Salaries of Justices of Chester, etc. Act 1772
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1772 c. 30 |
| Year | 1772 |
(12 Geo. 3) C A P. XXX.
'WHEREAS it is highly reasonable and expedient that a further Augmentation should be made to the Salaries of the Justices ofChester , and of the Great Sessions for the Counties in And whereas the several Stamp-duties, granted by divers Acts of Parliament made in the Thirty-second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty KingGeorge the Second, and in the Second and Fifth Years of His present Majesty's Reign, and appropriated for the Payment of the augmented Salaries of the respective Judges herein mentioned, have for the last four Years, produced annually a considerable Surplus; and the same is, by the said several Acts, reserved for the Disposition of Parliament;' be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consentof the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That, from and after the Fifth Day ofApril , One thousand seven hundred and seventy-two, there shall be issued, paid, and applied, in every Year, and out of any of the Surplusses which shall arise upon the several Stamp-duties granted by the Acts aforesaid, after the Payment already charged thereupon, shall, from Time to Time, have been satisfied, the Sums of Moneyfollowing to the several Justices herein-after mentioned, as an Addition to, and in further Augmentation of, their respective Salaries; that is to say, The annual Sum of Three hundred Pounds, to the Chief Justice ofChester for the Time being; the annual Sum or Two hundred Pounds, to the Second Justice of Chester for the Time being; and to each of the Justices for the Time being of the Great Sessions for the Counties in Wales: Which said several and respective Sums of Money shall be, and are hereby charged upon the Surplusses of the several Stamp-duties aforesaid, and shall be paid thereout, in every Year, at such Time or Times, and in such Manner, as the Salaries of the said Justices now are or have been used to be paid.
II If the Surplusses prove insufficient in any Year, a rateable Abatement to be made.
II. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority...
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