Sanitary law : a digest of the sanitary acts of England and Scotland / by H. Aubrey Husband.

Date:
1883
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Credit: Sanitary law : a digest of the sanitary acts of England and Scotland / by H. Aubrey Husband. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Sec. and to such day of the year as the L.G.B. may appoint. 246 • VVliere the U.A. is a town comicil, the accounts shall be audited by the borough auditors, and published at the same time as the municipal accounts, and the auditors shall be allowed not less tban two guinea,s for every day they are engaged. Where the U.A. is not the council of a borough, the following regulations are in force : — (a) Accounts must be audited once a year, as near as possible to the 25th of March, by the auditor of accounts relating to the relief of the poor for the union in which the district of the L.A. is situated, unless such auditor be a mem- ber of the L.A., in which case the auditor of an adjoining union may be appointed by the L.G.B. (5) Not less than two guuieas per day shall be paid to such auditor, together with his travelling expenses, (c) On the receipt of notice from the auditor, the L.A. shall give at least fourteen days’ notice in the local newspapers of the date and place where the aiulit will be held, and of the deposit of accounts, (d) A copy of the accounts, duly balanced, shall be deposited in the office of the L.A., and be there open to the inspection of all ])ersons interested, during office hours, for seven clear days, and copies may be taken free of charge by such persons, and any officer neglecting to make such accounts, or altering them, or allowing them to be altered, or refusing inspection of them, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5. (e) The auditor, by summons in writing, may require the production of all books, receipts, &c., and any person holding them may be required to make and sign a declaration as to their correctness, and any person refusing to produce them, or to sign the declaration, shall incur a penalty, for neglect or refusal, not exceeding 40s., and if he ■wilfully makes a false declaration he shall be guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury, and punished accordingly, (f) A ratepayer may be present at the audit, and make objections to such accounts before the auditor, and ratepayers have a right of appeal against the allowances of the auditor. (y) The auditor may disallow any account
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