STATES’ GRANTS.
No. 13 of 1937.
An Act to grant
and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund sums for the purposes of
Financial Assistance to the States of South Australia, Western Australia and
Tasmania.
[Assented to 3rd September, 1937.]
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 1937.
Payment
for financial assistance to States.
2.There
shall be payable, for the purposes of financial assistance to the States of
South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania, during the year commencing on
the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, the sum of
Two million three hundred and fifty 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:—
£
|
South
Australia.......................................................................
| 1,200,000
|
Western
Australia...................................................................
| 575,000
|
Tasmania...............................................................................
| 575,000
|
2,350,000
|
Method
of payment.
4. The amount payable to any State under this Act shall be paid to
that State in equal monthly instalments.
Appropriation.
5.