Public Works Fund Act 1867 (SA)

ANNO TRICESIMO PRIM0

A.D. 1867.

No. 26.

An Act to remove dozcbts as to the Validity qf certain Payments here-

tofore made out oj' " The Public Works Fzmd" and " The

Immigration Fund," and to authorize a ,firther expenditure of

money from the said	The Immigration Fund."
[Assented to, 19th December, 1867.1

W REREAS by cc The Waste Lands Appropriation Act, 1862," Prermbls. it is provided that two equal third parts of the gross proceeds

of the sale of the waste lands of the Crown shall be appropriated as and for and shall constitute a fund to be called The Public Worke Fund," and the remaining one-third part of the said gross proceeds shall be appropriated as and for and shall constitute a separate fund, to be called a The Immigration Fund ;" and it is also further provided that no money shall be at any time expended from either of the said fuada, except in respect or on account of the public debt of the said Province, without the sanction of an Act of the Parliament thereof expressly directing or allowing such expenditure: And whereas in pursuance of the several Acts more particularly specified in the Schedule hereto, the Treaeurer has from time to time paid and ex- pended out of the aaid The Public Works Fund" certain sums of money for roads, bridges, railways, and other public works con- nected with the development of the resources of the said Province, and communication between different parts of the same, and has also paid and expended out of the said The Immignrticjn Fund" certain other sums of money towards defraying the expensesof the

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assage from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to

the saia Province of iinmigrsnta, under the provisions of the Act	No. 4 of 1867, intituled a An Act to authorize the appointment of
m Ebigmtion Agent, and to encoumge and regulate immigration

iv to

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into the Province of South Australia: And whereas doubts have arisen as to the validity of such payments, by reason of the said before-mentioned Acts not having expressly directed or allowed such expenditure out of the said respective funds as aforesaid, and it is expedient to remove such daubts: And whereas it is also expedient to direct and allow a further expenditure out of the said The Immigration Fund " as hereinafter mentioned--Be it therefore

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anacted by the Governor-in-Chief of the Province of South Aus- tralia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said Province, in this present Parliament assGmbled, as follows:

Payments heretofore

made from Publicr 1. All sums of money heretofore paid, or hereafter to be paid by

Worke Fund and	the Treasurer out of	The Public Works Fund," for roads, bridges,
Immigration Fund

valid.

railways, and other public works connected with the development of

the resources of the said Province and communication between dS

ferent parts of the same, and all sums of money heretofore paid, or

hereafter to be paid by the said Treasurer out of the said " The

Immigration Fund," towards defraying the expenses of the passage

from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the said

Province of immigrants, under the provisions of the Act No. 4 of

1857, intituled An Act to authorize the appointment of an Emigra-

tion Agent, and to encourage and regulate Immigration into the

Province of South Australia," such sums of money being authorized

to be paid by the Acts specified in the Schedule hereto, or any

or either of them, shall be deemed and taken to have been legally

and properly paid out of the said respective funds before-mentioned,

as fully to all intents and purposes as if the said Acts had severally

expressly directed and allowed such expenditure to be expended

from such funds; and every Treasurer who has made, or shall make

any such payment as aforesaid, s h d be, and he is hereby indemni-

fied and held harmless accordingly.

ItpenGture of 1-i-

gation Fund for	2. During the year ending the thirtpfirst day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, there may be expended out of the said The Immigration Fund" any sum of money not exceeding Twentyseven Thousand and Twelve Pounds and Ten Shillings for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the pasgage of immigrants from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the said Province, as more particularly mentioned in a certain Bill now before Parliament, intituled a An Act for the further appropriw tion of the Revenue for the year ending December thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and for the general appropriation of the Revenue for the year ending December thirty. first, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight," and the Treasurer shall issue and pay from time to time any sum or aums of money out of the said fund, not exceeding in the whole the sum herein. before specified, to such persons, and in such portions, aa the Governor for the time being shall, by any order or orders in writing, ~igned by him, and countersigned by the Chief Secretw,
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fxom t h e to t h e direct; and the said 'rrertsurer I&&, ,in his

account%

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accounts, be allowed credit for all sums paid by him in pursuance of such orders accordingly, and the receipts of the persons to whom auch sums shall have been so paid shall be to him a f d discharge for the sum or sums for which the same receipts shall have been

respectively given, and the amounts thereof shall be passed to hie

credit in account accordingly.

In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent to

this Act.

D. DALY, Governor.

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THE SCHEDULE.

No, of bat. Title of Act.

Ad Act for the further Appropriation of the Revenue far the Year ending June thirtieth, oue thousand eight hundred and sixty-thres, and for the Genernl Appropriation of the Revenue for the Year ending June thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

An Act for the futher Appropriation of the Revenue for the Year ending June

thirtieth, ono thoueand eight hundred and sixt -four, and to apply out of the General Revenue, the awn of Three Eiudred and Seventy-eeven

Thousand Pounds to the service of the Nine Months ending the thirty-firat

day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-5ve.

An Act for the General Appropriation of the Revenue for the Year ending h e

thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and aixty-five.

An Act for the:Genoral Appropriation of the Revenue for the Half-Year ending

December thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and aixty-five.

An Act for the further Appropriation of the Revenue for the Year ending June thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and for the Uenersl Appropriation of the Revenue for the Year ending December thirty&&, one thousand eight hundred and auty-six.

An Act for the further Appropriation of the Revenue for the Half-Year ending December thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and for the General Appropriation of the Revrnue for the Year ending December thirty-flrat, one thousand eight hundred and 8ixtpseven.

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