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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gun-barrel-proof-act-1868/section-78",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gun-barrel-proof-act-1868/section-78.json",
  "legislation": "ukla/Vict/31-32/113",
  "legislation_title": "Gun Barrel Proof Act 1868",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gun-barrel-proof-act-1868",
  "path": "section/78",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "78",
  "heading": "Appointment of Officers.",
  "text": "The Treasurer, Law Clerk, Accountant, Assistant, Proof Masters, and such other principal Officers and Servants as are in the Discretion of the Guardians necessary for the Management of the Birmingham Proof House and the Branch Proof Houses of the Guardians shall be appointed at every Annual Meeting of the Guardians without Notice, and (except the Treasurer whose Office is honorary) at and with such Salaries and Remuneration as the Guardians think reasonable, and subject to the Provisions of this Act shall remain in Office until the then next Annual Meeting, and any Vacancy in any of those Offices may in like Manner be filled up until the then next Annual Meeting at any intermediate Meeting of the Guardians without Notice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Vict/31-32/113/section/78",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:01:33.047048+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}