(1)The council of a borough having a separate court of quarter sessions shall, within ten days next after receipt of the grant thereof by the council, and thenceforward from time to time, appoint a fit person, not an alderman or councillor of the borough, to be coroner of the borough; and thereafter no person other than the coroner so appointed shall take in the borough any inquisition belonging to the office of coroner.
(2)The coroner shall hold office during good behaviour.
(3)A vacancy in the office shall be filled up within ten days after it occurs.
(4)The coroner shall have, by order of the recorder, remuneration as appearing in the Fourth and Fifth Schedules.