LegalizeAppropriation Act , 1940
1 Issue of £19,883,869 out of the Central Fund for the year 1940-41.
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 forty-one, the sum of nineteen million, eight hundred and eighty-three thousand, eight hundred and sixty-nine pounds.
2 Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £19,883,869.
2.—(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, eight hundred and eighty-three thousand, eight hundred and sixty-nine 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, viz., £31,663,328.
3.—(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, six hundred and sixty-three thousand, three hundred and twenty-eight 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 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, seven hundred and seventy-four thousand, six hundred and eight pounds.
4 Short title.
4.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1940.
Abstract of Schedules (A) and (B) to which this Act Refers. Schedule (A). GRANTS.
| Grants out of the Central Fund | £31,663,328 |
|---|---|
APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.
| Year | Sums not exceeding | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Grants | Appropriations-in-Aid | |||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1939-40 (Supplementary) | 1,149,459 | 0 | 0 | —*8,968 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940-41 | 30,513,869 | 0 | 0 | 1,783,576 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | £31,663,328 | 0 | 0 | £1,774,608 | 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, 1940: Under Act No. 5 of 1940 | 1,149,459 | 0 | 0 |
| For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1941: | |||
| Under Act No. 5 of 1940 | 10,630,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Under this Act | 19,883,869 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | £31,663,328 | 0 | 0 |
Schedule (B). APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS. 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, 1940.
| 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 | 2,000 | — |
| 12 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory | 850 | — |
| 16 | For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation, and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under sundry Statutes (4 & 5 Will. 4, c. 24; 22 Vict., c. 26; 50 & 51 Vict., c. 67; 55 & 56 Vict., c. 40; 6 Edw. 7, c. 58; 9 Edw. 7, c. 10; 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 86; 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 67 and c. 68; 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 36; No. 1 of 1922; No 34 of 1923; No. 7 of 1925; No. 27 of 1926; No. 11 and No. 36 of 1929; No. 9 of 1934; No. 39 of 1936; No. 29 of 1938; etc.); Extra-Statutory Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities awarded by the Minister for Finance; the Salary of the Medical Referee and occasional fees to Doctors; etc. | 5,000 | — |
| 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 | 4,500 | 500 |
| 25 | For the increase of the Grant to Local Authorities in Relief of Rates on Agricultural Land (No. 35 of 1925, No. 28 of 1931, and No. 23 of 1939) | 370,000 | — |
| 33 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Gárda Síochána, including the Taca Síochána (No. 7 of 1925, No. 10 of 1926, No. 5 of 1937 and No. 28 of 1939) | 10 | — |
| 44 | For Salaries and Expenses in connection with the Administration of the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1936, and the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1937, and for sundry Contributions and Grants, including certain Grants-in-Aid in respect of the cost of Benefits and Expenses of Administration under the National Health Insurance Acts | 11,421 | —*1,700 |
| 46 | For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation and a Grant-in-Aid, Etc. | 12,518 | — |
| 49 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art and for certain Miscellaneous Educational Services and sundry Grants-in-Aid | 3,560 | — |
| 50 | For Expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention (8 Edw. 7, c. 67; No. 17 of 1926; and No. 24 of 1929) | 520 | 850 |
| 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 | 369,053 | 26,767 |
| 53 | For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including sundry Grants-in-Aid, and for a payment on account of compensation | 10 | — |
| 55 | For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 58, and No. 34 of 1928), including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land | 22,535 | 1,000 |
| 56 | For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services, including Housing Grants | 10,000 | —*1,000 |
| 57 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including sundry Grants-in-Aid | 60,915 | 1,725 |
| 58 | For Transport and Meteorological Services | 6,220 | — |
| 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) | 231,240 | —*31,070 |
| 63 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (45 and 46 Vict., c. 74; 8 Edw. 7, c. 48; 1 and 2 Geo. 5, c. 26; The Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1928; etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office | 30,475 | —*6 040 |
| 65 | For the Army and the Army Reserve (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Acts, and for certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith; for the Expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures; for certain Expenses under the Offences against the State Acts, 1939 and 1940, and the Air-raid Precautions Act, 1939; and for a Grant-in-Aid under the Red Cross Act, 1938 | 10 | — |
| 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) | 10 | — |
| 68 | For a Contribution towards the Expenses of the League of Nations, and for other Expenses in connection therewith | 360 | — |
| 70 | For Export Subsidies | 10 | — |
| 71 | For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Supplies | 3,819 | — |
| 72 | For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances | 913 | — |
| 73 | For a Grant-in-Aid of the Irish Tourist Board (No. 24 of 1939) | 3,500 | — |
| Total of Part I£ | 1,149,459 | —*8,968 |
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Schedule of sums granted and of sums which may be applied as Appropriation s 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, 1941.
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