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Bank of England to keep daily an account of moneys received on account of the Customs.
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23. The Bank of England, or some person duly authorised in that behalf, shall daily, upon receiving any money, bills, notes, and drafts from or on account of the said Commissioners of Customs, make an entry of the money bills notes and drafts so received in a book to be provided by the Bank of England, which book shall be forthwith re-delivered to the persons making the payments for the Customs, for which money bills notes and drafts the entry in the book herein-before mentioned shall be a sufficient discharge; and such book shall be inspected daily after its return by the Accountant and Comptroller General of the Customs, or his clerk (such clerk being first duly authorised by him and for whose conduct he shall be answerable), who shall satisfy himself that all money bills notes and drafts received by or on account of the said Commissioners have been duly paid into the Bank under the provisions of this Act; and any default which such Accountant and Comptroller General or his clerk may discover in that behalf shall be immediately reported by him to the said Commissioners of Customs.
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