Public Works (Ireland) Act, 1856

Appropriation and entry of repayments.

8. As soon as any sum of money shall have been so lodged to the credit of the said account of the Paymaster of Civil Services on account of the repayment of loans for public works, the said Commissioners of Public Works shall, upon a notification thereof, cause to be made out and delivered to the said Paymaster of Civil Services a statement of the proper appropriation of such payment, whether for account of interest or principal, or how much for each respectively, upon which the said Paymaster of Civil Services shall cause to be prepared accordingly the proper receipt or voucher, and send the same to the said Commissioners of Public Works, who shall thereupon cause the sum or sums therein mentioned to be entered on the books of the said Commissioners to the credit of the loan on account of which such payment shall have been made; and such receipt when so entered shall be delivered to the party or person on whose account such payment shall have been so made, and such receipt shall be a sufficient discharge to the party or person paying the same.

[Ss. 9, 10 rep. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 66. (S.L.R.)]