National Monuments Act, 1930

Expenses.

3.—(1) The expenses incurred by the Minister in carrying this Act into execution shall be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.

(2) The expenses incurred respectively by the Commissioners and the Minister for Education in carrying this Act into effect, shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.

(3) The expenses incurred by a local authority in carrying this Act into effect shall be raised by means of the poor rate and, in the case of the Council of a county, as a county-at-large charge.

(4) So much of sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Irish Church Act, 1869 , as requires the Commissioners to apply the sum paid under that sub-section to their secretary by the Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland in maintaining the churches, buildings, and structures mentioned in that sub-section shall cease to have effect and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted that the investments and funds held at the passing of this Act by the Commissioners or their secretary and representing the said sum so paid to the said secretary by the Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister shall direct.

(5) The Commissioners or a local authority may accept voluntary contributions of money for or towards the cost of the maintenance by them of any national monument of which they are the owners or the guardians.