6 And whereas by the said Act it was provided that the Justice to be appointed under the Provisions thereof should reside within 'One Mile of the Exchange in the Town of Manchester, or of the New Bailey Court House in the Town of Salford, and should daily (Sundays excepted) attend at the New Bailey Court House in Salford; and it was thereby also provided that the said 'Township of Manchester should contribute Seven Eighth Parts, and the said Township of Salford One Eighth Part of the Salary 'payable to such Justice, which Salary was by the said Act fixed ' at the Sum of One thousand Pounds per Annum: And whereas 'since the passing of the said Act Her present Majesty has been pleased (in pursuance of the Powers and Provisions of an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of King William the 5&6 W.4.c.76. Fourth, intituled An Act to provide for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales,) to grant a Charter of Incorporation to the said Township of Manchester, and the adjoining Townships of Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Hulme, Ardwick, Cheetham, and the extra-parochial District of Beswick, and also to grant a Charter of Incorporation to the said Township of Salford, and Part of the adjoining Township of Broughton, and has by such several Charters conferred upon the said incorporated Boroughs of Manchester and Salford respectively all the Powers ' and Provisions of the said last-mentioned Act: And whereas a separate Commission of the Peace has been granted to and for the Borough of Manchester, and a salaried Police Magistrate has ⚫ been appointed for the same Borough; and by an Act passed in 'the Eighth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled 7&8 Vict. c.30. An Act to alter and amend an Act of the Fifty-third Year of 6 King George the Third for the Appointment of a Stipendiary "Magistrate to act within the Townships of Manchester and Salford, all the Powers and Provisions of the said recited Act of the Fifty-third Year of King George the Third, so far as they authorized, directed, or required the Payment by the said • Township of Manchester of any Part of the Salary payable to the Police Magistrate thereunder appointed, or which authorized the making or levying of any Rate within the said Township of Manchester for the Purpose of raising such Salary or any Part thereof, and also any Provisions which directed, authorized, or required the Payment to the said Township of Manchester, or to any Person or Persons on behalf of such Township, of any Part or Portion of the Recognizances taken and estreated in the said County Palatine of Lancaster, have been repealed: And whereas the several Townships or Places of Worsley, Bartonupon-Irwell, Clifton, Pendlebury, Pendleton, Flixton, Urmston, Blakely, Bradford, Broughton, Burnage, Chorlton-with-Hardy, Crumpsall, Didsbury, Failsworth, Gorton, Harpurhey, La venshulme, Moss-side, Moston, Newton, Openshaw, Reddish, Rusholme, Salford, Stretford, Withington, Great Heaton, Little Heaton, Prestwich, and Heaton Norris, now compose the 'Division of Manchester, and have hitherto had the Benefit of the Services of the Justice appointed under the said herein'before first-recited Act; and it is desirable, for the due and ⚫ uniform Administration of Justice within the said Division, which 'contains a Population of One hundred and fifty thousand or 6 there thereabouts, and for the Protection and Security of the Persons ⚫ and Property of the Inhabitants thereof, that a fit and proper • Person appointed or to be appointed under the said first-recited ⚫ Act should continue to execute the Office of a Justice of the • Peace within the said Division, and to receive a competent • Remuneration for his Trouble: And whereas it is just and 'expedient that the said Municipal Borough of Salford should 'contribute a definite Portion of the Salary payable to the said 'Justice, and that such Part of the said Townships of Broughton ' and Heaton Norris as are not included in either of the said Boroughs of Salford and Stockport, and all the said other Townships, Parts of Townships, or Places herein-before enume'rated or mentioned, and now composing the Division of Manchester as aforesaid, should also contribute to the Payment of such Salary; and with that Intent it is necessary that the Provisions of the said first-recited Act should be amended, and 'that Provision should be made for the Appointment and Payment of Clerks to the said Justice, and that the said Act 'should be in other respects varied and altered:' May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and 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 Act. the same, That from and after the First Day of July One thousand Repeal of Parts eight hundred and forty-five so much of the said recited Act of of first-recited the Fifty-third Year of King George the Third as requires or directs that the Justice to be appointed as therein mentioned shall reside within One Mile of the Exchange in Manchester or of the New Bailey Court House in Salford aforesaid, and so much thereof as requires or directs that the said Justice shall attend daily (Sundays excepted) at the New Bailey Court House aforesaid, and also so much thereof as directs or authorizes the Payment of a Salary of One thousand Pounds per Annum to the said Justice, and the levying or raising the same by Rate or otherwise, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. IL And be it enacted, That the Justice appointed or to be Residence of appointed under the said first-recited Act as aforesaid may reside the Justice. at any Place within either of the Municipal Boroughs of Manchester and Salford, or elsewhere