Execution Act 1844

XLIX Registrars, &c. who now receive the Surplus of certain Fees to be paid in future solely by Salary.

And whereas the Registrars and Deputy Registrars of the Court of Bankruptcy, in addition to their respective Salaries, are entitled to and now receive the Surplus of certain Fees authorized to be taken, and the Payment or partial Payment of such Officers by Fees has been found to be objectionable ; be it enacted, That instead of the Salaries and surplus Fees heretofore received by such Registrars and Deputy Registrars there shall, from and after the Eleventh Day of October next, be paid to them by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, out of the Fund placed to the Credit of the Accountant in Bankruptcy intituled " The Secretary of Bankrupts Account," by virtue of any Order or Orders of the Lord Chancellor to be from Time to Time made for that Purpose, and without any Draft from the Accountant in Bankruptcy, the several Salaries herein-after mentioned; that is to say, the net yearly Sum of One thousand two hundred Pounds to each of the Registrars of the said Court appointed under an [1 & 2 W. 4. c. 56.] Act passed in the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled An Act to establish a Court in Bankruptcy, and his Successors in such Office; the net yearly Sum of One thousand Pounds to each Deputy Registrar of the said Court, acting as such in the City of London, and his Successors in such Office; and the net yearly Sum of Eight hundred Pounds to each Deputy Registrar of the said Court, acting as such in the Country, and his Successors in such Office; which Salaries shall be free from all Taxes, Deductions, and Abatements whatsoever out of the same or any Part thereof (except the Tax on Income), and shall be paid quarterly, on the Eleventh Day of January, the Eleventh Day of April, the Eleventh Day of July, and the Eleventh Day of October in every Year, by equal Portions; and that if any Person for the Time being holding any of the said Offices shall die, resign, or be removed from the same, the Executor or Administrator of the Person so dying, or the Person so resigning or being removed, shall be entitled to receive such proportionable Part of his Salary as shall have accrued during the Time that such Person shall have executed his Office since the last Payment; and that the Successor of any such Person so dying, resigning, or being removed as aforesaid shall be entitled to receive such Portion of his Salary as shall be accruing or shall accrue from the Day of such Death, Resignation, or Removal.