Mo. Rev. Stat. § 87.420

87.420. Powers of board of trustees. — The board of trustees of the firemen's fund shall have exclusive control and management of the separate funds mentioned in sections 87.380 to 87.490 , and of all the moneys donated, paid or assessed, for the relief or pensioning of crippled, disabled or retired members of the fire department, and their widows, minor children and dependents. Said board shall make all needful rules and regulations for its government in the discharge of its duties, and shall hear and decide all applications for relief or pensions under sections 87.380 to 87.490 and its decision on such applications shall be final and conclusive and not subject to review and reversal except by the board, or on rehearing by the circuit court, and a record shall be kept of all the meetings and proceedings of the board. No pension, relief or other benefit payable from such fund shall be more or less than those payable to the most numerous class of members of the fire department, or their widows, children or other dependents.

(RSMo 1939 § 9527) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8960; 1919 § 9061; 1909 § 9886