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Lord lieutenant may refer such applications to commissioners of public works for their report, and transmit such report to the Treasury, who may issue a warrant for the execution of the works applied for.
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4. Upon any such application by memorial as aforesaid it shall be lawful for the said lord lieutenant, if he shall so think fit, to authorise and direct the said commissioners acting under and in execution of the said Acts to inquire into the nature of the said proposed work, and the utility thereof, and the benefit which may arise therefrom in affording present employment for the labouring population, and the permanent demand for labour likely to grow thereout, and the sum necessary for the execution thereof; and it shall be lawful for the said commissioners, if they shall be so directed or think necessary, to appoint and employ the county surveyor, or any other competent surveyor or surveyors, to make a survey and estimate of the said proposed work, and to prepare such map, plan, section, or specification, thereof as may be necessary, and to report thereon to the said lord lieutenant, who shall take the same into his consideration, and, if he shall so think fit, transmit the same to the Treasury, for their sanction and approval; and if the Treasury shall think fit to authorise the work specified in the said application, or any modification thereof which they may think proper, to be undertaken, they shall, by warrant, direct the said commissioners acting under and in execution of the said Acts to execute such work at and for an amount not exceeding a sum to be specified in such warrant, not exceeding the sum mentioned in the said application for the execution of such work, and shall also in and by such warrant specify when and how the moiety of the money to be expended in the execution of such work shall be repaid, and, if by instalments, the periods and amount thereof, and the rate of interest (if any) to be paid on the amount from time to time remaining due: Provided always, that it shall and may be lawful for the Treasury, by any like warrant or warrants, from time to time to make void such directions, and to give other directions as they may think fit in respect of the repayment of the said moiety, or the rate of interest chargeable thereon, or any part thereof at any time remaining unpaid.
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