27-40 - Support of dependent children of firemen. - Virginia Statutes

§ 27-40. Support of dependent children of firemen.

The governing bodies of cities of the first class may, by ordinance adoptedby a recorded vote of a majority of the members elected to each branch, ifthere be more than one branch, appropriate money out of the public funds toaid in the support of dependent children of members of the fire departmentsof such cities who may have lost their lives through injuries received orillness incurred while in the performance of their duties as members of suchfire departments; such aid to continue in the case of each such child untilhe or she shall have attained the age of sixteen years, and the payment ofsame to be made monthly to the lawful guardian of such dependent children andin such amounts as the governing body of such city may deem wise and just.

(1918, p. 224; Michie Code 1942, § 3035a.)