Court of Admiralty (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1876

Power to appoint marshals

12. It shall be lawful for each of the said recorders, with the approval of the Lord Chancellor, to appoint some officer of his court, or other fit person to act as marshal within the district over which such recorder has jurisdiction; and such person shall, while acting as such marshal, have, exercise, and be subject to the like jurisdiction powers authorities and liabilities within such district as the marshal of the High Court of Admiralty in Ireland; and such person while acting as such marshal as aforesaid shall be entitled to claim and receive such fees in respect of Admiralty business as from time to time the Lord Chancellor, with the approval of the Treasury, shall order and direct.

The registrar and other officers of the courts of said recorders may also receive, for their own use, such fees in respect of Admiralty business as the Lord Chancellor with such concurrence as aforesaid may direct.

Every officer receiving fees shall keep an account of the fees received by him, and shall be bound, when required, to furnish to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury an account of his receipts: Provided, that it shall be lawful for said Commissioners at any time to order that such officers shall be paid by salaries instead of fees, and to fix the salaries, and thereupon the fees paid to such officers shall be paid into the Exchequer at such times and under such regulations as the said Commissioners shall direct, and the salaries of such officers shall be paid out of moneys to be provided by Parliament.

In causes transmitted from the court of either of the said recorders to the High Court of Admiralty, the person for the time being appointed by such recorder to act as marshal in the district subject to his jurisdiction shall be subject to, and bound to obey, the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty.

The marshal of the High Court of Admiralty shall act only in proceedings in the High Court.