Execution Act 1844

LXXII Appointment of Assessors of Inferior Courts.

And whereas there are divers Courts of Requests and other Inferior Courts for the Recovery of Small Debts not presided over by a Barrister or an Attorney at Law as Judge or Assessor; be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of any such Court, if they shall think fit, with the Approval of One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, to appoint any Person, being a Barrister who shall have practised as a Barrister for at least Seven Years then last past, or an Attorney at Law of One of the Superior Courts of Common Law at Westminster, or of the Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster, who shall have practised as an Attorney for at least Ten Years, to be the Assessor of such Court, and to direct what Fees shall be paid to such Assessor by the Suitors of such Court, not exceeding the Fees in the Schedule marked (B.) hereunto annexed; and it shall be lawful for the said Secretary of State to remove any such Assessor for Incompetence or Misbehaviour : Provided always, that no Assessor so to be appointed shall be deemed to be entitled to any Compensation for the Loss of his Office, or for any Diminution in the Value thereof, by reason of the passing of any general Act for the Recovery of Small Debts.