the foregoing Regulations of the amount of the Grant to which the Council of each administrative county and county borough (on their own behalf or on behalf of the Board of Guardians of any Union situated within the county) and each Urban District Council are entitled, and of negotiable receipts drawn out by the Local Government Board, make orders requiring the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland to pay out of the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account in the Bank the sums payable to the Councils of the several administrative counties, county boroughs, and urban districts as aforesaid: and the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, after receipt of such order, are hereby authorised to pay such sums accordingly. Upon making such orders the negotiable receipts shall be signed by the Under Secretary or Assistant Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, and returned to the Local Government Board for distribution to the several bodies referred to. Given at Her Majesty's Castle of Dublin, this 1st day of By His Excellency's Command, D. Harrel. REGULATIONS, DATED, DECEMBER 1, 1899, MADE BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT, UNDER SECTION 5 (2) (b) ON THE PURCHASE OF LAND (IRELAND) ACT, 1891, AS TO THE EXCHEQUER CONTRIBUTION. 1900. No. 56. By the Lord Lieutenant-General and General Governor of Cadogan. Ireland. WHEREAS it is enacted by Section 5 (2) (b) of the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891.* that the Exchequer contribution to the Guarantee Fund established by the said section, shall be carried to a reserve fund until £200,000 shall have been so carried, and so far as not required for that purpose shall be paid to the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account, established in pursuance of the Probate Duties (Scotland and Ireland) Act, 1888; and that the share of the Municipal Boroughs to which the said Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, does not apply shall be ascertained and applied as if it were part of the Irish Probate Duty Grant, and that the residue shall be divided between the counties as nearly as may be in the proportion of the shares of the counties in the Irish Probate Duty Grant, and that such residue shall be applied towards the cost of providing labourers' cottages in the several counties under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1886, on † 51 & 52 Vict. c. 60. * 54 & 55 Vict. c. 48. 46 & 47 Vict. c. 60; 48 & 49 Vict. c. 77; and 49 & 50 Vict. c. 59. such terms and conditions and subject to such regulations as the Lord Lieutenant thinks expedient, save that where it appears to him, on the representation of the Local Government Board, that the whole or any part of such residue applicable to any county cannot with advantage be so applied, he may order the same to be applied as if it were the share of the county in the Irish Probate Duty Grant. And whereas, having regard to Section 3 of the said Act of 1888, the share of each such Municipal Borough is to be ascertained as follows:--It shall bear the same proportion to onehalf the sum available for distribution as the expenditure of such Municipal Borough out of any cess or rate on roads and bridges during the year ended the 31st December, 1887, as certified by the Local Government Board for the purpose of the distribution of the Irish Estate (formerly the Probate) Duty Grant, bears to the total of such expenditure by road authorities in Ireland. And whereas the proportion of the shares of the counties in the Irish Estate (formerly Probate) Duty Grant is, having regard to the said 3rd section of the said Act of 1888, the proportion which the expenditure of the Grand Jury of each county out of any cess or rate on roads and bridges during the year ended the 31st December, 1887, as certified by the Local Government Board for the purpose of the Estate (formerly the Probate) Duty Grant, bears to the total of such expenditure by grand juries. And whereas it is enacted by Section 39 of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1896, that the power conferred on the Lord Lieutenant by the said 5th section of the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act. 1891,† to make regulations for the application of the moneys therein mentioned towards the cost of providing labourers' cottages, is thereby extended to include a power to make regulations for the application of those moneys towards defraying any costs incurred at any time after the passing of the said Act of 1891 in providing such cottages. And whereas the Labourers' (Ireland) Act, 1891; the • Labourers' (Ireland) Act, 1892 §; and the Labourers' (Ireland) Act, 1896, are construed as one with the Labourers' (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1886. And whereas regulations for the purpose aforesaid were accordingly made on the 22nd day of March, 1897. And whereas in view of the changes made by the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, it is expedient to rescind the said regulations, and to substitute new regulations therefor. Now, therefore, We, the Lord Lieutenant-General and General Governor of Ireland, in pursuance of the powers vested in Us as aforesaid, do hereby rescind the said Regulations of the 22nd day of March, 1897, and do hereby direct that the following Regulations shall be substituted therefor 54 & 55 Vict. c. 71. 