CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUPPORT OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF FIREMEN (§ 27-40)

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

HISTORY: 1918, p. 224; Michie Code 1942, § 3035a.