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Provision for appointment, &c ., of a chief clerk to the Lord Chancellor.
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25. If it shall appear to the Lord Chancellor that the business of his court shall render it expedient that a chief clerk . . . should be appointed, to be attached to the Lord Chancellor and his successors in office, for the purpose of assisting the Lord Chancellor in business not of a judicial character and the suits belonging to his court, and in any matters belonging to or reserved for his jurisdiction, it shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, with the assent of the Treasury, to appoint one chief clerk, having such qualification as is herein-before prescribed in reference to the chief clerks of the Master of the Rolls and Vice Chancellor respectively, . . . and on any vacancy in such offices to supply such vacancy; and every chief clerk . . . so to be appointed shall hold his office by the like tenure, and shall have the like powers, and shall be entitled to the like salaries, allowances, and benefits, and shall be subject to the like obligations, prohibitions, and penalties, as a chief clerk . . . attached to the Master of Rolls or the Vice-Chancellor, but shall be under the control of the Lord Chancellor, . . .
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