59 & 60 Vict. c. 53. * 59 & 60 Vict. c. 47. † 54 & 55 Vict. c. 48. § 55 & 56 Vict. c. 7. and shall be observed in the application of the share of each of the counties in Ireland in the said residue of the Exchequer contribution. 1. In any county where costs shall have been incurred at any time after the passing of the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, in providing labourers' cottages under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, the share of the residue of the Exchequer contribution accruing to such county, shall be distributed amongst the rural districts comprised in the county in which such cottages shall have been provided, in the proportions and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth. 2. Each distribution of a share of the residue of the Exchequer contribution in a county in which cottages under the Labourers Acts shall have been provided since the passing of the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, shall be in proportion to the amount of expenses, exclusive of expenditure from loans, but inclusive of repayments to the Commissioners of Public Works on account of loans, paid in respect of such cottages during the year ended the 29th of September preceding the year in which the distribution is made. 3. The sum accruing to a county in which costs shall have been incurred at any time after the passing of the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, in providing labourers' cottages under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, shall, subject to the conditions hereinafter mentioned, be divided among those rural districts within which cottages shall have been provided, and in respect of which expenses shall have been paid or become payable during the year preceding the year of distribution ast mentioned in the foregoing regulation. 4. For the purpose of these Regulations cottages shall be deemed to have been "provided" when they are certified to be ready for occupation. 5. When the amount due by any Rural District Council or Councils, on account of loans, or otherwise, in respect of cottages provided since the passing of the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, is less than the amount of the share or shares of such Rural District Council or Councils of the said. residue of the Exchequer contribution, according to these Regulations, such Rural District Council or Councils shall only receive, respectively, the actual amount or amounts due by them in respect of such cottages, including any principal of loans remaining unpaid, and the balance or balances of the share or shares shall remain to the credit of the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account in the Bank of Ireland until We shall otherwise direct; and, in any county where costs shall not have been incurred at any time after the passing of the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, in providing labourers' cottages under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, the share of the residue of the Exchequer contribution accruing to such county, ascertained in the manner above described, shall, likewise, remain to the credit of the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account in the Bank of Ireland until We shall otherwise direct. 6. Subject to the foregoing Regulations the said residue of the Exchequer contribution applicable towards the cost of providing labourers' cottages under the Labourers' (Ireland) Acts, shall be primarily applied towards the payment of any instalment or instalments due on account of or towards the payment or reduction of any balance remaining due on foot of loans contracted in respect of such cottages in the order of priority of such loans; provided that the Local Government Board may, before or instead of so doing apply any part of the said residue in discharge of any debts of the rural district in respect of such cottages. 7. The Local Government Board on receipt of a return from Us of the sum available for distribution each year shall furnish to Us, as soon as may be practicable, a Schedule showing the amounts to which rural districts in each county are severally entitled. 8. The sums payable in respect of such rural districts. respectively as shown by the Schedule so to be furnished to Us by the Local Government Board, shall be paid out of the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account in the Bank of Ireland by Orders made by Us on the Governor and Company of that Bank to the Commissioners of Public Works, or to the County Council of the County in which such Rural Districts are comprised (as the case may be), to be placed by the said Commissioners or the said County Council to the credit of the Rural Districts concerned. 9. Nothing in these regulations contained shall limit, or in any way affect Our right, or any representation made to Us by the Local Government Board that any part of the said residue of the Exchequer contribution cannot with advantage be applied towards the cost of providing labourers' cottages, to order the same to be applied as if it were the share of the county in the Irish Probate Duty Grant. 10. These regulations shall continue in force until amended, altered or revoked by any subsequent regulation which may be made by Us. . Given at Her Majesty's Castle at Dublin, this 1st day of By His Excellency's command. D. Harrel. |