Arterial Drainage Act, 1925

Raising of moneys by county councils.

22.—(1) All moneys which a county council is by this Act authorised or directed to pay out of the county fund and also all expenses incurred by a county council in the execution of this Act and the raising of which is not otherwise provided for by this Act shall be raised by means of the poor-rate as a county-at-large charge.

(2) Where a county council is authorised by this Act to borrow money for any purpose such council may borrow such money under Article 22 of the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898, in like manner as if such purpose were mentioned in that Article, and money borrowed for any such purpose shall not be reckoned as part of the debt of the council for the purposes of the said Article.

(3) The cost of any loan borrowed under this section and the moneys for the re-payment thereof and for the payment of the interest thereon shall be raised by means of the poor-rate as a county-at-large charge.