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shall have paid to the Pension Fund a contribution of 

 such amount as shall be deemed equitable by the 



-ion Board. 



§ 24, Subscribing employees who leave the service Bdattaf* 



for less than one year and who omit upon their return mmt 

 to the service to make such payments to the Pension 

 Fund as have been required under the last preceding 

 section, and subscribing employees who leave the serv- 

 ice for more than one year and then return, shall be 

 deemed new employees. 



§ 25. To guard against such inconveniences or in- Bights oi 

 justice as might be caused by the strict application ofTrastoea 

 these rules to the circumstances of some unusual case, 

 and to provide for meritorious cases not embraced 

 within these rules, it is hereby understood and agreed 

 that the Trustees of the Corporation, upon recommen- 

 dation of a resolution of the Pension Board adopted by 

 the votes of not less than six of its members : 



First : May exclude any employee of the Corporation 

 from the right to become a subscriber, or permit any 

 employee to become a subscriber. 



Second : May terminate the subscription of any sub- 

 scribing employee who shall not, at the time, be entitled 

 to any gratuity or pension hereunder, upon the repay- 

 ment to such employee of his or her subscriptions to 

 said fund, with simple interest at the rate of three 

 per cent, per annum. Thereupon such employee shall 

 cease to be entitled to any gratuity or pension under 

 these rules. 



Third: May grant suitable gratuities or pensions to 

 any subscribing employee, or members of his or her 

 family, or persons dependent upon him or her, even 

 though no provision is made therefor by these rules ; or, 



