§ MR. BOYLE (Donegal, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a man named John Timoney obtained a decree for £10 against the Glenties Board of Guardians, county Donegal, at the June Session, 1900; that at a meeting of the guardians, held on 12th July, 1900, when forty-five members were present, payment of the said decree was ordered, will he explain why afterwards the auditor of the Local Government Board surcharged the three members only who signed the payment; and whether, seeing that the said payment was made on a valid decree of the county court judge of Donegal, payment of said decree being compulsory on the guardians, steps will be taken to have the surcharge removed.
§ MR. ATKINSONThe board of guardians deliberately appointed this man as workhouse master knowing that he was disqualified. The Local Government Board refused to confirm his appointment, as they were bound to do, and the guardians in order, apparently, to defeat the law, took no defence to an action to recover a claim they knew to be unfounded. The auditor surcharged the persons who authorised the payments. If dissatisfied with this decision the board of guardians can appeal to the King's Bench Division.