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Registrars of Civil Bills.
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25. [Provision as to pensions to persons appointed before 12th February, 1877, and holding office of Registrar of Civil Bills in any borough at the passing of this Act, rep. 57 & 58 Vict. c. 56 (S.L.R.)] At any time and from time to time until the appointment of a Clerk of the Crown and Peace for such borough, it shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, with the consent of the Treasury, if he shall deem it necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of any such Registrar, to appoint by order a fit and proper person to be temporary Registrar, and every person so appointed shall hold such office and discharge such duties in relation to the Civil Bill Court or Recorder's Court of the borough as such order may direct, until he shall die, or resign, or be removed by the Lord Chancellor, or until the appointment of a Clerk of the Crown and Peace for the borough, whichever shall first happen. From and after the occurrence of the next vacancy in each such office of Registrar of Civil Bills, all fees and emoluments which, but for the passing of this Act, would be receivable by or payable to such Registrar, and all other fees and emoluments to be levied or paid under the provisions of this Act in respect of the duties of such office heretofore performed by such Registrar, or hereafter to be performed by any officer appointed to perform the same, shall be receivable by Her Majesty's Exchequer, and shall be collected and paid over in such manner as the Treasury from time to time shall direct; and the several provisions of any Act or Acts with respect to the fixing and collecting of fees taken in any Civil Bill Court or Recorder's Court, and the paying of the same into the receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer, shall, so far as the same may be applicable, be applied to the fees and emoluments in this section mentioned.
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