|
|
Power to grant Superannuation Allowance under the Authority of the Treasury.
|
VI. It shall and may be lawful for the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, if they shall so think fit, on an Application for that Purpose under the Common Seal of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ireland, and signed by at least Three of the said Commissioners assembled at a Board held in pursuance of a Notice specially given for such Purpose, to grant to any of the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners receiving or who shall hereafter receive a Salary for his Services as such Commissioner, or to any Clerk or Officer of the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners who shall have been or who shall hereafter be duly appointed by the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners, such Superannuation Allowance as the said Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury shall think proper to direct: Provided always, that such Commissioner, Clerk, or Officer shall have faithfully and diligently discharged the Duties of such Commissionership, Clerkship, or Office for a Period of not less than Twenty Years, or shall, from Age or Infirmity of Body or Mind, be permanently disabled from further discharging such Duties; provided also, that in ascertaining and awarding the Amount of such Superannuation Allowance for any Clerk or Officer the said Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury shall take into their Consideration the entire Period during which any such Clerk or Officer shall have been employed under the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners, whether such Employment shall have been in any One or more Office or Offices, and all such Allowances as shall be so awarded and granted under the Authority aforesaid shall be paid and payable by the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the Time being out of the Funds by Law vested in them, and shall be charged and chargeable thereon and payable thereout during the Term of the natural Life of the Commissioner, Clerk, or Officer to whom the same shall be granted, or during such shorter Term as the said Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury shall at the Time of awarding the same direct.
|
