tress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the Person ordered to pay the same, together with the Charges of such Distress and Sale; and if no sufficient Distress shall be found, such Justice shall commit the Person ordered to make such Payment to Prison, for any Imprisonment, Time not exceeding One Month, unless the Sum so ordered shall be sooner paid, and every such Order shall be final and conclusive, to all Intents and Purposes, and shall not be removable by Certiorari or otherwise, into any Court whatsoever. XLV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall extend to authorize or empower any Justice, except the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Recorder of the City of London, for the time being, or some or One of them, to hear and determine any such Differences, Complaints or Disputes, as shall or may arise for or in respect of any Employment or Work done within the said City of London, or the Suburbs and Liberties thereof, or on board of any Ship, Hoy, Barge, Lighter, Boat or other Vessel lying or being on the North Side of the River, between the Tower of London and the Western Extremity of the Temple, adjoining Essex Street, in the County of Middlesex. Proviso for Jurisdiction of Work done on the Thames, &c. London as to XLVI. Provided always and be it further enacted, That nothing And for Rights in this Act shall extend to deprive the Lord Mayor and Com- of City of Lon. monalty and Citizens of the City of London, of any Right, Privi- don, &c, lege or Jurisdiction heretofore lawfully claimed, exercised or enjoyed within the Town and Borough of Southwark, or the Liberties thereof, or to prevent the said Lord Mayor for the time being, or such of the Aldermen of the said City as have borne the Office of Mayoralty, or the Recorder of the said City, for the time being, from acting as Justices of the Peace within the said Town and Borough of Southwark, and the Liberties thereof, in such and the like manner as they could or might have done in case this Act had not been made; nor to deprive the Lord Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the said City of any Right, Privilege, Immunity or Jurisdiction which they have heretofore lawfully claimed, exercised or enjoyed upon the said River, or the Lord Mayor of the said City for the time being as Conservator of the said River; nor to prevent the said Lord Mayor and the said Aldermen and Recorder of the said City from acting as Justices of the Peace upon the said River, or taking Cognizance of Offences committed upon or within the Limits of the same, in such manner as they might or would have done in case this Act had not been made. XLVII. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act shall extend to deprive the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, Westminster, or the High Steward or High Bailiff of the City and Liberty of Westminster, for the time being, or their respective lawful Deputies, of any Rights, Privileges or Jurisdictions which they have heretofore lawfully claimed, exercised or enjoyed within the said City and Liberty, in such and the like manner as they could or might have done in case this Act had not been made. XLVIII. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend to prejudice or derogate from any of the Rights, Privileges or Authorities of the Master, Warden and Assistants of the Guild, Fraternity or Brotherhood of the Most And of the Lord Mayor as Conservator, &c. And for the And for Trinity Commence ment and Con Most Glorious and undivided Trinity, and of Saint Clement, in the XLIX. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall commence and have effect from the Expiration of the said recited Act tinuance of Act. of the last Session of Parliament, and shall continue and be in force for the Term of Seven Years. Public Act. 57 G.3. c. 84. § 1. 57 G.3. c.62. § 5. Treasury empowered to regulate certain L. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be deemed, adjudged and taken to be a Public Act and shall be judicially taken Notice of as such by all Judges, Justices and other Persons whomsoever without the same being specially pleaded. in Ireland. WI CAP. LVI. An Act to provide for the more effectual Regulation of certain assembled, assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That at any Time after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the time being, or any Three or more of thein, and they are hereby authorized and required, to regulate the Duties and Establishments of all the said Offices of Auditor and of Teller of His Majesty's Exchequer, and of Clerk of the Pells, and Muster Master General, in Ireland, as if all the said Offices had become and were vacant, any thing in the said recited Acts or either of them to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding; so as that the said Duties shall be performed in Person, by such and such Number of fit and proper Persons as may be sufficient and necessary to perform and execute the Duties to be done, performed and executed in the said Offices, as the said Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury shall deem fit, with such Salaries or Emoluments as shall be ordered and appointed by the said Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three or more of them, in that Behalf, Regard being had in every such Case to the Nature and Extent of the Duties to be performed, and to the Responsibility which may attach or belong to the several and respective Officers or Persons executing the Duties of the said Offices respectively; and all such Regulations, Appointments and Salaries, when so made and established, shall become and be in full force and effect in relation to the said Offices respectively, as if all the said Offices had become and were vacant, to all Intents and Purposes whatso ever. § 4. II. And Whereas by an Act made in the Fifty Sixth Year of 56 G.3. c.98. the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to unite and consolidate into One Fund all the Public Revenues of Great Britain and Ireland, and to provide for the Application thereof to the general Service of the United Kingdom, it is among other things ' enacted, that it shall be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs and 'Successors, to appoint a Vice Treasurer for Ireland, in manner in the said Act mentioned, and by the said recited Act certain 'Duties are required to be done and performed by such Vice 'Treasurer; and it may be expedient towards the complete Regu'lation of the said Offices of Auditor, Teller and Clerk of the Pells, ' and of the Course of the Business at the Receipt of the Exchequer 'in Ireland, that other and further Duties should be performed by such Vice Treasurer for the time being;' Be it therefore enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer or Treasury emthe Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United King- powered to redom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any Three or more of them, gulate Office and they are hereby authorized and required, to make and establish of Vice Treasuch Regulations with respect to the Duties and Business of the Office of such Vice Treasurer, as they shall think requisite and necessary towards carrying into effect the complete Regulation of the said Offices of Auditor, Teller and Clerk of the Pells, and for effectually securing, checking and controlling the Issue, Receipt and Payment of Public Money at the Receipt of the said Exchequer, and the Performance of the Duties of the Office of such Vice Treasurer; and all such