The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
b|LLTOPENS|ON
POLICE AND
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F|REMEN

Create a police and fireman's
relief, health, life insurance and
pension fund for the benefit of
such public servants.
Make the city mayor, clerk,
treasurer and common council of
every incorporated city and town
in this state. in addition to duties
now required of them, a board of
police and fireman's pension fund
commissioners. that each will be a
trustee ex-officio of such fund
PAY from this fund a pension
equal TO one-half a regular salary
to each man of the police and fire
department who shall have served
20 years in either of these depart
ments. Retire them from active
service at so years of age, if at
that time they have been a police
man or fireman in any certain city
for 20 years.
Whenever man serving in the
police or fire department shall be
physically disabled while in the
performance of his duty, retire him
at half salary till he shall recover,
then restore him to duty at full
pay.
PAY to the widow of men of
either of these departments killed
in the in the performance of their
duties, sum equal to one third of
the salary of their husband. In
case there is no widow, but chill
dren under 16 years of age surviv-
ing such deceased police or fire.
men, pay a third of the fathers
salary to the children. If unmar
ried sisters depend upon such men
of these departments, killed in the
performance of duty, alone sur
vive, pay to them, from this fund,
$1,000"
Such are the provisions of bill
prepared by John f. HUMPHREYS of
Seattle, defeated candidate for the
supreme bench.
AS q means of maintaining such
fund as mentioned above, Mr..
HUMPHREYS has embodied in his
bill the following provision, which
is known as Section IL" of his
bill:
"The board herein provided for,
in addition to the other powers
herein granted, shall have power,
for the purposes of said relief and
pension fund, hereinbefore men,
toned, to direct the payment into
said fund at the time of the annual
tax levy of the following moneys;
|, (a) Not less than five nor more
than ten per centum of all monies
collected and received from IL
censes for the keeping of places
wherein spirituous, malt or other
intoxicating liquors are sold.
OBJ One half of all monies re-
ceived from taxes or licenses upon
dogs
(c) All monies received from
fines imposed upon the members of
the police or fire department, in
the city or town, for violations of
the rules of the police or fire de-
partment.
Cd All proceeds from the sales
of unclaimed property.
(e) Not less than one-fourth
nor. more than one-half of all
monies monies received from Ii
censes from pawnbrokers, billiard
hall keepers second hand dealers
and junk stores.
f) All monies received from
fines for the carrying of concealed
weapons.
(g) twenty-five per centum of
all fines collected in money for the
violation of city or town ordi-
nances.
1t is provided that the city treas
urer shall keep sufficient money on
hand to meet the expenses of this
fund at all times, and if at any
time there should not be sufficient
money in said fund to meet said
expenses, then the council shall
transfer from the general fund
enough to meet the contingency
and emergency.
In conclusion of the pamphlet
embodying his bill, HUMPHREYS
makes an appeal to all interested
in its passage, to work increasingly