HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1151

(1) The moneys now in the "Fire Department Pension
Fund" which has accumulated under the authority of Ordi-
nance No. 1455, passed and approved on the 17th day of June,
1935, and Ordinance No. 1719, passed and approved on the
18th day of March, 1940, by the Mayor and City Council of
Cumberland, Maryland;

(2) All dues payable to the Fire Department Pension Fund
of the City of Cumberland, both by the Mayor and City Coun-
cil and by the participants under this Section, in accordance
with the provisions of this Section;

(3) Any and all donations of money made from time to time
from whatever source and paid into the fund through its Sec-
retary;

(4) The income from any and all trust funds which are now
or may hereafter be established by any citizen or citizens of
Cumberland or elsewhere for the benefit of the Department of
Fire or its members.

(o) Participants of the Fund shall pay three (3%) percent
of their rated salary or wages to the fund which shall be de-
ducted from their salary or wages monthly on the fifteen of
each and every month. The Board shall have the power to
reduce this assessment or increase the same, provided it has
been reduced, but at no time shall it exceed three (3%) per-
cent.

All participants of the Fund shall pay, in addition, three
dollars ($3. 00) to the estate of a deceased member of the
Fund. This amount shall be collected on the fifteenth day of
the month following the death of such member, and the City
Auditor shall deduct said amount from the payroll.

(p) The Mayor and City Council shall levy such tax upon
the assessable property of the City of Cumberland and ap-
propriate an amount equal to the amount contributed by the
participants of the Fund, and any additional amount which
from time to time may be necessary to carry out the provis-
ions of this Section. The appropriation shall be paid semi-
annually to the Secretary of the Fund on the first of June
and on the first of December in each and every year, upon
presentation of a statement from the Secretary, approved by
the President of the Board, showing the amount contributed
by the participants.

(q) No member of the Department who shall leave the serv-
ice for any reason whatsoever shall be refunded any amounts
which have been paid into the Pension Fund.

(r) Any participant of the Fund who may have severed his
connection here with and who may be reinstated in the service,
shall pay to the Fund such amount as he would have paid
had he remained in the service, and said amount shall be paid
in monthly installments within one (1) year from the time of