Settled Land (Ireland) Act 1847

Master to inquire and report on the due Expenditure on Improvements as ordered.

IV. And be it enacted, That after such Monies shall have been so advanced and laid out as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for such Trustees or Guardians or others from Time to Time to apply to the said Court, by Petition to the Lord High Chancellor, for a Reference to the said Master to ascertain that the same have been properly expended in or about the making of such Improvements and in paying or providing for the Expences incurred and to be incurred of obtaining the Authority of the said Court; and that upon the said Master making his said Report, and thereby finding that such Monies or any Part thereof had been so properly expended as aforesaid, and upon the said Report being duly filed according to the Practice of the said Court that then it shall be lawful for the said Court, without requiring the Attendance of any Counsel or Solicitor, to make an Order to confirm the said Report absolutely, and thereupon such Trustee or Trustees, Guardian or Guardians, or Committees, or other such Persons as aforesaid, shall be for ever fully released exonerated, and discharged from all and every Liability or Responsibility on account of or concerning any such Application of any such Trust or other Monies, or such Part thereof in respect of which such Order shall have been so made as last aforesaid, subject nevertheless to any Orders or Provisions of the Lord Chancellor from Time to Time in that Behalf made or provided.