If such widow dies, or if no such widow survives such policeman, then the natural child or children of such policeman under the age of sixteen (16) years shall receive the same pension as heretofore received by such deceased father, to be divided equally among them. Pensions paid to children shall cease, as to any such child, upon his or her arriving at the age of sixteen (16) years.

§ 4. Whenever any person who has been appointed and sworn as a regular or probationary policeman of any such city shall at any time become physically disabled while in, and in consequence of, the performance of police duty, said board upon his written request, or without such request, upon the recommendation of the General Superintendent of Police, may retire such policeman from actual service, and order and direct that he be paid from such fund a yearly pension not exceeding one-half of the amount of the salary attached to the rank which he may have held in said police force at the time of his retirement: Provided, however, that the maximum sum of such pension shall not exceed the sum of nine hundred dollars ($900) per annum, and the minimum not less than six hundred dollars ($600) per annum: Provided, however, that whenever such disability shall cease, such pension shall cease, and such person shall thereupon be reinstated in the department in the rank held by him at the time of his retirement. On the death of any person so retired, his widow, provided the marriage of such policeman shall have taken place prior to the date of becoming so disabled, or natural child or children under the age of sixteen (16) years of such deceased pensioner, shall be paid the same pension herein provided for such retired husband or father; but nothing herein contained shall authorize or warrant payment of any such pension to any such widow after she shall have remarried.

No policeman shall be retired as provided in this section or receive any benefit from such fund unless there shall be filed with said board certificates of his disability, which shall be subscribed and sworn to by the city physician, if there be one, and a practicing physician of such city, or by the sworn certificates of such physicians as said board may select, and such board may require other evidence of disability before ordering such retirement and payment as aforesaid. Any policeman retired for disability under this Act may be summoned to submit himself for examination by said board, or by such person or persons as said board may select for such purpose, and shall abide the decision and order of said board with reference thereto.

§ 5. Whenever any person who has been appointed and sworn as a regular or probationary policeman of such city shall while in, and in consequence of, the performance of police duty, lose his life, or shall receive injuries from which he shall thereafter die, leaving a widow or a natural child or children under the age of sixteen (16) years, then upon satisfactory proof being made to it, such board shall order and direct that the pensions described in section 3 hereof to be paid to widows and children, shall be paid to such widow, or such natural child or children, subject to the limitations of said section 3: Provided that whenever any such policeman who has voluntarily retired or has been. retired under the provisions of this Act shall then marry, such wife or

child or children of such marriage shall not be entitled to any pension from the fund provided by this Act.

Whenever any policeman shall die after ten (10) years' service and while still in the service of such city as a policeman, leaving a widow whom he married more than two months prior to his demise, or natural child or children under the age of sixteen (16) years, then upon satisfactory proof of such facts made to it, said board shall order and direct that a pension of one-half the salary attached to the rank which he may have held in said police force for one year immediately prior to his death, not exceeding the sum of nine hundred ($900) dollars, shall be paid to such widow, or, if there be no widow, then to such natural child or children until they shall be sixteen (16) years of age, such pension to cease upon the re-marriage of such widow, as provided above.

Whenever any policeman shall after ten (10) years' service and while still in the service of such city, be legally adjudged insane, and at such time shall have a wife or natural child or children under the age of sixteen (16) years, said board shall order and direct that a pension of one-half the salary, not exceeding the sum of nine hundred dollars ($900) shall be paid to such wife, or if there be no wife, then to such natural child or children, until they shall be sixteen (16) years of age: Provided, however, that if at any time it be declared, in manner provided by law, that such person is restored to reason, then such pension shall cease, and such person shall, in the discretion of such board, be reinstated in the department in the rank held by him at the time he was legally adjudged to be insane: And provided, further, that such pension shall cease if such person shall leave or be taken outside of the State of Illinois.

§ 6. Whenever any policeman who shall have received any benefit under this Act shall be convicted of felony, or shall become an habitual drunkard, or a non-resident of the United States, or shall fail to submit himself for examination as to fitness for duty as provided for in section 4 hereof, unless excused in writing by the board, or shall disobey the requirements of said board in respect to said examination, then said board shall order that such pension allowance as may have been granted to such policeman shall cease and determine, and such policeman shall receive no further pension allowance or benefit under this Act.

