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(2)    Prior to his normal retirement date with respect to a participant
who was determined to be totally and permanently disabled in accordance
with Section 1-222 (b) of this Article, such disability resulting from an
occupational cause,

(3)    and immediately prior to his date of death or his date of dis-
ability (whichever first occurs) he was making participant's contribu-
tions under the plan, monthly death benefit payments will commence in
accordance with Sections 1-228 through 1-230, inclusive.

Section 1-228.

(a)    A surviving spouse of a participant shall become eligible to
receive the monthly death benefit payments as hereinafter provided, com-
mencing as of the first day of the month coinciding with or next following
the participant's death, and ceasing at the death or remarriage of said
spouse (whichever shall first occur):

(1)    the participant had completed twenty years of service;

(2)    the participant had reached his fiftieth birthday;

(3)    the participant had been married to his present spouse for at
least one (1) year.

(b)    The annual benefit payable to the spouse will equal the greatest
of the following items:

(1)    One Hundred Twenty Dollars ($120.00) per year;

(2)    the annual benefit which would have been payable to the spouse
if the participant had early retired on the first of the month in which
he died and he had elected the Contingent Annuitant Option with one
hundred percent (100%) continuation to his contingent annuitant:

(3)    fifty percent (50%) of the participant's accrued Normal Re-
tirement Pension.

Section 1-229.

(a)    If the participant is survived by an unmarried child or children
who has not reached his eighteenth (18th) birthday, death benefit pay-
ments will become payable to such child or children commencing with the
first day of the month following the participant's death. Death benefit
payments will be payable to the participant's unmarried children who have
not reached their eighteenth (18th) birthday as a group, each such child
becoming ineligible to receive any part of the payment upon attaining
his eighteenth (18th) birthday or upon marriage (whichever first occurs).
As of the date all the participant's unmarried children attain their eigh-
teenth (18th) birthday, no further benefits will be payable.

(b)    The annual benefit payable to such child, or payable in the
aggregate to all such children surviving a participant, is equal to fifty
percent (50%) of the participant's accrued Normal Retirement Pension,
but not less than One Hundred Twenty Dollars ($120.00) per year.

Section 1-230.

Upon the death of any participant prior to his date of retirement or
prior to his normal retirement date in the case of a participant who is
receiving disability benefits hereunder, there will be refunded to the par-
ticipant's beneficiary or estate an amount equal to: