In
105
considering the effect of the
4th Rule of Court, it appears that
while on the
one hand it
is that throughout the
year a judge of the island should be daily
available for the
detention of debtors about to abscond, for the
exercise of the Chancery jurisdiction
of the Court, and for
similar and pressing functions
it on the other hand takes from
the Chief Justice (there
being no other
puisne judge
in the
Colony) not only
long vacation, or short Colonial
leave of absence by the Governor, but
also the six weeks in each
year, accorded for recreation and health by the Colonial Regulations to all other Civil servants, unless an acting Chief Justice should be appointed by
the Governor to officiate during