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The scheme for the supply of Victoria with water was under consideration. It was thought better that the whole project should be considered comprehensively, and if approved, an appropriation made at once for the entire sum required to complete this undertaking, instead of leaving the execution of it dependent from year to year on annual votes.

If, however, expenditure is to be covered by annual votes, no object would appear to be gained by what are termed permanent appropriations. A vote in the Appropriation Ordinance may be rejected by the Council, and the intention of the original Ordinance might thereby be defeated.

Besides, it would give the Council practically the power, by simply abstaining from re-voting an instalment of a salary related to an undertaking for which an Ordinance had waived the assent of the Crown, and which ought only to be repealed by an Ordinance passed and assented to in a similar manner.

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347 The scheme for the supply of Victoria with water was under consideration. It was thought better that the whole project should be considered comprehensively, and if approved, an appropriation made at once for the entire sum required to complete this undertaking, instead of leaving the execution of it dependent from year to year on annual votes. If, however, expenditure is to be covered by annual votes, no object would appear to be gained by what are termed permanent appropriations. A vote in the Appropriation Ordinance may be rejected by the Council, and the intention of the original Ordinance might thereby be defeated. Besides, it would give the Council practically the power, by simply abstaining from re-voting an instalment of a salary related to an undertaking for which an Ordinance had waived the assent of the Crown, and which ought only to be repealed by an Ordinance passed and assented to in a similar manner.
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347

the scheme for the supply of Victoria with traten von

under

considuation it was

thought better that the whole project should be considend comprehensively, and if Afferoned

appropriation made

at

un

The Enturi sum

of required to complete this Undertaking, instead of leaving the sxecution of it dependent from par

to year

annual botes.

If, however, Expenditure

to covered must be coted

Annually no object would afpear to be

gained by what

'

for every

are termed permanent Afferpriation.

bote in the aument

Appropriation Adinance mag

be

rijected by

In Council.

and the intention.

of

to

original Adinance might

thers be defeated-

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it would give the Conneil

practically the power, by simply abstaining from Revoting

a

instalment

of resealing

Salary,

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ar

undertaking,

Adinanc

which had waived the assent

of the Crown, and which ought

Ни only to be repeated by

au

Odinance passed and Assend

to

in à Léimilar manner.

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