The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-24

An Ordinance 10 Provide for the
Establishment, Maintenance and Ad-
ministratiOn Of System of Pensions
and Retirements for the Benefit OF
Members Of the Police and Fire De
partments Of the City Of Wyandotte.
and for the Widows and Children OF
Such Members, and to Provide for the
Creation Of Board to Manage and
Operate q Fund for the Payment OF
The Same; and to Authorize ApprOpri-
atoms and Deductions from Salaries
OF Such Members and all. Other Acts
Necessary to Carry Out the Provisions
Hereof in Full Force and Eject.
The City Of WyandOtte Ordains:
Section i. The following Policemen
and Firemen of the City Of wyandOtte
shall be subject to retirement as here
matter provided:
(a) All Firemen and Policemen
whose services with either or both the
Fire and Police Force including such
services to the City Of Wyandotte,
shall total twenty-five (25) years; pro-
vided, that the amount Of time spent
in the United States Military, Naval
or Marine servfce OF any Fireman OF
Policeman who left the force Of which
he was a member to enter such United
States serice during the Late war, and
who returned to either force when
hOnorably discharged from said United
States service, shall be counted as a
part Of the aforesaid twenty five (25)
years service, provided, however, that
for each year that any fireman or po-
liceman shall remain employed over
and above the twenty-five (25) years
herein stated, he shall receive one per
cent (1Eo) increase Of said pension or
benefits hereinafter enumerated for
each and every year thereafter so en-
plOyed.
(b) All Firemen or Policemen
hereafter totally disabled.
Section 2. The term Total disabil-
ity" is herein defined TO mean the in
ability OF a Fireman or Policeman to-
perform the duties of his position be
cause OF accident sustained in, or ill
ness contracted in or arising from the
discharge OF any duty which said Fire.
man or Policeman officially owed the
Fire or Police Force Of the City of
WyandOtte whether performed while
On duty or leave.
Section 3. The extent and continu-
alton of disability shall in all cases OF
dispute be referred TO a commission
consisting Of the City Physician, one
reputable physician named by the PO-
Ice and Fire Commission OF the City
of Wyandotte and one reputable ply
stefan named by the person claiming
disability. The decision Of, such com
mission shall be made in writing and
fled with the Council of the City, and
such decision shall be subject only to
review by said Council.
Section f. Any Fireman or Police
man subject TO retirement as above set
forth, shall upon his own application
TO the Police and Fire Commission. be
retired on pension at the rate of one
half ~ Of the pay Of the rank in
which such said Fireman or Policeman
was serving ar the time of retirement
or in case of his disability then at the
rate Of twO-thirds (2-3) of the pay for
said rank. All Firemen or Policemen.
now receiving pensions. and the wi
dcws OF F1remen or Policemen, now re-
ceiving pensions shall receive pensions
from the time Of the taking effect of
this ordinance equal to those provided
for members of equal rank hereinafter
retired; provided, however, that such
pension shall at no time be less than
received prior to the effective date OF
the Ordinance. No Fireman or Police
man shall be retired except on his own
application unless given a full oppOr-
trnity to be heard in opposition there
t.. The one-half (Ea) pay of any Fire
man or Policeman retired because Of
length Of service, shall be suspended
only during the time, il any, such re-
tired Fireman or Policeman is re-em-
plOyed for full time on either said Fire
or Police Department
Section s. Any Fireman or Police
man retired for disability, shall at any
| time upon the request of himself or
any member OF the Police and Fire
Commission, be re-examined by a COM
mission Of three (3) constituted as
provided in Section 3. If the Police
and Fire Commission after receiving
| the report of said commission shall
find that said disability has ceased.
then such Fireman or Policeman shall
be returned to duty at full pay.
Section g. Pensions shall be paid as
i'm this section provided TO the widow
anu VI tnC Vi my tfsC4iau Va
policeman who shall die from causes
emitting him, if still living,>to retire
ment, or who shall die while in re-
tirement, or who shall die while eligi
bic 10 retirement. Said pension shall
be equal TO -seventy-fiye t7J) per cent
of the rate of pay said Fireman or
Policeman was entitled to receive at
the time of retirement The firemen's
or pOliceman's widow shall during her
lifetime or until she remarries. receive
such pension.
(al Should any Fireman or Police
man 80 die leaving no widow. his child
or children under the age of eighteen
years, shall receive such pension, share
and share alike. When any Of such
children attain the age of eighteen
years or shall die, the share OF such
child shall be paid TO the remaining
child or children, under the age Of
eighteen years, share and share alike,
until such remaining child or children
reach the age Of eighteen years res
pectively.
TO- In the event that such fireman
or policeman so. die leaving no widow.
or child or children, or in case that