THE STANNARIES ACT,

1869.

THE

STANNARIES ACT, 1869.

EDITED WITH NOTES EXPLANATORY OF
ITS SEVERAL SECTIONS,

AND WITH

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS UPON THE
JURISDICTION OF THE STANNARIES
COURT, THE COST-BOOK SYSTEM,
AND SIMILAR MATTERS ;

ALSO WITH

AN APPENDIX CONTAINING FORMS FOR THE
FORMATION AND REGULATION OF COST-
BOOK COMPANIES AND FOR PROCEED-
INGS IN REGARD THERETO.

BY

JOHN BATTEN, JUN., Esq., B.A.,
Late Open Exhibitioner of Balliol College, Oxford, and of
Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law.

Τοὐπιχώριον ἀτεχνῶς ἐπανθει—Aristoph. Nub., 1173.

LONDON:

WILDY AND SONS,

LAW BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS,
LINCOLN'S INN ARCHWAY, W.C.

MESSRS. MEREDITH & RAY, KING STREET, MANCHESTER.
HODGES, FOSTER, & Co., DUBLIN.

1873.

ΤΟ

SIR JOHN ST. AUBYN, BART.,

M.P. FOR WEST CORNWALL,

TO WHOM THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL IS

INDEBTED FOR THE LARGE SHARE WHICH

HE TOOK IN THE PASSING OF

THE STANNARIES ACT, 1869,

AND FOR NUMEROUS

OTHER IMPORTANT SERVICES

THIS WORK IS BY PERMISSION

DEDICATED.