The fees to be paid to the Clerk of the Superior Court, and the allowances of costs therein, with respect to all undetermined and pending causes and proceedings begun prior to the effective date of this act, shall be those prescribed by this article. When the same cannot be applied, then the fees and costs shall be the same as were prescribed by law at the time such proceedings were commenced.

L.1953, c. 22, p. 395, s. 11.