In London, Debentures and Orders to be paid by Receiver General. Payments at Commissioners may close Accounts of Collectors. Fee for passing Odd Pence. by virtue of the Special Order of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, be directed to be deducted, paid, or allowed therefrom. XV. AND be it further enacted, That every Sum of Money which shall be due in the Port of London, upon any Debenture, Certificate, or other Instrument or Document whatever, for the Payment of any Money out of the Duties of Customs, shall be paid by the Receiver General of the Customs out of any Money in his Hands arising from the Duties of Customs, and every such Payment shall be allowed by the Commissioners for the better examining and auditing the Public Accounts of this Kingdom, in the settling or auditing of the Accounts of the Receiver General of the Customs; and when any such Payment shall become due at any other Port in the United Kingdom, the same may be paid by the Collector at such Port, the Controller being duly apprized thereof, out of any of the Monies in his Hands arising from the Duties of Customs, and under such Directions and Instructions for the due Execution of their Offices, as shall from Time to Time be given to them by the Commissioners of the Customs. XVI. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs finally to settle and close the Accounts of any Collectors or Receivers of any Part of the Revenue of the Customs or other Duties under their Management, notwithstanding any erroneous Appropriation of any Duties of Customs received by such Collectors or Receivers; and the said Commissioners are hereby empowered to correct such Appropriation, in order to prevent the Accounts of any such Collectors or Receivers from being kept open; and all such Corrections shall be allowed by the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts, in the passing the General Accounts of Customs, Subsidies, or Impositions. XVII. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Officers and Clerks in the Long Room of any Custom House, to assist Merchants and others, at their Desire, in framing and passing Entries inwards and outwards, and to receive such Fee, freely given, for the same, as the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury shall permit; and that it shall be lawful for the Receiver of any Duties of Customs, to receive for his own Use, if freely given, so much as, added to any Fractions payable upon rants. any Entry, shall amount to Sixpence; and that it shall be Fee for dislawful for the Clerk of the Warrants in the Port of Lon- patching Wardon, to receive from any Person, at whose Request any Warrant for Goods inwards may be dispatched before the usual Time, the Fee of One Shilling; and for the Receiver of the Duties on such Warrant to receive from such Person the Fee of Sixpence; and that it shall be lawful for any Fee for writing Cocket Writer in the Port of London, to receive from the Cockets. Person who shall select him to write any Cocket for Goods outwards, any Fee which shall be agreed on between them, not exceeding Five Shillings, including the Parchment, to be provided at the Expence of the Cocket Writer. Duties. XVIII. AND be it further enacted, That all Salaries, Salaries not Allowances, or Compensations granted or allowed to any subject to Officer, Clerk, or other Person in the Service of the Customs, shall be paid without any Abatement or Deduction on account of any Duties imposed by any Act of Parliament, unless expressly charged thereon. XIX. AND whereas it is expedient that Regulations should be established by Law in the Office of the Receiver General of the Customs in England, for depositing in the Bank of England all the Monies, Bills, Drafts, and Notes received by such Receiver General on account of the Revenue under the Management of the Commissioners of Customs, except as herein-after mentioned, until the same shall be paid into the Exchequer; be it therefore enacted, That all Monies, Bills, Notes, and Drafts received by or coming to the Hands of the Receiver General of the Customs in England, on account of the Revenue of Customs in Great Britain, shall be paid by him into the Hands of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England; (that is to say), such Monies and Notes, and such of the Bills and Drafts as shall be already accepted, or shall not require Acceptance (having been first duly endorsed), shall be paid as aforesaid on the Day on which the same shall have been received; and such of the Bills and Drafts as shall require Acceptance, and not be already accepted when received, (the same having been first duly endorsed where necessary), within Three Days after the same shall have been accepted; for which Monies, Bills, Notes, and Drafts, the Entry in the Book herein-after mentioned shall be a sufficient Discharge; and all such Monies, Bills, Notes, and Drafts, so to be paid to the Governor and Company of All Monies received by Reof Customs in England shall be paid into the Bank of England. ceiver General Money for ordinary Payments may be retained. Bank to keep an Account to be returned to Inspection. the Bank of England, shall be placed to an Account to be raised in the Books of the said Governor and Company, and to be intituled "The Account of the Public Monies of the Receiver General of Customs," inserting the Name of such Receiver General for the Time being. XX. PROVIDED nevertheless, and be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for such Receiver General to retain and keep in his own Hands, for the Payment of casual and ordinary and daily Demands, out of the Monies so received by him as such Receiver General, a Sum not exeeeding One thousand Pounds at the Close of each Day; and also any further Sum which he shall be directed to retain by the said Commissioners, not exceeding Four thousand Pounds; and also any further Sum, with the Permission in Writing of any Three or more of the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury. XXI. AND be it further enacted, That the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or some Person the Customs for duly authorized in that Behalf, shall daily, upon receiving any Money, Bills, Notes, or Drafts, from such Receiver General of the Customs, make an Entry of the Money, Bills, Notes, and Drafts so received, in a Book