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Treasury may appoint a person to be the receiver of all money applicable to the purposes of this Act.
The money to be placed in the Bank of Ireland, and drawn out by the receiver.
Receiver’s drafts to be countersigned.
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10. It shall be lawful for the Treasury, either to order and direct the receiver to be appointed under an Act passed or to be passed in this present Parliament to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the constabulary force in Ireland, or to appoint such other person as they may think proper, to receive all sums of money applicable to the purposes of this Act, and to revoke such order and direction, or remove any such receiver, if he or they shall see occasion so to do, and upon any vacancy in that office by death, removal, or otherwise, to appoint another person to be such receiver; . . . and the receiver for the time being shall receive all sums of money applicable to the purposes of this Act, and shall keep an exact and particular account thereof, and shall immediately pay all monies, bills, and notes by him received under this Act into the hands of the governor and company of the Bank of Ireland; and the same shall be placed to an account in the books of the said governor and company, which shall be intituled “The Account of the Public Monies of the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District,” inserting the name of the receiver for the time being; and the said receiver shall draw out of the Bank from time to time such sums of money as may be necessary for the payment of the salaries, wages, and allowances to be paid as herein-after mentioned, to the persons belonging to the police force appointed under this Act, and also for the payment of all other charges and expenses in carrying this Act into execution; and the said receiver shall be governed, in respect of his pecuniary transactions, whether of receipt or payment, and in respect of the periods in and for which he shall deliver his accounts, accompanied by the proper vouchers, and as to the manner in which such accounts shall be kept, and prepared and exhibited for audit, by such rules and regulations as shall be issued in that respect from time to time by the Treasury; and every draft or order for money on the Bank of Ireland, drawn by the receiver, shall be countersigned by one of the justices appointed under this Act; and all drafts and orders so drawn and countersigned, but not otherwise, shall be a sufficient authority to the Bank to pay the amount thereof to the persons named in them, or to the bearers of them.
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