43:13-41.Ā  Payments to dependents of employee or officer who served five years or more
If a municipal employee or officer, who was not previously retired or pensioned, who has paid into the fund the full amount of his annual assessmentsĀ  or contributions and who shall have served in the municipal employ for fiveĀ  years, shall die from causes other than injuries or illness received orĀ  incurred in the performance of his duties, twenty per cent of the pension whichĀ  would have been paid if he had served in the village for twenty-five yearsĀ  shall be paid to the surviving widow, husband, minor children or dependentĀ  parents, as the case may be.Ā  For each additional year of such serviceĀ  thereafter the proportionate amount of the pension to be so paid shall beĀ  increased to the extent of four per cent over and above such twenty per centĀ  per annum for each additional year of service up to and including twenty-fiveĀ  years.
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