LegalizeAppropriation Act , 1925
GRANTS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND.
1 Issue of £10 out of the Central Fund for the service of the year ended on the 31st March, 1924.
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 ended on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, the sum of ten pounds.
2 Issue of £17,881,333 out of the Central Fund.
2.—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-six, the sum of seventeen million, eight hundred and eighty-one thousand, three hundred and thirty-three pounds.
3 Power for the Minister for Finance to borrow.
3.—(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 seventeen million, eight hundred and eighty-one thousand, three hundred and forty-three 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.
APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.
4 Appropriation of sums voted for supply services.
4.—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 twenty-eight million, one hundred and seventy-seven thousand, eight hundred and forty-nine pounds are appropriated and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the date of the passing of the Acts 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.
5 Declaration required in certain cases before receipt of sums appropriated.
5.—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.
6 Short title.
6.—This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Appropriation Act, 1925.
ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES (A) AND (B) TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS.
SCHEDULE (A).
GRANTS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND, £28,177,849.
SCHEDULE (B).
APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.
| Sums not Exceeding | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Grants. | Appropriations-in Aid. | |||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 192324 (Excess) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1,597 | 14 | 6 |
| 192425 (Supplementary) | 1,138,672 | 0 | 0 | 32,750 | 0 | 0 |
| 192526 | 27,039,167 | 0 | 0 | 779,481 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | £28,177,849 | 0 | 0 | 813,828 | 14 | 6 |
SCHEDULE (A).
| For the service of the year ended on the 31st March, 1924:— | £ |
|---|---|
| Under this Act | 10 |
| For the service of the year ended on the 31st March, 1925:— | |
| Under Act No. 6 of 1925 | 1,138,672 |
| (Central Fund Act) | |
| For the service of the year ending on the 31st March, 1926:— | |
| Under Act No. 6 of 1925 | 9,157,834 |
| (Central Fund Act) | |
| Under this Act | 17,881,333 |
| Total | £28,177,849 |
SCHEDULE (B)—PART I. EXCESS, 1923-24.
| Sums not Exceeding | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Grant. | Appropriations-in-Aid. | |||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Sum granted to make good an excess on the grant for the Ministry of Fisheries for the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1924 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1,597 | 14 | 6 |
SCHEDULE (B)—PART II.
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, 1925:—
| Sums not Exceeding | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Grant. | Appropriations-in-Aid. | |||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |||||
| £ | £ | |||||||
| 5 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance (including the Paymaster-General's Office) | 6,264 | — | |||||
| 9 | For the Salaries and other Expenses of Temporary Commissions, Committees and Special Inquiries | 6,550 | — | |||||
| 13 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission (Civil Service Regulation Act, 1924) | 800 | — | |||||
| 14 | For Payments in respect of destruction of or injuries to, Property within the period 21st January, 1919, to 12th May, 1923, inclusive under the Damage to Property (Compensation) Act 1923, as amended and otherwise; and in respect of damage to, or loss of, property and payments by way of indemnification or recoupment under the Indemnity Act, 1924 | 10 | — | |||||
| 19 | For Contributions towards the Relief of Unemployment and Distress | 250,000 | — | |||||
| 21 | For Expenses under the Representation of the People Act, 1918, the Electoral Act, 1923, and the Juries (Amendment) Act, 1924 | 10 | — | |||||
| 28 | For the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of various County Court and Circuit Court Officers, Bonus to Chairman of Quarter Sessions, and Recorders, and to Clerks of the Crown and Peace, and the Expenses of Revision | 10 | — | |||||
| 29 | 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 | 221 | 1,750 | |||||
