AN ACT to apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund the sum of Six Hundred and Fifty-nine Thousand Three Hundred Pounds, and from Moneys to Credit of the General Loan Fund, Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds, to the Service of the Year ending 30th June, 1916; and to apply out of the Public Account the sum of Three Hundred Thousand Pounds for the purposes of temporary advances to be made by the Colonial Treasurer. [Assented to 12th August, 1915.] MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, WE2 E, Your Majesty's Most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects, the Preamble. Members of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia in Parliament assembled, towards making good the supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this Session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the sum hereinafter mentioned; and do, therefore, most humbly beseech Your Issue and application of £1,409,300. Sums available for purposes voted by the Legislative Assembly. Your Majesty that it may be enacted: And be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. There shall and may be issued and applied for or towards making good the supply granted to His Majesty for the service of the year from 1st July, 1915, to 30th June, 1916, the Sum of Six Hundred and Fifty-nine Thousand Three Hundred Pounds out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund; and from Moneys to Credit of the General Loan Fund, Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds; and there shall and may be issued and applied out of the Public Account the sum of Three Hundred Thousand Pounds for the purposes of temporary advances to be made by the Colonial Treasurer; and the Treasurer of Western Australia is hereby authorised and empowered to issue and apply the moneys authorised to be issued and applied, and to make temporary advances accordingly. 2. The said sums shall be available to satisfy the warrants under the hand of the Governor, under the provisions of the law now in force, in respect of any Services voted by the Legislative Assembly during the financial year ending 30th June, 1916, or issued for such purposes; and all expenditure for the purposes of temporary advances as aforesaid shall be recouped by charging the specific appropriations of Parliament applicable thereto, or by the recovery thereof from the Governments or persons on whose account the advances may have been made. By Authority: FRED. WM. SIMPSON, Government Printer, Perth. |