Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07

CHATTER ll8-h. r. NO. SU3.
AN ACT to amend Mason's Mime
sofa Statutes of 1927, Sections 1887
and 1888; and to amend Mason's
Minnesota Statutes of 1927, Sec
ton 1440, as amended by Laws 1929,
Chapter 311, relating to police PEN
sions and providing therefor.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That Mason's Minnesota
Statutes of 1927, Section 1887, be and
the same hereby is amended to read
as follows:
"1437. That every paid municipal
police department now existing or
which may hereafter be organized, is
hereby authorized to become incor-
porated pursuant to the laws of this
state, or adopt a constitution and by
laws as q relief association, to pro-
vide for and permit and allow such
police relief association, so incor-
porated or so organized, or any
police pension relief association, now
in existence and incorporated accord
ing to law, to pay out of, and from
any funds it may have received from
any source, a service, disability, or
dependency pension in such amounts
and in such manner as it's articles of
incorporation or the constitution and
bylaws shall designate, not exceed
ing, however. the following sum per
month to each of it's pensioned men,
bers who shall have reached the age
of fifty years or more, and shall
have served twenty years or more in
such department.. or their widows and
children under sixteen years of age,
viz:
A sum equal to one-half of the
monthly compensation allowed such
member as salary at the date of his
retirement, when such member shall
have arrived at the age of fifty
600 years or more and shall have
served as a member of such paid
municipal police department for a
period of twenty COO years or more
in the police department of such city
in which such relief association shall
be so organized, or is so in existence,
or, who has been permanently dis
abled physically or mentally because
of any injury received or suffered
while duly authorized member of
such paid municipal police depart
ment, so as to render necessary his
retirement from active police service.
Provided, however, that any such
member who has been a member of
such paid municipal police depart
ment for twenty (20) years or more
and who shall sever his connection
with said paid municipal police de-
partment before he shall have at
tanned the age of fifty 500 years,
shall be eligible to the benefits of
such police relief association of such
city when he arrives at the age of
fifty 600 years. Provided, further,
that ii any member retires under the
provisions of the act before he has
served one year in the grade in which
he is serving when he retires, he
shall receive the same compensation
as though he had retired in the next
lower grade. Provided, further, that
no retired member shall receive less
than seventy $4,000 dollars nor more
than seventy-five (S75.0O dollars per
month, but commencing April /, 1882,
all retired members shall receive sew
enty-five (S75.OO) dollars per month
Said pension shall be paid to any
widow or child under sixteen years of
age of any such pensioned and re-
tired member of the police depart
ment or to any widow or child under
sixteen years Of age of any member
who dies while in the service of the
police department of any such city,
or to any widow or child under six
teen years of age of any member,
who after having been a member of
such paid municipal police department
for twenty COO years or more, shall
sever his connection with such paid
municipal police department and who
shall die before he arrives at the age
of fifty (50) years, and such widow
or child shall receive the sums herein
after provided;
"Forty (s40.00) dollars per month to
such widow and Ten $4,000 dollars
per month to each of such children
under sixteen years of age; provided,
that where such widow and such chill
dren reside together the money here
in required to be paid to such chill
dren shall be paid to such widow for
the support of such children but the
money paid to such widow for her
self and such children shall not ex-
coed seventy-five (S75.0O dollars per
month in all; provided, however. that