| 47 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Irish Land Commission (44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, s. 46, and c. 71, s. 4; 48 & 49 Vict., c. 73, ss. 17, 18 and 20; 53 & 54 Vict., c. 49, s. 2; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 48; 3 Edw. 7, c. 37; 7. Edw. 7, c. 38, and c. 56; 9 Edw. 7, c. 42, the Land Law (Commission) Act, 1923, and the Land Act, 1923 | 200,000 | — | |||||
| 49 | For Intermediate Education, including the Teachers' Salaries Grant and Increments of Salaries to Secondary School Teachers | 30,800 | — | |||||
| 51 | For the Salary of the Secretary including Bonus, and the Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners for managing certain School Endowments in Ireland (53 Geo. III., c. 107; 17 & 18 Vict., c. 94; and 48 & 49 Vict., c. 78 Scheme 34) | 20 | — | |||||
| 52 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Industry and Commerce including Umpire and Courts of Referees, Contributions to the Unemployment Fund, and to the Special 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 Workshop Act, 1901, Fees and Expenses under the Trade Boards Acts, 1909, and 1918, Fees and Expenses under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1919, and the Gas Regulation Act, 1920, and the Weights and Measures Act, 1889, also expenses in connection with the International Labour Organisation (League of Nations) including a Grant in Aid | 175,355 | 25,000 | |||||
| 56 | For Wound Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities under the Army Pensions Act, 1923, and sundry contributions in respect of the Administration thereof, and Pensions under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1924, and the Expenses of Hospital Treatment for Ex-Soldiers | 95,500 | — | |||||
| 60 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Fisheries | 10 | 6,000 | |||||
| 62 | For the Salaries and other Expenses of the Railway Tribunal, constituted under the Railways Act, 1924 | 3,950 | — | |||||
| 63 | For a Grant in Aid to the Royal Dublin Society in respect of the occupation of Leinster House by the Oireachtas | 68,000 | — | |||||
| 64 | For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances | 1,172 | — | |||||
| 65 | For an Advance to the National Land Bank, Limited | 300,000 | — | |||||
| £1,138,672 | 32,750 |
SCHEDULE (B)—PART III.
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, 1926:—
| Sums not Exceeding | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Grants. | Appropriations-in-Aid. | |||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |||||
| £ | £ | |||||||
| 1 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Governor General's Establishment under the Governor General's Salary and Establishment Act, 1923 | 7,040 | — | |||||
| 2 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Oireachtas | 116,700 | — | |||||
| 3 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the President of the Executive Council | 15,024 | — | |||||
| 4 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Comptroller and Auditor-General | 19,295 | — | |||||
| 5 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office | 66,006 | — | |||||
| 6 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Revenue Department | 703,310 | 9,720 | |||||
| 7 | For the payment of Old Age Pensions under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1924, for certain Administrative Expenses in connection therewith, and for Pensions under the Blind Persons Act, 1920 | 2,607,100 | 600 | |||||
| 8 | For Capital for the Local Loans Fund and to make repayment to the British Government in respect of local loans outstanding | 837,300 | — | |||||
| 9 | For the Salaries and other Expenses of Temporary Commissions, Committees, and Special Inquiries | 32,196 | — | |||||
| 10 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Public Works (1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 33, ss. 5 & 6; 5 & 6 Vict., c. 89, ss. 1 & 2; 9 & 10 Vict., c. 86, ss. 2, 7 and 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; &c.) | 106,225 | 4,750 | |||||
| 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 | 870,706 | 22,800 | |||||
| 12 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory | 7,627 | — | |||||
| 13 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission (Civil Service Regulation Act, 1924) | 7,846 | — | |||||
