County Courts Act 1866
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1866 c. 14 |
County Courts Act, 1866
(29 & 30 Vict.) C A P. XIV.
An Act for the Abolition of the Offices of Treasurer and of High Bailiff of County Courts as Vacancies shall occur, and to provide for the Payment of future Registrars of County Courts.
[23d April 1866]
W HEREAS by an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Ninth and Tenth Yearsof the Reign of Her present Majesty, Chapter Ninety-five, the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury were empowered to appoint as many Persons as they should think fit to be Treasurers of the Courts holden under that Act: And whereas Twenty-three Persons were appointed to be such Treasurers, and as, from Time to Time, Vacancies have occurred, other Persons have been appointed: And whereas by the said Act the Judge of every Court holden under the said Act was empowered to appoint One or more High Bailiffs for such Court: And whereas it is expedient that whenever any of the Holders of either of the Offices of Treasurer or High Bailiff as aforesaid shall die, resign, or be removed, the Vacancy caused thereby should not be filled up, and that Provision should be made for the Performance of the Duties now attached to those Offices: And whereas it is further expedient to reduce the Salaries of future appointed Registrars of County Courts: Be it 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, as follows:
1 Vacancies in the Office of Treasurers of County Courts not to be filled up.
1. Whenever any Person who has been appointed a Treasurer of County Courts under the Provisions of Section Twenty-three of the said Act shall die, resign, or be removed, the Vacancy caused by the Death, Resignation, or Removal of such Person shall not be filled up.
2 Treasury to provide for Examination of Accounts of Registrar and other Officers of the Courts.
2. The Accounts of the Registrar and other Officers of the Courts, of which the Person who shall have died, resigned, or been removed was the Treasurer, shall be examined by such Person or Persons, at such Time or Times, under the Supervision of such Person as the Commissioners of the Treasury shall think fit, provided that the Salaries and Expenses of the Persons by whom such Accounts are to be examined shall not exceed the Sum allowed to the then late Treasurer for the Services of a Clerk, and for the travelling Expenses of himself and Clerk.
3 Treasurers may retire upon Superannuation in certain Cases.
3. Where it shall appear to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury that greater Efficiency and Economy will be effected by permitting the Retirement of a Treasurer of County Courts, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to grant to any such Treasurer, out of Monies to be provided for the Purpose by Parliament, such Superannuation Allowance as the said Commissioners may determine, not exceeding such Amount as might be granted under ‘The Superannuation Act, 1859,’ to a civil Servant retiring upon Medical Certificate.
4 If Person appointed to examine Accounts be a Treasurer's Clerk, after Probation he shall be deemed a Civil Servant.
4. If the Commissioners of the Treasury shall think fit to employ in the Examination of the Accounts of the Courts any Person whom they may think it desirable so to employ, on account of Knowledge acquired by him as Clerk to any Treasurer of County Courts, such Clerk shall, if after One Year the said Commissioners shall...
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