VIThis Act not to interfere with Rights, Profits, &c. of Sir George Henry Rose, and Henry Cowper, Esq. except as herein provided. During present Letters of Patent the Clerk Assistant to be appointed by the Crown.
And be it further enacted, That the said Sir George Henry Rose shall remain in full Possession of all the Rights, Profits, and Emoluments of his said Office (except as hereby otherwise provided) in the same Manner in all respects as if this Act had not been made; and that nothing herein contained shall in any Manner invalidate, abridge, or alter the said recited Letters Patent, or the Rights of the said Sir George Henry Rose, derived under or from the same, except as is hereby expressly provided; and that Henry Cowper Esquire, the present Clerk Assistant, shall remain in full Possession of all the Rights, Profits, and Emoluments of his said Office as heretofore, so long as he shall continue to hold the said Office ; but that if the said Office shall at any Time or Times become vacant during the Existence of the said Patent so granted to the said Sir George Henry Rose as aforesaid, then and so often as the same shall happen during the Existence of the said Patent, the Person to succeed to the said Office of Clerk Assistant shall be nominated and appointed by the Crown, and be removable in like Manner as is herein-before provided with respect to the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments.