Dublin Police Magistrates Act, 1808

No justice or his clerk, &c. to take any fee within the police district, except at the offices.

27. And . . . that no justice of the peace for the county of Dublin or for the county of the city of Dublin, or his or their clerk or clerks, or any person for them, other than at the said public offices, shall directly or indirectly, upon any pretence or under any colour whatever, take or receive any fee, gratuity, reward, or recompence for any act by him or them done or to be done in the execution of his or their office or employ as justice or justices of the peace, clerk or clerks as aforesaid within the limits of the said police district of Dublin metropolis, upon pain of forfeiting the sum of one hundred pounds for every such offence: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend to prevent the lord mayor of the city of Dublin, or the president of the court of conscience or of the crown office, or the magistrate attending in the rotation office for the time being from receiving such fees as they are by law entitled to.