Accounts of Colonial Revenues Act 1814
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1814 c. 184 |
| Year | 1814 |
(54 Geo. 3) C A P. CLXXXIV.
[30th July 1814]
'WHEREAS it is expedient that Provision should be made for a speedy and effectual Examination and Audit inGreat Britain of the Accounts of the Receipt and Expenditure of the Colonial Revenues in the Colonies or Settlements of Ceylon, Mauritius, Malta and Trinidad, and the Cape of Good Hope ;' Be it therefore enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, Thatit shall be lawful for His Majesty from time to time to appoint Three Commissioners, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal ofGreat Britain , for examining the Public Accounts of all Governors, Lieutenant Governors, and other Public Officers and Servants, and of all other Persons whatever, who have been or shall or may be concerned in the Receipt or Expenditure of the Colonial Revenues in the said Colonies of Ceylon, Mauritius, Malta, Trinidad and the Cape of Good Hope , or in the Receipt or Expenditure of any Sums granted by the Parliament of Great Britain , in Aid of those Revenues respectively, and also for examining the Public Accounts of all Governors, Lieutenant Governors and other Public Officers and Servants, and of all other Persons whatever, who have been or shall or may be corcerned in the Receipt or Expenditure of the Colonial Revenues of any other Colonies or Dominions subject to The Crown of Great Britain , or in the Receipt or Expenditure of any Sums granted by the Parliament of Great Britain , in Aid of those Revenues, which Accounts the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury may deem it expedient to refer to the Commissionersfor Examination; and by the said Letters Patent, to grant to the said Commissioners such Salaries as His Majesty may think fit, not exceeding for the Person first named in the said Commission, the annual Sum of One thousand Pounds, and for such of the other Commissioners, the annual Sum of Eight hundred Pounds; such Salaries respectively to be payable out of the Revenues, and in the manner hereinafter directed.
II Officers and Clerks appointed, and Allowances made them.
II. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury ofGreat Britain , or any Three or more of them, may appoint such Secretary or Secretaries, Officers and Clerks, and other Persons, to aid and assist the Commissioners to be appointed as aforesaid under this Act, as may from time to time be necessary; and may allow them such Salaries as shall be proper; and also such reasonable Sums for the incidental Charges and Expences of their Office, as the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, may think fit; such Salaries, Charges and Expences respectively to be paid out of the Revenues, and in the manner hereinafter directed.
III Hew Salaries paid.
III. And be it further enacted, That the respective Salaries of the said Commissioners, and of their Secretary, Officers and Clerks, and the incidental Charges and Expences of their Office, shall be a Charge upon, and shall be borne and defrayed by and out of the respective Revenues of the said Colonies ofCeylon, Mauritius, Malta, Trinidad and the Cape of Good Hope , in such Proportions, and shall be paid and remitted thereon in such manner as the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, shall from time to time direct.
IV To take Oath before Chancellor of Exchequer.
IV. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners to be appointed under this Act shall, before they shall enter upon the Execution of the Power vested in them by this Act, take an Oath before the Chancellor of the Exchequer ofGreat Britain , which the said Chancellor of the Exchequer is hereby authorized and required to administer; the Tenor whereof shall be as followeth; that is to say,
IA. B. do swear, that, according to the best of my Skill and Knowledge, I will faithfully, impartially, and truly execute the several Powers and Trusts vested in me by virtue of an Act, [here insert the Title of the Act .]
And the said Commissioners, or any Two of them, shall and they are hereby authorized to administer to every of the Officers and Clerks, who shall be appointed to act under them as before directed, and such Officers and Clerks are required, before they enter upon the Execution of their Duties under this Act, to take the following Oath:
IA. B. do swear, That, according to the best of my Abilities, I will faithfully execute the Duties of my Office, and be obedient to the Orders I may receive from my lawful Superiors.'
V When Commissioners to commence Enquiry.
V. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall take up and commence the Examination of the several Accounts of the said respective Colonies, from such Period as the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, shall by Warrant under their Hands direct or appoint.
VI Commissioners subject to Regulations as Commissioners of Public Accounts under 25 G. 3....
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