Justices' Clerks' Fees Act 1753
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1753 c. 14 |
| Year | 1753 |
(26 Geo. 2) C A P. XIV.
'W H E R E A S some Doubts have arisen touching the Fees due to Clerks of Justices of the Peace: And whereas it would tend to the due Execution of the Laws, and to the Ease of the Subject, that the Fees to be taken by the said Clerks should be ascertained;' Be it therefore enacted by the King'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 Justicesof the Peace throughout that Part ofGreat Britain called England , at their respective General Quarter-Sessions of the Peace, to be held next after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three, shall, and they are hereby required to make and settle a Table of the Fees which shall be taken by Clerks to Justices of the Peace within the County, City, or other Division, for which such respective General Quarter-Sessions shall be held; and such respective Tables of Fees, being approved by the Justices of the Peace at the next succeeding General Quarter-Sessions of the Peace for such County, City, or other Division, with such Alterations as such Justices of the Peaceso assembled shall think proper, shall be laid before the Judges at the next Assizes, or at the Great Sessions for the Principality ofWales , and Counties Palatine of Chester, Lancaster and Durham , for the respective County, City, or other Division; and the said Judges are hereby authorized and required to ratify and confirm such respective Tables of Fees, in such Manner and Form as the same shall be made, settled and approved of by the said Justices, or with such Alterations, Additions or Abatements, as to such Judges shall appear to be just and reasonable; and it shall and may be lawful for the said Justices of Peace, in their respective Quarter-Sessionsassembled, from Time to Time to make any other Table of Fees to be taken, instead of the Fees contained in the Table which shall have been ratified and confirmed by the Judges of Assize; and after the same shall have been approved by the Justices of the Peace at the next succeeding General Quarter-Sessions, in Manner as aforesaid, to lay such new Table of Fees before the Judges at the next Assizes, or at the Great Sessionsfor the...
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