County of Durham Coroners Act 1837
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1837 c. 64 |
(7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict.) C A P. LXIV.
[15th July 1837]
'WHEREAS by an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled Durhamfrom the Bishoprick of Durham, the Palatine Jurisdiction, Power, and Authority heretofore vested in and belonging to the Bishop of Durham was separated from the Bishoprick of Durham , and was transferred to and vested in His late Majesty King William the Fourth, His Heirs and Successors: And whereas previously to the passing of the said Act the Coroners for the said County of Durham were appointed by the said Bishop, and it is necessary that Provision should be made for the future Appointment of the Coroners of the said County, and for their due Remuneration:' 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 present Coroners of the Four Wards, respectively calledEasington Ward, Chester Ward, Stockton Ward, and Darlington Ward, in the said County of Durham , shall continue Coroners of the same Wards respectively during their respective Lives, or so long as they shall respectively well behave themselves; and that upon and after the Death, Removal, or Resignationof the Coroner either ofEasington Ward or of Chester Ward (which Two Wards form the Northern Division of the said County of Durham ) a Coroner shall be chosen for each of such Wards in the Place of the Coroner making a Vacancy, and so from Time to Time on every future Vacancy of the Office of Coroner of either of the said Wards, the Coroner of each of the said Wards to be chosen by its own Freeholders in like Manner as Coroners are chosen in the Case of other Counties or Divisions of Counties in England ; and that after the Death, Removal, or Resignation of the Coroner either of Stockton Ward or of Darlington Ward (which Two Wards form the Southern Division of the said County of Durham ) a Coroner shall be chosen for each of such last-mentioned Wards in the Place of the Coroner making a Vacancy, and so from Time to Time on every future Vacancy of the Office of Coroner of either of the said last-mentioned Wards, the Coroner of each of such Wards to be chosen by its own Freeholders in like Manner as Coroners are chosen in the Case of other Counties or Divisions of Counties in England...
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