ANNO QUINTO
EUZABETHAE II REGINAE
A.D. 1956.
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No. 11
of1956.
An Act for the general appropriation of the revenue of the State for the year ending on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, and for other purposes.
[Assented to 25th October, 1956.]
BE IT ENACTED by the Governor of the State of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as follows :
1. This Act may be cited as the" Appropriation Act (No.2), Short title.
1956 ".
2. Out of the moneys paid to the State by the Common- Further ilI8ue.
wealth of Australia, and any other General Revenue of the said State, not otherwise by law specially appropriated, there may be further issued the SlIm of thirty-five million, one hundred and ninety-one thousand one hundred and fifty-three pounds.
3. (1) O.ut of the sum of seven million pounds issued under :f8~le~tIOD
the authorIty of the Supply Act (No. 1), 1956, and the sum of ReveDue.
seven million pounds issued under the authority of the Supply Act (No.2), 1956, and the said sum of thirty-five million, one hundred and ninety-one thousand, one hundred and fifty-three pounds by this Act authorized to be issued, there may be applied and paid for defraying the charges of the State Government for the year ending the thirtieth day of
1066-67. June, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven the sum of forty-nine million, one hundred and ninety-one thousand, one hundred and fifty-three pounds, the said amount being appropriated as follows, viz. : -
Legislative Council ... . House of Assembly " ... . Parliamentary Library ... . Joint House Committee ... . Electoral ... . Government Reporting ... . Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public
Works ... . Parliamentary Committee on Land Settlement Legislature, Miscellaneous ... . State Governor's Establishment ... . Chief Secretary ... . Statistical ... . Audit ... . Printing and Stationery ... . Police ... . Sheriff and Gaols and Prisons ... . Hospitals ... . Children's Welfare and Public Relief ... . Public Health ... . Chief Secretary, Miscellaneous ... . Attorney-General ... . Registrar of Companies ... . Crown Solicitor ... . Parliamentary Draftsman ... . Public Trustee ... . Supreme Court ... . Adelaide Local Court ... . Adelaide Police Court ... . Country and Suburban Courts ... . Coroners ... , ... . Registrar-General of Deeds ... . Attorney-General, Miscellaneous ... . The Treasury ... . Superannuation ... . Motor Vehicles ... . Agent-General in England ... . Land Tax ... . Stamp and Succession Duties ... . Publicity and Tourist Bureau and Immigration Prices Control ... . Treasurer, Miscellaneous ... . Lands ... . Government Motor Garage ... . Advances to Settlers, Vermin Proof Fencing and Loans for Fencing and Water Piping ..
Minister of Lands, Miscellaneous ....••...
Public Works (Office of the Minister) ... . Engineering and Water Supply ... . Architect-in-Chief ...•...
£ lO,094 13,725 6,610 10,684 17,254 34,011 4,421 3,395 38,462 7,387 16,lOl 63,232 57,977 266,270 1,666,671 309,142 4,047,679 577,707 200,676 1,658,287 17,090 10,968 33,058 7,716 62,343 74,659 29,330 28,426 59,580 4,863 lOl,712 10,289 35,470 43,174 190,953 30,804 84,676 33,155 275,039 87,557 5,679,360 734,739 35,409 1,262 107,402 7,861 2,474,545 '187,718
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Government Offices ... . Cemetery ... . Public Stores ... . Aborigines ... . Public Works ... . Minister of Works, Miscellaneous ... . Education ... . The Libraries ... . The Museum· ... . The Art Gallery ... . Minister of Education, Miscellaneous ... . Industry ... . Factories and Steam Boilers ... . Minister of Industry, Miscellaneous ... . Minister of Agriculture (Office of Minister) ... . Agriculture ... . Agricultural College ... ..
Produce ... . Fisheries and Game ...•....
Chemistry ... . Minister of Agriculture, Miscellaneous ... . Department of Lands-Irrigation and Drainage Minister of Irrigation, Miscellaneous ... . Mines ... . Harbors Board ... . Minister of Marine, Miscellaneous ... . Railways ... . Transport Control Board ... . Office of Minister of Roads and Local Govern- ment ... . Highways and Local Government ... . Minister of Roads and Local Government, Miscellaneous ... .
£ 140,384
19,500 U8,928 208,817 1,036,850 42,480 6,838,380 124,791 41,836 18,848 1,070,549 89,624 52,496 2,260 8,020 590,775 109,839 228,347 16,860 41,136 157,921 452,112 500,300 781,219 1,425,889 7,500 15,249,142 16,517 5,641 298,921 41,333 Total ... £49,191,153
(2) If-
(a) during the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June nineteen hundred and fifty-seven any increases of salaries or wages become payable by the State Government pursuant to any return made under the Acts relating to the public service, or any regulation, or any award, order, or determination of a court or other body empowered to fix wages or salaries; and
(b) such increases were not provided for in the estimates of expenditure for the said financial year,
the Governor may, by warrant under section 32a of the Public Finance Act, 1936-1954 appropriate out of the general revenue of the State any money required to pay the said increases.
Treasurer to pay the orders of Govemor.
and discharge by receipt of party.
Fower to Issue money otber
~n revenue or money received from the Common- wealth.
Powe r to make payments.
The aggregate amount of money which may be appropriated under the said section 32a for the said financial year shall be increased by the amount of money appropriated pursuant to this subsection.
(3) Sections 48 and 187 of the Industrial Code, 1920-1955, except so far as they r('quire awards, orders and determinations to be laid before Parliament, shall not apply to any award, order or determination made between the passing of this Act and the passing of the Act for the general appropriation of revenue for the year ending on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight.
4. The issue and payment by the Treasurer, from time to time, of any sums of money for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, not exceeding in the whole the amount hereinbefore specified, in such portions as the Governor directs by any orders in writing signed by him and countersigned by the Chief Secretary, is hereby authorized; and the Treasurer shall, in his accounts, be allowed credit for all sums paid by him in pursuance of such orders accordingly; and the receipts of the persons to whom such sums are so paid shall be to him a full discharge for the sums for which the receipts are given, and the amounts thereof shall be passed to his credit in account accordingly.
5. If the moneys paid by the Commonwealth of Australia and the General Revenue of the State are insufficient to make the payments authorized by section 3 of this Act, moneys may be issued to make good the deficiency out of loan funds or other public funds or out of moneys raised by way of bank overdraft.
6. The Treasurer may out of the money appropriated by this Act make any payment for which money has been included in the estimates of expenditure of the Government of South Australia, passed by the House of Assembly for the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven notwithstanding that the payment is-
(a) in respect of a period prior to the first day of July, nineteen hundred and fifty -Bix; or
(b) at a rate in excess of the rate which, during the period in respect of which the payment is made, was in force under any return made by the Public Service Board, pursuant to the Public Service Act, 1936- 1954, or under any regulation of the South Australian Railways Commissioner.
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7. Any amount appropriated by this Act may be paid for r-~=~tobe
the purpose for which it is so appropriated, in addition to any : othMta°n
. db I £ h paymen.
other amount appropnate y aw lor t at purpose.
In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to this Bill.
J. M. NAPIER, Governor's Deputy.
