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SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. suppler...

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 113 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SUPPLY (through Fr. from See also:Lat. supplere, to fill up)  , See also:pro-See also:vision; more particularly the See also:money granted by a legislature to carry on the See also:work of See also:government . In the See also:United See also:Kingdom the granting of See also:supply is the exclusive right of the See also:House of See also:Commons, and is carried out by two committees of the House, one of supply and the other of ways and means (see See also:PARLIAMENT) . In the United States supply originates in the House of Representatives (see UNITED STATES: See also:Appropriation) . In See also:Scotland commissioners of supply were See also:officers appointed to assess and collect the See also:land tax offered as supply to the See also:sovereign . Under the Lands Valuation (Scotland) See also:Act 1854 all owners of See also:property of a certain value were qualified as commissioners of supply . Their duties were also enlarged to comprise the See also:general See also:administration of the See also:country, but by the See also:Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 all their See also:powers and duties were transferred to and vested in the See also:county See also:council . They still meet annually, but transact only formal business .

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