An Act to Authorise the Appropriation out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Queensland of the Sum of £250,000 towards the Service of the Year ending on the last day of June, 1885. [ASSENTED TO 25TH JULY, 1884. W HEREAS we, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, Preamble. the members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, have in the present Session of Parliament cheerfully granted to your Majesty the sum hereinafter mentioned towards the service of the year ending on the last day of June, One thousand eight hundred and eighty-five: And whereas we desire to make good out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Queensland the sum granted to your Majesty as aforesaid: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. Out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Queensland there Appropriation. may be issued and applied a sum of Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds for or towards making good the supplies granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ending on the last day of June, One thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. 2. The с Treasurer to pay moneys as directed by warrant. Treasurer to be allowed credit for sums paid in pursuance of warrant. Short title. Appropriation Act, No. 1. 2. The Treasurer of the Colony shall issue and pay the sum above-named for the purpose aforesaid to such persons, upon such days, and in such proportions as the Governor, by any warrant or order in writing under his hand and directed to the said Treasurer, shall from time to time order and direct, and the payments so made shall be charged upon and payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Colony. 3. The Treasurer shall in his accounts from time to time be allowed credit for any sum or sums of money paid by him in pursuance of such warrant or order in writing as aforesaid, and the receipt or receipts of the respective persons to whom the same shall be so paid shall be a full and valid discharge to the said Treasurer in passing his accounts for any such sum or sums as shall be therein mentioned, and he shall receive credit for the same accordingly. 4. This Act may be cited as "The Appropriation Act of 1884-5, No. 1.” |