'History of the Indian Navy. (1613-1863).' [‎595] (614/622)

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Art. 4. —To continue to females until marriage or death.
Art. 5.—The Annuities to boys will cease on the completion of their eighteenth
year, at which time the guardians of each of them shall receive from the Fund
the sum of £150.
Art. 6.—On application being made, and on sufficient reasons being assigned, the
above sum of £150 may be paid previous to the child, boy, or girl, completing
its eighteenth year; but in all cases the payment of this sum shall extinguish all
claims to a continuance of the Annuities.
^ r t. 7.—The benefit of the preceding Articles shall be extended to such female
children as at present receive Annuities, provided that the increased donation be
deducted from the amount payable by the Fund, by instalments of one-fourth
the amount of pension, the same benefit to all boys on the same terms.
8.—On the same condition, a child born within ten months after the death
of its father shall be entitled to the increased annuity, on the necessary affidavit
being made by the widow, and transmitted to the secretary.
AH . 9.—Females for whom additional donation shall have been paid, and who
have attained the age of eighteen previous to the death of their fathers, shall
nevertheless be entitled to admission on the Fund, their Annuities continuing in
like manner with those of other female children (Annuitants) until their marriage
or death.
Art. 10.—The guardians of female Annuitants shall declare, six months pre
vious to their attaining the age of twenty-one years, whether they wish to receive
the final portion, or to continue as Annuitants, and the receiving any Annuity
after that age forfeits all righc to the payment of portion. _ _
Art. 11.—Donations shall be paid by subscribers within one year of the birth
of each child, of Rs. 100 for a son, and Rs. 200 for a daughter; but such dona
tions shall not be considered as forming a part ol the minimum required to entitle
subscribers to the full benefits of the Fund.
Art. 14.—Notice of the birth of each child shall be given to the Secretary m
India, or the agents in London, within three months after its occurrence. In
failure of such intimation, and unless it shall have been proved to the satisfaction
of the directors that the delay arose from unavoidable circumstances, the parent
of such child shall pay double donation, or Es. 200 if a son, and Rs. 400 if a
daughter. „
Art. 16.—Widows who are Annuitants on the Fund, and who may hereatter
marry, are allowed to retain one-half of the Annuity formerly granted to them ;
and if the second husband be a subscriber, it shall become optional with the
widow to claim the Annuity prescribed for the rank of either the first or second
husband; but she is not to receive more than one full Annuity.
^ r t. 17. The Annuities to children for whom additional donations shall not
have been paid under Art. 11 shall cease to sons, without reservation, on the
completion of their sixteenth year, and to daughters on the completion ot their
sixteenth year, if their mother shall be living, or on their being settled m lite ; m
case of the death of both parents, the Annuity (if the death of the parent occurs
subsequently to their attaining their eighteenth year) to commence from the date
of the death of the last surviving parent. On the sons completing their sixteenth
year, and the daughters being settled in life, the guardians of each of them shall
claim from the Fund the sum of £100, to assist m his or her establishment m
^Art. 18.—The grant of Annuities to the daughters, for whom additional
donation shall not have been paid under Art. 11 shall, in case of the death of
both parents, after their attaining their eighteenth year be subject to the
deduction of any yearly income beyond half the amount of Pension which they
may derive from any other source; and in case such other income shall amount
to £90 per annum, the Annuity granted from the Fund shall cease and terminate.
The guardians, in claiming the gratuity allowed on the settlement m life ot each
child shall satisfy the Directors of the justice of the claim ; but m all cases the
payment of the sum shall be a virtual resignation of any claim to a continuance ot
the Annuity. _ ^ , ., —^ —*■ -r^a^ac. such amount of
Art.
19 All widows of subscribers who do not possess
property "as excludes them from the benefit of Lord Olive's Fund and who are
^ t i - ji —^ 4-/-» tt'vin -i anrl Vixr fT -nvpirriTnent. shall be entitled to
not provided with a passage to England by Government, shall
receive one nassaare onlv) the sum of Rs. 1,500, to defray t ic
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(for one passage only)
same.