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§ IV. Expenses on account of Liberated Africans
-Mode of rendering the Accounts of Expenses incurred under the Provisions of the Acts for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
369. The Collectors or chief Officers of the Customs in those Colonies where no other arrangement has been specially directed are to receive, protect, and provide for all such Natives of Africa as may be put in their charge from vessels condemned as prize.
370. The Collector or other Officer is autho rised to enter into the requisite contracts, to be approved by the Officer administering the Government, for the maintenance of the Africans
at a fixed rate per diem, and for defraying the cost of clothing, necessaries, and other con- tingencies. This mode of supporting the Africans is considered preferable to that of purchasing provisions in large quantities for their use.
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371. The Collector or other Officer will bring in the abstracts of accounts of his expenses, to be passed before the Officer administering the Government in Council, every three months. certificate, to be signed by the Officer adminis- tering the Government, is to be subjoined to the General Abstract of the Expenditure, stating that the detailed documents referred to in the abstract have been carefully inspected, and have been approved.
372. In those cases in which the Colony is dependent on a Superior Government, the Abstracts of Expenditure, when certified by the Officer in charge of the subordinate Govern- ment, are to be forwarded to the Governor- in-Chief for his inspection and approval pre- Upon viously to the amount being discharged.
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the passing of each quarterly account by the Officer administering the Government Council, and in the case of subordinate Govern- ment upon the subsequent approval of the Governor-in-Chief being signified, the abstract will be returned to the Collector, in whose favour the Officer administering the Government will thereupon grant a Warrant on the Treasury Chest for the amount allowed. The Officer
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Collector or other Officer will bring
acts of accounts of his expenses, to efore the Officer administering the A in Council, every three months.
o be signed by the Officer adininis- lovernment, is to be subjoined to the ostract of the Expenditure, stating
tailed documents referred to in the ve been carefully inspected, and have red.
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