Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1849

Application of money raised for emigration.

28. All and every the sums and sum of money so to be borrowed and charged as aforesaid shall be from time to time applied, under the direction of the said commissioners, by the guardians or persons appointed or authorized to act as guardians of the union borrowing the same, in defraying or assisting to defray the expences connected with the emigration of poor persons resident or relievable within the respective electoral divisions or division on the rates whereof the same respectively shall have been so charged, or resident in and relievable by the union at large on the rates whereof any such charge on the union at large shall have been so charged, to any of the colonies or possessions of this realm, or to any foreign state; and it shall not be lawful for any person acting in the execution of this Act to apply or expend any such sums or sum, or any part thereof, in any other manner or for any other purpose whatsoever.