Court of Session Act 1821

VIII Salaries to the Clerks of the Bills.

And be it enacted, That from and after the Time when in Terms of the Regulations contained in the Said Act passed in the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, there shall be only Two Depute Clerks of the Bills, each of whom would be entitled, by virtue of the said Act, to draw One-sixth Part of the total Fees pay, able to the Clerks of the Bills, the several Clerks of the Bills shall be entitled thenceforth to receive, from the Collector of the Fee Fund, the annual Salaries under mentioned, payable Quarterly, viz. for every Principal Clerk of the Bills, not being also a Principal Clerk of Session, Six hundred Pounds; for every Principal Clerk of the Bills, being also a Principal Clerk of Session, Three hundred Pounds; and for each of the Depute Clerks of the Bills, Four hundred and fifty Pounds; and the said Clerks shall be thereafter entitled to no Fee or other Emolument whatsoever, but the whole Fees now legally exigibly by the said Clerks, shall thenceforth be paid over on the First Monday of every Month to the Collector of the Fee Fund, conformably to an Account thereof to be delivered to him, signed by one or other of the said Depute Clerks, and to the Verity of which the said Depute Clerk shall make Oath, if required.