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Appointment of deputy in case of absence of clerk of records and writs.
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14. In case of absence from illness or other reasonable cause it shall be lawful for the said clerk of records and writs to appoint a deputy, such deputy and also the occasion for such appointment being first approved by the Lord Chancellor; and in case the said clerk of records and writs, being absent as aforesaid, shall neglect to appoint such deputy, or to renew the appointment of a deputy, the Lord Chancellor may appoint a deputy; and every deputy to be appointed as aforesaid shall have all the powers and authorities of his principal, and shall be paid such sum out of the salary of his principal as the Lord Chancellor shall direct; and during vacations the whole of the business of the Record and Writ Office may be performed by such of the officers of the said office and upon such terms as the Lord Chancellor shall by any order direct.
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