LegalizeAppropriation Act , 1926
GRANTS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND.
1 Issue of £16,904,176 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-seven the sum of sixteen million, nine hundred and four thousand, one hundred and seventy-six 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 sixteen million, nine hundred and four thousand, one hundred and seventy-six 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 repayments, 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.
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 twenty-five million, eight hundred and twenty-one thousand, three hundred and eighty-six 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 thereto, 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, 1926.
ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES (A) AND (B) TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS. SCHEDULE (A).
| Grants out of the Central Fund | £25,821,386 |
|---|---|
SCHEDULE (B).
| Sums not Exceeding | ||
|---|---|---|
| Supply Grants | Appropriations-in-Aid | |
| £ | £ | |
| 1925-26 (Supplementary) | 232,162 | 1,640 |
| 1926-27 | 25,589,224 | 976,476 |
| Total | £25,821,386 | £978,116 |
SCHEDULE A.
| For the service of the year ended on the 31st March, 1926:— | ||
|---|---|---|
| £ | ||
| Under Act No. 13 of 1926 (Central Fund Act) | 232,162 | |
| For the service of the year ending on the 31st March, 1927:— | ||
| Under Act No. 13 of 1926 (Central Fund Act) | 8,685,048 | |
| Under this Act | 16,904,176 | |
| Total | £25,821,386 |
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, 1926:—
| Sums not exceeding | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Grants. | Appropriations-in-Aid | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| 2 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Oireachtas | £ | £ |
| 10 | — | ||
| 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; for Barrow Drainage; and sundry Grants in Aid | 10 | 550 |
| 19 | For contributions towards the Relief of Unemployment and Distress | 120,000 | — |
| 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 | 10 | — |
| 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) | 10 | 690 |
| 42 | For the expenses of Primary Education, including Grants in Aid of Teachers' Pension Fund | 19,900 | — |
| 43 | For Secondary Education, including the Teachers' Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant and Increments of Salary to Secondary School Teachers | 8,070 | 400 |
| 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 | 10 | — |
| 63 | For the Remuneration for cost of Management of Government Stocks of Saorstát Eireann | 11,466 | — |
| 64 | For the repayment to the National Land Bank of sums advanced by them to the Wolfhill Collieries, Limited, under a Government Guarantee | 58,032 | — |
| 65 | For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances | 259 | — |
| 66 | For the Salaries, Cost of Erection of Station and other Expenses in connection with Wireless Broadcasting | 14,385 | — |
| £232,162 | 1,640 |
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, 1927:—
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