Stannaries Act 1855

XXXVI Assessment of Mines and Minerals in Devon.

And for the Purpose of providing for the Expenses attendant upon the Extension of the Jurisdiction of the Court into Devon, there shall be an Assessment of a Farthing in the Pound on the Value of all Metals and Minerals in that County, as in Cornwall, and all the Enactments contained in this and any other Act of Parliament for obtaining and enforcing Returns, and levying and collecting the said Assessment, in Cornwall, shall be taken to apply to the like Assessment in Devon, and the Collector thereof shall account for all Monies received by him as in Cornwall, and such Assessment shall begin at the passing of this Act, and be collected for the First Time at the End of Three Calendar Months next after the passing of this Act; provided, that whenever it shall appear to the Vice-Warden, on auditing the Registrar's Accounts, that there is a Balance in hand sufficient to meet all authorized Payments for the next Half Year, the like Notice thereof and Suspension of Assessment shall take place as in the Assessment in Cornwall; and the Registrar of the Court shall keep a separate Account of all Fees and Monies coming into his Hands in respect of Causes and Matters arising in the County of Devon, and in respect of the Assessment of Metals and Minerals in that County, and shall render Accounts to the Vice-Warden as in Cornwall, and shall be allowed in his half-yearly Account, as well the additional Salaries and Sums lawfully chargeable thereon, as herein-before provided, as the reasonable and needful Expenses of advertising and holding Courts and summoning Jurors in the County of Devon (if any be held), and of lighting, warming, cleaning, watching, and keeping the Court, and an Office there (if any), and other like petty Expenses, as allowed in the County of Cornwall, and the Amounts so audited shall be filed, and be open for Inspection, as is now used in the said Court.