$29
530
5531
$32
22. All money's received on account of-
(a.) Entrance fees and
(6.) Interest
shall be placed to the credit of the Income Account.
Income
accenut.
23. All contributions from officers shall be placed to the credit of the Officers' Officers' Personal Account, each of such oflicers being credited in such account with the Account. amount of his contributions.
Fund
24. An amount equal to one-tenth part of the contributious of all officers Reserve during the preceding twelve mouths shall as on the 31st day of December in each year be transferred from the Officers' Personal Account to the credit of the Reserve Fund Account, the account of each of such officers being debited accordingly,
Hnow all Men by these presents that I,
of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong am held
Persona!
and firmly bound to Our Sovereign Lord King GEORGE His Heirs Successors
in the sum of Dollars
Account,
25. Whenever the amount at the credit of the Income Account is in the Tmnsfer opinion of the Treasurer reasonably sufficient to meet any claims likely to fall upon to Reserve it, he may transfer all further receipts or any portion of them under the Income Account Account to the credit of the Reserve Fund Account.
from income
Funil
Hongkong Currency to be paid to Our said Lord the King His Heirs and Successors for which payment to be well and truly made I do hereby bind myself my heirs
executors and administrators and every of them firmly by these presents.
§33
$34/17)
§ 350j
$35 (11)
§36
Payment of Claims on Fund.
26.-() All claims against the Fund shall be charged in the first instance hagg of against the Income Account.
(2) If the moneys at the credit of the Income Account are not sufficient to pay the claims at any time made on the Fund, the Treasurer shall have recourse to the amounts then standing at the credit of the Officers' Personal Account for the payment of such claims, taking and writing off an equal percentage from the amount standing to the credit of each officer.
(2) If the whole of such amount is not sufficient, then the Treasurer shall have recourse to the amount at the credit of the Reserve Fund Account as far as may be necessary for the payment of such claims,
clitus.
Personal
27-() Where an officer is in default, the amount from time to time at the Liability of credit of his Personal Account shall to the extent of such default be transferred to Account of the account out of which the amount of such default has been paid.
(.) Where two or more officers are found to be in default under Rule 19 but their respective responsibilities cannot be determined, every such officer shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to be jointly and severally liable in respect of an amount bearing the same proportion to the total amount of the loss as the security of such officer bears to the aggregate securities of the officers in default.
Return of Contributions.
•fficer in default.
portion of
28. Where an officer is appointed to an office outside the Colony or leaves Rerum of the service of the Government, or ceases to hold an office in the service of the contribe- Government in respect of which security is required to be given by him, or dies, tions. the amount appearing at his credit when the accounts are next adjusted after the date of such appointment, leaving, cesser or death shall be returned by the Treasurer to him or his representatives; but no payment shall be made under this section until after the accounts have been duly adjusted and the amount at the credit of the officer, after taking into account all transactions and after deducting the proper proportions of the ascertained liabilities of the Fund for the year, hasi beeu ascertained and sertler.
Provided that settlement of refunds of contributious shall remain in abeyance until the Reserve Fund shall amount to ten thousand dollars or, after it has reached such sum, until there is an amount in excess of such sum sufficient to meet the claims of refund put forward, or of one or more of them according to priority. Priority of settlement shall be determined by the dates of the respective canses giving rise to the claims for such refund.
of return
29. No return of any money paid into the fund shall be male to any person Conditions under the preceding section or to his representatives unless and until the Treasurer of money. is satisfied that such person has duly accounted and is free from any liability to the Government, and no such return shall be male to any officer who has been dismissed from the service.
Sealed with my seal and dated this
day of
Whereas the above bounden
duly been appointed to be
19
has
and has agreed to give security in accordance with the Rules in force annexed
hereto and to enter into this personal Bond:
Now, the conditions of the above obligation are such that if the said
as long as be shall hold either
provisionally or permanently the above office or any other office or offices, employ- ment or employments under the Government of the Colony of Hongkong, the holder of which office or employment is required to give security, shall in all things well and truly perform and execute his duties, functions and trust, and from time to time
and at all times make and render true and just accounts of all moneys and other property which may come to his hands by virtue of any such office or employment
or otherwise on behalf of the said Government, and shall well and truly pay over
and deliver up the same, an I do in no way render himself guilty of any mala fides in the performance of his said duties, aud do honestly and faithfully dem an and conduct himself in his office or charge and conform well an 1 truly to the above
mentioned Rules in force annexed hereto --then the above obligation shall be null
and void. Otherwise it shall remain in full force and virtue.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered by the
said
in the presence of
July, 1912.
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