VIIProviso in favour of the Clerks of Session now in Office.
Provided also, and be it enacted, That nothing herein of provided shall be so construed as to compel any of the present Principal Clerks of Session to accept the said Office of Principal Clerk of the Bills ; but every Person to be hereafter appointed a Principal Clerk of Session shall, in case of his being subsequently appointed to be one of the Principal Clerks of the Bills, be bound to accept the said Office and perform the Duties thereof; and in case, at the Time of any Vacancy arising in the Office of Principal Clerk of the Bills, there shall be no Principal Clerk of Session willing or bound to accept the same in Terms of this Act, it shall be lawful to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in such Case to appoint a fit and proper Person legally qualified to be appointed a Principal Clerk of Session to fill the said Vacancy.