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land within the period of time pres
cribed by and upon compliance with
all of the rules and regulations of
the Board of Trustees of said system,
whereupon such employee shall be
deemed to have waived and forfeit
ed all rights and benefits under the
aforegoing provisions of this sec
ton.
SIS. Whenever any regularly en-
ployed driver, tiller or chauffeur of
any of the fire companies of Hagers-
town shall have reached the age of
IS years, he shall be retired, and if
he shall have given meritorious serv-
ice as such employees for period
of at least Is continuous years prior
to the date of such retirement, he
shall be paid by the City of Hagers-
town during the remainder of his
natural life a salary or pension of
$4,000 per month.
Whenever any such driver, tiller,
or chauffeur shall have given mer-
itorious service as such employee
for period of at least Is continuous
years, he shall be retired upon the
recommendation of the Chief Mar
shall of said fire department, pro-
vided that after a physical examina-
ton given by three physicians to be
selected by said Chief Marshal and
acceptable to the Mayor, it shall be
found that such employee is physical
ly incapable of properly performing
the duties or services required of
him, and that such disability is per-
manent in its nature, Whereupon
such employee shall be paid by the
City of Hagerstown during the re-
mainder of his natural life a salary
or pension of $4,000 per month.
Whenever, after physical examina-
ton given by three physicians to be
selected by said Chief Marshal and
acceptable to the Mayor, it shall be
found that any such driver, tiller,
of chauffer shall be physically in
capable of properly performing the
duties or services required by him
and that such disability is permanent
in its nature and is the direct result
of an accident or injury occurring in
the course of duty while actively
participating in fighting a fire or
while going to or coming from fire,
then such employee shall be re-
tired and he shall be paid by the
City of Hagerstown during the re-
mainder of his natural life a salary
or pension of $4,000 per month. The
Council shall have full power and
authority to appropriate and cause
to be raised by taxation sum of
money sufficient to carry out the
provisions of and to pay the salaries
or pensions provided for in this sec
ton.
4ilC dAOl SSOlllS pIONlS1OIlS VI LIllS
section shall apply only to the re-
tirement and pensioning of any such
driver, tiller or chauffeur as may be
in the employ of the City prior to the
date that this section shall become
effective, on and after which date
all such employees when employed
shall become members of the En-
ployees' Retirement System of the
State of Maryland in which the City
now participates. Any such driver,
tiller, or chauffeur employed by the
City prior to the effective date of
this section shall be privileged to
become a member of the Employees
Retirement System of the State of
Maryland within the period of time
prescribed by and upon compliance
with all of the rules and regulations
of the Board Of Trustees of said sys-
tenn, whereupon such employee
shall be deemed to have waived and
forfeited all rights and benefits I'M
der the aforegoing provisions of this