As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
MINOR CHILDREN
Any minor child or children of a volunteer fireman under
the age of 18 years and unmarried.
PENSION
The maximum annual amount allowed by the Laws of 1957, Chapter
168, and as may be hereafter amended by the Legislature of
the State of New Jersey.
VOLUNTEER FIREMAN
A member of any Volunteer Fire Department of the Borough
of Totowa.
WIDOW
The unremarried widow of a volunteer fireman.
[Amended 2-2-1965 by Ord. No. 869]
Any widow or minor children of a volunteer fireman
who died as a result of injuries sustained in the course of the performance
of duty as a member of any Volunteer Fire Department of the Borough
of Totowa shall be entitled to receive an annual pension of $2,500
as hereinafter provided.
Said annual pension shall be paid to the widow
of such deceased firemen during her widowhood, and, upon her remarriage,
said annual pension shall be paid in equal portions to the minor children,
if any, of such deceased fireman; or shall be paid in equal portions
to the minor children, if any, of said deceased fireman if he leaves
no widow surviving him; or shall be paid in equal portions to the
minor children, if any, of said deceased fireman after the death of
the widow of said deceased fireman.
There shall be appropriated in every annual
budget for the Borough of Totowa an amount sufficient to meet the
payment of any such pension as herein provided.
Any pension that may become due and payable,
as herein provided, shall be paid in the same manner as municipal
employees are paid.