cause either to the Circuit Court from which it shall have been evoked, or to the Inferior Term of the said Court of Queen's Bench, to be dealt with as if it had been originally brought in the said Inferior Term.

XXIX. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for any person under the age of twenty-one years, and above the age of fourteen years, to prosecute any suit in any Inferior Term or Circuit Court held under this Act, for any sum of money not exceeding six pounds five shillings, currency, which may be due to him for wages, in the same manner as if he were of full age; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

XXX. And be it enacted, that the said Circuit Courts shall be holden in every year at the times and places hereinafter appointed; and the local extent and limits of the jurisdiction of each of the said Circuit Courts, respectively, shall be as follows, that is to say:

In the said District of Quebec :

In the parish of St. Germain, in and for the Circuit to be called the Rimouski Circuit, from the first to the seventh day, inclusively, of each of the months of February, June and October; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of Rimouski, except the Parishes of Rivière du Loup and Cacona;

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Rimouski Circuit.

Kamouraska

In the Parish of St. Louis de Kamouraska, in and for the Circuit to be called the Kamouraska Circuit, from the tenth to the sixteenth day, inclusively, of each Circuit. of the months of February, June and October: and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of Kamouraska, and the Parishes of Rivière du Loup and Cacona;

St. Thomas

In the Parish of St. Thomas, in and for the Circuit to be called the St. Thomas Circuit, from the nineteenth to the twenty-fifth day, inclusively, of each of the Circuit. months of February, June and October: and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of L'Islet, including so much of the Parish of St. Pierre, Rivière du Sud, as may be within the County of Bellechasse and the Parishes of Berthier, St. Vallier, St. Michel and St. François, Rivière du Sud, in the County of Bellechasse;

In the Parish of Ste. Marie, Nouvelle Beauce, in and for the Circuit to be called the Beauce Circuit, from the thirteenth to the nineteenth day, inclusively, of each of the months of February, June and October; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of Dorchester, (except the Seigniory of Lauzon ;)

Beauce Circuit.

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Leeds Cir

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Portneuf Cir

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Saguenay Circuit.

Berthier Cir

cuit.

Assomption Circuit.

Terrebonne Circuit.

In the Township of Leeds, in and for the Circuit to be called the Leeds Circuit, from the seventh to the thirteenth day, inclusively, of each of the months of January, May and September, and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of Megantic, and the Parishes of St. Sylvester and St. Giles in the County of Lotbinière ;

In the Parish of Ste. Croix, in and for the Circuit to be called the Lotbinière Circuit, from the seventh to the thirteenth day, inclusively, of each of the months of January, May and September; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of Lotbinière, except the Parishes of St. Sylvester and St. Giles;

In the Parish of Cap Santé, in and for the Circuit to be called the Portneuf Circuit, from the seventh to the thirteenth day, inclusively, of each of the months of January, May and September; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of Portneuf;

In the Parish of Les Eboulemens, in and for the Circuit to be called the Saguenay Circuit, from the first to the seventh day, inclusively, of each of the months of March, July and November; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of Saguenay;

In the said District of Montreal:

In the Parish of Berthier, in and for the Circuit to be called the Berthier Circuit, from the first to the seventh day, inclusively, of each of the months of March, July and November; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of Berthier, and all the Islands in the River St. Lawrence, which lie within the County of Richelieu, except those on the south side of the main or ship Channel ;

In the Parish of St. Pierre de l'Assomption, in and for the Circuit to be called the Assomption Circuit, from the ninth to the fifteenth day, inclusively, of each of the months of March, July and November; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of Leinster, except the Parishes of Lachenaye, St. Henri de Mascouche and St. Lin ;

In the Parish of St. Louis de Terrebonne, in and for the Circuit to be called the Terrebonne Circuit, from the seventh to the thirteenth day, inclusively, of each of the months of January, May and September; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of Terrebonne, and the said Parishes of Lachenaye, St. Henri de Mascouche and St. Lin, in the County of Leinster;

In the Parish of St. Benoit, in and for the Circuit to be called the Two Mountains Circuit, from the seventeenth to the twenty-third day, inclusively, of each of the months of February, June and October; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of Two Mountains, except Isle Bizarre ;

Two Moun

tains Circuit.

Ottawa Cir

At the village of Aylmer, in and for the Circuit to be called the Ottawa Circuit, from the seventh to the thirteenth day, inclusively, of each of the months of cuit. January, May and September; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of Ottawa ;

Vaudreuil

In the Parish of St. Michel de Vaudreuil, in and for the Circuit to be called the Vaudreuil Circuit, from the tenth to the sixteenth day, inclusively, of each Circuit. of the months of February, June and October; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of Vaudreuil;

In the Parish of St. Clément de Beauharnois, in and for the Circuit to be called the Beauharnois Circuit, from the seventeenth to the twenty-third day, inclusively, of each of the months of February, June and October; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of Beauharnois, except the Township of Hemmingford;

Beauharnois Circuit.

