Commissioners Clauses Act 1847

XCII Auditors to be appointed. Qualification of Auditors.

Except in the Cases where by the special Act Provision is made for the Appointment of a permanent Auditor, and such Auditor shall have been appointed accordingly, the Rate-payers present at the said annual Meeting may appoint Two or more Persons not being Commissioners to be Auditors of the Accounts of the Commissioners; and if no other Person present at such Meeting propose the Names of Two Persons to be appointed Auditors by such Meeting, it shall be the Duty of the Chairman of the Meeting to propose the Names of Two Persons to be so appointed ; and the Persons so to be appointed Auditors shall have the like Qualification, and shall be subject to the like Disqualification or Disability, as the Commissioners; and before entering on their Office they shall make and sign before a Justice or the Sheriff a solemn Declaration of the like Purport and Effect to that hereby required to be signed by the Commissioners; and the Auditors so appointed shall receive a reasonable Remuneration for their Time and Trouble, not exceeding Two Guineas each for every Day they shall be fully employed on such Audit, and all such Expenses as they shall be put unto attending the auditing of the said Accounts ; and if any Dispute arise as to the Amount of the Remuneration and Expenses to be paid to such Auditors, it shall in England or Ireland be settled by Two Justices, and in Scotland by the Sheriff.