Mo. Rev. Stat. § 87.095

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87.095 Funeral expenses to be paid.

Official statutory text

87.095. Funeral expenses to be paid. — Whenever an active or retired fireman shall die, as aforesaid, the board of trustees shall appropriate from the fund a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars to the widow or family for funeral expenses. In cities not within a county the payment for funeral expenses shall be two thousand dollars, and shall be paid solely from moneys within the pension fund.

(RSMo 1939 § 9517, A.L. 1989 H.B. 156) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8950; 1919 § 9051; 1909 § 9876

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