Treasury Bills Act of 1911 (2 Geo v No. 3) (Qld)

LOANS. 2 GEO. V. No. 3,1911. Treasury Bills Act. Sinking Fund shall be a charge upon and be paid' out of the revenues of the State. (4.) Whenever the Treasurer notifies to the said Sinking Fund Trustees that arrangement sahve been made 1 ~ 0r the Twrheeansutorerb' es at repayment of the whole or any part of the sums borrowed disposal. under the authority of this Act, the said Trustees shall take the necessary action so that the Sinking Fund or such part thereof as is required shall be available to the Treasurer for the purposes of such repayment. (5.) The Sinking Fund Account shall be audited once Audit. at least in each financial year by the Auditor-General. , (6.) The Auditor-General shall cause a report to be ~ eprt to laid on the table of each House of Parliament within one ar lament. month after the thirtieth day of June in each year, if Parliament is then sitting, and, if Parliament is not sitting, then within one month after the next sitting of Parliament, giving full information in connection with the operations on the Sinking Fund during the last financial year and up to the said thirtieth day of June. An Act to Authorise the Issue of Treasury Bills for 2 Geo, V. the purpose of Securing the Retirement of N T o H . E 3, Treasury Bills issued under "The Treasury T B R IL E L A S SU A R C Y T Bills Act of 1901" and" The Treasury Bills OF 1911, Act of 1902." [ASSEN'l'ED TO 16TH OCTOBER, 1911.] B E ,it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the ad:vice and consent of the Legis- lative Oouncil and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :- ' 1. This Act may be cited as "The Treaslt1'Y Bills Short title. Act of 1911." 2. The Governor in Council may raise by the issue of Treasur.yBills Treasury Bills any sum or sums of money, not exceeding f~ Y be ISSUed in the whole the sum of one million one hundred and thirtY;1,130,000. thousand pounds, for the purposes and subject to the provisions hereinafter expressed.

5198 LOANS. Treasur:'1 Bills Act. 2 GEO. V. No. 3,1911. How Bills to be made out and signed. 3. Such Treasury Bills shall be made out at the rl'reasury in such manner arid form, and with such checks, indents, and counterfoils, as the Governor in Council directs, and shall be signed by the Treasurer, the Auditor- General, and the Under Secretary of the Treasury. How to be 4. Such rl'reasury Bills shall be numbered conseClI- numbered. tively, beginning with number one in each series and progressing arithmetically by units. Date of Bills 5. Such Treasury Bills shall be secured upon the ianntdererastte. of Consolidated Revenue :Fund, and shall bear interest, payable half-yearly, at a rate not exceeding three pounds fifteen shillings per centum per annum, and such interest shall be chargeable upon and paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and the growing produce thereof. Powe:r: to 6. The Governor in Council may authorise the sale or aGuotvheolr·insoer to disposal of any such Treasury Bills in Queensland or in contracts for places beyond the limits of Queensland, and may appoint n & e c g . otiation, any agent or agents to negotiate such sale or disposal on behalf' of the Government. Bills when payable. 7. The said Treasury Bills shall be made payable on such day or days not later than .the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, as the Governor in Council may appoint. Money raised 8. All moneys mised under the authority of this Act t p o arftoromf shall be carried to and form part of the Consolidated Consolidated Revenue Fund, and shall be applied for the purposes of Revenue. securing the payment off and discharge of Treasury Bills amounting to the sum of one million one hundred and thirty thousand pounds issued under" The Treasury Bills A.ct of 1901" and" The Treasury Bills A.ct 0/1902."* P~ ovisions for 9. Upon proof being made, on oath, before a Judge Bill lost, &0. of the Supreme Court that any Treasury Bill issued under this Act, the number and sum whereof is specified, has been lost or accidentally burnt or otherwise destroyed before the same has been paid off, and upon such Judge certifying that he is satisfied with such proof, the 'l'reasurer may cause a new Bill to be made out at the Treasury bearing the same number, date, currency, principal sum, and rate of interest as the Bill so lost or destroyed, and to be delivered to the person who was the hol~er of the Bill so lost or destroyed upon his giving sufficient security to the Treasurer to * 1 Edw. VII. No. 4 and 2 Edw. VII. No. 26, supra, pages 1858 et ileq.

LOANS.-PARTITION. 2 GEO. V. No. 1fj, 1911. Partition Act.· 5199 indemnify the Treasury against any double payment if the missing Hill should thereafter be presented for payment. 10. All Treasury Bills issued under this Act, after Cancelling of being paid off and discharged, shall be cancelled, and ~ i~ 1harged .shall, together with all checks, indents, and counterfoils s. belonging to them, be burned or otherwise ·destroyed in the presence of the Auditor-General and the Under Secretary <>f the Treasury, who shall certify the fact of such destruc- tion to the Treasurer. NAVIGATION. See SHIPPING. PARTITION. An Act relating to Partition. 2 Geo. V. No.1S. [ASSENTED TO 20TH ])ECEMBER, 1911.J THE PARTITION B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent' Majesty, AOT OF 1911. by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :- . 1. This Act may be cited as "The Partition .Act of Short title. 1911." 2. In this Act the term "the Court" ineans the Interpret&· Supreme Court of Queensland. tion. 3. This Act shall apply to actions pending at the .Applica.tion t!o time of the passing of this Act as well as to actions ~ ~ 'Vic. commenced after the passing thereof. c.17, s. 2. 4. (1.) In an action for partition in which, if this Act Court ma.y had not been passed, a J ' U dgment ~ ~ or partI'tl,On m1,ght have oinrsdteeradsaolef been obtained- division. " ( 1 . . ) If 1 't appears to the Court that, by reason 0 f -- . 3 c. 14 & 0, 3 s 2 . 3 V . ie. (a). The nature of the property to which the action relates; or (b) The number of the parties interested or pre- sumptively interested therein; or (a) The absence or disability of some of those parties; or