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(b) The moneys in the Fire Department Pension Fund,
which have accumulated under the authority of Ordinance
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;

(c) All dues payable to the Fire Department Pension Fund
of the City of Cumberland, both by the Mayor and City
Council and by the participants under this sub-title, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this sub-title;

(d) Any and all donations of money made from time to
time from whatever source and paid into the Fund through
its Secretary;

(e) 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 Fire De-
partment or its members.

144. CONTRIBUTIONS, (a) Participants of the Fund
shall pay three per cent (3%) of their rated salary or wages
to the Fund, which shall be deducted from their salary or
wages monthly on the fifteenth day of each and every month.

(b) 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 Manager shall deduct said amount from the payroll.

(c) The Mayor and City Council shall levy such tax upon
the assessable property of the City of Cumberland and ap-
propriate an amount equal toefive per cent (5%) of the rated
salary or wages of each participant of the Fund, and any
additional amount which from time to time may be neces-
sary to carry out the provisions of this sub-title. The ap-
propriation 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.

145. REFUNDS. No member of the Fire Department who
shall leave the service for any reason whatsoever shall be
refunded any amounts which have been paid into the Pension
Fund.

146. REINSTATEMENTS, (a) Any participant of the
Fund who may have severed his connection herewith and who
may be reinstated in the service, with the exception of any