# Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act 1871, Section 3: The clerk of the custodies to be styled the registrar in lunacy; his duties and salary.


The present clerk of the custodies of idiots and lunatics shall henceforth be styled the registrar in lunacy, and the said registrar shall fulfil the duties now fulfilled by the clerk of the custodies of idiots and lunatics, and such other duties as shall be in this Act by him directed to be performed, and shall receive such annual salary, not exceeding the annual sum of five hundred pounds, payable out of the lunacy fund herein-after mentioned, in such manner and at such time as the Lord Chancellor intrusted as aforesaid shall by any order or orders at any time or from time to time direct and appoint, and after the resignation or dismissal of the present registrar, or his ceasing to act as such registrar, all future registrars shall be appointed in the manner and for the time herein-after provided.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/34-35/22/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/lunacy-regulation-ireland-act-1871/section-3
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