Relief of Distress (Ireland) Act, 1880

Repayment of loans made by the Board of Works.

6. If at any time before the passing of this Act the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland shall have advanced money to any Board of Guardians upon the faith of a resolution of the board agreeing to repay the advance in such manner as the Treasury should prescribe, the sum so advanced, or any part thereof remaining unpaid from time to time, together with interest on such sum or part, shall be a charge upon the rates leviable on such electoral division or divisions in the union as the Local Government Board shall appoint; and such sum or part shall be repaid m such manner, within such time, and with such interest, as the Treasury shall prescribe.