Financial Indemnity Act 1851 No 20a (NSW)

No. XV.

An Act to indemnify the Governor and the Officers of the Colonial Treasury in respect of certain unauthorized payments for the Expenses of

the Administration of Just ice. [22nd Decem­

ber, 1851.]

whole to t h e sum of n ine thousand four hundred and seventy-eight

J u l y in th i s present year divers sums of money amoun t ing in t h e WH E R E A S thousand eight hundred and forty-nine and t h e first day of

pounds th i r t een shil l ings and four-pence were paid out of t h e Pub l ic Genera l Revenue of t he Colony of New South Wales by the Colonial Treasurer thereof for the expenses of t h e Adminis t ra t ion of Jus t i ce t h roughou t t he Colony in addit ion to the amoun t appropr ia ted to tha t service by Schedule A to t he Act of Pa r l i amen t five and six Victoria cap. seventy-six wi thout the au thor i ty of any vote of the Governor and Legislat ive Council of the said Colony in t h a t behalf A n d whereas under the special c i rcumstances of t he case i t is expedient t ha t all Officers concerned in such expendi ture should be indemnified in respect thereof Be it therefore enacted by H i s Excel lency the Governor of New South Wales with t he advice and consent of t h e Legislat ive Council thereof Tha t t he said Governor and the Colonial Treasurer and Audi to r General thereof and all persons whatever hav ing acted unde r the i r or ei ther of the i r war ran t s orders or directions shall be and they are hereby indemnified for and in respect of any w a r r a n t order or direction which they or either of t h e m may have given or made or caused to be given or made for the expendi ture of such sums as afore­ said in addit ion to t h e sum appropriated to t he said service by the said Schedule to t he said Act of Pa r l i ament and for and in respect of all paymen t s made or caused to be made by t h e m or any of t h e m for t he services aforesaid in excess of such appropr ia t ion no t exceeding in t he whole t he said sum of n ine thousand four hundred and seventy- eight pounds th i r t een shillings and four-pence.

between the first day of J a n u a r y in t he year one

No. X V I .