The Stipendiary Magistrates Act 1863
WHEREAS the Execution of the Office of Justice of the Peace within populous Cities and Places in England and Wales has become difficult and burdensome, the great and increasing Extent of the Populations therein, and the difficult and important legal Questions that arise under various Public and Local Acts, creating unreasonable Demands upon the Time of Justices: And whereas there is Reason to believe that such Cities and Places would secure the Services of Stipendiary Magistrates for the more...