No policemen or firemen shall be entitled to the benefits herein provided incidental to voluntary retirement from either of the departments on account of service, unless he shall have been employed continuously for a period of at least five (5) years from and after March 5, 1943 and the amount of such sum paid to such member, shall be fixed by the Board of Trustees payable monthly, not to exceed one-half of salary such member was in receipt of at the time of voluntary retirement. The payments fixed by said trustees to such member shall not exceed one (1) year.
(KRS 95.784) ('74 Code, § 2-189) (Ord. passed 3-5-43)