§ 7. Wheresoever the word "policeman," as used in this Act appears, the same shall be interpreted and construed to mean the following:

Any person who has been appointed and sworn or designated by law as a policeman, prior to the taking effect of this Act, and has served in a regularly constituted police department as a policeman, or police patrol driver and police operator and a member of the police force thereof, and contributed to the Police Pension Fund for such time as he has been in the services of such police department as a policeman, or police patrol driver and police operator. The intention being that all policemen, or police patrol drivers and police operators who have so contributed to the Police Pension Fund (their widows and children entitled thereto) shall be entitled to any of the benefits of any pension law in force and effect when this Act, in cities within its terms, shall supersede an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the setting apart, formation and disbursement of a Police Pension Fund in cities, villages and incorpo

rated towns." (Approved April 29th, 1887, in force July 1, 1887) as subsequently amended.

§8. The board herein provided for shall hold quarterly meetings on the second Tuesday of July, October, January and April of each year, and special meetings upon the call of the president of said board. On the second Tuesday of July of each year, it shall select one of its members who shall act as the president of such board for the period of one year, or until such time as his successor is elected and qualified. Said board shall, on the same day, also select another of its members who shall act as the treasure[r], and also secretary of said board for the period of one year, or until such time as his successor is elected and qualified. Said board shall issue certificates signed by its president and secretary to the policemen entitled thereto of the amount of money ordered paid to such policemen from such fund by said board, which certificates shall state for what purpose said payment is made. Said board shall keep a record of the proceedings of all its meetings, which record shall be a public record. Said board shall submit semi-annually to the city council of such city a list of beneficiaries entitled to payments from the fund herein provided, stating the amount of such payments and for what granted, as ordered by such board, which list shall be signed and certified by the treasurer and president of such board, and attested by such treasurer under oath: Provided, that no resolution shall be passed or order made for the payment of money unless by affirmative vote of a majority of the members of said board. The findings of said board upon all questions of fact relating to the administration of said fund shall be conclusive.

In computing the duration of service of any policeman in the police force of any such city, the time during which such policeman may be separated from the police force or absent from duty, from any cause except on account of a furlough not exceeding thirty days in any year, and on account of injuries referred to in section 4 hereof, shall not be computed.

§ 9. Said pension fund shall consist of amounts of two per cent per month retained or deducted by the comptroller of such city from the salary or wages of each policeman, and such other sums as are hereinafter referred to.

Said board shall employ one or more competent actuaries, to be selected by the board, whose duty it shall be to determine the amount of money necessary to be provided annually for the purpose of:

(A) Paying pensions granted under the Act superseded by this Act.

(B) Paying pensions to policemen (their widows and children. entitled thereto), members of the police force, prior to January 1st, 1916; and

(C) Establishing and maintaining a reserve fund for the payment of pensions to policemen (their widows and children) becoming members of the police force subsequent to January 1st, 1916.

Such actuaries shall report their findings to the board on or before the first day of November of each year, beginning November 1, 1915. The board shall certify to the city council of such city, on or before the first day of December, annually beginning December 1, 1915:

First: The assets in their custody at such time;

Second: The estimated receipts during the next succeeding year (from January 1st to December 31st) from deductions from the salary of policemen, as hereinabove provided, and from all other sources; Third: The estimated amount required during said period for

(A) Paying pensions granted under the Act superseded by this

Act; (B) Paying pensions to policemen (their widows and children entitled thereto) members of the police force, prior to January 1, 1916; and

(C) Establishing and maintaining a reserve fund for the payment of pensions to policemen (their widows and children) becoming members of the police force subsequent to January 1, 1916.

