§ 43:13-32 — Widow of employee

The widow of an employee of the water department, who shall have paid into the fund the full amount of his annual assessments or contributions and shall have lost his life in the performance of his duty or died from causes other than injuries received in the performance of duty, shall, if she shall have married her deceased husband prior to his having reached sixty years of age, receive a pension equal to one-half of his salary at the time of his death, but not exceeding one thousand dollars. If a widow entitled to a pension hereunder remarries, the pension shall cease and shall not be paid to her or her children.