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TRANSFER OF RAILWAYS (IRELAND) ACT 1890 - SECT 8

Audit of accounts.

8.(1) The [county council] of any county in which any [county district] or
part of a [county district] chargeable under the Tramways (Ireland) Acts with
the payment of any sum in respect of dividends on the capital of the promoters
is situate, shall from time to time during the continuance of the guarantee
appoint a fit and proper person to audit the accounts of the railway company
in respect of the transferred undertaking.

(2) It shall be the duty of the said auditor, twice in each year, at a
reasonable time before each spring and summer assizes for such county, to
audit the accounts of the railway company with respect to the transferred
undertaking, and he shall furnish a statement of the result of the audit to
the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, and to the secretary of the said
[county council], and to the arbitrators appointed for the said company under
the sixth section of the Act of 1883.

(3) In case an auditor dies or declines to act, or becomes incapable of
acting, the Board of Trade may appoint another fit and proper person to be
auditor in his place, who shall proceed to audit the said accounts, and to
furnish the statements hereinbefore specified within a reasonable time after
his appointment.

(4) The expenses of the audit shall be paid by the railway company, and in
case of difference as to their amount, they shall pay such sum in respect of
the said expenses as may be fixed by the Board of Trade.

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