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Paymaster General Act 1782
The
Paymaster General
Act
1782
was an Act of the
Parliament of Great Britain
.
The Act
abolished the
practice
of the
heads
of
subordinate
Treasuries
keeping
large
sums
of
public money
for long
periods
, during which they
employed
them for their own
profit
. It was
repealed
by the
Paymaster-General Act 1783
.