States' Grants Act 1935 (Cth)

 

STATES’ GRANTS.

 

No. 46 of 1935.

An Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund sums for the purposes of Financial Assistance to the States of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.

[Assented to 25th October, 1935.]

Preamble.

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the States’ Grants Act 1935.

 

Payment of financial assistance to the States.

2. There shall be payable, for the purpose of financial assistance to the States of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, during the year commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, the sum of Five hundred thousand pounds.

Allocation of grant.

3. The amount payable to each State under this Act shall be the amount shown in the following table opposite the name of that State.

£
New South Wales.............................................................................	205,000
Victoria............................................................................................	140,000
Queensland......................................................................................	75,000
South Australia................................................................................	45,000
Western Australia.............................................................................	35,000
500,000

Payments to be made monthly.

4. The amount payable to any State under this Act shall be paid to that State in equal monthly instalments.

Appropriation.

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