Mr. T. WILSONasked the Secretary to the Treasury what steps, if any, are taken by his Department to test the correctness of the certificate which each Clerk of the Crown and Peace in Ireland has to append to his quarterly statement of expenditure for clerical assistance to the effect that no member of his staff for whom salary and war bonus are claimed is engaged during the official hours at work connected with the preparation and revision of jurors' and electors' lists?
§ Mr. BALDWINAs the requirement of the certificate indicates, the responsibility in this matter rests with the head of each office who, as Clerk of the Crown and Peace, is a legal official of high standing, and whose statement the Treasury accept.