CO129-609-3 Future policy- draft Municipal Council Ordinance 1-1-1947 - 31-12-1947 — Page 47

General Fund.

s.185

Power to take duties, &c.

s.186

Payments to and out of general

fund.

8.187

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PART VII

Expenses

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73.- (1) All receipts of the Council, including the rents

and profits of all corporate land, shall be carried to the general

fund of the Council and all liabilities falling to be discharged by

the Council shall be discharged out of that fund.

(2) An account, called the "general fund account", shall be

kept of all receipts carried to, and payments made out of, the

general fund:

Provided that, where any such receipts are receipts for the

benefit of a part only of the Municipality, or any such payments are

payments in respect of expenditure with which a part only of the

Municipality is chargeable, a separate account shall be kept of

receipts and payments in respect of that part of the unicipality.

(3) If the general fund is more than sufficient for the purposes

to which it is applicable, the surplus thereof may be applied under

the direction of the Council for the public benefit of the inhabitants

and improvement of the Municipality.

by rundation

74- The Legislative Council may assign to the Council all such

rates, taxes, duties, fees and suns as the Legislative Council may

from time to time think fit, and the Council may take such rates,

taxes, duties, fees and suns and for the purpose of procuring payment

thereof may exercise by their officers all the powers, rights, duties

and capacities theretofore vested in or imposed on any Government

officer in connection therewith.

75.- (1) All payments to and out of the general fund shall be

made to and by the municipal treasurer.

(2) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this section, all

payments out of the general fund shall be made in pursuance of an

order of the Council signed by three members thereof and countersigned

by the clerk of the Council, and the same order may include several

payments:

Provided that the following payments may be made out of

the general fund without an order of the Council, that is

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