§ Mr. WATTasked the Lord Advocate whether he has yet filled up the post of clerk to the justices of the peace of Lanarkshire; if so, who has been appointed; on what terms has he been appointed; and is he a whole-time official, precluded from practising as a solicitor and from taking part in trade, either as a director or otherwise?
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§ The LORD ADVOCATEThe post has been filled up by the appointment of Mr. J. T. T. Brown, Writer, Glasgow. The terms on which the appointment has been made are that Mr. Brown shall receive a salary of £1,000 per annum in lieu of all fees payable to the clerk of the peace by the county council of Lanarkshire, and shall also be entitled to such fees as may be payable to the clerk of the peace from1506W sources other than the county council. Out of this income he will have to find such sums as are required for the remuneration of any deputes he may find it necessary to employ. It is a condition of the appointment of the new clerk of the peace that he shall give his whole time to the duties of his office and that he shall abstain from engaging either by himself or by his partner in any other business.