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Persons who are to be entitled to pensions.
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44. Subject as herein-before provided, such pensions and allowances as herein-after mentioned may be granted to any master or seaman who is rendered incapable of service by sickness, wounds, or other accidental misfortunes, or who becomes decrepit or worn out by age; and also to the widow and children of any master or seaman who is killed or drowned in the merchant service; and also to the widow and children of any master or seaman who has contributed for twenty-one years to the fund, or who is at the time of his death receiving or entitled to receive a pension; provided, in the case of such last-mentioned widow, that she was married to such master or seaman before he became entitled to relief, and, in the case of such last-mentioned children, that they are under the age of fourteen years, or are from infirmity incapable of getting a livelihood.
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