Paymaster General Act, 1848

Duties of abolished offices transferred to Paymaster General.

2. All the interests, titles, powers, authorities, privileges, and duties now vested in or either by law or usage exercised by the said offices so abolished respectively shall be and the same are hereby declared to be transferred to and vested in and may be exercised by the said Paymaster General, or by such person or persons as may be duly authorized from time to time to perform the duties of such Paymaster General, in as full and ample a manner to all intents and purposes as they were vested in and might have been exercised by the Paymasters of Exchequer Bills and Paymaster of Civil Services respectively.