43:10-109. Pension to widow or children or sole dependent parent

The widow or children or sole dependent parent of any superintendent or assistant superintendent of the county department of weights and measures, having paid into the fund the full amount of his annual assessment or contributions, who shall have lost his life in the performance of his duty, or who shall die from causes other than injuries received in the performance of duty, shall receive a pension equal to one-half of the salary of such member at the time of his death; provided, however, that in case of a widow and children such pension shall be paid to the widow for the use of herself and the children, if any, and in case of children and no widow, then such pension shall be paid to such of the children who have not attained the age of sixteen years, in equal shares; provided, there are three or more children; if there are two children, they shall be paid thirty dollars ($30.00) each monthly; if one child, thirty-five dollars ($35.00) monthly; and in case there is no widow and no children under the age of sixteen years, then such pension shall be paid to the sole dependent parent of such deceased member; provided, further, no widow shall be entitled to a pension who shall have married any such member after he shall have attained the age of fifty years, after the passage of this act; provided, further, that if any widow entitled to a pension as aforesaid remarry, then such pension shall cease and shall not be paid to such widow or her children.

L.1938, c. 397, p. 986, s. 4.