would be carried to account in
other fees paid
the same way in stamps- while any ex-
ex-official
of the Vice Admiralty Court doing work for which fees were paid
was to be protected from loss and under section 16 (3) of the
of the Act
to receive from
the Colonial Govemment
amount equal to the fees which represented that work, and which
under the old system would have
been
paid direct to him
that the interests of the
ex officials
by sec. 17 (3) of
further protected
the Act which provided
for their receiving compensation in the event of their suffering any pecuniary
loss in consequene
of the change. That such was
might happen in various
the duties
which in
72
ways
of Marshal / for instance)
Colonies had been
performed by persons having
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position in the Supreme Court
might be transferred to
of
ex
official
that Court, or that the scale of
fees might be reduced without altering the Vice Admiralty Rules:
but that such loss would not
happen if
the ex-Marshal continued
the duties, and
to discharge
paid from the Colonial Treasury the amount of the fees received from the suitors for the work done
by
the Marshal.
That the late Chief Justice however appeared to have read
section!