Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on the Office of Sheriff: Comprising the Whole of the Duties, Remuneration, and Liabilities of Sheriffs, in the Execution and Return of Writs, and in the Election of Knights of the Shire Sect. 2. - Of the mode of electing Sheriffs for Counties in general - For Durham - Wales - Westmoreland - Cities and Towns - Of the Sheriffs Of London and Middlesex 9 - 14. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.