within the said Division of Manchester. ford. III. And be it enacted, That the said Justice shall daily Sittings of the (except on Sundays, Christmas Day, and Good Friday, and such Justice in Sal. other Days as herein-after excepted,) attend at the New Bailey Court House in Salford aforesaid for the Transaction and Disposal of Business and Matters within his Jurisdiction arising or happening elsewhere than within the Limits of the said Municipal Borough of Salford, and shall also Three Days in each Week attend and hold Sittings at the Town Hall in the Borough of Salford aforesaid for the Transaction and Disposal of such Business and Matters only as shall arise or happen within the Limits of the said Municipal Borough of Salford and not elsewhere. IV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That from and after Sittings in the said First Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty- Worsley, &c. five, and after proper Court Houses and other Accommodations shall have been provided for the Administration of Justice at the Cost of the Townships or Places next herein-after mentioned, the said Justice shall attend and hold a Sitting on One Day at least in every Fortnight at or within the said Townships of Worsley and Barton-upon-Irwell, or one of them, and also within the said Townships of Heaton Norris and Stretford respectively. V. Provided also, that as it is expedient and necessary that the Justices acting at Worsley and Barton-upon-Irwell, or one of them, and Heaton Norris, should hold more frequent Sittings at Worsley or Barton-upon-Irwell, or one of them, and at Heaton Norris, on account of the extensive Population of those Townships respectively, than is herein provided for the sitting of the Stipendiary Justice, be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the County Justices acting at such Townships respectively to hold such more frequent Sittings; and in that Case the Justices acting in and for the said Division shall appoint a separate Clerk for each of the said Places, with Salaries not exceeding Fifty Pounds per Annum for each Clerk, to attend such Sittings as well as the Sitting in such Townships as are herein provide for; and all Fees taken and received at any such Sittings shall be brought into the Fee Fund, and paid over to the Treasurer thereof. as herein provided: Provided always, that the same Course of Proceeding for the Appointment of a Clerk for each of the said Places, or for his Removal, shall be observed as is herein directed with respect to the Appointment or Removal of the Clerk for Divisional Business. VI. Provided also, and be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Justices of the Peace for the said County of Lancaster acting in and for the said Division of Manchester, at any Meeting of such Justices holden for the Purpose, and of which Meeting and of the Object thereof Ten Days Notice at least, by Post or otherwise, shall have been given to every such Justice, if they shall think it expedient so to do, from Time to Time to fix and direct a Sitting or Sittings to be periodically holden by the Justice so appointed or to be appointed as aforesaid at or within any other or others of the said Townships or Places herein-before mentioned as now composing the said Division of Manchester, and the said Justice shall from Time to Time attend and hold his Sitting at or within the Township or Townships to be so fixed for that Purpose accordingly. VII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That the Attendance of the said Justice, either at the said New Bailey Court House or Town Hall in Salford, or elsewhere, as aforesaid, may be supplied by any other Justice of the Peace for the said County Palatine of Lancaster, and also as regards the Sittings at the Town Hall in Salford by any Justice of the Peace of or for the Borough of Salford: Provided also, that the said Justice shall not be required to attend at the New Bailey Court House or at the Town Hall in Salford aforesaid on arry Day which shall be appointed for his sitting or Attendance elsewhere than at one of those Places: Provided nevertheless, that the Number of Days on which the said Justice shall attend or hold Sittings elsewhere than at the New New Bailey Court House or the Town Hall in Salford aforesaid shall not exceed Three Days in a Week. the Borough of VIII. And be it enacted, That all Offences, Business, and Justices of the Matters whatsoever committed or arising within the Limits of the Peace for Lansaid Municipal Borough of Salford shall be cognizable, not only cashire and for by the Justice or Justices for the County Palatine of Lancaster, Salford to have but also by the Justice or Justices of or for the said Municipal Jurisdiction Borough; and all and every such Justice or Justices of or for the within such said Municipal Borough shall in and for the said Borough have all Borough. such and the like Powers and Jurisdiction whatsoever, as fully and effectually, in all respects whatsoever, as all and every the Justice or Justices of the said County Palatine of Lancaster acting in and for the said Division of Manchester have or hath or shall or may have in and for the said Division. ed by Justices IX. And be it enacted, That the Justices of the Peace for the Authorizing the said County of Lancaster acting in and for the Division of Suspension of Manchester aforesaid shall have the Power, at any Meeting of such Sittings directJustices, of which Meeting and of the Object thereof Ten Days elsewhere than Notice shall have been previously sent or given to every such at New Bailey Justice, by Post or otherwise, to direct that any Sitting or Court House. Sittings of the said Justice for the Time being appointed under the said first-recited Act, previously directed to be held elsewhere than at the New Bailey Court House or Town Hall in Salford, or within the said Townships of Worsley and Barton-upon-Irwell, or one of them, or within the Townships of Heaton Norris and Stretford aforesaid, as herein-before authorized, shall be suspended or discontinued, and the same shall be thereupon suspended or discontinued accordingly. X. