of Rupees 1,000 on his personal security; to be repaid with interest at 8 per cent. in twenty-four monthly instalments from the date of the advance (to be deducted by the paymaster); and such subscriber shall also be entitled to a loan of half the above amount, or Rupees 500, on his return, to be repaid with interest at 8 per cent. in twelve monthly instalments, from the date of his return to Bombay. 20. An advance on loan will be granted to married men proceeding as above with their families of one-half, in addition to the above loan, to be repaid in the same instalments. 21. One-half of the advance prescribed in Art. 19, and on the same terms, will be granted to a subscriber who may send his family to the Cape of Good Hope or New South Wales, although he should not proceed thither. 22. Articles 12, 13, 14, 16, latter part 17, and 18 of section four of the former regulations were rescinded by the decision on the 5th proposition of the 36th circular ; but as this resolution was not to have a retrospective effect, as all annuitants on the fund previous to the 23d September 1824 remain subject to the former regulations, and consequently such annuitants shall continue to furnish, every half-year, declaratious, specifying whether they possess any property or not, and in the former case its actual amount, and drawn up in the form in the Appendix marked A. Benefits to Unmarried Subscribers. 23. Subaltern officers who proceed to Europe on sick certificate shall be entitled on application to the following amount of Income allowance, commencing from the date of arrival in England, and ceasing on embarkation for India.t 24. Subscribers, who proceed to Europe on sick certificate, and who are not furnished with a passage by government, shall, on making application to the Directors, through the secretary, be entitled to receive for that purpose the following sums; viz. If subscribing as Field Officers...... Rs. 2,000 provided that, if field officers, the amount be refunded free of interest within twelve months after return to India, or after the expiration of three years from the date of receipt. 25. Subscribers who have proceeded to Europe on sick certificate shall, on making application to the agents in England, be entitled to receive the following sums as outward passage-money; viz. * It has been therefore considered unnecessary to print them. + Lieutenants Ensigns. Assistant Surgeons and Veterinary Surgeons £217 6 per ann, If subscribing as Field Officers... -Captains ....... £113 94 83 provided that, if above the rank of subaltern, the amount be refunded free of interest within twelve months after return to India. 26. Subscribers proceeding to England on sick certificate shall further be entitled to receive the sum of 400 rupees for their equipment, on application for the same to the Directors, through the secretary. 27.[Subscribers proceeding to England from any other place than Bombay on sick certificate, duly obtained according to the regulations, shall be entitled to the same benefits on giving the secretary the necessary information. 28. If a subscriber, whether married or unmarried, be dismissed the service, the directors are authorized to refund to him the amount of subscription which he has contributed to the fund, deducting therefrom any sums which may have been previously advanced to him. 29. Subscribers resigning the service before they are entitled to retiring pay are ineligible to continue members, and are not permitted to receive back any part of the suns they may have contributed to the Fund, either in the way of Donation or Subscription. SECTION 1V. Causes of Exclusion from the Benefits of the Fund. Art. 1. A subscriber, prior to the orders of the Hon. Court, withdrawing from the fund, forfeits, ipso facto, all claims to the benefits derivable from it, as also the amount of his donation and subscription, and all other sums which he may have paid up to the period of his secession. 2. The non-payment of donation, subscription, or any other sum demanded from them in conformity to the regulations, shall exclude subscribers from all the benefits derivable from the fund. 3. The non-compliance with any regulation of the Military Fund, or the bringing under litigation any decision which has been passed in conformity to these regulations. 4. All income derived from the Bombay Military Fund is declared to be unalienable, and the fact of attempting the alienation of such income in any manner, or under any pretence, shall be deemed in itself a forfeiture of all future benefits from the fund. 5. The widow of a subscriber who shall have been legally divorced or separated from her husband, or who shall at the time of his death have quitted his protection, or shall be living in a state of adultery, though not legally separated or divorced, shall not be entitled to any benefit from the fund under any circumstances whatever. 6. If, after the widow of a subscriber shall have been admitted to the benefits of the fund, it shall at any time appear to the satisfaction of the Directors that she is living in a state of incontinence, or in a manner discreditable to the memory of her hus band, she shall forfeit all claims to the benefits derivable from the fund, and shall in future be deprived of her annuity. SECTION V. Eventual Benefits of the Fund. Art. 1. Independent of the benefits which have been recited, the Bombay Military Fund is considered as holding out the prospect of eventual benefits under the following circumstances. 2. If at any future period it shall be found that the funds of the institution afford a considerable surplus, after providing for the actual and probable applications for relief under the preceding articles, it shall then, and not otherwise, be competent for the directors of the institution, provided the permission of the Hon. Court of Directors be obtained, to afford the aid of the fund in the following cases": First. To subscribers compelled by ill-health to abandon the country after ten years' service, and before they are entitled to retire on full pay, the regulated passage-money of their rank, and an annuity which shall render their total income, from whatever source derived, equal to the full pay of their rank. Second. To officers who may have served twenty-two years in India, and may be compelled by ill-health to retire from the service, without having obtained the rank of major, the regulated passagemoney of their rank, and such assistance from the fund as will render their whole income, from whatever source, equal to the pay of major; and, as in the case of widows, the possession of an income not exceeding half the pay of a major of infantry, shall not occasion an abatement from the provision to be made from the fund. Third. In the event of a still further surplus, it shall be competent for the directors of the Military Fund, at their discretion, to assist officers retiring from the service on full pay in limited circumstances, with a sum equal to the regulated passage-money of their rank, provided always that the resignation of such officer shall actually have been accepted previously to embarkation. Fourth. Should the fund, however, at any period fall short of the demands upon it, so that the annual income will not defray the amount of the annuities and other claims, then it shall be in the power of the directors to make a proportionate deduction from the annuity of each annuitant, and from the payments to other claimants above the rank of subaltern, until the state of the fund shall afford the means of complete payment; when, if a surplus income exists, the arrears shall be made good from the amount of surplus, but not otherwise. Printed Forms of Affidavits to be had of the Agents to the Fund in England. |