law: Cantonments Act, I924 
  8.Application of funds and property
  
  transferred under sections 6 and 7  :-
  Any cantonment fund or portion of a cantonment
  
  fund or other property of a {Subs.by Act 24 of 1936, s.69 for " Cantonment
  
  Authority ".} [Board] vesting in Government under the provision of section
  
  6 or section 7 shall be applied in the first place to satisfy any liabilities
  
  of the {Subs.by Act 24 of 1936, s.69 for " Cantonment Authority"}) [Board]
  
  transferred under such provisions to the {Subs.by the A.O.1937, for "
  
  Secretary of State in Council"} [Central Government], and in the second
  
  place for the benefit of the inhabitants of the local area which has ceased to
  
  be a cantonment or, as the case may be, part of a cantonment.