Navy and Marines Act 1795
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1795 c. 28 |
| Year | 1795 |
(35 Geo. 3) C A P. XXVIII.
[28th April 1795]
'WHEREAS the enabling Petty Officers, and Seamen, or Landmen, Non-commissioned Officers of Marines, and Marines, employed in the Royal Navy, to allot a certain Part of their Wages or Pay for the Support and Maintenance of their Wives and Children, or Mothers, and establishing a regular Method for the punctual, frequent, and certain Payment thereof, is of much Consequence to the Public Service;' be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consentof the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That, from and after the first Day ofMay one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, it shall and may be lawful for every Petty Officer, and Seaman, or Landman, Non-commissioned Officer of Marines, and Marine, serving, or entering to serve on board of any Ship or Vessel of his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, to allot a certain Part of his Monthly Wages or Pay for the Maintenance of his Wife and Child, or Children, or Mother; videlicet , That every Petty Officer and Non-commissioned Officer of Marines may allot, for the Purpose aforesaid, one Half of his Wages or Pay; and every Able-bodied Seaman may allot, for the Purpose aforesaid, the Sum of five Pence per Day; and every Ordinary Seaman or Landman, serving, or entering to serve in his Majesty's Navy, may allot, for the Purpose aforesaid, the Sum of four Pence per Day; and that every Marine may allot, for the Purpose aforesaid, the Sum of three Pence per Day, while he shall actually serve on board any of the Ships or Vessels of his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, or be borne for Wages upon the Books of any such Ships; which said several Sums shall be paid every twenty-eight Days to the Wives or Mothers, or for the Use of the Children of such Petty Officers, Seamen, and Landmen, Non-commissioned Officers of Marines, and Marines respectively, under the several Rules and Regulations, and in the Manner by this Act directed and prescribed.
II Volunteers, at the Time of entering, declaring to the Regulating Officer certain Particulars, may allot a Part of their Pay, which shall be paid by the Persons herein specified.
II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That, from and after the first Day ofMay one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, if any Seaman or Landman shall freely and voluntarily enter himself with any Regulating Officer or Officers employed or to be employed in raising Men for his Majesty's Naval Service, in or on board of any of the Ships or Vessels of his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, and shall, at the Time of his so entering, declare to such Officer or Officer his Name and Place of Abode, and that he is married, and shall likewise declare the Name of his Wife, and at what Place she then resides, and if he has a Child, or how many Children, distinguishing how many of such Children are Boys, or shall declare that he has a Mother then alive, and the Place of her Residence, and that he is willing to allot a Part and Proportion of his Wages or Pay for the Support and Maintenance of his said Wife and Child or Children, or of his Mother, then and in that Case, if the Wife or Mother of such Seaman or Landman shall reside in London , or within the Bills of Mortality thereof, the Sum allotted to her out of her Husband's or Son's Wages or Pay shall be paid by the Treasurer of the Navy; and if the Wife or Mother of such Seaman or Landman shall reside at Portsmouth, Plymouth , or Chatham , or within five Miles of any of those Places respectively, then the Sum allotted to her out of her Husband's or Son's Wages or Pay shall be paid by the Clerk of the Cheque at any of those Places where or within five Miles of which she shall reside; but if the Residence of the Wife or Mother of such Seaman or Landman shall not be in London , or within the Bills of Mortality thereof, or at Portsmouth, Plymouth , or Chatham , or within five Miles thereof respectively, then and in every such Case the Sum allotted to the Wife or Mother of every such Seaman or Landman, out of her Husband's or Son's Wages or Pay, shall be paid to her by the Receiver General of the Land Tax of any County, Riding, or City, or by the Collector of the Customs for any Port, or by the Collector of Excise for any Collection in Great Britain , nearest to the Place of Residence of the Wife or Mother of such Seaman or Landman; and such Regulating Officer or Officers for entering Seamen or Landmen as aforesaid, shall immediately make out or cause to be made out three Declarations of Allotment, and three Orders of Payment, which shall be Triplicates of each other, and joined together with oblique Lines, Flourishes, or Devices, and the said Declarations and Orders shall be in the following Form, or in Words to the like Effect:
No I.
