Execution Act 1844

LXX Compensations to Persons whose Emoluments will be diminished.

And be it enacted, That every Person entitled to any Fees or Salary for his Services as a Judge or other Officer of any Court, and every Keeper or other Officer of any Debtors Prison, whose Emoluments shall be diminished under the Operation of this Act, so far as the same relates to or restrains Imprisonment for Debt, shall be entitled to make a Claim for Compensation to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury within Twelve Calendar Months after the passing of this Act; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, in such Manner as they shall think proper, to inquire what were the lawful Fees and Emoluments of the Claimant or Claimants before the passing of this Act in respect of which such Compensation should be allowed, and how the same have been affected under this Act, by reason of the Decrease of the Number of Causes or otherwise ; and the Commissioners in each Case shall take into account the Manner of Appointment of every such Judge, Officer, and Person, and his Term or Interest in his Office or Employment, and all other Circumstances of the Case, and shall award such gross or yearly Sum, and for such Time, as they shall think just to be awarded, upon Consideration of the special Circumstances of each Case, and shall order and direct such Compensation to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.