Chapter 215.     AN ACT DIRECTING THE TOWN OF MARBLEHEAD
RETIREMENT BOARD TO GRANT A CERTAIN PENSION TO CARL E. VARRELL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary and in order to promote the public good, the retirement board of the town of Marblehead is hereby authorized and directed to increase the pension payable to Carl E. Varrell. a retired patrolman in the police department of the town of Marblehead, who as a result of injuries sustained by him while in the performance  of his duties as a police
officer is totally and permanently incapacitated for further service as a police officer. The annual amount of pension payable said Carl E. Varrell under the provisions of this act shall be fixed in an amount equal to the regular rate of compensation which he would have been paid had he continued in service as a police officer of said town, at the grade held by him at the time of his retirement. The annual pension payable to said Carl E. Varrell under the provisions of this act shall be reduced by the amount of any compensation he may receive from any gainful employment after the effective date of this act.
SECTION 2. The commonwealth shall reimburse the town of Marblehead for cost of living payments to Carl E. Varrell which would have been paid had this act not been passed.
SECTION 3. Upon the death of said Carl E. Varrell, if he dies as the natural and proximate result of the injury sustained or hazard undergone which resulted in his retirement, leaving Sheila A. Varrell, his wife, surviving him, the town of Marblehead retirement board shall pay to her, so long as she remains unmarried, a pension in the amount of seventy-two per cent of the amount of the pension payable to said Carl E. Varrell at the time of his death, plus a cost of living allowance pursuant to the terms and conditions of section one hundred and two of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws. Upon the death or remarriage of the survivor wife, Sheila A. Varrell, of said Carl E. Varrell, the town of Marblehead shall pay to the legal guardian of any surviving child of Carl E. Varrell until such child reaches age eighteen, or who is over said age and under age twenty-two and a full time student at an accredited educational institution, a pension of equal proportion to each such child which shall total in the aggregate the allowance paid to Sheila A. Varrell, so long as such child survives and is under age eighteen, or if over said age and under age twenty-two, is a full time student at an accredited educational institution.
SECTION 4.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved July 27, 1988.