HL Deb 06 May 1907 vol 173 cc1297-8

Ordered, that the Clerk of the Parliaments shall appoint such person as he may think fit as Taxing Officer, and in all cases in which this House shall make any order for payment of costs by any party or parties in any cause, the amount thereof to be certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments, WITHOUT SPECIFYING THE AMOUNT, the Taxing Officer shall MAY, UPON THE APPLICATION OF EITHER PARTY, tax the Bill of the Costs so ordered to be paid. and ascertain the amount thereof, and report the same to the Clerk of the Parliaments or Clerk Assistant: And, it is further ordered, that the same FEES fee shall be demanded from and paid by the party applying for such taxation for and in respect thereof as is ARE now charged or shall be fixed by any resolution of this House CONCERNING SUCH FEES; and such fee shall be added at the foot of the said Bill of Costs as taxed THE TAXING OFFICER MAY, IF HE THINK FIT, EITHER ADD OR DEDUCT THE WHOLE OR A PART OF SUCH FEES AT THE FOOT OF HIS REPORT: And the Clerk of the Parliaments or Clerk Assistant may give a certificate of such costs, expressing the amount so reported to him as aforesaid, and in his certificate, as well as in the Taxing Officer's Report, regard shall be had to the sum of £200 where that amount has been paid in to the account of the Security Fund Account of the House as directed by Standing Order No. 4; and the amount in money certified by him in such certificate shall be the sum to be demanded and paid under or by virtue of such order as aforesaid for payment of costs.—(The Lord Chancellor); agreed to: The said Standing Orders amended accordingly, and to be printed as amended. (No. 52.)

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