LegalizeAppropriation Act , 1939
1 Issue of £221 14s. 7d. out of the Central Fund for the year 1937-38.
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 thirty-eight, the sum of two hundred and twenty-one pounds, fourteen shillings and sevenpence.
2 Issue of £19,418,167 out of the Central Fund for the year 1939-40.
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 forty, the sum of nineteen million, four hundred and eighteen thousand, one hundred and sixty-seven pounds.
3 Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £19,418,388 14s, 7d.
3.—(1) The Minister for Finance may borrow from any person and the Bank of Ireland may advance to the Minister for Finance any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole nineteen million, four hundred and eighteen thousand, three hundred and eighty-eight pounds, fourteen shillings and sevenpence, 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.
4 Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £31, 229, 569 14s. 7d.
4.—(1) 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-one million, two hundred and twenty-nine thousand, five hundred and sixty-nine pounds, fourteen shillings and sevenpence, 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 thereto. 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.
(2) In addition to the grants out of the Central Fund referred to in the foregoing sub-section of this section, 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 amounting, as appears thereby, in the aggregate to the sum of one million, five hundred and six thousand, three hundred and forty-nine pounds.
5 Short title.
5.—This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Appropriation Act, 1939.
Abstract of Schedules (A) and (B) to which this Act Refers. Schedule (A). GRANTS.
| Grants out of the Central Fund | £31,229,569 14s. 7d. |
|---|---|
APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.
| Year | Sums not exceeding | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Grants | Appropriations-in-Aid | |||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1937-38 (Excess Vote) | 221 | 14 | 7 | — | ||
| 1938-39 (Supplementary) | 956,181 | 0 | 0 | —*273,966 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939-40 | 30,273,167 | 0 | 0 | 1,780,315 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | £31,229,569 | 14 | 7 | £1,506,349 | 0 | 0 |
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GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND.
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1938: Under this Act | 221 | 14 | 7 |
| For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1939: Under Act No. 8 of 1939 | 956,181 | 0 | 0 |
| For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1940: | |||
| Under Act No. 8 of 1939 | 10,855,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Under this Act | 19,418,167 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | £31,229,569 | 14 | 7 |
Schedule (B). APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS. Part I. EXCESS FOR YEAR 1937-38.
| Sums not exceeding | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Grant | Appropriations-in-Aid | |||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Sum granted to make good an excess on the grant for Department of the President of the Executive Council for the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1938 | 221 | 14 | 7 | — |
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, 1939.
| Vote No. | Title | Sums not exceeding | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Grants | Appropriations-in-Aid | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| £ | £ | ||
| 2 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including a Grant-in-Aid | 10 | — |
| 8 | For Bounties on sugar made from homegrown beet on which drawback is paid, tobacco manufactured from home-grown leaf on which drawback is paid, tobacco grown in Eire after 1st January, 1934, allocated to a manufacturer and subsequently destroyed as unfit for manufacture and unmanufactured tobacco grown in Eire and exported | 9,700 | — |
| 11 | For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the Maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; for the Execution and Maintenance of Drainage Works; and for a Grant-in-Aid of the River Shannon Navigation | 10 | — |
| 22 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office; for Stationery, Printing, Paper, Binding, and Printed Books for the Public Service; and for sundry Miscellaneous Services, including Reports of Oireachtas Debates | 4,050 | 1,000 |
| 39 | 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), and for the purchase of Historical Documents, etc. | 374 | — |
| 46 | For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation and a Grant-in-Aid, etc. | 145,000 | — |
| 52 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, and of certain Services administered by that Office, including sundry Grants-in-Aid | 173,482 | —*213,665 |
| 57 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including sundry Grants-in-Aid | 10 | 2,400 |
| 58 | For Transport and Meteorological Services | 37,500 | — |
| 61 | For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance and Employment Exchanges (including Contributions to the Unemployment Fund) and Unemployment Assistance (9 Edw. 7, c. 7; 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 30; 11 Geo. 5, c. 1; 11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 15; 12 Geo. 5, c. 7; No. 17 of 1923; Nos. 26 and 59 of 1924; No. 21 of 1926; No. 33 of 1930; Nos. 44 and 46 of 1933; No. 38 of 1935; and No. 2 of 1938) | 233,000 | —*68,000 |
| 63 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (45 & 46 Vict., c. 74; 8 Edw. 7, c. 48; 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 26; The Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1928; etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office | 25,165 | 4,299 |
| 65 | For the Army and the Army Reserve (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Acts; certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith; and Expenses in connection with the Custody of certain Civilian Prisoners | 323,370 | — |
| 67 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for External Affairs, and of certain Services administered by that Office (No. 16 of 1924) | 1,715 | — |
| 68 | For a Contribution towards the Expenses of the League of Nations, and for other Expenses in connection therewith | 175 | — |
| 72 | For an Advance for the establishment of a Company to be known as Monarchana Alcóil na h-Eireann, Teoranta (No. 23 of of 1938) | 1,500 | — |
| 73 | For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances | 1,090 | — |
| Total of Part II£ | 956,181 | —*273,066 |
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Schedule of 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, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1940.
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