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Appropriation Ordinance 1868

11. The Appropriation Ordinance 1868.

[9^th April 1868.]

Be it enacted by the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof as follows:

1. Appropriation of Public Revenues for period ending 31st December 1868. 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 up to the 31st day of December 1868 the sum of One Hundred and Thirty-seven Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty-nine Pounds Seven Shillings in manner set forth in Schedules A B and C to this Ordinance.

2. Appropriation of Public Revenues for defraying outstanding liabilities, as per Schedule D.

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 certain liabilities under contracts and engagements entered into previously to the passing of this Act the further sum of One Hundred and Sixteen Thousand Five Hundred Pounds Five Shillings and One Penny in manner set forth in Schedule D to this Ordinance.

3. Sums to be issued in accordance with Audit Act 1866.

The said sums hereby appropriated shall be issued and paid in the manner prescribed by “The Provincial Audit Act 1866.”

4. Provincial Treasurer allowed credit for sums issued as per Schedule E. And whereas in defraying the charge of the Provincial Government and in the public service of the said Province up to the Thirty-First day of March One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-Eight certain sums of money amounting in the whole to the sum of thirteen thousand one hundred and eighty-nine pounds fifteen shillings and five-pence were issued and paid by the Provincial Treasurer in pursuance of Special Orders given by the Superintendent under Section XII. of “The Provincial Audit Act, 1866,” and such sums were paid in the manner and on account of the services particularly set forth in the Schedule E to this Ordinance but were not included in any Ordinance for the Appropriation of the Public Revenues of the said Province 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 E 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 intituled and may be cited as “The Appropriation Ordinance, 1868.”