Officers' Compensation Act 1908 (Cth)

OFFICERS’ COMPENSATION.

No. 4 of 1908.

An Act to provide for Compensation to be paid on Retirement or on Decease of certain Officers of the Commonwealth.

[Assented to 14th April, 1908.]

Preamble.

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows :—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Officers’ Compensation Act 1908.

 

Payments to be made.

2.There shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, the following sums :—

To widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Bayly, formerly Commandant, South Australian Military Forces............................................................................................	£487
To widow of Colonel Ricardo, formerly Commandant, Victorian Military Forces	134
To widow of Master Gunner Price, formerly Military Clerk, Central Administration	110
To widow of Sergeant-Major Fraser, formerly of the New South Wales Military Forces	30
To ex-Gunner Watson, Royal Australian Artillery, Victoria.....................	24
To widow of J. Wilson, formerly Senior Lineman, Postmaster-General’s Department, New South Wales...................................................................................	200
To widow of S. Burnett, formerly Telegraph Lineman, Postmaster-General’s Department, New South Wales...........................................................................	200
To widow of W. R. Child, formerly Sorter, Postmaster-General’s Department, New South Wales.............................................................................................	137
To widow of G. H. Chapman, formerly Telegraphist, Postmaster-General’s Department, New South Wales...........................................................................	297
To widow of J. Clarke, formerly Inland Mail Clerk, Postmaster-General’s Department, New South Wales...........................................................................	319
To widow of T. Martin, formerly Telegraphist, Postmaster-General’s Department, Queensland....................................................................................	500
Total................................................................................	£2,438