Section IX

Commissioners to examine the Accounts of Mr. Whitaker, Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty and Navy.

And whereas there hath been great Sums of Money paid to M^r Edward Whitaker Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty and Navy during his being in the said Imployment whereby His Majesty hath suffred great Abuses and Deceits in the Exorbitant Expence of His Majesties Treasure Be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Commissioners or any Three of them shall have full Power and are hereby required particularly to examine into the Accounts by which the said M^r. Whitaker procured and recieved the said Sums of Money and at the opening of the next Session of Parliament to lay before the House of Commons their Report representing such Matters as shall appear to the said Commissioners upon Examination of the Accounts of the said Master Whitaker in Relation to the Nature of the Services Vouchers and Method of passing the same together with the Times of Payment and with their Opinion how much thereof they think extravagant and unreasonable