2500l. to be paid to each of before parliament, and if parliament shall not be then assembled, within fourteen days after the next meeting of parliament. Sect. 39. The annual sum of 2500l. to be paid the Masters. quarterly to each of the Masters, exclusive of the accountant-general, out of the Suitors' Fund. 14d. per folio to be paid to clerks in the Master's office. Sect. 40. The copying clerks of the Masters the copying to receive 1d. per folio of ninety words, and no more, for every copy of every document or writing made in the Masters' offices, from the parties requiring the same, and also for the transcript of every report. Officers and clerks not to take gratuities. How offend ers may be Sect. 41. No Master in ordinary of the Court of Chancery, or any person holding any office, situation, or employment, in any office of the said Court, or under any of the judges or officers thereof, to take any gratuity, under a penalty of 5007., and the loss of his office or situation. Sect. 42. Any such offender may be proseprosecuted. cuted, either by information at the suit of the attorney-general, or by criminal information, or indictment. Expences of office to be paid. Sect. 43. The Lord Chancellor may order expences of the several offices to be paid out of the Suitors' Fund. Chancellor fees. Sect. 44. The Lord Chancellor, with the con- The Lord currence of the Master of the Rolls and Vice- may alter the Chancellor, or one of them, may from time to time, by any general order or orders, direct that the several fees, authorized by the Act to be taken, may be varied, and increased, or reduced in amount, or wholly omitted to be received. terest of Sect. 45. The surplus interest arising from the Surplus inSuitors' Fund to be invested in government or Suitors' Fund parliamentary securities. to be in- Sect. 46. The monies placed out and invested Investments on account of the Suitors' Fund to be called in Suitors' Fund if required. on account of to be called in if required. Power to change se Sect. 47. The Lord Chancellor may authorize the change of any securities to be purchased curities. pursuant to the Act. tion. Sect. 48. The Lords of the Treasury may grant compensacompensation to certain officers affected by the Act. Sect. 49. And to the secretary of the Master of the Rolls. Sect. 50. No Master in ordinary of the Court Masters not to be entitled of Chancery to be entitled to any annuity or al- to annuity for lowance in respect of length of service. length of service. Orders for payment of annuity to state the cause Sect. 51. In case the Lord Chancellor shall order any annuity to be paid to a Master for any of making it. permanent infirmity, the cause of the grant to be stated, and a copy of the order to be laid before parliament. Copy of order for any annuity to be Sect. 52. In all cases in which the Lord Chancellor shall order an annuity to be paid to any parliament. officer under the Act, a copy of such order to be laid before parliament. laid before Commencement of Act. Sect. 53. The Act to come into operation on the 26th of November, 1833. As to the Act 3 & 4 Vict. c. 94, intituled, " An Act for facilitating the Administration of Justice in the Court of Chancery." The Lord Chancellor, with the Master of the This Act takes a more extensive range, and was intended to operate not only upon the practice of the Court, and particularly with reference to matters connected with the Six Clerks' Office, but also upon the form and mode of pleading in equity. It enacts— Sect. 1. That the Lord Chancellor, with the advice and consent of the Master of the Rolls and Vice-Chan of them, em make altera forms of and in the practice of the Vice-Chancellor, or one of them, shall be em- Rolls and powered and required by any rules or orders to be cellor, or one from time to time made, at any time within five powered to years from the passing of the Act, to make such tions in the alterations as may seem expedient in the forms of writs, &c. writs and commissions, and the mode of sealing, pleading and issuing, executing, and returning the same, and the Court. also in the form of and mode of filing bills, answers, depositions, affidavits, and other proceedings, and in the form and mode of taking or obtaining discovery by answer in writing, or otherwise, and in the form and mode of pleading, and in the form and mode of taking or obtaining evidence, and generally in the form and mode of proceeding to obtain relief, and in the general practice of the Court with relation thereto, and also in the form and mode of proceeding before the Masters, and in the form and mode of drawing up, entering, and enrolling orders and decrees, and of making and delivering copies of pleadings and other proceedings, and to make such regulation as to the taxation, allowance, and payment of costs, and for altering, superintending, controlling, and regulating the business of the several offices of the Court, and also of collecting the fees payable to the Suitors' Fee Fund, and for directing the payment into the Suitors' Fee Fund of the copy money now received by any of the officers to their own use, and otherwise for carrying into effect the said alterations as to them may seem proper; and all such rules, orders, and regulations shall New orders be laid before both houses of parliament, if parbefore parlia- liament be then sitting, immediately upon the to be laid ment. Additional officers may making and issuing of the same, or, if parliament be not sitting, then within five days after the next meeting thereof; and no such rule, order, or regulation shall have effect until each house of parliament shall have actually sat thirty-six days after the same shall have been laid before each house of parliament as aforetaid, and every rule, order, or regulation so made shall from and after the time aforesaid be binding and obligatory upon the Court, and be of the like force and effect, as if the provisions contained therein had been expressly enacted by parliament, unless the same shall, by vote of either house of parliament, be objected to. Sect. 2. That such additional officers, clerks, be appointed. and messengers, in any of the present or future offices of the Court, as the Lord Chancellor, with the advice and consent aforesaid, shall determine to be necessary and proper, shall and may be from time to time appointed. Expenses to be paid out of the Suitors' Fund. Sect. 3. That the present and future salaries and expenses of writing for the Court shall be paid out of the Suitors' Fund. |