Art. 6243c. VALIDATING ELECTIONS FOR PENSIONS IN CITIES OF OVER 10,000.
Sec. 1. ELECTION AND PROCEEDINGS VALIDATED.  That where a majority of the resident taxpayers being qualified electors of any city or town in this State having a population in excess of ten thousand (10,000) inhabitants, having voted at an election held in such city or town in favor of the expending of public funds by such city or town in carrying out the provisions of Chapter 10, General Laws of the 36th Legislature, Regular Session, such election and all acts and proceedings had and done in connection therewith by the governing body of such city or town are hereby legalized, approved and validated and it is hereby declared that no further election shall be necessary for the expenditure of public funds to carry out the provisions of H.B. No. 30  and H.B. 31, of the First Called Session of the 43rd Legislature, but any election held under the provisions of Chapter 10, General Acts of the 36th Legislature, Regular Session, shall be and is hereby deemed to be sufficient to carry out the provisions of House Bill 30 and House Bill 31, of the First Called Session of the 43rd Legislature.
Sec. 2. VALIDATION OF ELECTIONS UNDER OTHER ACTS.  Any other elections held in conformity with the provisions of Chapter 10, General Laws of the 36th Legislature, Regular Session, and adopting the provisions of said chapter are hereby legalized, approved and validated.  Any funds now on hand and belonging to the Firemen and Policemen Fund shall remain a part of said fund and all warrants and vouchers heretofore issued are hereby legalized, approved and validated.
Sec. 3. VALIDATION OF PENSIONS PAID.  All pensions heretofore paid by any city under the terms of Chapter 10, General Laws of the Thirty-sixth Legislature, Regular Session, including all pensions paid subsequent to the enactment of Senate Bill 139, Chapter 94, Acts of the 43rd Legislature, Regular Session, making said Act applicable only to certain cities and up to November 1, 1933, are hereby in all things expressly validated and legalized, and all persons to whom such pensions have been paid shall hereafter be deemed to be proper pensioners under the terms of H.B. No. 30 and H.B. 31, Acts of the First Called Session of the 43rd Legislature.
Sec. 4. PENSION ROLLS VALIDATED.  All pensioners added to the pension rolls as pensioners under the terms of Chapter 10, General Laws of the Thirty-sixth Legislature, Regular Session, but subsequent to the enactment of Senate Bill No. 139, Chapter 94, Acts of the 43rd Legislature, Regular Session, making said Act applicable only to certain cities, shall hereafter be deemed proper and legal pensioners on the rolls of all cities wherein a pension system has been established under the terms of H.B. No. 30  and H.B. 31, Acts of the First Called Session of the 43rd Legislature.
Sec. 5. ELECTION IN CERTAIN CITIES UNNECESSARY.  All cities included in the population brackets of H.B. No. 30  and H.B. 31, Acts of the First Called Session of the 43rd Legislature, shall hereafter from the effective date of this Act be deemed to have a pension system without the necessity of any election or any action on the part of the City Council, and such City Council or Governing Board shall immediately provide adequate funds for the payment of pensions under the terms of H.B. No. 30 and H.B. 31 and the terms of this Act.
Acts 1933, 43rd Leg., 1st C.S., p. 89, ch. 30.