Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Act 1847

II Officers of Diocesan Courts to account for all Fees, &c. received by them.

And be it enacted, That the Officers of the several Diocesan and other Courts shall keep an Account in Writing of the gross and net Amount of all Fees, Allowances, Gratuities, Perquisites, and Emoluments received by them respectively on account of their several Offices or Employments in respect of any Causes or Matters arising within the Diocese which during the Continuance of the temporary Provisions of the first-recited Act were not within the Jurisdiction of the Bishop of the Diocese or other Ecclesiastical Authority, and shall from Time to Time, once at least in every Quarter of a Year, and, on Demand, at any other Time, pay over the net Amount thereof to the Treasurer of the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne, to be .by him carried to a separate Account, and retained until Parliament shall provide for the Appropriation thereof; and in case any Person required to pay over any Money under this Act shall die or resign or be dismissed from his Office while any such Money remains unpaid by him, the Executors or Administrators of the Person so dying, or the Person himself so resigning or dismissed, shall be required to pay the Balance of the Money so remaining due and unpaid.