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10. A minimum service retirement allowance of $~O per month is ~uaranteed upon retirement at age ?O with credit for service rendered prior to said effective date, if the Public Agency elects age 60 as the lop,est optional service retirement age, or a minimum allowance of $60 per month upon retirement at age 65 or over with twenty years of service, or upon retirement at age ?0 with credit for prior service, if the Pub- lic Agency elects age 55 as the lowest optional service retirement age. P. etirement for disability, except in the case of local firemen and lo- cal policemen- disabled from injury arising out of and in the course of employment, is permitted only after ten years of service and upon proof of incapacity for the performance of duty. The monthly retirement allowance payable upon disability retirement, described in preceding item 5, is dependent upon such factors as age, salary and years of service, but generally is equal to 90% of 1/?Oth, or 1/6Otb as the case may be, of the average monthly salary during the five ~rears immediately preceding retirement, for each year of service, with a ~uarantee of 25% of said salary, subject to certain restrictions and modifications. Disability retirement of local firemen and local policemen, in the event of disability arising out of and in the course of employment, is permitted regardless of age and service, the monthly retirement allowance being one-half the average monthly salary during the five years immediately preceding retirement. The benefit payable at death before retirement, except in the case of local firemen and local policemen dying from injury arising out of and in the course of~employment, consists of the contributions of the member plus interest~ and plus 1/12th of the me~Toer's annual salary during the year immediately preceding death~ for each year, not ex- ceeding six years, of service as a member of the System. Upon death after retirement, and at the election of the Public Agency, a bene- fit of $~00 is payable. The monthly allowance payable to the widowand children, at the death of local firemen and local policemen arising out of ~nd in the course of employment~ is one-half the average monthly salary during the five years immediately preceding death. The benefit upon separation from service by other cause than death or retirement~ is the refund of the member's contributions, with in- terest. Hembers having accumulated contributions of at least $~00 upon resignation or discharge, may elect irrevocably, within ninety days, to leave contributions in the Retirement Fund~ and then upon reaching the lowest optional service retirement age or becoming dis- abled, to be entitled to receive such retirement allowance as will be provided by their and the Agency's contributians and their credited service, regardless of service rendered. F 122d - 2 (Guar. % & Comp.)