Griffith Settlement Act, 1923

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Number 5.


GRIFFITH SETTLEMENT ACT, 1923.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Annuity of £1000 to be paid to Trustees.

2.

Trusts of the Widow's Share.

3.

Trusts of the Son's Share.

4.

Trusts of the Daughter's Share.

5.

Trusts of the Sister's Share.

6.

Appointment of Trustees.

7.

Short Title.

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Number 5.


GRIFFITH SETTLEMENT ACT, 1923.


AN ACT TO MAKE A SUITABLE PROVISION FOR THE WIDOW, CHILDREN AND SISTER OF THE LATE PRESIDENT ARTHUR GRIFFITH IN CONSIDERATION OF HIS EMINENT SERVICES TO THE NATION. [16th March, 1923.]


WHEREAS Dáil Eireann, moved by the lifelong self-sacrifice and devotion of the late President Arthur Griffith to the people of Ireland and in consideration of the eminent services rendered by him to the Nation, and acknowledging it to be the duty of Saorstát Eireann to make suitable provision for his widow Mrs. Maud Griffith and for his son Naomhan Griffith and his daughter Ita Griffith and his sister Miss Frances Griffith has resolved that there shall be appropriated out of the public funds of Saorstát Eireann for the purpose of making such suitable provision for the said Mrs. Maud Griffith, Naomhan Griffith, Ita Griffith and Miss Frances Griffith a yearly sum of one thousand pounds to commence from the twelfth day of August 1922 and to continue as to one equal moiety thereof during the life of the said Mrs. Maud Griffith and as to one equal fifth part thereof until the said Naomhan Griffith shall either attain the age of twenty-five years or die before attaining that age, and as to one other equal fifth part until the said Ita Griffith shall either attain the age of twenty-five years or die before attaining that age and as to the remaining one equal tenth part thereof during the life of the said Miss Frances Griffith:

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—