Chapter 119.
277 words·~1 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-25/chapter-119-2677734·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
CHAP. 119.— An act to provide for the deposit of the savings of seamen of the United States Navy.February 9, 1889. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Seamen’s savings. That any enlisted man or appointed petty officer of the Navy may deposit his savings,May be deposited with paymasters. in sums not less than five dollars, with the paymaster upon whose 658 books his account is borne; and he shall be furnished with a deposit-book, in which the said paymaster shall note, over his signature, the amount, date, and place of such deposit.
The money so deposited shall be accounted for in the same manner as other public funds, Payment.and shall pass to the credit of the appropriation for “Pay for the Navy,” and shall not be subject to forfeiture by sentence of court-martial. but shall be forfeited by desertion, and shall not be permitted to be paid until final payment on discharge, or to the heirs or representatives of a deceased sailor, and that such deposit be exempt from *Proviso*.liability for such sailors debts: *Provided*, That the Government Liability.shall be liable for the amount deposited to the person so depositing the same.
Sec. 2. Interest. That for any sums not less than five dollars so deposited for the period of six months or longer, the sailor, on his final discharge, shall be paid interest at the rate of four per centum per annum. Sec. 3. Regulations. That the system of deposits herein established, shall be carried into execution under such regulations as may be established by the Secretary of the Navy. Approved, February 9, 1889.