Sheriffs (Ireland) Act, 1835
SHERIFFS (IRELAND) ACT 1835 | ||
C A P. LV. | ||
An Act for facilitating the Appointment of Sheriffs in Ireland, and the more effectual Audit and passing of their Accounts; and for the more speedy Return and Recovery of Fines, Fees, Forfeitures, Recognizances, Penalties, and Deodands; and to abolish certain Offices in the Court of Exchequer in Ireland; and to amend the Laws relating to Grants in custodiam and Recovery of Debts in Ireland; and to amend an Act of the Second and Third Years of His present Majesty, for transferring the Powers and Duties of the Commissioners of Public Accounts in Ireland to the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts of Great Britain. [9th September 1835.] | ||
3&4 W. 4.c. 99. | ||
Sheriffs need not sue out Patent or Writ of Assistance, or take Oath, or be apposed in the Exchequer. | ||
Whereas it appears by the Twelfth Report made to His Majesty by the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Duties, Salaries, and Emoluments of the Officers, Clerks, and Ministers of Justice in all Temporal and Ecclesiastical Courts in Ireland, that it is expedient to make Provision for the better taking of the Accounts of Sheriffs and of Custodees in Trust for His Majesty, and to abolish the Proceeding by Custodiam for the Recovery of Debts due by Subject to Subject, and to substitute another Remedy for it, and that certain Offices in the Court of Exchequer in Ireland may be abolished: And whereas it is expedient to extend to Ireland certain Provisions of an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled An Act for facilitating the Appointment of Sheriffs, and the more effectual Audit and passing of their Accounts; and for the more speedy Return and Recovery of Fines, Issues, forfeited Recognizances, Penalties, and Deodands; and to abolish certain Offices in the Court of Exchequer:’ 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 from and after the Commencement of this Act it shall not be necessary for any Sheriff or Sheriffs of any County, City, or Town in Ireland to sue out any Patent or Writ of Assistance, or to make or pay Proffers, nor shall he or they be apposed or take any Oath or Oaths before the Barons of the said Court to account or be cast out of Court, as now or heretofore in use in His Majesty’s Court of Exchequer in Ireland; any Law, Statute, or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding. |