Shannon Navigation Act, 1839

Treasury may issue Exchequer Bills, not exceeding 584,807l.

48 G. 3. c. 1.

IV. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, or any Three or more of them for the Time being, by Warrant under their Hands, to cause or direct to be made out from Time to Time as may be necessary for the Purposes of this Act, at Her Majesty’s Exchequer in Great Britain, any Number of Exchequer Bills not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Five hundred and eighty-four thousand eight hundred and seven Pounds, such Bills to be made out in the same or like Manner, Form, and Order, and according to the same or like Rules and Directions (except where other Directions for making out the same are contained and particularly expressed in this Act), as in and by an Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for regulating the issuing and paying off of Exchequer Bills, are enacted and prescribed.