Navy Pay Act 1795
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1795 c. 94 |
| Year | 1795 |
(35 Geo. 3) C A P. XCIV.
[22d June 1795]
'WHEREAS it would tend greatly to the Comfort and Accommodation of certain Officers in his Majesty's Navy if a more easy and expeditious Mode was established for Payment of their Wages or Pay;' be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful to and for every Commissioned Officer, Master, and Surgeon, in the Naval Service of his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, being on Half Pay, and who shall be appointed to command or serve on board any Ship or Vessel of his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, after receiving his Commission or Warrant of Appointment, to apply to the Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy for an Order from them upon the Treasurer of the Navy to pay such Officer the Arrears of Half Pay that may be due to him at the Time, providing no Imprest stands against him; and the said Commissioners of the Navy, or any three of them, shall, upon such Application being made to them, and being satisfied that such Officer has been appointed as aforesaid, and that no Imprest stands against him, or that such Imprest is cleared and satisfied, make out, or cause to be made out, an Order upon the Treasurer of the Navy for the Arrears of Half Pay due to such Officer, and upon such Order being presented, together with the usual Affidavit and other Documents in such Cases required, by the Person in whose Favour the said Order is drawn, or by his lawful Attorney or Assigns, to the Treasurer of the Navy, he shall immediately, if satisfied of the Identity of the Person presenting the same, or of the Authority of the Instruments upon which the same shall be claimed, pay, or cause to be paid, at the Pay Office of the Navy, the Sum in such Order contained.
II Officer on Appointments to Ships may apply for three Months Pay in Advance, &c.
II. And be it enacted, That any Commissioned Officer in the Naval Service of his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, having no Imprest standing out against him, a Certificate of which he shall obtain from the Commissioners of the Navy, may apply, if the Ship or Vessel to which he shall have been so appointed as aforesaid shall be in the RiverThames , to the said Commissioners of the Navy, or to the Resident Commissioner, if such Ship or Vessel shall be at any of the Out-Ports where a Commissioner resides, for an Order upon the Treasurer of the Navy, to pay him the Amount of three Months Personal Wages or Pay in Advance; and it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Commissioners of the Navy, or any three of them, or for the said Resident Commissioner of the Navy, if satisfied of the Grounds of such Application, to grant such Order upon the Treasurer of the Navy, for three Months Personal Wages or Pay as aforesaid; and upon such Order being presented to the Treasurer of the Navy at his Office in London , or to his Clerks at any of the Out-Ports, the same shall be immediately paid to the Person in whose Favour it shall have been so made out as aforesaid: Provided always, that if such Officer appointed as aforesaid shall again be put upon Half Pay, from hat Cause soever, and before the End or Expiration of three Months after his being so appointed, and having received Payment as aforesaid, of three Months Personal Wages or Pay in Advance, the same shall be placed as an Imprest against his growing Half Pay for the Amount of the Sum that may have been so advanced as aforesaid, or for such Part thereof for which he shall not have served upon Full Pay.
III Officers, Masters and Surgeons, on actual Service, may draw Bills for their Pay after certain Periods.
III. And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful to and for every Commissioned Officer, Master, and Surgeon, in the Naval Service of his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, who shall be upon actual Service, and be entitled to the full Pay of such Service, at the End and Expiration of every three Months, or of every six Months, or of every twelve Months, or of any longer Period, as to such Commissioned Officer, Master, and Surgeon, shall appear proper, to draw, or cause to be drawn, a Bill, or Set of Bills, of the same Tenor and Date, in Duplicate or Triplicate, as the Case may require, upon the Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy, for the Net Amount of the Personal Wages or Pay that shall appear to be due to him, which Bill, or Set of Bills, shall state the Rate or Description, and Name, of the Ship or Vessel to which such Officer shall belong, and his Station on board of the same, and also the full Amount of the Personal Wages or Pay which shall be due to him and the Period for which such Wages or Pay shall have accrued or become due, together with the Amount of the usual Deductions and Abatements, and other Deductions, which shall appear upon the Ship's Muster Books, to which the same shall be liable, and the Net Residue of the Personal Wages or Pay so to be drawn for; and which Bill, or Set of Bills, being numbered and dated, shall be of the Form and Tenor directed in a Schedule herein contained, or to the like Effect: Provided always, that such Commissioned Officer, Master, or Surgeon, shall not be permitted, under any Authority by this Act given, to draw such Bills upon the Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy for the first three Months after he shall have received the three Months Advance hereby authorized to be paid to him upon his entering on board his Ship.
IV Officers, &c. when they draw for Pay, to deduct their Debts from their Bills.
IV. And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Commissioned Officer, Master, or Surgeon, shall purchase dead Men's Cloaths, or otherwise incur any Debt, which shall or may be chargeable against his Wages or Pay, such Debts or such Charges shall not be put or stand as a Deduction to be made from his Servants Pay, or from any Pay which may be allowed him as a Compensation for Servants Pay, but shall be put and stand as a Deduction, and shall be deducted from his own Personal Wages or Pay, whenever he shall draw as aforesaid upon the Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy.
V Captains to subscribe the Bills of Lieutenants, &c.
V. And be it enacted, That if the Officer drawing for his Personal Wages or Pay as aforesaid, shall be a Lieutenant, Master, or Surgeon, the Captain or Commander of the Ship or Vessel to which such Lieutenant, Master, or Surgeon, shall belong, shall at the Bottom of such Bill, or Set of Bills, subscribe his Name, and also the Word 'approved,' in token of his Knowledge of such Lieutenant, Master, or Surgeon, being justly entitled to draw for such Net Amount of Personal Wages or Pay.
VI Officers, &c. on Removal from Ships, may draw for their Pay, if three Months are due.
VI. And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That when and so often as any Commissioned Officer, Master, or Surgeon, as aforesaid, shall be removed from any Ship or Vessel, to any other Ship or Vessel in the Service of his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, it shall and may be lawful to and for such Officer to draw, or cause to be drawn, a Bill, or Set of Bills as aforesaid, upon the Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy, for the Personal Wages or Pay that shall be due to him for the Time he shall have served in the said Ship or Vessel from which he shall be so removed, up to the Day of his entering on board the Ship or Vessel to which he shall be so removed, if such Time shall amount to the Space of three Months or more; which Bill, or Set of Bills, shall contain the same Specifications as herein-before directed in Cases of Officers drawing Bills, and continuing in their Ships; and if such Officer be a Lieutenant, Master, or Surgeon, the Captain or Commander of the Ship or Vessel to which such Officer shall belong, shall, at the Bottom of such Bill, or Set of Bills, subscribe his Name, and the Word 'approved,' in token of his Knowledge of such Lieutenant, Master, or Surgeon, being justly entitled to draw for such Net Amount of his Personal Wages or Pay.
VII Captains sent to Sick Quarters may draw for their Pay at the Expiration of six Weeks.
VII. And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That when and so often as any Captain or Commander shall be sent to Sick Quarters, and shall remain in such Quarters for a longer Space than six Weeks, it shall and may be in the Power of such Captain or Commander to draw, or cause to be drawn, a Bill, or Set of Bills as aforesaid, as the Case may be, upon the Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy, for the Net Amount of the Personal Wages or Pay that shall be due to him to the Day of the Expiration of six Weeks from and after his having been sent to Sick Quarters as aforesaid; which Bill, or Set of Bills, shall contain the same Specifications as are herein-before in other Cases directed.
VIII When Lieutenants, &c. are sent to Sick Quarters, Captains to make out an Extract from Ship's Books in the following Form.
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