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Imprest Supply Ordinance no.2 1875

3. Imprest Supply No 2 Ordinance 1875

[7^th May, 1875.]

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

1. Sums of money not exceeding sums specified in Schedule may be issued and applied towards defraying the charge of the Government for the twelve months ending 31st March 1876.

Out of the revenues of the said Province there may be issued and applied towards defraying the charge of the Government of the said Province for the twelve months ending the Thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six any sums of money not exceeding the sums specified in the Schedule to this Ordinance amounting in the whole to the sum of sixty thousand five hundred pounds and which sums shall be more particularly expressed in an Ordinance to be passed in this present Session of the Provincial Council for appropriating the Revenue of the said Province for the year ending the Thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

2. Provincial Treasurer shall issue and pay any sums of money not exceeding sums specified as may be directed by warrant of the Superintendent certified by the Provincial Auditor.

The Provincial Treasurer shall issue and pay from time to time any sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum above specified to such persons and in such proportions as the Superintendent shall by warrant under his hand directed to the Provincial Treasurer and certified by the Provincial Auditor in terms of “The Provincial Audit Act 1866” and “The Provincial Audit Act Amendment Act 1868” direct and such Treasurer shall be allowed credit for all sums paid by him in pursuance of such warrants.

3. Title.

This Ordinance shall be intituled and may be cited as “The Imprest Supply Ordinance 1875.”

Schedule.

A

Class 2.— Administrative 300 00 00

Class 3.— Legislative 200 00 00

Class 4.— Gaols 500 00 00

Class 5.— Police1,600 00 00

Class 6. — Hospitals 700 00 00

Class 7.— Lunatic Asylum 800 00 00

Class 8.— Charitable Aid 700 00 00

Class 9.— Industrial School 100 00 00

Class 10.— Orphan Asylum 200 00 00

Class 11.— Inspection of Sheep150 00 00

Class 12.— Education 1,500 00 00

Class 13.— Miscellaneous2,000 00 00

Class 14.— College, Museum, and Public Library 500 00 00

Class 15.— Public Works Department 450 00 00

Class 16.— Harbour 400 00 00

Class 17.— Public Plantation 50 00 00

Class 18.— Provincial Government Works 500 00 00

Class 19.— Subsidies to Ferries 100 00 00

Class 20.— Rai!ways11,000 00 00

B.

Class 1 — Waste Lands Board 100 00 00

Class 2.— Surveys 1,500 00 00

Class 3.— Buildings and Works 12,000 00 00

Class 4. — Immigration 500 00 00

C.

Class 1.— Railways 3,500 00 00