| 14 | For Payments in respect of destruction of, or injuries to, Property within the period 21st January, 1919, to 12th May, 1923, inclusive, under the Damage to Property (Compensation) Act, 1923, as amended, and otherwise; and in respect of damage to, or loss of property and payments by way of indemnification or recoupment under the Indemnity Act, 1924; and for payment of grants awarded on the recommendation of the Property Losses (Ireland) Committee, 1916 as compensation for buildings destroyed in Dublin during Easter Week, 1916. | 3,690,300 | — | |||||
| 15 | For certain payments of Compensation in respect of Personal Injuries or Death | 32,000 | — | |||||
| 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 Department of Finance; the Salary of the Medical Referee; and Sundry Repayments in respect of Pensions at present paid by the British Government | 1,756,827 | — | |||||
| 17 | For Rates and Contributions in lieu of Rates, etc., in respect of Government Property | 102,000 | 3,000 | |||||
| 18 | For Secret Services | 20,000 | — | |||||
| 19 | For Contributions towards the Relief of Unemployment and Distress | 250,000 | — | |||||
| 20 | For Expenses under the Representation of the People Act, 1918, the Electoral Act, 1923, and the Juries (Amendment) Act, 1924 | 37,000 | — | |||||
| 21 | For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants in Aid | 8,216 | — | |||||
| 22 | For Stationery, Printing, Paper, Binding, and Printed Books for the Public Service; to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office; and for sundry Miscellaneous Services including Reports of Oireachtas Debates | 170,385 | 32,385 | |||||
| 23 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the General Valuation and Boundary Survey, under the Acts 15 & 16 Vict., c. 63; 17 Vict., c. 8; 17 Vict., c. 17; 20 & 21 Vict., c. 45; 22 & 23 Vict., c. 8; 23 Vict., c. 4; 27 & 28 Vict., c. 52; and 37 & 38 Vict., c. 70; including Estate Duty Valuation under the Finance (190910) Act, 1910 | 34,699 | 7,195 | |||||
| 24 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ordnance Survey and of Minor Services connected therewith | 48,349 | 2,250 | |||||
| 25 | For the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of various Circuit Court Officers, Bonus to Clerks of the Crown and Peace, and the Expenses of Revision | 74,239 | 4,970 | |||||
| 26 | 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 | 69,576 | 1,336 | |||||
| 27 | For Expenses in connection with Haul-bowline Dockyard | 15,000 | — | |||||
| 28 | For Grants in Aid of the Expenses of University Institutions, including Grants under the Irish Universities Act, 1908, and the Land Act, 1923 | 107,800 | — | |||||
| 29 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice | 35,538 | — | |||||
| 30 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána (The Gárda Síochána Act, 1924, and the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925) | 1,463,976 | 63,878 | |||||
| 31 | For the Expenses of the General Prisons Board, and of the Establishments under their control, the Registration of Habitual Criminals and the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics confined in District Mental Hospitals (17 & 18 Vict., c. 76; 34 & 35 Vict., c. 112, s. 6; 40 & 41 Vict., c. 49; 47 & 48 Vict., c. 36; 61 & 62 Vict., c. 60; 1 Edw. 7, c. 17, s. 3; 8 Edw. 7, c. 59; and 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 58). | 157,631 | 2,500 | |||||
| 32 | For the Salaries and Expenses of Justices of the District Court (The TCourts of Justice Act, 1924, Sec. 74). | 55,050 | — | |||||
| 33 | For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the Supreme Court and High Court of Saorstát Eireann and of the Registry of Deeds as are not charged on the Central Fund; (30 & 31 Vict., cs. 44, 114, and 129; 40 & 41 Vict., c. 57; 45 &46, Vict., c. 70 and Courts of Justice Act, 1924, s. 102); and for Salaries and Expenses under the County Court Appeals Act, 1924 | 123,084 | 2,525 | |||||
| 34 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Public Record Office, and of the Keeper of State Papers, Dublin (30 & 31 Vict., c. 70, 38 & 39 Vict., c. 59; and 39 & 40 Vict., c. 58) | 6,995 | — | |||||
| 35 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests (7 & 8 Vict., c. 97, ss. 7 & 8; 30 & 31 Vict., c. 54, s. 24; and 34 & 35 Vict., c. 102) | 3,128 | 48 | |||||
| 36 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, including Grants and other Expenses in connection with Housing, Grants to Local Authorities and Sundry Grants in Aid, and the Expenses of the Office of the Inspector of Lunatic Asylums | 552,912 | 11,544 | |||||
| 37 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Registrar General of Births, etc. (7 & 8 Vic., c. 81, s. 54; 26 Vic., c. 11, s. 9; 26 & 27 Vic., c. 52, s. 11, and c. 90, s. 20; 42 & 43 Vic., c. 70; and 43 & 44 Vic., c.13) | 14,371 | 5,700 | |||||