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Justices acting in and for the Division of Manchester aforesaid, and they are hereby required, at any Meeting to be holden for the Purpose, and of which Meeting and of the Object thereof Ten Days previous Notice shall have been sent or given to every such Justice, by Post or otherwise, to appoint One fit Person, and that it shall be lawful for the Justices in and for the Municipal Borough of Salford and the Stipendiary Justice to be appointed. as aforesaid, and they are hereby required, to appoint another fit Person, to be respectively Clerks to the said Justice for the Time being appointed or to be appointed under the said first-recited Act as aforesaid, and so from Time to Time as often as there shall be a Vacancy in the Office of either of such Clerks, by Death, Resignation, Removal, or otherwise, the said Justices respectively re-appointing upon all Vacancies to the Office of the Clerks originally appointed by such Justices respectively as aforesaid: Provided always, that the said Clerks respectively may be removed from their said Office, the one appointed by the said Justices at the Pleasure of the said Justices acting in and for the said Division of Manchester, signified by any Resolution or Order of such Justices at a Meeting, whereof and of the Object thereof Ten Days previous Notice shall have been sent or given to every such Justice as aforesaid, and the other of such Clerks at the Pleasure of the Justices of and for the Municipal Borough of Salford aforesaid and the Stipendiary Justice aforesaid: Provided also, that the Clerk to be appointed by the said Justices acting For Appointment of Divisional Clerks to and their Removal. the Justices, Authorizing the 300l. per Annum to be paid out of the Salford Borough Fund towards the Justice's Salary. in and for the Division as aforesaid shall be attendant upon the said Justice appointed or to be appointed under the said firstrecited Act as aforesaid, for the Transaction and Disposal of all Business and Matters arising or happening within the said Division of Manchester elsewhere than within the Limits of the said Municipal Borough of Salford, and shall be called the Clerk for Divisional Business, but he shall not be required to attend any Sittings at or within the Townships of Worsley or Barton-uponIrwell or Heaton Norris; and that the Clerk to be appointed by the Justices of and for the Municipal Borough of Salford as aforesaid and the Stipendiary Justice as aforesaid shall be attendant upon the said Justice for the Transaction and Disposal of all Business and Matters arising or happening within the Limits of the said Municipal Borough of Salford, and shall be called the Clerk for Borough Business. XI. And be it enacted, That so long as the said Justice for the Time being appointed or to be appointed under the said firstrecited Act, and the said Clerk to such Justice for Divisional Business, shall respectively continue to discharge the Duties of their said respective Offices, there shall be paid out of the Funds or Monies by this Act directed and authorized to be raised or provided for that Purpose, to the said Justice the yearly Sum of Eight hundred Pounds, and to the said Clerk to such Justice for Divisional Business a yearly Sum not exceeding Five hundred Pounds, which said last-mentioned yearly Sum shall be paid to and received by the said Clerk in lieu of all Fees and Monies which he may legally demand or receive by virtue or in respect of his said Office or Employment, and which are herein-after directed to be paid over by him to the Credit of the General Fee Fund herein-after mentioned, and shall include as well the Remuneration for the Services of such Clerk as the Payments he may be required to make for all necessary Assistants, the said several Sums to be paid by Four equal quarterly Payments, and so pro ratâ a Proportion of such quarterly Payments up to the Time of the Death of the said Officers respectively, or their respectively ceasing to act. XII. And be it enacted, That so long as the said Justice appointed or to be appointed under the said first-recited Act as aforesaid shall continue to discharge the Duties of his said Office as aforesaid the yearly Sum of Three hundred Pounds shall be paid out of the Borough Fund of the said Municipal Borough of Salford, as the Contribution or Quota of the said Municipal Borough towards the said yearly Salary herein-before directed to be paid to the said Justice as aforesaid, and for that Purpose the Treasurer of the said Municipal Borough for the Time being shall out of the Borough Fund pay the said yearly Sum of Three hundred Pounds, by Four equal quarterly Payments in every Year, to the Treasurer for the Time being of the General Fee Fund herein-after mentioned and directed to be formed, or if there shall be no such Treasurer, to the said Clerk to the said Justice for Divisional Business, who shall carry the same to the Credit of the said General Fee Fund, to be applied as Part thereof; and such Payments shall discharge the said Municipal Borough of Salford from all further Liability whatsoever, in respect of the Period or Periods on account of which such Payments shall have been |