Sheriff Act 1852 (SA)

No* 20.

An Act to enable !lie Sheri2p'to ~ p p o i n t a Deputy to pc?./o.rw the

Dufies o f his OJicr, arkl to abolish the Poundage nvw payable

on taking the body in execution.

[Assented to December 2nd, 1852.1

HEREAS, by an Act of the Governor and IJegislative

Council of the Proviuce of South Australia nrado and

passed in thc fifth gear of the reign of Her present Majesty,

elltitled An Act to regulate the appointment and the Duties of'

the Sheriff' of South Australia," it was amongst other things

enacted, that Cllarles Burton Newellham, Esquire, therein named,

sllould bc and continue to be Sheriff of the said Province, until the

first day of January then next ensuing and until a new q)l,pointment should be made as therein provided; And vhereas, by the s,zid Act, provision was made for the appointment of a new Sl~eriff in the event of the death or departure horn the Colony, or suspension from officc of the said Sheriff, but no provision was made for the appoilltmcnt of any deputy to perform the duties of such office in the event of the tckporary absence, or illness, or other incapacity of the Sheriff for the timc being, and it is expedient to provide for the appointment of such dcputy:

Be it therefore Enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof; That it shall be lawful for the said2charles Eurton Kewenl~am, and for any Sheriff from time to time to be appoiritcd urlder the provisions of the said recited Act, with the consent and approbation of the Governor under his hand thereto first had and obtained, as often as occasion shall arise, by warrant under the hand of such Sheriff' and his seal of office, to appoint a deputy to perform

the duties of the office of Sheriff for such period as in such warrant shall be named, and the person so appointed as deputy shall, during

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the time for which he is so appointed, have and exercise all the powers, and perform and discharge all the duties of the said office in as full a manner as the Sheriff for the time being codd or might:

Provided that the Sheriff so making the appointment shdl be re-

sponsible and liable for all the acts, neglects, and defaults of such

his deputy, in the same manner as though every such act, neglect,

or default were performed, committed, or suffered by such Sheriff:

pomdaso nottobe 2. And be it Enacted, That, after the passing of this Act, no

payable to the Sheriff poundage shall be payable to the Sheriff, his deputies, or bailiffs,

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in execution. for the taking the body of any person in execution.

JOIXN MORPHETT, Speaker.

Passed the Legislatiue Council this twent,y-$ffhT day of November, one thousand eight

hundred and fifty-two.

F. C. SINGLETON,

Clerk af the Legislative Cauncil.

In the name and on the behalf of Her Majesty I assent to this Act.

H. E. F. YOUNG,

Lieutenant- G overnor,

Government House, Adelaide,

December 2, l 8 52.

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