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Sheriffs paying money into the Exchequer before the time required by law shall be allowed discount thereon.
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4. It shall and may be lawful to and for any sheriff, or any person who shall have been sheriff in Ireland, to pay or cause to be paid into his Majesty's Exchequer of Ireland, at any time before such sheriff shall by law be bound or required so to do, any sum or sums of money which he shall think proper, on account of any revenue which it shall belong to him or be his duty to collect, receive, or account for; and such sheriff in such case shall be entitled to have and obtain an acquittance from the proper officer for such sum or sums so paid, and shall be entitled to credit for the same and for interest by way of discount out of the sum so paid at the rate of six pounds per centum per annum from the time of such payment until the time when by or under any Act of Parliament, or by the course of the Court of Exchequer, such sheriff ought to pay in the same.
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