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1823. April 8th.

§.2 Attendance and pay.
Where Sleeps Injustice, so may Justice too.

Art. I. – The [judgement seat(a)] ought never to be empty, during
any part of the juridical day, throughout the year:
in an immediate judicature never; in an Appellant
Judicatory, never where there is any cause on the paper,
ripe for hearing.

Art. II. – The juridical day shall be of [twelve] hours: viz.
from [eight] to [eight], allowing only [one] hour within that
time, viz. between [two] and [three] for refreshment.

Out-Duty
Art. III. – A [Judge immediate(b)] when absent from the
fixed judgment seat upon out-duty, (as upon a view or
the examination of a sick person), ought to take care that
it be filled, if possible, by some [Judge(c)] Depute permanent
or occasional; on pain of being responsible
for the failure.

Pay
Art. IV. A [judge's(d)] pay shall be reckoned by the day
and paid him every [week] by [<the paymaster Registrar] shall
be paid him nowhere but upon the [judgement] seat
or, in case of sickness, in his own apartment: a day's
pay being deducted for every day of absence, otherwise
than upon duty; except vacation days which he is allowed
to take, [thirty] in the course of the year, at his
choice: provided that the [judgement] seat be not at
any time left vacant.
Art. VI.

(a) Purs. G. Seat of the Pursuer-General. Def. G. Seat of the
Defender-General.
(b) Purs. G. Pursuer-General of an immediate Court. Def. G.
Defender-General of an immediate Court
(c) Purs. G. Pursuer-General. Def. G. Defender-General.
(d) Purs. G. Pursuer-Generals. Def. G. Defender-Generals.