Benevolent Ass'n of the Paid Fire Department v. Farwell

Citations

• 100 Ill. 197
• 1881 Ill. LEXIS 76

Syllabus

<p>1. Disabled firemen and policemen—as to the management of the fund created by law for their benefit—“Benevolent Association of the Paid Fire Department of Chicago. ” The various provisions in the charter of the city of Chicago, and amendments thereto, for the setting apart a portion of the fire insurance rates annually received by the city, and the act of March 5, 1867, creating the Benevolent Association of the Paid Fire Department of Chicago, and giving it the management of the fund arising from such source, etc., if not otherwise repealed before that time, have all been superseded by the act of May 24, 1877, entitled “An act for the relief of disabled members of the police and fire departments in cities and villages,” which was intended as a revision of all the statutes on that subject.</p> <p>2. ■ This association never had a vested right to the fund, which, by a clause in its charter, was directed to be paid over to it by the comptroller of the city. As to that fund, this corporation was merely created or selected as a public functionary to manage and apply the same, and it was liable to be cut off or changed at the will of the State.</p>