Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

of fifty thousand dollars, shall be appi-
cable to the payment of pensions under
this act. And when such interest shall
become applicable it shall be competent
for the council of such city to diminish
such annual rate of one-half of the tax
on fire insurance agents, so that said In
come from said tax shall meet the require
ments of the pension list as provided py
this act
Section 959-46l. If any member of
fire department, while contributing to any
such fund, shall, while engaged in the
performance of his duty as such fireman,
be injured or disabled, and found upon an
examination by a duly licensed physician
ordered by said board to be physically
or mentally permanently disabled so as to
render necessary his retirement from ser
vice in such department, such board snall
retire ssuch disabled member from service,
and upon said retirement the said board
shall order payment to such fetlred nehI-
Der. monthly, from such pension 1und
sum equal to One-half of the monthly COM
pensatiOn allowed such member as salary
at the date of mis- injury or disability.
And if any such member disabled TO the
extent and under the conditions aforesaid,
be thereafter discharged, such member shall
receive Il pension according to the ABOVE
provisions.
Section 959-46m. l. If any member of
such fire department shall, while in the
performance of his duty, be killed, or die
as the result of any injury received In the
line of his duty, or any disease contracted
by reason of his occupation, or II any
member of any such departments, after ten
years of service shall die from any cause
whatever, and shall leave a widow or
minor child or children, under sixteen
years of age surviving, or being unmarried
shall leave a dependent father or mother,
the board Of any such city shall direct the
payment from such pension fund Of the
following sums monthly, to-wft:
(a) To the widow One-third of the salary
received by the deceased fireman at the
date of his death.
(b) To the guardian of such minor child
It, ALL for oni1d
1t reaches the age Of sixteen years.
(c) To the dependent father or mother
in any case only to one OF them, such
sums as the widow would be entitled to
,. In the case of the remarriage or
death Of the widow, then the amount she
may be entitled to by the provisions Of
this act shall be paid to and for the
benefit of such minor child or children of
the deceased father as are under the age
Of sixteen years.
8. There shall not be paid to the family
of a deceased member q total pension eX-
ceeding one-haIf the amount of the month
ly salary of such deceased member at the
time of his death, or, If retired member,
a sum not exceeding One-half the monthly
salary of such retired member at the date
of HIS retirement, provided, however, that
if pensioner shall marry after his re-
tirement from service and shall Thereafter
die leaving a widow, such widow shall not
be entitled to any relief or pension from
such fund.
4 If at any time there shall not be
sufficient money in such fund to pay each
person entitled to the benefits thereof the
full amount per month as hereinbefore
provided, then and in that event an equal
percentage Of such monthly payments shall
be made to each penslOner or beneficiary
thereof until said fund shall be replentshed
to warrant the payment In full to each OF
such benehciaries.
Section 959-46n Any member of the
fire department of any such city, having
n 1Ervf VNTn
department, may make application to said
board to be retired from such department,
or he may be retired by the said board of
its own motion; In either which case the
said board shall order and direct that such
member shall be paid a monthly pension
of a sum equal to One-half the monthly
compensation allowed such member as sal
ary at the date of his retirement, or II any
member shall be discharged after serving
twenty-five years or more, the said board
shall order or direct that such person shall
be paid a monthly pension equal TO one
half the monthly compensation allowed TO
such member as salary at the date of his
discharge No person shall be entitled to
receive any benefit from any such funds
other than that prescribed by this act ana
in no event shall any allowance be paid TO
any widow after her remarriage or to any
minor child after it attains the age Of
sixteen years.
to all members Of fire departments of said
cities receiving a monthly compensation for
their services.
Section 959-46p The treasurers of
said boards shall be the custodians Of said
pension funds and shall secure and safely
keep the same subject to the control and
discretion of said boards, and shall keep
books and accounts concerning said funds
in such q manner as the boards shall di-
rect, and the said books and accounts shall
always be subject to the inspection Of said
boards or any member thereof. The treas
urer of any said cities shall, within ten
days after his election appointment, exc
cute a bond to the city with good and
sufficient securities, to be approved by the
board, and In sum to be liked by the
board, conditioned for the faithful perform
ance of the duties of his Office, that he
will safely keep and well and truly account
for all moneys and property which may
come into his hands such treasurer, and
that at the expiration of his term Of Office
he will surrender and deliver over to his
successors all unexpended moneys and prop
erty that shall have come to his hands as
treasurer of such fund. Such bond shall
be filed in the Office of the clerk Of such
city, and in case of a breach Of the same,
or Of any of its conditions, suit may be
brought on the same In the name OF said
said city for the use Of said board, or Of
any person or persons interested in such
breach.
Section 059-46q. 1t shall be the duty
Of the mayor or president Of the board of
trustees, 0r city clerk, or comptroller. or
other officer or officers of any of said cities
who are or may be authorized by law to
city, upon request made In writing by said
board, to draw warrants upon the treasurer
Of such city payable to the treasurer OF
such board for ell funds in the hands Of
the treasurer of such city belonging to
said pension fund.
Section 059-46r All moneys ordered to
be paid from any such pension fund to
any person or persons, shall be paid by
the treasurers Of said board only upon
warrants signed by the president and coun-
terslgned by the secretary thereof and no
warrant shall be drawn except by order of
the board duly entered in the record Of
the proceedings of said board. In case the
pension fund or any part thereof SHALL by
order Of said board or otherwise, be de-
posted in any bank, or loaned, all interest
or money which may be paid agreed to
be paid on account of any such loan or
deposit, shall belong to and constitute
part of such fund, provided that nothing
herein contained shall be construed as
authorizing the treasurers to loan or de-
pOsit said funds or any part thereof unless
so authorized by the board.
Section 959-46s. The board of trustees
shall make q report to the councils Of said
cities of the condition Of said pension fund
on the first Monday Of May in each year,
unless the same be a legal holiday, when
said report shall be made as soon there
Section 959-46t. NO portion of said pen
sion fund shall, either before or after It's
order Of distribution by such pension
boards to any disabled members Of said
fire departments or to the widow or guar
dian Of such minor child or children of a
deceased or retired member Of such de-
partment be held, seized, taken, subject to,
or detained or levied on by virtue of any
attachment, execution, injunction, garnish-
ment, writ, interlocutOry or other order or
decree or any process or proceeding what
soever. issued out of, or by any court Of
this state, for the payment or satisfac-
ton, Ia whole or in part, of any debt,
damages, claim, demand or judgment
against such member, or his said widow,
or the guardian Of said minor child or
children OF any deceased member; but the
said fund shall be sacredly kept, held, Sc
cured and distributed for the purpose of