Sheriff Courts Consignations (Scotland) Act 1893

6 Sheriffs to determine amount of prior consignations in hands of sheriff clerks.

As soon as may be after the passing of this Act the sheriff of every county shall, after such inquiry as he may deem necessary, determine the amount of consignations made and not paid out or otherwise accounted for in the name of the sheriff clerk or any of his deputes, or otherwise deposited in the name of any party or agent in a cause or proceeding prior to first January one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven ; and shall certify the same to the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, appending to his certificate a list of the consignations made prior to said date found by him to be still Unclaimed, including any interest which may have accrued thereon; and the sheriff clerk shall, within one month after he receives a requisition to that effect from the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, pay over the amount so certified to the said Remembrancer, who shall, in exchange, grant a receipt binding himself and his successors in office to relieve the sheriff' clerk of any claim that may be established in respect of any sum so paid over to him.