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FORTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE-FIRST CALLED SESSION. 1569
of the Chairman of the Pension Board of Firemen, Policemen
and Fire Alarm Operator's.
"Section 9. Disability Pension In Line of Duty: When any
member of the Firemen, Policemen and Fire Alarm Operator's
Department of the city or town, and who is contributing to said
Fund, as herein provided, shall become so permanently disabled
through injury received, or disease contracted, in the line of
duty as to incapacitate him from the performance of his duties,
or contracts disease or is injured, for any cause, through no
fault of his own, becomes so permanently disabled as to incapacitate
him from the performance of his duties and shall make
written application subject to medical examination for such injuries
or disease, approved by the majority of the Board, he
shall be retired from the service and be entitled to receive from
the said Fund one-half of the base pay of a private per month,
plus one-half of the service money granted to the member under
the provisions of any City Charter; which pension allowance
shall be computed on the basis of the current pay roll. The
pension allowance shall be granted to the man going on pension
as well as to the man already on the pension at the time he
became disabled or diseased; the same to be paid in monthly
installments which monthly installments shall, in no instance,
exceed one-half of the base pay of a private per month, plus
one-half of the service money granted to the member under the
provisions of any City Charter. In no case shall a disability
claim be acknowledged or award made hereunder until disability
has been proven to be continuous and wholly incapacitating for
a period of not less than ninety (90) days.
"Section 10. Death Benefits of Widow, Etc.: In case of the
death before or after retirement of any member of the Firemen,
Policemen and Fire Alarm Operator's Departments of any city
or town, from disease contracted or injury received while in line
of duty or who contracts disease or is injured for any cause
through no fault of his own; and who, at the time of his death
or retirement, was a contributor to the said Fund, leaving a
widow, child or children under sixteen (16) years of age; the
widow and such child or children shall be entitled to receive
from the said Fund an amount not to exceed one-half of the
base pay of a private per month, plus one-half of the service
money granted to members under the provisions of any City
Charter; one-half of the widow's amount in the aggregate shall
go to the children under sixteen (16) years of age, and the
balance one-half to the widow. In case there are no children,
the widow shall receive one-fourth of the base pay of a private
per month, plus one-half of the service money granted to members
under the provisions of any City Charter. The one-fourth
awarded to the children shall be paid by the Board to the widow
who shall equally and uniformly distribute the amount among
the children. In no instance shall the amount received by the
widow, child or children, exceed a pension allowance of one-half
of the base pay of a private per month, plus one-half of the
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1935-1937 [Volume 30], book, 1937; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18825/m1/55/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .