Stannaries Act 1855

XXXIII The Vice-Warden to sit in Devonshire when sufficient Funds shall be provided for such Sitting.

And whereas it will be convenient that Provision should be made for periodical Sittings of the Court in Devonshire as well as in Cornwall: Be it enacted, That if and when it shall appear to the Council of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, or the Special Commissioners for managing the Affairs of the Duchy for the Time being, that the Revenue annually arising from the Assessment hereinafter authorized on Mines in Devonshire will amount to the Sum of Three hundred and twenty Pounds at the least, over and above the Expense of Collection, the said Council or Commissioners shall have Power to direct that Sittings be held by the Vice-Warden in Devonshire, and thereupon the Vice-Warden shall so sit, either by Adjournment from Truro or otherwise, at least Four Times in each Year, as he has heretofore been accustomed to do in Cornwall, and he shall hold his Sittings either at Plymouth, Devonport, or Stonehouse, in the said County, as to him shall seem fit, subject to the Power of Adjournment in certain Cases, as herein-before provided, and for that Purpose shall have Authority to use and occupy the Public Halls of the said Boroughs, or some other convenient Building provided for such Sittings, at such convenient Times and in such Way as may not interfere with other necessary public Business usually transacted therein, and in that event the said Council or Commissioners shall direct in what Manner, and on what Conditions, Terms, and Tenure, Monies arising from such Assessment, or any Part thereof, shall be appropriated, either among the present Officers of the Court and their Successors, or to the Deputies who (with the Assent and Approval of the Vice-Warden) may be employed by such Officers to execute their Duties or any Part of their Duties, when the Court shall be sitting in Devonshire, or to new or additional Officers and Clerks, or towards the general Expenses of the Court, so as best to secure the due Performance of the additional Duties and increased Business occasioned by the Extension of the Jurisdiction, and to indemnify the present Officers of the Court for any Expenses to which they may be put by Attendance elsewhere than at Truro, and Payment shall be made according to such Appropriation, and it shall be competent for the Council or Commissioners, at the Recommendation of the Vice-Warden, to vary such Appropriation, having due Regard to the Exigencies of Business in the said Court, and the Amount of Funds applicable to the Expenses thereof.