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Sheriffs Act 1887

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30Filing and exemption from duty of declaration of office

(1)Every declaration of office made under this Act by a sheriff of a county or his under-sheriff shall be exempt from stamp duty and be transmitted to the clerk of the peace for the county, and be by him filed among the records of his office.

(2)For filing such declaration the clerk' of the peace shall be entitled to demand and receive from such sheriff or under-sheriff such fee as may be from time to time fixed in pursuance of the enactments relating to fees of clerks of the peace, and until any fee is so fixed a fee of five shillings.

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