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5. The Appropriation Ordinance 1855
Be it enacted by the Superintendent of the said Province, by and with the
consent of the Provincial Council thereof as follows:
1. Appropriation of Provincial Revenue for Year ending 31st March 1856. Out of the Public Revenue of the said Province there may be issued and applied, in the manner hereinafter mentioned, any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding the several Sums hereinafter specified, amounting in the whole to the sum of Twenty Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty Pounds Sixteen Shillings for defraying the charge of the Government of the said Province for the Year commencing on the First day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and ending upon the Thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, that is to say, for the service of the department of—
Total £ s. d. The Superintendent
Provincial Council
Provincial Secretary Provincial Treasurer Provincial Auditor Provincial Solicitor Registrar
Supreme Court Resident Magistrate Sheriff and Gaol Police
Provincial Surgeon
Coroner Harbor Master Inspector of Sheep Printing and Stationery Akaroa
Miscellaneous charges, including Rent and Insurance of Government Offices, Council Chamber, Fuel &c.
Immigration Education Public Works Steam
550
|
0
|
0
|
625
|
0
|
0
|
510
|
0
|
0
|
200
|
0
|
0
|
100
|
0
|
0
|
300
|
0
|
0
|
370
|
0
|
0
|
100
|
0
|
0
|
425
|
0
|
0
|
304
|
16
|
0
|
887
|
6
|
0
|
473
|
0
|
0
|
30
|
0
|
0
|
327
|
10
|
0
|
400
|
0
|
0
|
300
|
0
|
0
|
293
|
4
|
0
|
175 0 0
2,100 0 0
1,000 0 0
9,410 0 0
1,680 0 0
£20,560 16 0
2. Provincial Treasurer, etc., shall issue and be allowed credit for the sums appropriated.
The Provincial Treasurer and Sub-Treasurers shall issue, from time to time,
any Sum or Sums of Money for the purposes hereinbefore
mentioned, not exceeding
in the whole the Sums respectively specified to such persons, and in such
portions as the Superintendent
shall, by an Order or Orders, in writing, under
his hand, from time to time direct; and such Treasurer and Sub-Treasurers shall,
in their Accounts, be allowed credit for all Sums paid by them in pursuance of
such Orders; and the receipts of the persons to whom
such Sums have been so
paid, shall be a full discharge for the Sum or Sums for which such receipts
shall be given.
3. Provincial Treasurer, &c., shall be allowed credit for certain sums expended up to 31st March, 1855.
And Whereas, in defraying the charge of the Provincial Government for the year ending the Thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and on account of the several services hereinafter mentioned, certain Sums of Money, amounting in the whole to the sum of One Thousand Three Hundred and
Eighty-seven Pounds Seven Shillings and Ten pence, were issued and paid by
the Provincial Treasurer in pursuance of Warrants under
the hand of the
Superintendent, whereof certain Sums, that is to say, for the service
of—
Provincial Council Provincial Secretary Resident Magistrate Police
Provincial Surgeon Charitable Aid Immigration Printing
Census
Public Records Provincial Engineer Steam
Repairs of Bridle Path
Harewood Road
Ferry over the Courtenay (Waimakariri) Sumner Bar
Miscellaneous Expenses
£
|
s.
|
d.
|
14
|
9
|
5
|
238
|
19
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
12
|
4
|
29
|
2
|
1
|
128
|
6
|
7
|
100
|
0
|
0
|
95
|
11
|
0
|
5
|
7
|
10
|
0
|
1
|
10
|
109
|
16
|
4
|
3
|
15
|
0
|
17
|
10
|
5
|
97
|
14
|
7
|
15
|
9
|
8
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
23
|
0
|
0
|
£890
|
18
|
4
|
were so issued and paid in excess of the Sums by Law appropriated to the said
several services; and certain other Sums, that is to say, for the service of
The Provincial Council Fitting up Offices, &c. North Road
Road South of Christchurch Alterations to Hospital Bridges over Avon
£
|
s.
|
d.
|
100
|
0
|
0
|
60
|
0
|
0
|
117
|
0
|
0
|
81
|
8
|
10
|
119
|
13
|
11
|
18
|
4
|
0
|
£496
|
9
|
6
|
were so issued and paid in pursuance of Resolutions of the Provincial Council
in that behalf, but were not included in any Bill for
the Appropriation of the
Public Revenues of the Province for the said year: Be it therefore enacted: The
Provincial Treasurer shall
be allowed credit in his Accounts for all Sums of
Money so issued and paid by him for the said several services, and not exceeding
the several amounts hereinbefore particularly specified. And the receipts of
the persons to whom such Sums of Money shall have been
paid under such Warrants
as aforesaid, shall be a complete discharge for the Sum or Sums for which such
receipts shall have been
given
4. Title.
This Bill shall be entituled and may be cited as “The Appropriation Ordinance,
1855-6, Session IV., No. 5.”
Notes.
This Ordinance was passed by the Canterbury Provincial Council on 5th July
1855, and assented to on the 10th July.
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