Sydney Sewerage and Water Act 1854 No 36a (NSW)

1854. 18 ̂ VIC. N o . 3 6 . 2899

Sydney Sewerage and Water.

So. XXXVI.

A n A ct for apply ing certain Sum s raised or to be S ydney Sewerahe

AND W ater.

raised under tlie Sydney Sew erage A ct o f 1853 and tlie Sydn ey W ater A ct o f 1853 for th e Service o f th e Years 1854 and 1855. \2nd

December, 1854.]

T T ^IE E llE A S l)y the Acts ]);issed in tlie Session of the year one jvenmbic.

V V thousand eight hundred and tifty-three for the hotter sewerage n vic. No. ;u.

and cleansing of the City of Sydney and for the supplying of the said City and portions of the suburbs thereof Avith water it is enacted that it shall be laAvl'ul for the Governor Avith the advice of the Executive Governor may bor-

Council to borroAV from the Savings’ Bank of N cav South AEalcs or ™2oo!ooo

if need be from any other body or any person or persons upon the '̂ p vie.

security of the General RcA'cnues of the Colony any such sum or "

sums of money not exceeding in the Avhole the sum of tivo hundred thousand pounds as shall from time to time be rcipired for carrying into execution the said Act for seAverage and cleansing of the City and any such sum or sums of money not exceeding in the Avhole Atui not cxccedinp;

the sum of two hundred thousand pounds as shall from time to timi' uqIict

be required for carrying into c'xecution the said Act for supplying the

City and portions of the suburbs thereof Avith Avater and that all

such sums shall be paid over to the Commissioners for the City of

Sydney as the same shall be required and shall be by them ]daced to

the credit of separate funds for defraying the cost of the scAverage of

the City and suburbs and for supplying the City and portions of the

suburbs thereof Avith Avater respectively Avhich sums so borroAved shall

be a charge on the SeAverage Hates and Water Bates of the said City

respeediveiy And it is by the said Acts further enacted that the entiri;

expenditure of moneys upon the said Avorks and olherAvise in carrying

out the jmrposcs of the said Acts (except in respect of sums aAvarded

liy eora])etent authority as compensation or damages for any loss or

injury sustained by any person in or by the execution of the said Acts

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and the taxed costs of the action or issue in or under Avhieh such compensation shall have been aAvarded) shall be subject to the control of the Iji'gislative Council and shall be regulated by Votes and Acts of the said Council in the same manner as the ordinary public expendi­ ture of tlie Colony and accounts of all income and revenues AAdiatso- ever receii'ed by the said Commissioners in relation to the AVorks to be executed under the said Acts and of the expenditure thereof shall be annually laid before and shall be subject to examination by the said Legislative Council in the same manner as if the same Avere a part oi;' the General Revenues of the said Colony Be it therefore enacted by l l is Excellency the Governor of N oav South Wales Avith the advice and consent of the LegislatAe Council thereof as folloAVS :—

1.   Out of any sum or sum s of m on ey borrow ed or to be borroAved May be applied for

in pursuance of the proAUsious of the said first recited Act there shall

and may be issued and applied any sum or sums of money not exceed-	‘
ing thirty-three thousand six hundred and seventy-five pounds fo defray the probable expenditure of the City Commissioners under tlui said Act for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.

2. Out of any sum or sums of money borrowed or to be bor- And not e.xcecding

roAved iu pursuance of the provisions of the said first recited Act there shall and may be issued and ap])licd any sum or sums of money not exceeding ninety-five thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds to

defray

2900 N o. 37. 18̂ ̂ VIC. 1854.

Sydney University—Affiliated Colleges.

defray the probable expenditure of the City Commissioners under the

said Act for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.

For water not ex­ 3. Out of any sum or sums of money borrowed or to be

ceeding £13,576 for

1854  borrowed in pursuance of the provisions of the said second recited Act there shall and may he issued and applied any sum or sums of money not exceeding forty-three thousand five hundred and seventy- six pounds to defray the probable expenditure of the City Commis­ sioners under the said Act for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.

£43,011 for 1855.
And not exceeding	4. Out of any sum or sums of money borrowed or to he bor­ rowed in pursuance of the provisions of the said second recited Act there shall and may be issued and applied any sum or sums of money not exceeding forty-three thousand and eleven pounds to defray the probable expenditure of the City Commissioners under the said Act for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
Colonial Treasurer to

pay under Gover­ 5. The Treasurer of the said Colony shall issue and pay the

nor’s warrant said several sums to the Commissioners of the City of Sydney or to the City Treasurer upon such days and in such proportions as the Governor by any warrant or order in writing to he signed by him shall from time to time order and direct.

for Treasurer shall in his accounts from time to time

' he allowed credit for any sum or sums of money paid by him in pur­ suance of such warrant or order in writing as aforesaid and the receipt or receipts of the said Commissioners or of the City Treasurer shall he a full and valid discharge to tin; said Treasurer in passing his said accounts for any such sum or sums as shall he therein mentioned and he shall receive credit for the same accordingly.