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18. In case of the death of any volunteer fireman by
accident resulting from the active participation in fighting
a fire or while going to or from a fire, and he leaves a
widow or a dependent child or children, the case shall be
laid before the Board of Trustees of the Maryland State
Firemen's Association, and if the facts are established as
provided in Section 1, the widow and child, or children as
the case may be, shall be placed on said "Disabled Fire-
men's List, " and the widow shall be entitled to receive a
pension from the Maryland State Firemen's Association
in a sum, the amount of which shall be decided upon by the
Board of Trustees of the Maryland State Firemen's Asso-
ciation, and to be paid out of its treasury at such times
and in such instalments and in such amount as the said
Board of Trustees of the Maryland State Firemen's Asso-
ciation may decide, during widowhood, and each of the
children of the said deceased firemen shall receive a pen-
sion from the Maryland State Firemen's Association in a
sum the amount of which shall be decided upon by the
Board of Trustees of the Maryland State Firemen's Asso-
ciation and to be paid out of its treasury at such times
and in such instalments and in such amount as the said
Board of Trustees of the Maryland State Firemen's Asso-
ciation may decide, until they each attain the age of seven-
teen years.

19. The sum of twenty thousand three hundred and
twenty-one ($20, 321. 00) dollars shall be included in the
State Budget each year for the purposes set forth in Sec-
tions 17, 18 and 20 of this Article. Such sum shall be ad-
ministered and expended by the Board of Trustees of the
Maryland State Firemen's Association.

20. Any child or children of permanently disabled or
deceased volunteer fireman whose disability or death has
been caused by an accident resulting from active partici-
pation in fighting a fire or while going to and from a fire,
after having graduated from an accredited high school,
shall have the right and privilege of attending schools of
higher education at the expense of the Maryland State
Firemen's Association, which shall be at the discretion of
the Board of Trustees of the said Maryland State Fire-
men's Association.

20A. No part of the aforesaid appropriations shall be
used by the Maryland State Firemen's Association for
administrative costs.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1935.

Approved May 17, 1935.