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Whiteley Pension Act 1869

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Preamble.

Short Title.

Pension of £100 per annum to Mary Whiteley for life.

Pension to be continued to Hannah Whiteley after death of Mary Whiteley. Pension to Hannah Whiteley to cease on death.

Whiteley Pension Act 1869

Public Act		1869 No 68
Date of assent		3 September 1869

	Title
	Preamble.
1	Short Title.
2	Pension of £100 per annum to Mary Whiteley for life.
3	Pension to be continued to Hannah Whiteley after death of Mary Whiteley. Pension to Hannah Whiteley to cease on death.

An Act to grant a Pension to the Widow and Daughter of the late Reverend John Whiteley.

Preamble.

WHEREAS the late Reverend John Whiteley was for thirty-five years a Missionary in this Colony And whereas on the thirteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine he was murdered by certain Maoris then in rebellion against Her Majesty And whereas in remembrance of his many and eminent services during a long and blameless life and of his untiring and unselfish devotion to the welfare of both races it is just and expedient that some provision should be made for his widow and daughter

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows—

1 Short Title.

The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Whiteley Pension Act 1869.”

2 Pension of £100 per annum to Mary Whiteley for life.

There shall be paid to Mary Whiteley the widow of the said John Whiteley during her life the annual sum of one hundred pounds by equal quarterly payments on the thirty-first day of March the thirtieth day of June the thirtieth day of September and the thirty-first day of December in every year The first of such payments shall be deemed to have become due on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine The said annual sum or pension shall be payable out of and be chargeable on the Consolidated Revenue of the Colony and the acquittance or receipt of the said Mary Whiteley or of such other person as shall be duly authorized by her to receive such payment or pension or any part thereof or in case of any disability of the said Mary Whiteley then the receipt of such person as the Governor shall appoint for that purpose shall be a good and sufficient discharge for the payment thereof The said annual sum shall cease from the quarter-day next before the death of the said Mary Whiteley.

3 Pension to be continued to Hannah Whiteley after death of Mary Whiteley. Pension to Hannah Whiteley to cease on death.

After the decease of the said Mary Whiteley there shall be paid to Hannah Whiteley the daughter of the said John Whiteley if then living the like annual sum by the like payments chargeable in the same manner as the annual sum aforesaid the first of such quarterly payments to fall due on such one of the said quarter-days as shall fall next after the death of the said Mary Whiteley and the acquittance or receipt of the said Hannah Whiteley or of such other person as shall be duly authorized by her to receive such payment or pension or any part thereof or in case of any disability of the said Hannah Whiteley then the receipt of such person as the Governor shall appoint for that purpose shall be a good and sufficient discharge for the payment thereof The pension hereby payable to the said Hannah Whiteley shall cease from the quarter-day next after her death.

Whiteley Pension Act 1869