§ SIR EARDLEY WILMOTasked the Secretary of the Treasury, Whether, considering that the County Courts have been established nearly thirty years, and that many of the clerks have served from the opening of the Courts in 1847 to the present time, he will consider the claim of the clerks of County Courts to be entitled to the benefits of the Superannuation Act 1859?
§ MR. W. H. SMITHsaid, the clerks in question were employed by the registrars of the Courts. They were appointed by them and were removable by them, and were not, in fact, servants of the Government in any way or shape. They could not, therefore, be superannuated without further legislation, as they did not come under the operation of the Act; neither did their employers, the registrars.