Pensions for Naval Officers' Widows Act 1809
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1809 c. 35 |
| Year | 1809 |
(49 Geo. 3) C A P. XXXV.
[28th April 1809]
'WHEREAS His late Majesty KingGeorge the Second was graciously pleased, by Commission under the Privy Seal, bearing Date the Thirtieth Day of August in the Sixth Year of His Reign, to constitute and appoint certain Persons, and their Successors, to be Commissioners or Governors of the Charity for the Relief of Poor Widows of Commission and Warrant Officers of the Roval Navy: And whereas it would greatly tend to the Comfort and Accommodation of the Widows of Commission and Warrant Officers of the RoyalNavy, entitled to Pensions from the said Commissioners or Governors, if such Pensions were paid to the respective Widows entitled thereto, in the Parishes or Places of their Residence, of as near thereto as may be: May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted;' and be it 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 Twenty-fifth Day ofDecember One thousand eight hundred and nine, it shall be lawful for the Court of Assistants of the said Charity, to order and direct that all such Pensions shall be paid to the Widows entitled thereto, at or near to the Parishes or Places of their Residence, in any Part of His Majesty's Dominions, or in Foreign Parts, by any Persons appointed by them to pay the same.
II Court of Assistants may make such Regulations as to the Payment of such Pensions as they think proper, &c.
II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Court of Assistants to make such Orders, Rules, and Regulations, and from Time to Time to alter the same in relation to the Payment of any such Pensions to any such Persons so entitled thereto as aforesaid; and also as to any Certificates, Vouchers, Receipts, or Orders for the better regulating, managing, and making such Payments, and to require such Proofs and Affidavits relating thereto, as may be requisite for the ordering and securing the Payment of such Pensions: Provided always, that every such Order or Regulation may, from Time to Time, be revoked or altered by any Warrant; Orders or Instruction under His Majesty's Royal Sign Manual.
III Widows may apply to have their Pensions paid by the Receiver General of the Land Tax, or the Collector of the Customs, or Excise, &c.
III. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Twenty-fifth Day ofDecember One thousand eight hundred and nine, if any Widow who shall be entitled to receive any such Pension, shall be desirous to receive the same from any Receiver-General of the Land Tax in Great Britain , Collector of the Customs at any Port in Great Britain or Ireland , Collector of the Excise for any Collection in Great Britain or Ireland , or Clerk of the Checque at any Dock Yard in Great Britain near to the Place of her Residence, it shall be in the Power of such Widow so entitled to apply before the Time of issuing such Pensions by Letter to the Secretary to the Court of Assistants at the Admiralty Office, to have such Pension paid by such Receiver-General of the Land Tax, Collector of the Customs, Collector of the Excise, or Clerk of the Checque; and shall, at the same Time, transmit such Vouchers and Documents as shall be required by the said Court of Assistants.
IV Court of Assistants may order the Paymaster to make out Two Duplicate Remittance Bills, payable to such Widows by the Receiver General, &c.
IV. And be it further enacted, That the said Court of Assistants on being satisfied of the Justice of the said Claims, shall order and direct the said Paymaster to make out, or cause to be made out, Two Remittance Bills for the Pension due to such Widow, which said Bills shall be Duplicates of each other, and shall be joined together by oblique Lines, Flourishes, or Devices, and shall be made payable to such Widow by the...
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