National Debt Act, 1870

Issue by Treasury.

14. The money from time to time and at any time issuable out of the consolidated fund and by this Act made applicable to the payment of the dividends on stock, shall, by order of the Treasury, without other warrant, from time to time be issued and paid to the respective chief cashiers of the Banks of England and Ireland by way of imprest and on account for the payment of those dividends.