RULES AND ORDERS. I. FEBRUARY 3, 1790. Ordered, That JOHN TUCKER, Esq., of Boston, be the Clerk of this Court. That he reside and keep his office at the seat of the National Government, and that he do not practise either as an Attorney or Counsellor in this Court while he shall continue to be Clerk of the same. Ordered, That (until further orders) it shall be requisite to the admission of Attorneys or Counsellors to practise in this Court, that they shall have been such for three years past in the Supreme Courts of the State to which they respectively belong, and that their private and professional character shall appear to be fair. III. FEBRUARY 5, 1790. Ordered, That Counsellors shall not practise as Attorneys, nor Attorneys as Counsellors, in this Court. (See Rule 14.) Ordered, That they shall respectively take the following oath, viz.: "I do solemnly swear that I will demean myself (as an attorney or Counsellor of the Court) uprightly, and according to law; and that I will support the Constitution of the United States." (See Rule 6.) V.-FEBRUARY 5, 1790. Ordered, That (unless and until it shall otherwise be provided by law) all process of this Court shall be in the name of the President of the United States. Ordered, That the Counsellors and Attorneys admitted to practice in this Court shall take either an oath, or in proper cases, an affirmation, of the tenor prescribed by the rule of his Court on that subject, made February Term, 1790, viz.: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will demean myself, as an Attorney or Counsellor of this Court, uprightly, and according to law; and that I will support the Constitution of the United States." VII.-AUGUST 8, 1791. The Chief Justice, in answer to the motion of the Attorney General, made yesterday, informs him and the Bar, that this Court consider the practice of the Courts of King's Bench, and of Chancery, in England, as affording outlines for the practice of this Court, and that they will, from time to time, make such alterations therein as circumstances may render necessary. VIII. FEBRUARY 4, 1795. The court give notice to the gentlemen of the Bar, that hereafter they will expect to be furnished with a statement of the material points of the case from the Counsel on each side of a cause. (See Rule 29.) IX.-FEBRUARY 17, 1795. The Court declared, that all evidence on motion for a discharge upon bail must be by way of deposition, and not viva voce. X.-AUGUST 12, 1796. Ordered, That when process at Common Law, or in Equity, shall issue against a State, the same shall be served on the Go |