Public Offices (Scotland) Act 1817

IV Application of Fees.

And be it further enacted, That the Fees at present charged or chargeable for or in respect of Instruments passing the Privy Seal of Scotland, shall continue and be paid and payable for or in respect of such Instruments passing the same; and all such Fees shall be applied in the first Place in paying and defraying such Salary as the said Lord High Treasurer, or the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the Time being, or any Three or more of them, shall think fit to grant to the Deputy Keeper of the said Privy Seal; and in the next Place, in the Payment of the said Salary of One thousand two hundred Pounds per Annum hereby authorized to be granted to the Keeper of the Privy Seal; and any Balance which may remain of such Fees shall be paid at the Expiration of every Quarter to the Receiver General of Scotland for the Time being, to be by him accounted for with other Public Monies received by him; and if such Fees shall not be sufficient to pay such Salaries, the same shall and may be defrayed in the same Manner as the Salary heretofore granted to the said Keeper of the Great Seal is paid and defrayed.