1925_public local laws_303_2
CHAPTER 302 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FOLICE PENSION FUND OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON TO PAY A PENSION TO MRS. RHOADY A. GEORGE. Whereas, under and by virtue of chapter fifty-five of the Pri- vate Laws one thousand nine hundred and fifteen there was created a board of trustees of police pension fund of the city of Wilmington, which said board is vested with the authority and powers provided for in said act; and Whereas, section twelve, subsection two of said act authorizes said board, in its discretion, to provide for the payment of a pension in accordance with the stipulations contained in said act to the dependent parent, widow or child, as the case may be, of any member of the police force of the city of Wilmington killed within the city limits while in the actual performance of his duty; and Whereas, on the twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, Leon George, a police officer of the city of Wilmington, was killed in the performance of duties which he had been instructed to perform in the county of Bruns- wick; and Whereas, said Leon George had been a capable and efficient police officer of the city of Wilmington for more than twenty years immediately preceding his death; and Whereas, the said Leon George left surviving him his widowed mother, Mrs. Rhoady A. George, who lived with him and who was dependent upon him for support and who at the death of said Leon George was left in almost destitute circumstances: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That the board of trustees of the police pension fund of the city of Wilmington be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to provide a pension, not exceeding twenty-five dollars per month, and to pay the same in monthly installments to the said Rhoady A. George during her life time, said pension to be paid from such funds that said board may now have or shall from time to time acquire under the provisions of chapter fifty-five of the Private Laws of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen and acts amendatory thereof.