Chapter 223. To amend an Act approved February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and one, entitled “An Act relating to the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia.” February 27, 1909.[[H
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CHAP. 223.— An Act To amend an Act approved February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and one, entitled “An Act relating to the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia.” February 27, 1909.[[H. R. 15230](/us/bill/70/hr/15230).][[Public, No. 283.](/us/pl/70/283)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Act of FebruaryDistrict of Columbia. Fire department.Vol. 31, p. 820, amended. twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and one, entitled “An Act relating to the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia,” be amended by adding thereto the following:
“Sec. 4. a. That hereafter whenever any member of the fire departmentMedical services to injured firemen.Expenses paid from pension fund. of the District of Columbia in the actual discharge of his duty shall become, so disabled by injury as to require medical or surgical services or treatment other than such as can be rendered by the board of police and fire surgeons, the expense of such services or treatment may be paid from the firemen’s pension fund: *Provided*,*Proviso.*Approval, etc.
That no such expenses shall be paid except upon the. recommendation of the chief engineer of the fire department, approved by the Commissioners of said District, and such recommendation must be accompanied by a certificate from a member of the board of fire surgeons setting forth the nature and cause of the sickness or disability which rendered such services or treatment necessary.” Approved, February 27, 1909.