St. John's

In the Parish of St. John the Evangelist, in and for the Circuit to be called the St. John's Circuit, from the first to the seventh day, inclusively, of each of the Circuit. months of February, June and October; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the Seigniories of Lacolle and De Léry, and the Islands in the River Richelieu lying wholly or partly opposite the same, and the Township of Sherrington, all in the County of Huntingdon,-the Township of Hemmingford in the County of Beauharnois, the Parishes of St. John the Evangelist and St. Luc, in the County of Chambly,-and the Parish of Ste. Marguerite de Blairfindie, lying partly in the County of Chambly and partly in that of Huntingdon,the County of Missisquoi, except the Townships of Dunham and Sutton, and the County of Rouville, except the Parishes of St. Mathias, St. Hilaire and St. Jean Baptiste de Rouville;

At or near the West Church, in the Township of Shefford, in and for the Circuit to be called the Shefford Circuit, from the ninth to the fifteenth day, inclusively, of each of the months of March, July and November; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of Shefford, (except the Township of Milton,) of so much of the County of Stanstead as does not lie in the District of St. Francis, and of the Townships of Dunham and Sutton, in the County of Missisquoi ;

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At the Village of St. Hyacinthe, in and for the Circuit to be called the St. Hyacinthe Circuit, from the tenth to the sixteenth day, inclusively, of each of the months of February, June and October; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of St. Hyacinthe, the Township of Milton, in the County of Shefford, the Parishes of St Charles and St. Barnabé, in the County of Richelieu, and the Parishes of St. Hilaire and St. Jean Baptiste de Rouville, in the County of Rouville;

In the Parish of St. Ours, in and for the Circuit to be called the Richelieu Circuit, from the seventh to the thirteenth day, inclusively, of each of the months of January, May and September; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of Richelieu, (except the Parishes of St. Charles and St. Barnabé, and the Islands in the said County which lie in the River St. Lawrence, on the north side of the Main or Ship Channel,) and of the Parishes of Contrecœur, and St. Antoine, in the County of Verchères;

In the Parish of St. Antoine de la Baie du Febvre, in and for the Circuit to be called the Yamaska Circuit, from the twenty-third to the twenty-ninth day, inclusively, of each of the months of January, May and September; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the County of Yamaska and the Seigniory of Nicolet, and its augmentation, in the County of Nicolet, and so much of the County of Drummond as lies within the District of Three Rivers, except the Townships of Aston, Bulstrode, Stanfold and Arthabaska ;

In the Parish of Gentilly, in and for the Circuit to be called the Gentilly Circuit, from the fifteenth to the twenty-first day, inclusively, of each of the months of March and July, and from the twenty-third to the twenty-ninth day of the month of November; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of all that part of the District of Three Rivers, lying on the south side of the River St. Lawrence, which is not included in the Yamaska Circuit;

In the said District of St. Francis:

At the Village of Richmond, in the Township of Shipton, in and for the Circuit to be called the Richmond Circuit, from the twenty-third to the twenty-ninth day, inclusively, of each of the months of January and July; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the Townships of Durham, Kingsey, Tingwick and Chester, in the County of Drummond, and the Townships of Shipton, Melbourne, Brompton and Windsor, in the County of Sherbrooke ;

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At Eaton Corner, in the Township of Eaton, in and for the Circuit to be Eaton Circuit. called the Eaton Circuit, from the sixteenth to the twenty-second day, inclusively, of each of the months of March and September; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the Townships of Eaton, Newport, Clifton, Hereford, Hampden, Chesham, Emberton, Bury, Lingwick, Stratford, Marston, Ditton, Clinton, Auckland, and Whitton, all in the County of Sherbrooke;

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At Stanstead Plain, in the Township of Stanstead, in and for the Circuit to Stanstead Cirbe called the Stanstead Circuit, from the sixteenth to the twenty-second day, inclusively, of each of the months of May and December; and the said Circuit shall include and consist of the Townships of Stanstead, Barnston, Barford, and Hatley, and so much of the Township of Bolton as lies within the District of Saint Francis ;

Provided always, that the three first Juridical days only of each Term shall be Proviso. Return days; and at the close of the third Juridical day, or at any time thereafter, the Judge may, if there be then no business before the Court, close the sitting thereof until the then next term: Provided also, that if by illness, accident Proviso. or any other cause, the Judge by whom any Circuit Court ought to be holden shall not be present on the first or any other Juridical day, being a Return day in any Term, it shall be lawful for the Clerk of such Circuit Court to receive all returns to be made on such day, and to cause any defendant, or party summoned, to appear on such day to be called, and to enter his appearance or record his default, notwithstanding the absence of the Judge;

XXXI. And be it enacted, that in any suit or action to be brought either in any Circuit Court or in any Inferior Term of the said Courts of Queen's Bench, the first process to be issued for bringing the defendant before the said Courts respectively, to answer the demande made in such suit or action, shall be a writ of summons, in which the plaintiff's cause of action shall be briefly stated, unless there shall be attached to such writ of summons a declaration setting forth the cause of action, in which case it shall be sufficient that in the writ of summons reference be made to the declaration for the cause of action; and such writ of summons may be in the form contained in the Schedule (A.) to this Act subjoined; and shall be served at least six days before the day fixed for the return thereof, if there be not more than five leagues from the place of service to the place where the Court shall be held; and if, in any such case, there be more than five leagues, then there shall be an additional delay of one day for every additional five leagues; and such writ of summons shall be directed to and executed by any Bailiff of the Court of Queen's Bench in and for the District in which the same shall have been issued, any law or custom to the contrary notwithstanding;

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