District of Fergus Drainage Act, 1943

Provision of £6,000 by the Councils.

4.—(1) The Councils may, in pursuance of clause (C) of paragraph 1 of the Scheduled Consent, provide out of their respective county funds a sum not exceeding six thousand pounds for the purposes stated in the said clause (C).

(2) Money provided by the Councils under this section shall be so provided in the following proportions that is to say, 98841 of such money shall be provided by the Clare Council and 01159 thereof shall be provided by the Galway Council.

(3) The money provided by the Councils under this section shall be applied for the several purposes stated in clause (C) of paragraph 1 of the Scheduled Consent.

(4) The Galway Council shall raise and defray by means of the poor rate as a county-at-large charge so much (if any) of the costs mentioned under the head “Sixthly” in clause (C) of paragraph 1 of the Scheduled Consent as is not discharged out of the money provided by the Councils under this section.

(5) For the purpose of providing the money authorised to be provided by it under this section, the Clare Council may borrow and the Minister may lend from the Local Loans Fund a sum not exceeding the amount of the money so authorised to be provided as if the provision of that money were a purpose mentioned in Article 22 of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898.

(6) The Galway Council may raise by means of the poor rate as a county-at-large charge the money authorised to be provided by it under this section or the said Council may, for the purpose of providing the said money, borrow and the Minister may lend from the Local Loans Fund a sum not exceeding the amount of the said money as if the provision of that money were a purpose mentioned in Article 22 of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898.

(7) Money borrowed under this section by either of the Councils shall not be reckoned as part of the debt of such Council for the purposes of Article 22 of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898.