The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-06

relative to the annual estimates and appropriations for the City of Waterbury, cause to be set forth the amount or amounts of money in said estimates and appropria- tions necessary to carry out the purpose of said funds, respective ly, and said estimate and appro- priations shall be made in accord- ance with the charter relative to annual appropriations, as mssuch cases made and provided.
 g. Said funds shall be respec- lively known as the "Policemen's Pension Fund" and the "Firemen's Pension Fund.-" and the former shall also include all lost, aban- doned, unclaimed or stolen money in charge of the Police depart ment, and all moneys arising from the sale of lost, abandoned, un- claimed or stolen property in charge of said department, now made available for the purpose by the statute laws of the state.
 h. The mayor shall appoint two members of the board of Police Commissioners in the month of January, 1940, and biennially thereafter, to serve for two years as trustees of said Policemen's Pension Fund, and the members of said Police Department shall elect a member of the depart ment in the month of January, 1940 and biennially thereafter to serve for term of two years as a trustee of said Policemen's Pen- sion Fund. The mayor shall be president of said board, the city treasurer shall be its treasurer, and the member of the uepart- ment shall be its clerk. All orders on said funds shall be, signed by the treasurer and clerk and coun- ter-signed by the president.
 Two Trustees
 i. The mayor shall appoint two members of the board of fire com- missioners in the month of Jan- uary, 1940 and biennially there after, to serve for two years as trustees of said Firemen's Pen- sion Fund, and the members of said Fire Department shall elect a member of the department in the month of January, 1940, and biennially, thereafter, to serve for a term of two years, as trustee of said Firemen's Pension Fund. The mayor shall be president of said board, the city treasurer shall be its treasurer, and the member of the department shall be it's clerk. All orders on said fund shall be signed by the treasurer and clerk and counter er-signed by the president.
 j. Refund of salary assessments paid into pension funds shall be made only to any member of either department who shall resign or be dismissed for cause, and such refund shall only be for the amount such member has paid into such fund as assessment on his salary. The provisions of this section shall take effect January 1, 1940. Any special act or section of the city charter in conflict here- with is hereby amended or re- pealed.
 Section 2. a. Upon the death of any member of the police or fire department who shall have served continuously as a regular member of such department for at least ten years, the widow of such member shall receive, until her death or remarriage, out of said pension fund of such depart ment, payable weekly or monthly, a sum equal to one-fourth of the compensation received by such member at the time of his death, If in active service, or a weekly or monthly sum equal to one-half of the pension received by such member at the time of his death, if retired. The provisions herein provided shall include all widows and children now eligible and re- ceiving pensions from the Police Widows Pension Fund"
 Payments To. Widow
 b. Such sums shall likewise be so paid to the widow of any mem- Der of such departments, includ- ing supernumeraries in the police department, who shall have been killed while in the actual per- formance of duty, or shall have died from the proximate effects of any injury received while in the actual discharge of such duty, irrespective of the length of serv- ice of such member at the time of his death. In any of the above cases, upon the death of such widow before remarriage, leaving a child or children of such deceased member, under the age of eighteen years, the board of police commits sioners, with the affirmative vote of three commissioners and with the mayors approval, or the board of fire commissioners, with the