Chap. 205.—An ACT to permit the councils, or other governing bodies of
cities of the first class, to establish a system of pensions for injured,
retired or superannuated members of the police and fire departments
of said cities, or of either of said departments. (S. B. 244.)

; Approved March 16, 1916.
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1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the councils or other governing bodies of the cities of the first
class may, by ordinance adopted by a recorded vote of a major-
ity of the members elected to each branch, if there be more than
one branch, establish a system of pensions for injured, retired
or superannuated members of the police and fire departments of
said cities, or of either of such departments. Said ordinance
may establish a fund for the payment of such pensions, either
by making appropriations out of the treasury of the city. by
levying a special tax for the benefit of said fund, by requiring
contributions, payable from time to time from the active mem-
bers of such departments, or by any other mode not prohibited
by law.