CHAPTER 56. An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Grant out of Consolidated Fund. out of the 1. The Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the time Issue of being may issue out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 13,764,5072. Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and apply towards making Consolidated good the supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of the Fund. year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, the sum of thirteen million seven hundred and sixty-four thousand five hundred and seven pounds. borrow. 2. The Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may borrow Power for the from time to time, on the credit of the said sum of thirteen million Treasury to seven hundred and sixty-four thousand five hundred and seven pounds, any sum or sums of equal or less amount in the whole, and shall repay the moneys so borrowed, with interest not exceeding five pounds per centum per annum, out of the growing produce of the Consolidated Fund at any period not later than the next succeeding quarter to that in which the said moneys were borrowed. Any moneys so borrowed shall be placed to the credit of the account of Her Majesty's Exchequer, and shall form part of the said Consolidated Fund, and be available in any manner in which such fund is available. Appropriation of Grants. 3. All sums granted by this Act and the other Acts mentioned in Appropriation Schedule (A.) annexed to this Act out of the said Consolidated Fund of sums voted for supply towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty, amounting, services. as appears by the said Schedule, in the aggregate, to the sum of fifty-eight million two hundred and ninety-one thousand four hundred and sixty-three pounds four shillings and twopence, are appropriated and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the date of the passing of the first of the Acts mentioned in the said Schedule (A.) for the purposes and services expressed in Schedule (B.) annexed hereto. respectively be not exceeded. The abstract of schedules and schedules annexed hereto, with the notes (if any) to such schedules, shall be deemed to be part of this Act in the same manner as if they had been contained in the body thereof. Treasury may, 4. If a necessity arise for incurring expenditure not provided for in certain cases in the sums appropriated to naval and military services by this of exigency, Act, and which it may be detrimental to the public service to postauthorise expenditure un- pone until provision can be made for it by Parliament in the provided for ; usual course, each of the departments entrusted with the control provided that over the said services shall forthwith make application in writing the aggregate grants for the to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for their authority navy services to defray temporarily such expenditure out of any surpluses which and for the may have been or which may be effected by the saving of expenarmy services diture upon votes within the same department, and in such application the department shall represent to the Commissioners of the Treasury the circumstances which may render such additional expenditure necessary, and thereupon the said Commissioners may authorise the expenditure unprovided for as aforesaid to be temporarily defrayed out of any surpluses which may have been or which may be effected as aforesaid upon votes within the same department; and a statement showing all cases in which the naval and military departments have obtained the sanction of the said Commissioners to any expenditure not provided for in the respective votes aforesaid, accompanied by copies of the representations made to them by the said departments, shall be laid before the House of Commons with the appropriation accounts of navy and army services for the year, in order that such proceedings may be submitted for the sanction of Parliament, and that provision may be made for the deficiencies upon the several votes for the said services in such manner as Parliament may determine. Sanction for provided for. The Commissioners of the Treasury shall not authorise any expenditure which may cause an excess upon the aggregate sums appropriated by this Act for naval services and for army services respectively. 5. Whereas the Commissioners of the Treasury, under the powers navy and army vested in them by the Act of the session held in the forty-second expenditure for 1879-80 unand forty-third years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter fifty-one, have authorised expenditure not provided for in the sums appropriated by the said Act to certain votes for naval and military services for the year ended on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty, to be in part temporarily defrayed out of the balances unexpended in respect of the sums appropriated to certain other votes for naval and military services for the said year; viz., 1st. Expenditure for certain navy services unprovided for, temporarily defrayed to the extent of two hundred and eight thousand six hundred and eighty-four pounds fourteen shillings and sixpence out of the unexpended balances of certain other votes for navy services. 2d. Expenditure for certain army services unprovided for, temporarily defrayed to the extent of four hundred and twentyone thousand one hundred and forty-five pounds seven shillings and tenpence out of the unexpended balances of certain other votes for army services, and out of the sum realised in excess of It is enacted, that the application of the said sums is hereby certain cases 6. A person shall not receive any part of a grant which may be Declaration made in pursuance of this Act for half pay, or army, navy, or civil required in non-effective services until he has subscribed such declaration as before receipt may from time to time be prescribed by a warrant of the Commis- of sums approsioners of Her Majesty's Treasury before one of the persons pre- priated. scribed by such warrant. Provided that, whenever any such payment is made at more frequent intervals than once in a quarter, the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may dispense with the production of more than one declaration in respect of each quarter. Any person who makes a declaration for the purpose of this section, knowing the same to be untrue in any material particular, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 7. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Appropriation Short title of Act, 1881. ABSTRACT Act. OF SCHEDULES (A.) and (B.) to which this Act refers. SCHEDULE (A.) GRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED FUND. For the service of the years ending 31st March 1880 and 1881; viz.:— SCHEDULE (B.)-PART 1. DEFICIENCIES. SCHEDULE of SUMS granted to make good deficiencies on the several grants herein particularly mentioned for the year ended on the 31st day of March 1880; viz.:— SCHEDULE of SUPPLEMENTARY SUMS granted to defray the charges for the Services herein particularly mentioned for the year ended on the 31st day of March 1981; viz.:— |