| 38 | For the Expenses of the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics in the Dundrum Asylum | 14,847 | 4,794 | |||||
| 39 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Insurance Commission and for sundry Contributions and Grants in respect of the cost of Benefits and Expenses of Administration under the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1924 (including certain Grants in Aid) | 279,058 | 1,000 | |||||
| 40 | For Charges connected with Hospitals and Infirmaries, and certain Miscellaneous Charitable and other Allowances, including sundry Grants in Aid | 16,728 | — | |||||
| 41 | For the Expenses of the Department of Education in respect of costs of Administration, Inspection, etc. | 183,068 | 1,607 | |||||
| 42 | For the Expenses of Primary Education, including Grants-in-Aid of the Teachers' Pension Fund | 3,475,832 | 745 | |||||
| 43 | For Secondary Education, including the Teachers' Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant and Increments of Salary to Secondary School Teachers | 261,535 | 36,240 | |||||
| 44 | For the Expenses connected with Technical Instruction | 167,720 | 40,398 | |||||
| 45 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art in Dublin and of the Geological Survey of Ireland, including sundry Grants in Aid, administered by the Department of Education | 72,589 | 3,535 | |||||
| 46 | For Expenses of Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention (Children Act, 1908) | 102,462 | 2,800 | |||||
| 47 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery of Ireland | 4,418 | — | |||||
| 48 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of Agriculture and of certain Services administered by that Department including sundry Grants in Aid | 357,766 | 114,881 | |||||
| 49 | For a Grant in Aid of the Forestry Fund (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 58) | 30,743 | — | |||||
| 50 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Irish Land Commission (44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, s. 46, and c. 71, s. 4; 48 & 49 Vict., c. 73, ss. 17, 18 and 20; 53 & 54 Vict., c. 49, s. 2; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 48; 3 Edw. 7, c. 37; 7 Edw. 7, c. 38, and c. 56; 9 Edw. 7, c. 42; the Land Law (Commission) Act, 1923, and the Land Act, 1923) | 644,993 | 86,090 | |||||
| 51 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce including Umpire and Courts of Referees, Contributions to the Unemployment Fund and to the Special 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 and 1918, Fees and Expenses under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1919, and the Gas Regulation Act, 1920, and the Weights and Measures Act, 1889, also expenses in connection with the International Labour Organisation (League of Nations) including a Grant in Aid | 366,484 | 115,450 | |||||
| 52 | For Payments under the Railways Act, 1924, the Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act, 1883, etc., and for other purposes connected with Irish Railways | 82,674 | 28,102 | |||||
| 53 | For the salaries and other expenses of the Railway Tribunal constituted under the Railways Act, 1924 | 7,925 | — | |||||
| 54 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service (Merchant Shipping Acts, 18941921, Crown Lands Acts, 18291866) | 10,634 | 2,262 | |||||
| 55 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Fisheries | 60,775 | 45,805 | |||||
| 56 | For the Salaries and expenses of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, including Telephones | 2,551,540 | 96,914 | |||||
| 57 | For the cost of the Army | 3,053,117 | 23,657 | |||||
| 58 | For Wound Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities under the Army Pensions Act, 1923, and for sundry Contributions in respect of the Administration thereof, and to pay Pensions under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1924 | 316,000 | — | |||||
| 59 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of External Affairs | 46,973 | — | |||||
| 60 | For a Grant in Aid of the Expenses of the League of Nations, and for other Expenses in connection therewith | 6,824 | — | |||||
| 61 | For Advances to Agricultural Credit Societies and for defraying Expenses incidental thereto | 100,000 | — | |||||
| 62 | For the increase of the Agricultural Grant [Local Government (Rates on Agricultural Land) Act, 1925.] | 599,011 | — | |||||
| £27,039,167 | £779,481 | |||||||
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