Section 7. (a) The annual salaries of registers of wills shall be as follows:
January 1, 1980
(1)
$27,000
$30,000
(2)
23,500
26,500
(3)
20,500
23,500
(4)
18,500
21,500
(5)
16,000
19,000
(6)
14,000
17,000
(7)
12,500
15,500
(8)
11,000
14,000
(b) The registers of wills shall perform the duties now or hereafter required by law, and shall be the agent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the collection of Pennsylvania transfer inheritance and estate taxes in the case of resident decedents under the supervision of the Secretary of Revenue and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Revenue.
(7 amended Nov. 1, 1979, P.L.246, No.82)