Regulations so made and established, shall become and be in full force and effect for all Purposes; any thing in any Act or 3 GEO. IV. Ꮓ Acts surer. Treasury' may discharge existing Officers from the Performance of Duties of their Offices, or reduce their Salaries. Compensation to Officers discharged. to be audited before Secretary at War, and Accounts of Exchequer Offi cers, &c. to be audited under Acts of Parliament, or any Law, Usage or Custom or Practice to the contrary notwithstanding. III. And be it further enacted, That in case it shall be deemed expedient by the said Lord High Treasurer or the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, in the Execution of this Act, that the Whole or any Part of the Duties of any or either of the said Offices of Auditor or Teller of the said Exchequer, or Clerk of the Pells or Muster Master General, may be dispensed with, and that the Persons holding such Offices may be discharged from the Whole or any Part of the Duty of the said Offices or either of them, or that the Salaries, Fees or Emoluments received by any of the said Officers should be reduced, in consequence of the decreased Duties to be performed by such Officers, it shall and may be lawful for the said Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three of them, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to discharge the said Officers, or any of them, from the Whole or any Part of the Duties of the said Offices respectively, or any of them, and to order that the Amount of the Salaries, Fees or Emoluments receivable by the said Officers, or any of them, should be reduced or regulated accordingly; and it shall and may also be lawful for the said Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury, in any or either of the said cases, to make such just and reasonable Compensation or annual Allowance to such Officers, their Clerks or any of them, as the said Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, shall in their Judgment think proper; and to direct the Payment of such Compensation out of the Produce of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, arising in Ireland, in such Manner and under such Regulations and Restrictions as shall be specified in any Order or Orders of the said Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury, to be made for that Purpose. Treasury may IV. And be it further enacted, That for the more effectually redirect Account gulating the said several Offices hereinbefore mentioned, and each of Paymasters, of them, it shall and may be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or &c. (Exception) for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or any Three of them, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to direct that the Accounts of the ordinary Services of the Army and of the Militia in Ireland, shall be examined and audited by the Secretary at War in Great Britain, in like manner as the Accounts of the ordinary Services of the Army and of the Militia in Great Britain are now or may hereafter be examined and audited; and that the Accounts of the several Officers who shall hold or exercise the said Offices of the Vice Treasurer of Ireland, of Auditor General, Clerk of the Pells, Teller of the Exchequer or Muster Master General, and all Army, Barrack, Commissariat or other Military Accounts whatever in Ireland, (except those of Army Agents and Paymasters), shall be audited and examined in such manner, and by such Persons, as Accounts of the like Nature in Great Britain are audited and exmined; and all such Accounts shall be respectively submitted by all such Officers and Persons, and such Officers and Persons shall be held and deemed to be Public Accountants in Great Britain, and shall be liable to account to and before the Secretary at War in Great Britain, according to the Directions of this Act, or to and before Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts 18 Notwithstand ing 52G.3. Duties and counts may be continued. counts of the Kingdom, as the case may require, under the Pro- Statutes visions of an Act made in the Forty sixth Year of the Reign of His 46 G.3. c.141. late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for making more effectual Provision for the more speedy and regular Examination and Audit of the Public Accounts of this Kingdom, or of an Act made in the Forty eighth Year of His said late Majesty's Reign, 48 G.3. c.49. intituled An Act for the accelerating the Making up, Examination and Audit of the Accounts of the Paymaster General of His Majesty's Forces, or of any Law or Laws, or Act or Acts, relating to any such Accounts respectively, in Great Britain; and such Accounts, or any of them, shall not in such case be examined, controlled, audited or settled by any of the Commissioners under Two Acts made in the Fifty second Year of His late Majesty's Reign, the one intituled An Act to provide for the more speedy Examination, Controlling and finally Auditing the Military Accounts of Ireland, and the other intituled An Act to provide for the speedy and regular Examination and Audit of the Public Accounts of Ireland, and to Repeal certain former Acts relating thereto; the said Two last recited Acts, or either of them, or any thing contained in the said recited Acts, or either of them, to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. V. And Whereas, in the Execution of the Purposes of this Act, the Duties of the said Commissioners of Military Accounts of • Ireland may be considerably decreased, and may ultimately become wholly unnecessary; Be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or any Three of them, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to discharge the said Commissioners of Military Accounts, their Officers or any of them, from the Whole or any Part of the Duties heretofore performed by them, or required to be performed by them under the said hereinbefore first recited Act of the Fifty second Year of His late Majesty's Reign, or otherwise howsoever, and to order that the Amount of the Salaries of the said Commissioners, their Officers, or any of them, shall be from time to time reduced, or shall be wholly discontinued; and in such case it shall be lawful for the said Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three of them, to make such just and reasonable Compensation or Annual Allowance to such Commissioners of Military Accounts, their Officers, Clerks or any of them, as the said Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury shall in their Judgment think proper to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund, in like manner as any other Compensations or Allowances which may be made under the Authority of this Act. VI. And be it further enacted, that the said Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three or more of them, for the time being, shall, within Six Weeks after the Regulation, under the Provisions of this Act, of any such Offices as aforesaid, if Parliament shall be then sitting, or if Parliament shall not be then sitting, then within Six Weeks after the Commencement of the next Session of Parliament, lay before both Houses of Parliament a Return of such new Establishment of the Office so regulated, stating the Number of Officers, and Amount of Salaries of each respectively, and also the Offices discontinued, and the Amount and Amount of of Compensation (if any) granted to any Officer holding any Office Compensation, under such former Establishment. Treasury to lay before Parlia ment comparative Statement of former and new Establish.. ments; |