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Register Office to be placed under the Controul of the Commissioners of the Treasury.
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XXXV. And whereas it is of Importance to the Public that the Business of the said Register Office should be carried on with all possible Order, Punctuality, and Dispatch, and also that no greater Fees should be charged in the said Office than will amount annually to a Sum of Money sufficient to discharge the current Expences of the Establishment, when efficiently appointed, and to leave a certain Excess to be applied to the particular Purposes herein-before authorized, and the better to insure that these Purposes shall be effected it is expedient that the said Register Office should be placed under the Controul next herein-after provided; be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury, or any Three or more of them, from Time to Time, as to him or them shall appear needful, or conducive to public Convenience, to regulate the said Register Office, and as well to determine what Number of Persons shall be employed in discharging the Duties to be performed therein, as what the Duty to be performed by each Individual so employed shall be, and likewise to fix the respective Amount of Salary to be paid to each Individual for his Services in the said Office, and, further, to dispense with the Services of all or any One of the Individuals now appointed or employed or hereafter to be employed in the said Register Office, or any Part of such Services, or to reduce the Salary of any such Individual; and in any of the said Cases to make a reasonable Compensation or annual Allowance to such Individual or Individuals, as the said Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners shall deem proper, and to direct the Payment thereof out of the Fees of the said Office, or to authorize the Registrar, in Cases approved of and limited by the said Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners, to make such Advances; and, moreover, to order and direct all or any Part of any Surplus of the Fees and Monies received by the Registrar of the said Office to be laid out or expended in rendering the said Register Office more useful and convenient to the Public, and to reduce, alter, or vary any of the Fees, Regulations, Orders, or Directions established or at any Time hereafter to be established in the said Register Office, and to establish any other Fees, Regulations, Orders, or Directions: Provided always, that every Regulation, Order, or Direction so made or given by the said Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners aforesaid under this Act shall be forthwith laid before both Houses of Parliament, if Parliament shall then be sitting, and if Parliament shall not then be sitting, in that Case within Fourteen Days after the next Meeting of Parliament; and that the same shall not be carried into effect or become and be binding and conclusive until after the End of the Session in which the same shall be so laid before both Houses of Parliament; and also provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize any Reduction of the Salary of the present Registrar, or to alter the Tenure by which the said present Registrar holds his Office.
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