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Treasury authorized to refer Public Accounts to Chief Remembrancer.
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XXXIX. ‘And whereas it is expedient to alter and amend an Act passed in the Second and Third Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for transferring the Powers and Duties of the Commissioners of Public Accounts in Ireland to the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts of Great Britain;’ be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer or any Three or more of the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury, and he and they are hereby authorized, in all Cases in which he or they shall think fit, to refer it to the said Chief Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland to inquire into the Matter of any Account or into any Question arising upon any Account of any Person, Body Corporate, or Board intrusted with the Care or Application of any Public Money in Ireland, and to report to the said Lord High Treasurer or the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury his Opinion thereupon; and the said Remembrancer is hereby required to inquire and report accordingly.
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