It shall be lawful for any such city to levy a tax of not more than seven-tenths of a mill on the dollar for a period of three years beginning with the year 1915 on all taxable property of such city in such sum as will, when added to the deductions from the salary or wages of policemen and receipts available from other sources, as herein before referred to, amount to sufficient income to meet the actual requirements above referred to and designated (A), (B) and (C). Said taxes shall be levied and collected in like manner with the general taxes of such city and the fund arising therefrom shall be known as "Police Pension Fund"; which said tax shall be in addition to all other taxes which such city is now or hereafter may be authorized to levy upon the aggregate valuation of all property within such city, and the county clerk of the county in which such city is located in reducing tax levies under the provisions of an Act entitled, "An Act concerning the levy and extension of taxes, approved May 9, 1901, in force July 1, 1901," as subsequently amended, shall not consider the tax for said Police Pension. Fund authorized by this Act as a part of the general tax levy for city purposes, and shall not include the same in the limitation of three (3) per cent of the assessed valuation upon which taxes are required to be extended.

The city council of such city shall thereafter annually include and appropriate from such fund in the appropriation bill such sum or sums of money as may be necessary to meet the annual requirements above referred to and designated (A), (B) and (C).

Should any such city levy the tax aforesaid during the year 1916, or any year thereafter, in order that there may be sufficient money to meet the requirements of this Act during any such year, such city may issue and dispose of tax anticipation warrants as provided by law.

In the event that such city shall during any year fail, neglect or refuse to provide for the levy and collection of the aforesaid tax, then there shall be set apart annually from the revenue collected or received by such city from licenses issued by such city, authorizing persons and corporations to engage in any business, profession or occupation within the corporate limits of such city, excepting public utilities, a sum which, when added to the deductions from the salary or wages of policemen above referred to and receipts available from other sources, will amount to a sufficient income to meet the annual requirements above referred to and designated (A), (B) and (C).

All moneys collected by taxation or from licenses, as the case may be, shall be transferred to the board as hereinafter provided, and any excess remaining at the end of the fiscal year in the possession of said board shall be credited to the fund for the ensuing year; any deficit shall be provided for during such ensuing year.

All moneys, bonds or assets of any nature and description in the possession of the board of trustees of the Police Pension Fund of any city having a population exceeding 200,000 inhabitants included in the Act which is superseded by this Act, or to which such board may be by law entitled, shall, upon the taking effect of this Act, become the property of the board of trustees of the Police Pension Fund hereby created; whereupon said board first above referred to shall be and hereby is dissolved and abrogated: Provided, however, that all revenue which said board so abrogated would have been by law entitled to between June 30, 1915, and January 1st, 1916, had not this Act become operative, shall be paid to and become the property of said board of trustees hereby created for the uses and purposes herein set forth: And, provided, further, that all legal proceedings instituted by, or in the name of, or against said board, shall be continued without abatement either in the name of said board or in the name by which they are instituted and conducted.

§ 10. In addition to the other powers herein granted, the following further powers and authority are hereby conferred upon said board:

First: The said board shall have exclusive control and management of the fund mentioned herein, and of all moneys donated, paid or assessed for the relief or pensioning of disabled, superannuated and retired policemen, their widows and minor children; the same to be placed by the treasurer of such board to the credit of such fund subject to the order of such board.

Second: All rewards, moneys, gifts, fees or emoluments that may be paid or given for, or on account of, extraordinary service by said police force or by any policeman, except when allowed to be retained by said policeman, or given to endow a medal or other competitive reward, shall be paid into said pension fund. The said board may take, by gift, grant, devise or bequest, any moneys, real estate, personal property, right of property or other valuable thing.

Third: All moneys paid for special detail of policemen, fines imposed upon policemen of such city, for violation of the rules and regulations of the police department, and moneys received from all sales of unclaimed or stolen property.

Fourth Said board shall have the power to draw such pension fund from the treasurer or other officials of such city, and may invest such fund, or any part thereof, in the name of the board of trustees of the Police Pension Fund, in interest bearing bonds of the United States, of the State of Illinois, or of any county of this State, or of any township or any municipal corporation of the State of Illinois, and all such securities shall be deposited with the treasurer of said board and shall be subject to the order of said board; said treasurer of said board shall furnish a good and sufficient bond to said board in an amount to be fixed by said board, all costs incidental to same to be paid out of said pension fund.