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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 273, 4 June 1866, Page 3

THE PROVINCIAL LIABILITIES C ONFffiMATION ORDINANCE; NO. % 1866: / . ; \ „ TX^HEREAS it is expedient to confirm certain liabilities incurred ** by the Superintendent of the Province of Southland in addition to those already confirmed by the " provincial Liabilities Confirmation Ordinance, 1865," and the "Provincial Liabilities Confirmation Ordinance, 1866," of the Local Legislature of the l said Province : Be it theeeeore enacted by the Superintendent of the Province of Southland with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof as follows: ....,■■. 1. The Short Title of this Ordinance shall be _" The Provincial Liabilities Confirmation Ordinance, No. 2, 1866, (Supplementary)." ■ ' 2. Every promise contract and engagement heretofore made or entered into by the said Superintendent with any person or persons for the payment of any sum or sums of money on account of the Public Service of the said Province and which have not been already sanctioned by the said " Provincial Liabilities Con- , firmation Ordinance, 1865," and the " Provincial Liabilities Confirmation Ordinance, 1866," not exceeding in respect of the several Services following the respective amounts following that is to say--^ £ 9. d. £ s. d. Surrey Department ... ... ... ... ... 5 2 6 Eoads Department ... ... ... ... ... 432 0 0 . ; , Gtaol Department ... ... ... ... ... 62 0 — Hospital Department ... ... ... ... 82 8 . Immigration Department ... ... ... ... 53 15 0 . .... Educational Department ... ... ... •.. 226,2'Q Printing ... ... ... ... ... ... 135 0 0 Bluff Harbor and InvercargiU Railway ... ... ... 10.0 0 Oreti Eailway ... ... ... ... ... 1950' 0 0 Miscellaneous ... "" ... ... ... ... 422 13 10 Totai, ... .A " ...£3247 17 4 [ are hereby ratified and confirmed and the said Superintendent is hereby indemnified therefrom. 3. Every principal sum so agreed to be paid shall bear interest at the rate of Six Pounds per centum per annum to be computed from the date when such principal sum shall have become due. APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE, No. 2, 1866. f "OE IT ENACTED by the Superintendent of the Province o* ~*-* Southland with the advice and consent of the Provincial Qouncil thereof as follows : — 1. The Short Title of this Ordinance shall be "The Appropriation Ordinance, No. 2, 1866." 2. Out of the public revenues of the said Province there may be issued and applied for the public service of the Province and for defraying the charge of the, Government thereof for the period commencing on the Ist day of July, 1866, and ending on the 31st day of December, 1866, in manner set forth in the Schedule A to this Ordinance any sum or sums of money not exceeding the sums in such schedule specified amounting in the whole to the sum of Nine Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-three Pounds. 3. The Provincial Treasurer shall issue from time to time any sum or sums of money not exceeding the sums in such schedule severally specified to such persons and in such proportions as » the Superintendent shall by any warrants under his J hand from time to time direct and shall be allowed credit in his accounts for all sums so paid by him in pursuance of such warrants and the receipts of the persons to whom such sums shall have been paid shall be a full discharge for the sum or sums for which such receipts shall be given. ■...-...: _„. 4. And whereas in defraying the charge of the Provincial Government and in the Public Service of the said province for the period commencing the Ist day of January, 1866, and ending the 31st day of March, 1866, certain sums of money amounting in the whole to the sum of Five Hundred and Fiftyeight Pounds Ten Shillings and Eight-pence were issued and paid by the Provincial Treasurer in pursuance of warrants under the hand of the Superintendent and such sums were paid on account of the services set forth in the Schedule Bto this Ordinance but were not included in any Ordinance for the appropriation of the public revenue of the said Province Be it therefore enacted that the Provincial Treasurer shall be allowed, credit in his accounts for all sums of money so issued and paid by liim^ on the several accounts set forth in the Schedule^ B hereunto annexed; and the receipts of the persons to whom such sums of money shall have been paid under such warrants shall be a complete discharge for the sum or sums of money for which such receipts shall have, been given. ' s 5. Every person who shall have possession of any..pu||lic_ Funds of the said Province is hereby authorised and required topa^: the same to the Treasurer thereof or to such other person and in such manner as the Superintendent by warrant granted under his hand shall direct. JAMES iptSON,