The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-08-13
FIREMEN
Will GET
PENSIONS
New Law Provides for Sick, Acci-
dent and Old Age Benefits
Paid Out Of Fire Insur-
ance Premium Tax

Under the terms Of a law enacted
by the last legislature. the firemen OF
Chickasha and other cities in the
state will share the benefits Of sick,
accident and old age pensions that are
provided by the new system.
The appropriation for the payment
OF such pensions is made out OF the
premium tax on fire insurance com
panies received by the state. but is
virtually an appropriation from the
/ general revenue fund Of the state as
the money received from that source
is now paid into the general revenue
fund.
The money is distributed to the var
ious cities and towns having organ.
lied fire departments and Tire appar-
atus to the value Of Al least $1,000,
in proportion to the insurance prem.
iums received in the various places.
The cities and towns which had quail.
fled to share in the appropriation for
the past year were Alya, Anadarko.
Ardmore, Bartlesyille, Blackwell.
Chandler, Chickasha. Coalgate, Cleve-
land. Duncan, Elk City, Enid. Fair
view, Frederick, Guthrie, Oklahoma
City, Nowata Purcell Rolf. sapulpa,
Shattuck, Shawnee, Saltwater and
Thomas. A number Of the larger
cities, including Muskogee and Tulsa
which would be entitled to a share
in the fund, faded to take the neces
sary steps to qualify for the last ap-
preparation,
A board Of trustees to administer
the firemen's pension and relief FUND
in each city sharing in the fund ii
to be composed Of the mayor, cts
treasurer and two members OF the fir.
department, elected by the depart
ment. Any person who has seryes
Z twenty years as a fireman, ten year.
in this state and two years immedi
! ately preceding retirement. is enfitlel
{ to a pension equal to one half Of tn
: salary he was receiving at the time 0
5 retirement The same provision
r made to apply to any fireman VIII
S has served for ten consecutive year
J in one fire department in this stat
l and who is more than 80 years OLE
j. Disability incurred in the line OF dut
t may in the judgment of the board b
e made the ground for a similar pei
z sion.
It For temporary disability the e.
J. penses Of the injured firemen and II,
IS less than S5 per week shall be pai
# II any fireman loses his lie in tt
e performance of his duty. leaving
o. widow or child or children under Il
Il age of l6 years. monthly pensic
equal to half OF mis- salary is 10
paid to the widow during her life,
II there be no widow to the child
children until the age Of 16 ye9rs
reached. Marriage Of the widow
child stops further payment
y The extent OF the payments ma
n under the act in each city will necs
, sarily be limited by the amount j
ceived from the premium tax Tn
the system gets into working ord
1t will be impossible to tell wheth
Ial there will be enough to pay the bel
le- fits provided for, or whether tht
in win be surplus
tie The bin makes a blanket appropr
tion Of one half Of the per cent
oh premium receipts for the establl
he ment Of such a fund and there is SO
not question as to whether an approp
an tion III that form IL valid The cis
se IS made that there should be a d
ON mite sum appropriated based in a E
eral way on he amount Of the pr