The Short Title of this Act is “The Public Revenues Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1883.”

The deposit of moneys for a fixed period with any incorporated bank carrying on business within the colony, shall be deemed a security within the meaning of section five of “The Public Revenues Act, 1882,” wherein any moneys in the said section mentioned may be invested.

In section nine of “The Public Revenues Act, 1882,” the words “two calendar months” and “two months” shall be omitted wherever the same respectively occur, and the words “three months” are hereby inserted in lieu thereof respectively, and the said section shall be construed accordingly.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained or implied in “The Public Revenues Act, 1882,” or in this Act, it shall not be lawful for the Colonial Treasurer, or any imprestee in the colony, to issue or pay any moneys after the expiration of the said period of three months, except moneys permanently appropriated by any Act of the General Assembly, or upon a resolution as provided in subsection (b) of section nine of “The Public Revenues Act, 1882.”

Notwithstanding anything contained in “The Disqualification Act, 1878,” or in any other Act, where an allowance for travelling expenses actually incurred is made to any Commissioner of any Land Board, or to any member of the General Assembly, there shall be paid in lieu of such allowance a commutation not exceeding twenty shillings a day, in addition to money paid for coach, railway, steamship, or other passenger fare; such commutation, in the case of Land Board Commissioners, not to exceed twenty shillings for each day that the Board sits.