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London, England, 1833-02-18 00:00:00

AS TO AtASTE4-prFICES.

21, Empowers masters to hear applications for time to
answer and other interlocutory matters relating to conduct
of causes, as the Lord Chancellor with the advice and as.
sistance of the MaAter of the Rolls and Vice-Chancellor
by any general order shall direct, subject to appeal to the
court in certain cases.

22, Recites 5 Geo. 111., and 48 Gen. 111., giving certain
salaries to masters, and directs that such salaries shall
cease.

23. Enacts that the appointment of the masters shill
be v.sted in the Crnwr.

24. Directs that no one shall in future he appintod
chief clerks of masters in ordinary, unless he be a solicitor
of five years' standing. or a junior clerk in one of the
master's offices for five years.
25, Directs that in future no suitor shall be compelled
to take a copy of any paper in the master's office that he
does not require; copy of part may be taken.

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26, Appoints salaries to be paid to the masters out of
the suitor'. fund.

27. Refers to 3d schedule, specifying fees to be received
in the ma•ter's office, ant which to be retained by master,
and which by clerks.
28, Directs that personal representatives of officers shall
have proportional parts of salaries and fees to time of
decease.

29, Prohibits under penalty taking any gifts or gratu.
hie. by any person bolding office in the court.
30, Directs that officers and clerks shall hold their
offices during good behaviour—power for Lord Chancellor
to remove for misconduct.
31. Hours of business in the several.offic'es to he fixed
as the Chancellor, assisted by the Master of the Rolls and
the Vice-Chancellor, shall by a general order direct.
3`2, Lord Chancellor required to issue the necessary or-
ders in furtherance of the Act for establishing the practice
to be followed in the different offices, and for consolidating
and settling the practice of the court.
33, Directs composition to be made to officers of Court
of Chancery (excepting registrar of affidavits, and master
of report office, who is dead) whose offices are aboli•lLed
by this Act, and enacts, that Master of the Rolls, toge-
ther with two other persons, shall ascertain the average
annual amount of the emolument of such officers for a
period of three years preceding Ist January, 1831, and
that there shall be paid to such officers out of the fund
entitled, "The Chancellor Filazer's Account," such an-
nual sums as shall be approved by Master of the Rolls and
such two persons, and not exceeding the average amount
of the emoluments of such officers; besides which a maxi-
mum of compensation for each class of officers is fixed by
thr Act. Also enacts, that the annual amount of salaries
or fees of any office to which any of the said officers may
be appointed, shall be deducted from the annual sum di-
rected to he pail as compensation ; and enacts also, that
in case any officer,, who shall be entitled to compensation,
shall refuse to accept any office to which he may be ap-
pointed, without sufficient reason, to be approved by the
Master of the Rolls, and such two persons, he shall not
be allowed compensation ; and that as the sworn and
waiting clerks shall die, their compensation shall be di-
vided amongst the survivors, until the annual income of
each sworn and waiting clerk shall reach the sum fixed
by the Act.
31. Power for Lord Chancellor to order offices to be
fitted up.
35. Power for Lord Chancellor to order expenses of
offices to be paid.
:36. Surplus dividends of funds constituted by this Act
to be laid out.

37, Givts power to Lord Chancellor to order superan-
nuation allowance to be paid to certain officer.

38, Directs that deficiency of funds cleated I,y this Act
shall be made good out of dead fund.
39, Gives power to Lord Chancellor to change the se-
curities to be purchased pursuant to this Act.
40, Directs that solicitors appointed under this Act
shall he struck of the roll.
41, Authoriz s examiners to administer oaths to wit.
nes•es examined before them. _ .

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42, Directs that annual statement of suitors' fund be
laid before Parliament.

43, That powers given to Lord Chancellor may be ex-
ercised by Lord Keeper, or Lords Commissioners.
44. Time when the Act is to come into operation spe-
c:fied.