§ A county clerk may appoint one or more persons approved by the county council to act as his depute or deputes, and all things required or authorised by law to be done by or to the county clerk may be done by or to any depute county clerk so appointed. —[The Solicitor-General for Scotland.]
§ Brought up, and read the First time.
§ The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for SCOTLANDI beg to mo e, "That the Clause be read a Second time."
The town clerk of a burgh has already the right to appoint a deputy town clerk under the Act of 1900, and the object of this Clause is to give exactly the same power to a county clerk.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
§ Clause read a Second time, and added to the Bill.