And which Declarations and Orders of Payment, being numbered and dated, and the Blanks otherwise filled up, the said Seaman or Landman shall sign his Name, or make his Mark at each of the said Triplicates thereof, and the said Regulating Officer shall attest such Declarations and Orders of Payment, by signing his Name as Witness thereto; and if the Wife or Mother of such Seaman or Landman shall then attend in Person, such Regulating Officer shall immediately cut off one of the said Triplicates of the said Declarations and Orders of Payment, through the said oblique Lines, Flourishes, or Deliver, and shall deliver the same to the Wife or Mother of such Seaman or Landman, and shall, immediately thereafter, send the other two Triplicates of such Declaration and Order of Payment to the Commissioners of the Navy at their Board inLondon ; but in case the Wife or Mother of such Seaman or Landman shall not attend at the Time her Husband or Son shall so enter himself in the Service as aforesaid, the said Regulating Officer shall send the said Triplicates of such Declaration and Order of Payment to the Commissioners of the Navy as aforesaid; and such RegulatingOfficer shall, in the Returns he shall make to the Admiralty or Navy Boards, specify and mention, opposite to the Name of every Man so entered, whether he has allotted Part of his Pay for the Maintenance of his Wife and Child or Children, or of his Mother, and the Amount of such Allotment, together with the Date of the Order for Payment thereof.
III If any Petty Officer, &c. at any Muster of the Ship's Company, shall desire a Part of his Pay may be so allotted, it shall be paid by the Persons herein mentioned.
III. And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That, from and after the first Day ofMay one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, when and so often as the Captain or Commander of any Ship or Vessel in the Pay of his Majesty shall, pursuant to the Powers and Directions by former Acts of Parliament given, read over, or cause to be read over, at any Muster or his Ship's Company, in a distinct and audible Manner, the Names of all the Petty Officers, Seamen, and Landmen, and the Names of all the Non-commissioned Officers of Marines, and Marines, belonging to such Ship or Vessel; and if any Petty Officer, Seaman, Landman, Non-commissioned Officer of Marines, or Marine, shall thereupon declare by Word of Mouth, or deliver in Writing, the Name and Place of Abode of his Wife, and if he has a Child, or how many Children, distinguishing how many of such Children are Boys, or that he has a Mother then alive, and the Place of her Residence, and desire that a Part of his Wages or Pay should be allotted and paid to his said Wife for the Support and Maintenance of her and his Child or Children, or to his Mother, then and in that Case, if the Wife or Mother of such Petty Officer, Seaman, or Landman, Non-commissioned Officer of Marines, or Marine, shall reside in London , or within the Bills of Mortality thereof, the Sum allotted to her out of her Husband's Wages or Pay shall be paid to her by the Treasurer of the Navy; and if the Wife or Mother of such Petty Officer, Seaman, or Landman, Non-commissioned Officer of Marines, or Marine, shall reside at Portsmouth, Plymouth, or Chatham , or within five Miles of any of those Places respectively, then the Sum allotted to her out of the Wages or Pay of her Husband or Son shall be paid by the Clerk of the Cheque at any of those Places, where or within five Miles of which she shall reside; but if the Residence of the Wife or Mother of such Petty Officer, Seaman, or Landman, Non-commissioned Officer of Marines, or Marine, shall not be in London , or within the Bills of Mortality thereof, or at Portsmouth, Plymouth , or Chatham , or within five Miles of any of those Places respectively, then and in every such Case the Sum allotted to the Wife or Mother of every such Petty Officer, Seaman, or Landman, Non-commissioned Officer of Marines, or Marine, shall be paid to her by the Receiver General of the Land Tax for any County, Riding, or City, in Great Britain , or by the Collect or of the Customs for any Port, or by the Collector of the Excise for any Collection in Great Britain , nearest to the Place of Residence of the Wife or Mother of such PettyOfficer, Seaman, or Landman, Non-commissioned Officer of Marines, or Marine; and the Captain or Commander of such Ship or Vessel is hereby strictly required and enjoined to...
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