43:10-26.Ā  Pension to widow when death occurs after retirement
If any county detective, after having been retired on one-half pay, shall die, or having made application for retirement, shall die pending the completion of his papers and action thereon by the board of chosen freeholders,Ā  leaving him surviving a widow, who was his wife at the time of his retirement,Ā  or application for retirement, such widow, so long as she shall remainĀ  unmarried, shall receive a pension equal to one-half the amount of the annualĀ  salary of such county detective at the time of his retirement, or in case ofĀ  his death before said action by the board of chosen freeholders, then at theĀ  time of his death;Ā  provided, however, that before his death he shall have beenĀ  examined by the board of physicians and their certificates shall have been madeĀ  in accordance with the provisions of sections 43:10-23 and 43:10-24 of thisĀ  title finding him physically unfit or incapacitated for further duty.
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