Section I. The persons for the time being holding the office of Secretary and Treasurer, or of Secretary alone,

I. The persons for the time being holding the office of Secretary and Treasurer, or of Secretary alone, or of Treasurer alone, or of Deputy Secretary, or of Accountant of the Bank of Bengal, of the Bank of Madras, and of the Bank of Bombay respectively, shall, so long as the Government Treasuries at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay respectively shall continue to be held and established at those Banks respectively, be severally Ex-Officio Assessors for executing Act XXXII of 1860 for the purpose of assessing and discharging the Duties thereby imposed in respect of interest on securities of the Government of India and of all annuities payable out of the revenues of India, and in respect of all other yearly sums (other than the salaries or pensions mentioned in Sections XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, and XXXI of the said Act) payable by the said Government or out of the public revenues of the said Government at the Government Treasuries of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay respectively, and shall severally have and exercise in regard to the said Duties all the powers and authorities vested by the said Act in the Ex-Officio Assessors named in Section XXVI thereof.