LIRetiring Pension to Registrars.

And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, by any Order or Orders to be by him from Time to Time made on a Petition to be presented to him for that Purpose, to order (if he shall think fit) an Annuity or clear yearly Sum of Money to be paid to any Person executing the Office of Chief Registrar, Registrar, or Deputy Registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy, and acting in London or in the Country, not exceeding Two Thirds of the yearly Salary which such Person shall under this Act be entitled to at the Time of presenting such Petition, to be paid out of the Interest and Dividends that have arisen or may arise from the Securities now or hereafter to be placed in the Bank of England to the Account intituled " The Bankruptcy Fund Account," (but subject and without Prejudice as aforesaid,) if and when such Person shall be afflicted with some permanent Infirmity disabling him from the due Execution of his Office, and shall be desirous of resigning the same; and the Annuity or yearly Sum mentioned in such Order or Orders shall be paid by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England out of the Interest and Dividends of the said Securities (but subject and without Prejudice as aforesaid) by equal quarterly Payments, on the Fifth Day of January, the Fifth Day of April, the Fifth Day of July, and the Tenth Day of October in every Year, to such Person, from the Period when he shall resign his said Office, for the Term of his Life, free from Taxes, except the Tax on Income.