to be provided by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, which Book shall be forthwith re-delivered to the Persons making the Payments for the Customs, and inspected daily after its Return by the Controller General of the Customs, or his Clerk, (such Clerk being first duly authorized by him, and for whose Conduct he shall be answerable), who shall compare the same with the Account of Monies, Bills, Notes, and Drafts received by the said Receiver General, for the Purpose of ascertaining that the Receiver General constantly pays into the Bank all the Money, Bills, Notes, and Drafts, which he ought to do under the Provisions of this Act; and any Default which such Controller General or his Clerk may discover in that Behalf, shall be immediately reported by him to the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, who shall report the same, unless it shall appear to them to have happened by Mistake or Inadvertence, to the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury. Money carried to the Exchequer to be written off at the Bank. XXII. AND be it further enacted, That the Monies placed to the Account of the Receiver General as aforesaid in the Bank of England, shall be paid into the Exche quer from Time to Time as by Law is directed, in manner following; (that is to say), the Receiver General, or his Clerk duly authorized by him for that Purpose, and for whose Conduct therein he shall be answerable, shall make an Order weekly upon the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, which Order shall be countersigned by the Controller General or his Clerk, to write off from his Account the Sum specified; and the said Governor and Company, or some Person duly authorized on their Behalf, shall thereupon write off such Sum, and deliver a Note, drawn and cancelled in such Manner as shall be approved by the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, for the Amount, to the Receiver General or his Clerk, who shall pay the same into the Exchequer, and the Bank Clerks attending there shall receive it as so much Cash; and it shall not be lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to pay or transfer any Part of the Money so paid in and placed to the Account of such Receiver General, from such Account, otherwise than into the Exchequer in manner aforesaid, and except in the Manner herein-after directed, or to deliver any Note or Notes, Bill or Bills of Exchange, save and except to the Solicitor of the Customs or his Clerk, upon his Application for the same, together with the Receiver General or his Clerk, and the Controller General or his Clerk, for the sole Purpose of taking out an Extent for the Security of the Money for which such Bill of Exchange or Draft shall have been given, or to the said Receiver General or his Clerk, any Bills, Notes, or Drafts which may be protested for Nonpayment, except as herein-after is mentioned, in which Case the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs shall be immediately acquainted therewith, if sitting, by such Solicitor, Receiver General, or Controller General, or, if not sitting, at the Time of their assembling; and such Delivery shall be entered by the Bank in the Book to be kept as is herein directed. on the Bank to XXIII. AND be it further enacted, That in order that Receiver Genethe several Payments directed by Order of the Commis- ral may draw sioners of His Majesty's Customs in England, to be made pay Drawbacks, by the said Receiver General to Merchants or any other &c. Persons on account of Drawbacks or Bounties, or on any other Account whatever, may be made without Delay, and for the Payment of which the Money then in the Hands of the said Receiver General shall be insufficient, it shall be lawful for the said Receiver General, or his Clerk de Drafts to be countersigned by Controller General. Officers of the Exchequer to be furnished with Appropriation Paper. On the Death or Removal of Receiver Gene ral, the Balance to vest in his Successor. Receiver General to keep Account. 6° GEO.4. puted and authorized by him for that Purpose, and for whose Conduct therein he shall be answerable, to draw out of the Bank of England, as Occasion may require, such Sum or Sums of Money as may be sufficient to answer the Purpose aforesaid; and that every Draft or Order on the Bank for Money for any of the said Purposes, shall be countersigned by the Controller General or his Clerk, to be deputed and authorized by him for that Purpose, and for whose Conduct therein he shall be answerable; and that the said Receiver General shall from Time to Time account for the Monies so to be drawn by him or his Clerk out of the Bank. XXIV. AND in order that separate Accounts may be kept at the Exchequer of the Monies paid in on various Branches of the Customs pursuant to Law, be it further enacted, That the said Receiver General of the Customs shall, on every Monday Morning, furnish the proper Officers of the Exchequer with an Appropriation (1) Paper, stating the Heads under which the Receipts of the preceding Week is to be applied. XXV. AND be it further enacted, That upon the Death, Resignation, or Removal of the present and of every other Receiver General of the Customs hereafter to be appointed, the Balance of Cash for which he shall at that Time have Credit on his Account as such Receiver General with the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, shall, as soon as a Successor shall be appointed to the said Office, actually vest in such Successor, and until such Successor shall be appointed, in such Person or Persons as shall for the Time being be duly authorized to execute the Duties of the said Office, in trust for the Service of the Public, and be forthwith transferred, carried over, and placed to the Account of such Successor, or other Person or Persons as aforesaid, to be applied to the said Service in pursuance of the like Drafts and Orders as aforesaid. XXVI. AND be it further enacted, That the Receiver General of the Customs for the Time being shall keep the Account with the Bank of all Monies issued by and paid to the Bank on his Account for the Service of the Public; and the said Receiver General, observing the Rules and Regulations hereby prescribed, shall not be answerable for (1) See Power of Commissioners to correct Appropriation, and close Accounts, $ 16. |