Sheriff Courts Consignations (Scotland) Act 1893

7 Sheriff clerks to lodge returns of consignations with Queen's Remembrancer.

On or before the first day of April one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, each sheriff clerk shall lodge with the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer a detailed return of all consignations of money made with him and his predecessors in office during the year ending thirty-first December one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and which are unclaimed at the date of the said-return ; and, similarly, on or before the first day of April in each succeeding year a like return of unclaimed consignations shall be made in respect of the year which shall have terminated seven years prior to the previous thirty-first December, and the sheriff clerk shall, along with the said return, pay the amount of such consignations mentioned therein, with any interest which may have accrued thereon, to the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, who shall, upon such payment being made, grant a receipt binding himself and his successors in office to relieve the sheriff clerk of any claim that may be established in respect of such consignations and interest.