An Act to make provision for the transfer of the Assets, Liabilities, and Management of the Regular Widows' Fund and of the Elders' Widows' Fund to the Secretary of State in Council of India, and for other purposes in relation thereto.
WHEREAS, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two separate funds, commonly known and hereinafter referred to as "the Regular Widows' Fund" and "the Elders' Widows' Fund" respectively, were established for the benefit of the widows and families of persons employed in the home service of the East India Company, which was then considered as divided into two classes, namely, the Regular Home Establishment and the Extra Department:

And whereas upon the establishment of the Regular Wi...