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Officers to make returns of fees.
Clerk of the peace to give security.
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46. Before any clerk of the crown or clerk of the peace and other officer in the said schedule set forth shall be entitled to receive such salary as is hereby provided, he shall at each presenting term lay before the grand jury an account, verified on oath, and sworn and read in open court, setting forth the total amount of his fees and other emoluments, and distinguishing the several sums paid and received under each separate head of service, and the rates of fees or remunerations received on each; and it shall not be lawful for any grand jury to present any salary to be paid to any clerk of the peace unless it shall appear to them that he has given security, by recognizance, in the sum of one thousand pounds, for the due and faithful execution of his office of clerk of the peace, and that such recognizance has been duly deposited or recorded.
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