LegalizeAppropriation Act , 1924
1 Issue of £20,964,541 out of the Central Fund.
1.—The Minister for Finance may issue out of the Central Fund and apply towards making good the supply granted for the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand, nine hundred and twenty-five, the sum of twenty million, nine hundred and sixty-four thousand, five hundred and forty-one pounds.
2 Power for the Minister for Finance to borrow.
2.— (1) The Minister for Finance may borrow from any person and the Bank of Ireland may advance to the Minister for Finance on the credit of the said sum any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole twenty million, nine hundred and sixty-four thousand, five hundred and forty-one pounds, and for the purpose of such borrowing the Minister for Finance may create and issue any securities bearing such rate of interest and subject to such conditions as to repayment, redemption or otherwise as he thinks fit.
(2) The principal and interest of any securities issued under this Act and the expenses incurred in connection with the issue of such securities shall be charged on the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.
(3) Any moneys raised by securities issued under this Act shall be placed to the credit of the account of the Exchequer and shall form part of the Central Fund and be available in any manner in which such Fund is available.
3 Appropriation of sums voted for supply services.
3.—All sums granted by this Act and the other Act mentioned in Schedule (A) annexed to this Act out of the Central Fund towards making good the supply granted, amounting, as appears by the said Schedule, in the aggregate to the sum of thirty-two million, two hundred and twelve thousand, eight hundred and ninety-three pounds, are appropriated and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the date of the passing of the Act mentioned in the said Schedule (A) for the services and purposes expressed in Schedule (B) annexed hereto. The abstract of schedules and schedules annexed hereto, with the notes (if any) to such schedules shall be deemed to be part of this Act in the same manner as if they had been contained in the body thereof.
In addition to the sums hereby granted out of the Central Fund there may be applied out of any money directed under Section 2 of the Public Accounts and Charges Act, 1891, to be applied as appropriations-in-aid of the grants for the services and purposes specified in Schedule (B) annexed hereto, the sums respectively set forth in the last column of the said Schedule.
4 Declaration required in certain cases before receipt of sums appropriated.
4.—A person shall not receive any part of a grant which may be made in pursuance of this Act for non-effective services until he has subscribed such declaration as may from time to time be prescribed by a warrant of the Minister for Finance before one of the persons prescribed by such warrant:
Provided that whenever any such payment is made at more frequent intervals than once in a quarter the Minister for Finance may dispense with the production of more than one declaration in respect of each quarter.
Any person who makes a declaration for the purpose of this section knowing the same to be untrue in any material particular shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.
5 Short title.
5.—This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Appropriation Act, 1924.
ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES (A) AND (B) TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS.
SCHEDULE (A).
| Grants out of the Central Fund | £32,212,893 |
|---|---|
SCHEDULE (B).
| Sums not exceeding | ||
|---|---|---|
| Supply Grants | Appropriations-in-Aid | |
| £ | £ | |
| 192324 (Supplementary) | 338,832 | 72,805 |
| 192425 | 31,874,061 | 595,216 |
SCHEDULE (A).
| For the service of the year ended on the 31st March, 1924:— | |
|---|---|
| £ | |
| Under Act No. 8 of 1924 (Central Fund Act) | 338,832 |
| For the service of the year ending on 31st March, 1925:— | |
| Under Act No. 8 of 1924 (Central Fund Act | 10,909,520 |
| Under this Act | 20,964,541 |
| _____ | |
| Total | £32,212,893 |
SCHEDULE (B), PART I.
Schedule of Supplementary Sums granted, and of sums which may be applied as Appropriations-in-Aid in addition thereto to defray the charges for the several Public Services herein particularly mentioned, for the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1924:—
| Sums not exceeding | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Grants | Appropriations-in-Aid | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| No. | £ | £ | |
| 3 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the President and Office of the Executive Council | 7,280 | — |
| 5 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ministry of Finance | 3,000 | — |
| 9 | For the Salaries and other Expenses of Temporary Commissions, Committees and Special Inquiries | 1,600 | — |
| 10 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Public Works (1 & 2 Will. IV., c. 33, ss. 5 & 6; 5 & 6 Vict. c. 89, ss. 1 & 2; 9 & 10 Vict. c. 86, ss. 2, 7 & 9; 10 Vict. c. 32, s. 3; 33 & 34 Vict. c. 46, s. 42; 40 & 41 Vict. c. 27; 44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, s. 31; 59 & 60 Vict. c. 34, etc.) | 9,300 | — |
| 11 | For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; for maintenance of Drainage Works on the River Shannon, and sundry Grants-in-Aid | 60,000 | — |
| 12 | For Payments under the Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act, 1883, etc., and for other purposes connected with Irish Railways | 510 | — |
| 16 | For Superannuation, Compensation, Compassionate and Additional Allowances and Gratuities under sundry Statutes; Compensation under Article 10 of the Treaty of the 6th December, 1921; Compassionate Allowances, Gratuities and Supplementary Pensions awarded by the Ministry of Finance; the Salary of the Medical Referee; and sundry repayments in respect of Pensions at present paid by the British Government | 10 | — |
| 22 | For Expenses under the Representation of the People Act, 1918, and under the Electoral Act, 1923 | 10 | — |
| 29 | For the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of various County Court Officers; Bonus to Chairmen of Quarter Sessions and Recorders and to Clerks of the Crown and Peace and the Expenses of Revision | 10 | — |
| 30 | For the Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges, including a Grant in relief of certain Expenses payable by Statute out of Local Rates | 5,107 | 50 |
| 49 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Irish Land Commission; and the Salaries and Expenses of the Land Settlement Department | 194,370 | 45,595 |
| 53 | For Grants-in-Aid of the Expenses of University Institutions, including Grants under the Irish Universities Act, 1908, and the Land Act, 1923 | 2,000 | — |
| 55 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, including Umpire and Courts of Referees; Contributions to the Unemployment Fund and to special schemes; Payments to Associations under the Unemployment Insurance Acts, for advances to Workpeople under the Labour Exchanges Act, 1909; Fees and Expenses of Medical Referees under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906; Fees to certifying Surgeons under the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901; Fees and Expenses under the Trade Boards Acts, 1909 to 1918; Fees and Expenses under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1919, and the Gas Regulation Act, 1920; also Expenses in connection with the International Labour Organisation (League of Nations), including a Grant-in-Aid | 5,650 | — |
| 58 | For the Cost of the Army | 10 | — |
| 61 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ministry of Fisheries, and to provide for the administration of schemes in connection with Rural Industries in Congested Districts | 23,265 | 27,160 |
| 63 | For the Expenses of the League of Nations and other Expenses in connection therewith | 3,250 | — |
| 64 | For Wound Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities, under the Army Pensions Act, 1923, and for sundry Contributions in respect of the administration thereof | 10,000 | — |
| 65 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission | 1,650 | — |
| 66 | For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances | 810 | — |
| 67 | For payment of Grants to Schools in Northern Ireland | 11,000 | — |
| Total £ | 338,832 | 72,805 |
SCHEDULE (B), PART II.
Schedule of sums granted and of sums which may be applied as Appropriations-in-Aid in addition thereto, to defray the charges of the several Public Services herein particularly mentioned, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1925:—
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