To provide for the Payment of Compensation Allowances. to certain Persons connected with the Courts of Law in England for Loss of Fees and Emoluments.

[Note. The Words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted in the Committee.]

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Whereas the lawful Fees and Emoluments of the Clerks Preamble.

of Dispensations and Faculties in Chancery, the Registrar Power to the

of the Cinque Ports, the Clerks of the Petty Sessions at Deptford and Clapham, who respectively held or do now hold their offices for life, have been either wholly abolished or greatly diminished by the operation of certain Acts of Parliament, and advances on account of compensation have heretofore been made to some of them out of the grants of Parliament for Civil Contingencies:

And whereas it is reasonable and just that compensation should be 10 permanently allowed to the said persons for the loss which they have sustained out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland;

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Treasury to pensation out solidated Clerks of Dispensations and Faculties

of the Con

Fund to

in Chancery and certain other Officers connected

with the
in England.

Courts of Law

ers of Her

BE it therefore Enacted, by The QUEEN's most Excellent MAJESTY, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, THAT the Commissioners of CommissionHer Majesty's Treasury for the time being shall investigate the claims of the said officers respectively by such means and in such manner as they may think proper; and if any such claim shall be established to the satisfaction of the said Commissioners or any Three of thein,

Majesty's Treasury empowered to award Com

pensation out

of Consoli

dated Fund.

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they are hereby authorized and empowered to award to the claimant,
by warrant under their hands, such compensation by way of annuity as
they shall, under all the circumstances of the case, think him entitled
to for the loss sustained; and such compensation shall commence in
each case at such time as the said Commissioners shall think proper,
and shall be issued and paid and be payable out of, and be charged
and chargeable upon, the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland: Provided always, That an account of
such compensation shall be laid before the Commons' House of Parlia-
ment within Fourteen Days after the date of the warrant, if Parliament 10
shall be then assembled, and if not, then within Fourteen Days after
the meeting of Parliament

then next following.

13 February 1845.-8 VICT.

A

BILL

For the Appointment of Constables or other Officers, for keeping the Peace near Public Works in Scotland.

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[Note.-The Words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted in
the Committee.]

W

1.

Additional Officers may by the She be appointed

Constables or

HEREAS great mischiefs have arisen by the violent and Preamble. unlawful behaviour of Labourers and others employed in the construction of Railways and other Public Works in Scotland, by reason whereof the appointment of additional Constables or Officers for keeping the Peace, and for the protection of the Inhabitants and security of the Property in the neighbourhood of such Public Works, is often necessary; and it is expedient that provision should be made for the appointment and payment of such additional Constables or Officers; BE it therefore Enacted, by The QUEEN's most Excellent 10 MAJESTY, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, THAT from and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for the Sheriff of any County in which the works of any Railway, Canal or other Public Work of a similar nature shall be in progress of construction, upon the application of the Company or other parties carrying on any such Public Work, or of any Two Justices of the Peace of the County, and usually acting in the district in or through which any such Public Work may be in the course of construction, to appoint from time to time such fit and 20 proper persons as he may think fit to nominate for that purpose, to be Constables or Peace Officers in and for such County, within the limits of such Public Works, and within a Mile therefrom, during the construction of such Public Works; and every person so appointed shall make a solemn Oath or Declaration, to be administered by such Sheriff, duly to execute the office of Con

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riff.

2.

Expense

thereof to be paid by the Companies

or Parties car

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stable or Peace Officer as hereinafter mentioned; and every person
so appointed, and having made such declaration, shall have full
power to act as a Constable or Peace Officer for the preservation of
the peace, and for the security of persons and property against felo-
nies and other unlawful acts within the limits of that part of the Public
Works for which he shall be so appointed, and within a Mile there-
from; and shall have, use, exercise and enjoy all such powers, autho-
rities, protections and privileges in the execution of his office, as
belong by law to the office of Constable or Peace Officer within the
limits or district for which he is appointed to act, and shall, when 10
required so to do, obey all orders and put in execution all Warrants
issued by the Sheriff, and to be executed within such limits or dis-
trict; and it shall be lawful for the Sheriff, when he shall think fit, to
dismiss or remove any such Constable or Police Officer who may have
been so appointed, and to appoint another fit and proper person in
his stead, and upon every such dismissal or removal, all the powers,
authorities, protections and privileges vested by virtue of such ap-
pointment in any person so dismissed or removed, shall wholly cease
and determine.

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And be it Enacted, That every person so appointed by any Sheriff 20 to act as Constable or Peace Officer as aforesaid shall, during such time as he shall so act as Constable or Peace Officer, receive from the rying on such Company or other parties carrying on such Public Works a reasonable remuneration, not exceeding what is in use to be given to Constables on duty within the same county, and the amount and the time and 25 manner of payment of such remuneration shall be fixed and directed by the Sheriff.

Works.

3. Remuneration may be

par

And be it Enacted, That in all cases where the Company or other recovered by ties carrying on any such Public Work, shall refuse or neglect, during

distress.

4. Act may be amended or repealed in the present

Session.

Fourteen Days next after demand thereof, to pay any such remunera- 30
tion or any part thereof, as shall by any Sheriff as aforesaid have been
directed to be paid, it shall be lawful for such Sheriff forthwith to
cause the same to be levied, together with the expenses of levying the
same, by poinding and sale of the goods and effects of the Company,
or other parties liable to pay such remuneration.

And be it Enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in the present Session of Parliament.

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