of the judicial district or division of the judicial district in which the proceedings are taken. C.O., c. 22, s. 18. 19. Every clerk shall keep a chamber book in which such Chamber book proceedings shall be entered. C.O., c. 22, s. 19. to be recorded 20. Every clerk shall keep a separate book in which he Fees received shall enter from day to day all fees and emoluments received by him under and by virtue of the said Ordinances and amendments showing therein separately the fees received by him for each service performed under any of the said Ordinances and amendments and such further facts and information as the Lieutenant Governor may from time to time require. C.O., c. 22, s. 20. statement of 21. Every clerk shall on or before the fifteenth day of Annual January in each year make up a statement in duplicate from fees received such book and return the same to the Territorial Treasurer verified under oath; such statement shall set forth the total amount of fees which have been received by such clerk during the twelve months ended on the thirty-first day of December next preceding. C.O., c. 22, s. 21. Fee book open 22. Each clerk shall produce such book at any time during to inspection his lawful office hours for inspection by any person appointed by the Lieutenant Governor for that purpose. C.O., c. 22, 8. 22. Fees 23. Every clerk shall be entitled to retain to his own use in retainable each year all the fees received by him in that year up to by clerk $1,500. (2) Of the further fees and emoluments received by each clerk in each year in excess of $1,500 and not exceeding $2,000 he shall be entitled to retain to his own use seventy per cent. and no more. (3) Of the further fees and emoluments received by each clerk in each year in excess of $2,000 not exceeding $2,500 he shall be entitled to retain to his own use sixty per cent. and no more. (4) Of the further fees and emoluments received by each clerk in each year in excess of $2,500 and not exceeding $3.000 he shall be entitled to retain to his own use nity per cent, and no more. (5) Of the further fees and emoluments received by each clerk in each year in excess of $3,000 and not exceeding $3.500 he shall be entitled to retain to his own use forty per cent, and no more. Remuneration of clerk by salary Proportion of fees to be paid Territorial treasurer Penalty for neglect to keep books Penalty for nontransmission of annual statement Failure to transmit fees Penalty Money to go to general revenue fund (6) Of the further fees and emoluments received by each clerk in each year in excess of $3,500 he shall be entitled to retain to his own use thirty per cent. and no more. [(7) Notwithstanding anything in this section contained the Lieutenant Governor in Council may order that all fees received by any clerk shall be paid to the Territorial Treasurer by such clerk within the first five days of the month following the month in which such fees are received; and as compensation in lieu of fees such clerk and his deputy in office (if there be one) shall be paid such annual salary as the Lieutenant Governor in Council determines; and such payment to the Territorial Treasurer shall be accompanied by a statement in such form as 'he Attorney General may prescribe verified under oath showing the amount of the fees received.] C.O., c. 22, s. 23; 1901, c. 14, s. 24. With the statement in section 21 of this Ordinance mentioned each clerk shall transmit to the Territorial treasurer such proportion of the fees received by him during the preceding year as under this Ordinance he is not entitled to retain to his own use. C.O., c. 22, s. 24. 25. Any clerk who fails to keep the books required to be kept by him under the provisions hereof or who fails to enter therein any fee or fees received by him and required by the provisions hereof to be entered therein shall for each such offence be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding $20. C.O., c. 22, s. 25. 26. Any clerk who shall fail to transmit to the Territorial treasurer on or before the fifteenth day of January in any year the statement mentioned in section 21 hereof verified as therein provided shall on summary conviction be liable to a penalty of $20 for each day after that date that he shall fail to transmit the same so verified. C.O., c. 22, s. 26. 27. Any clerk who fails to transmit to the Territorial treasurer with the statement in section 21 of this Ordinance mentioned the proportion of fees required to be so transmitted by him under the provisions of section 24 hereof shall for every such offence be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of $20 for each day after the fifteenth day of January that he shall fail to transmit the same. C.O., c. 22, s. 27. 28. The fees and moneys received by the Territorial treasurer under the provisions hereof shall form part of the general revenue fund of the Territories. C.O.. c. 22, 3. 28. Sheriff's office hours Fees received to be recorded Annual statement of fees Books open to public inspection CHAPTER 23, An Ordinance respecting Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs. THE Lieutenant Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories enacts as follows: OFFICE HOURS. 1. It shall be the duty of every sheriff to keep his office open between the hours of ten in the forenoon and four in the afternoon on all days except Sundays and holidays and except Saturdays when the same may be closed at one o'clock in the afternoon. C.O., c. 23, s. 1. BOOKS, RECORDS AND PROCESS. 2. Every sheriff shall keep a separate book in which he shall enter from day to day all fees and emoluments received by him in virtue of his office showing separately the fees received for each service performed and such further facts and information as the Lieutenant Governor may from time to time require. C.O., c. 23, s. 2. 3. Every sheriff shall on or before the fifteenth day of January in each year make up a statement in duplicate from such book and return the same to the Attorney General verified under oath; and such statement shall set forth the total amount of fees which have been received during the twelve months ended on the thirty-first day of December next preceding. C.O., c. 23, s. 3. 4. The sheriff shall keep in his office open to the inspection of any person the following books, namely: (a) Process books-in which shall be entered a memorandum of every process other than writs of execution or writs in the nature of writs of execution received by the sheriff, the court out of which the same issued, the date of the receipt, the nature of the process, the names of the parties thereto, the advocate by whom issued, the date of the return and the nature of the return made thereto or what was thereunder or therewith done respectively; (b) Execution books for goods and lands respectively in which shall be entered a memorandum of every writ of execution or writ in the nature of a writ of execution, the court out of which the same issued, the names of the parties thereto, the advocate by whom (c) A cash book in which shall be entered all cash re- (2) And a seal of office. C. O., c. 23, s. 4. 5. The said books and seal shall be general revenue fund of the Territories. supplied out of the Supplying C.O., c. 23, s. 5. books and seal etc., to be government 6. All books, accounts, records, papers, writs, warrants, Books, records, processes, moneys and other matters and things in the posses- property of sion or under the control of any sheriff by virtue of or appertaining to his office as sheriff shall be the property of the Government of the Territories and the same and every of them Disposition shall immediately upon the resignation, removal from office or on vacancy death of any such sheriff be, by the party in whose possession or control they may come or happen to be, handed over to and taken possession of by the successor in office of such sheriff-or such person as the judge usually exercising jurisdiction in the judicial district may appoint to receive the same. C.O., c. 23, 8. 6. of office books, etc.. after vacancy 7. No person except the successor in office of the sheriff so Possession of resigning, being removed or dying, or the person so to be appointed by the judge as aforesaid shall take, have or hold any such books, accounts, records, papers, writs, warrants, process, moneys, or other matters or things; and any person having or holding any of the matters aforesaid shall forthwith. on demand deliver over the same and every of them to the said succeeding sheriff or to the person so to be appointed as afore- Refusal to give said; and upon any such person neglecting or refusing so to do on conviction thereof before a judge of the Supreme Court he shall be liable to pay a penalty not exceeding $100. C.O., c. 23, s. 7. up possession have access 8. The sheriff after resigning office or removal from Ex-sheriff to office, or his heirs, executors or administrators shall or may at to books any and at all time or times thereafter have the right and be at liberty to have access to search and examine into any or all accounts, books, papers, warrants, and processes of whatever kind and all other matters or things which were formerly in |