PENSION TO JOHN SIMPSON, ESQUIRE ORDINANCE

PENSION TO JOHN SIMPSON, ESQUIRE ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE No. 2 of 1874.

Pension to John Simpson, Esquire.

No. 2 of 1874

An Ordinance to enable the Governor in Council to grant a Pension to
Title.
JOHN SIMPSON, Esquire, Sorter in the General Post Office.

[16 April, 1874.]

WHEREAS JOHN SIMPSON, Esquire, desires to resign the office of sorter
in the Preamble.
general Post Office, and it is expedient that such resignation should be
accepted;. And whereas the period of service of the said JOHN SIMPSON is
sufficient
to entitle him to a pension, under the regulations in force in Hongkong
in that behalf,
of sixty-two pounds and ten shillings per annum, but it is nevertheless
deemed expe-
dient that a pension of one hundred hounds per annum should be granted to
him for
the term of his natural life: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong,
with the
advice of the -Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
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` 1. It shall be Iawfusl for the Governor in Council to grant to the said
Joxrr
SIMPSON, Esquire, a pension of one hundred pounds per annum under the same
regulations and conditions, as if such pension had been granted to him in
pursuance
of the Pension Minute of this Colony Bearing date the fifth day of May,
1862 Pro-
vided that such pension may commence from thewdate at which the said JOHN
SIMPSON
may have ceased to receive any salary or allowance from or on account of
this Colony.

[Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1887.]
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Title.
Preamble.
Governor in Council authorized to grant John Simpson, Esq. a pension of 100 pounds per annum.

1309
Title.
Preamble.
Governor in Council authorized to grant John Simpson, Esq. a pension of 100 pounds per annum.

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