Chap. 0296 An Act requiring the city of westfield to repay to certain permanent members of its fire department the contributions made by them to the contributory retirement system of said city, and establishing the retirement rights of such members.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The retirement board of the city of Westfield is hereby authorized and directed to repay to George W. Onofrey, Arthur L. Clark, Edward B. Eagan, John Halloran, John F. Clark, Charles F. Janis and Stanley Yefko, all permanent firemen of said city, all deductions withheld from their wages as such firemen on account of the membership of each of the aforesaid firemen in the contributory retirement system, together with accumulated interest thereon, and the names of said firemen shall be stricken from the rolls of the retirement board of said city as members of said retirement system. Each of the aforesaid firemen shall be entitled to the benefits of pension or retirement allowances provided for under sections eighty to ninety A, inclusive, of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws.

Section 2. Nothing in this act shall affect any retirement rights which any fireman mentioned in section one may have under the law relating to the retirement of veterans in the public service.

Section 3.   This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May IS, 1949.