CO129-193 - Governor Hennessy - 1881 [5-7] — Page 659

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Under no circumstances that I can imagine "would the Government be responsible.

19. Your Lordship feels uncertain how far it is necessary to retain the Shrievality as a separate Office, and whether it may not conduce to economy and to efficiency in executing the process of the Court, if the duties were transferred to the Sheriff Registrar and his Deputies, and the Sheriff's Officers brought directly under the control of the Registrar. To this point I have given some consideration, and I have arrived at the conclusion that a change in the direction indicated is both advisable and

20. necessary.

I am not prepared to recommend that the Registrar should also be Sheriff, because, as Mr. Snowden has pointed out to me, many of the duties of both officers, if not conflicting, are at present distinct; and it would require legislation to alter their present relative positions; but there can be no objection to one of the Deputy Registrars being Sheriff; and this course would be attended with some advantages. The Sheriff and all his officers would thus be brought directly under the control of the Registrar, and through him, of the Court. A separate Office within the Court precincts will be assigned to the Sheriff; and the Clerk of the Court, whom I have already referred to, would be...

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20 652 #! Under no circumstances that I can imagine "would the Government be responsible. 19. Your Lordship feels uncertain how far it is necessary to retain the Shrievality as a separate Office, and whether it may not conduce to economy and to efficiency in executing the process of the Court, if the duties were transferred to the Sheriff Registrar and his Deputies, and the Sheriff's Officers brought directly under the control of the Registrar. To this point I have given some consideration, and I have arrived at the conclusion that a change in the direction indicated is both advisable and 20. necessary. I am not prepared to recommend that the Registrar should also be Sheriff, because, as Mr. Snowden has pointed out to me, many of the duties of both officers, if not conflicting, are at present distinct; and it would require legislation to alter their present relative positions; but there can be no objection to one of the Deputy Registrars being Sheriff; and this course would be attended with some advantages. The Sheriff and all his officers would thus be brought directly under the control of the Registrar, and through him, of the Court. A separate Office within the Court precincts will be assigned to the Sheriff; and the Clerk of the Court, whom I have already referred to, would be...

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20 652 #! کو گھی no circumstances that I Cari imagine "would the Government be responsible. 19. Your Lordship feels_ unsertain how far it is necessary to retain the Shrievality as a separate Office, and whether it may not conduce to economy and to efficiency in executing | the process of the Court, if the duties were transferred to the of Sheriff Registrar and his Deputies, and the Sheriff's Officers brought directly under the control of the Registrar. To this point I have given some consideration, and I have arrived at the conclusion that a change in the direction indicated is both advisable and 20. necessary. I am not prepared to then Charlet recommend that the Registrar should also be Sheriff, because, as Mr. Snowden has pointed out to me, s many of the duties of both officers, if not conflicting, art at present distinst; and it would.. require legislation to alter their present relative positions; but there objection to one of the Deputy Registrand can be no being Sheriff; and this course would be attended with some The advantages. Sheriff and all his officers would thus be brought dircotly under the control of the Registrar, and through him, of the Court. A separate Office within the Court precincts will be assigned to the Sheriff; and the Clerk of all work, whom I have already referred to, would be

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no circumstances that I

Cari

imagine

"would the Government be responsible.

19.

Your Lordship feels_

unsertain how far it is necessary to retain the Shrievality as a separate Office, and whether it may not conduce to

economy

and to efficiency in executing | the process of the Court, if the duties

were

transferred to the

of Sheriff Registrar and his Deputies, and the Sheriff's Officers brought directly under the control of the Registrar. To this point

I have

given

some consideration, and

I have arrived at the conclusion that

change in the direction indicated is

both advisable and

20.

necessary.

I am not prepared to

then Charlet

recommend that the Registrar should

also be Sheriff, because, as Mr. Snowden has pointed out to me,

many

of the

duties of both officers, if not conflicting,

art

at present distinst; and it would.. require legislation to alter their present relative positions; but there objection to one of the Deputy Registrand

can

be no

being Sheriff; and this course would

be attended with some

The

advantages. Sheriff and all his officers would thus

be brought dircotly under the control of the Registrar, and through him, of the

Court. A

separate Office within the Court precincts will be assigned to the Sheriff; and the Clerk of all work, whom I have already referred to, would be

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