The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-14


Prof. W. s. Cawthon. principal of
pared a bin providing for teachers
Escamhia county delegation to present
TO- the legislature next month The
BIN Is as follows:
Be II enacted by the legislature OF
the state of Florida:
ID That In order to provide for the
retirement and pensioning OF the
hksachers OF the public schools Of the
state or Florida, each teacher employ
ed In any public school OF the state
shall pay. one per cent of his or her
salary into the treasury OF the state to
the credit Of a teachers pension fund
hereby established. The method of
payment by the teachers shall be as
follows: One per cent of each teach
ler's salary shall be withheld each
month by the treasurer of the county
employing said teacher and by the
said treasurer Immediately paid into
the state treasury to the credit of the
teachers pension fund.
CD There shall be assessed annual
IL upon the taxable property of the
state for the benefit of the teachers
pension fund an amount equal to two
per cant Of the total expenditures for
all school purposes of all the counties
within the state for the preceding
school year, and this tax shall be COL
lected and paid into the state treasury
IN the same manner as other direct
taxes laid by the authority of the
state, and when so paid into the state
4reasury shall Immediately be placed
ito the credit Of the teachers pension
fund.
(s) Ali deductions from the salaries
Of teachers for absence for any reason
whatever shall be paid into the state
treasury to the credit Of the pension
fund each month by the treasurers Of
the counties of the state.
() The Teachers Pension Board
hereinafter created is hereby author
fzed to receive donations and requests
for the benefit OF the pension fund.
go Any teacher not less than fifty
fve years of age shall be eligible to re-
tire voluntarily and receive an annual
pension during the remainder of his OF
her life as hereinafter provided If the
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than twenty-five years in the public
schools; provided. that not less than
three fifths Of such service shall have
been In the public schools of the state
Of Florida
=. (6) Any teacher who shall have
taught not less than five years in the
public schools three f7fths of which
service shall have been In the public
schools Of Florida may be retired for
physical or mental disability, and in
such case. shall. during the continu-
ance Of such disability, receive such
part of the fun annual pension as the
term Of service is OF twenty-five
years
CD Any teacher who shall have
taught ten years or more in the public
schools but less than twenty-five years
not less than three-fifths OF the service
having been in the public schools OF
the state OF Florida, may voluntarily
retire at any time after reaching the
age of fifty-five years and be entitled
10 receive such part OF the full annua
pension for twenty-five years servict
as such teachers term Of service is Of
twenty-five years.
(el Any teacher withdrawing from
the profession OF teaching without be-
coming a pensfoner shall be entitled t.
be repaid such sums Of money as sale
teacher shall have contributed to the
pension fund, provided application FOL
such repayment shall have been made
within ninety days from the time such
teacher withdraws from the profession
II any teacher having once withdrawn
his OF her contributions to the pension
fund, again takes up the work o.
teaching, he or she shall be treated
as q beginner, and former experience
shall not be counted in determining
eligibility to a pension.
(e) All public school teachers shall
Be entieled to all the benefits Of thil
act. even though their service shall
wholly or in part have occurred be.
fore the passage Of this act; provided
that any teacher whose service who'll,
or partly occurred previously to tn
passage Of this act shall pay into tn
pension fund an amount equal to tn
annual pension such teacher shall b.
entitled to receive. Said payment ma.
be made to the fund either by allow
ing the first years pension or a SUN
Client amount thereof to be retained Il
the fund. or by Withholding one-thir'
Of the annual pension or a suficien
amount there of each year for tire
years. as the pensioner may elect upol
the granting of the pension
u0) Any teacher eligible to a pen
sion under the provisions of this &C
shall receive an annual pension equs
n amount to one-hah Of said teacher
average annual salary for the last If
teen years of service; but when pen
sion Is granted for disability, or othe
reason as herein provided. to teacher