An Act to amend the Law with respect to District Auditors (District Auditors Act, 1879)
WHEREAS the auditors of the accounts relating to the relief of the poor (in this Act referred to as district auditors) are under the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1868, appointed by the Local Government Board, and are by that Act declared to be civil servants of the State within the operation of the Superannuation Act, 1859, but the remuneration and expenses of such auditors which are by law payable out of local rates are in fact paid partly out of moneys annually provided by Parliament, and partly...