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Appropriation Ordinance 1862

18. The Appropriation Ordinance 1862.

Analysis.

1. Appropriation of Provincial Revenue for the nine months ending 30th June

1863.

2. Provincial Treasurer shall issue and be allowed credit for sums appropriated as per Schedules B and C.

3. Provincial Treasurer shall issue upon Warrant by his Honor the

Superintendent.

4. Provincial Treasurer shall be allowed credit for certain sums expended as per

Schedule D up to 30th September 1862.

5. Title.

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 the nine months ending 30th June

1863.

Out of the public revenues of the said Province there may be issued and applied for the public service of the said Province, and for defraying the charge of the Government thereof, for the period commencing on the First day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and ending on the Thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the manner set forth in the Schedule A to this Ordinance, any sum or sums of money not exceeding the sums in such Schedule specified, amounting in the whole to the Sum of Two Hundred and Eighty-eight Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty-two Pounds Twelve Shillings and Eleven Pence.

2. Provincial Treasurer shall issue and be allowed credit for sums appropriated as per Schedules B and C.

Out of the public revenues of the said Province which shall have been raised by Debentures issuable under the authority of the is Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway Loan Ordinance, Session XIII., No. 1," there may be issued and applied for defraying the charges of the Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway Works, for

the period commencing on the First day of October, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and ending on the Thirtieth day of June, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the manner set forth in the Schedule B to this Ordinance, any sum or sums of money not exceeding the sums in such Schedule specified, amounting in the whole to the sum of One Hundred Thousand Pounds, and out of the public revenues of the said Province, which shall have been raised by Debentures issuable under the authority of " The Canterbury Loan Ordinance,

1862," there may be issued and applied for defraying the charges of the works set forth in the Schedule C to this Ordinance, any sum or sums of money not exceeding the sums in such Schedule specified, amounting in the whole to the Sum of Fourteen Thousand Pounds.

3. Provincial Treasurer shall issue upon Warrant by his Honor the

Superintendent.

The Provincial Treasurer shall issue from time to time any sum or sums of money not exceeding the sums in such Estimates severally specified to such persons and in such portions as the Superintendent shall, by any Warrants under his hand, from time to time direct, and shall be allowed credit in his Accounts for all sums so paid by him in pursuance of such Warrants; and the Receipts of the

persons to whom such sums shall have been paid shall be a full discharge for the sum or sums for which such Receipts shall be given.

4. Provincial Treasurer shall be allowed credit for certain sums expended as per

Schedule D up to 30th September 1862.

And Whereas, in defraying the charge of the Provincial Government and in the Public Service of the said Province for the year ending the Thirtieth September, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, certain sums of money, amounting in the whole to the sum of Nine Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-four Pounds Nine Shillings and a Penny, were issued and paid by the Provincial Treasurer, in pursuance of Warrants under the hand of the Superintendent; and such sums were paid in the manner and on account of the services particularly set forth in the Schedule D to this Ordinance, but were not included in any Bill for the appropriation of the Public Revenues of the said Province for the said year: Be it therefore enacted that the Provincial Treasurer shall be allowed credit in his Accounts for all sums of money so issued and paid by him on the several accounts set forth in the Schedule D hereunto annexed; and the Receipts of the persons to whom such sums of money shall have been paid under such Warrants, shall be a complete discharge for the sum or sums of money for which such Receipts shall have been given.

5. Title.

This Ordinance shall be entituled and may be cited as " The Appropriation

Ordinance 1862."