215 - Retirement of and pensions for certain veterans.

§ 215. Retirement  of  and  pensions  for certain veterans.   1.   Any  soldier, sailor or marine of the army or navy of the  United  States  in  the   civil  war,  Spanish-American  war,  or  world  war  I,  honorably  discharged from service, and any member of the organized militia of  the  state  having  performed active service as such with his organization in  aid of federal or civil authorities, for a period of not less  than  ten  consecutive  days,  who  shall have been employed for a period of twenty  years or more in the military or naval service of the state of New  York  under  pay from funds raised as provided for in this chapter for the pay  of such employees, may, upon reaching the age of sixty-four  years  upon  his own request and the approval of the adjutant general, or shall, upon  being  discharged  or released from such employment without fault on his  part after reaching the age of fifty years after serving  as  aforesaid,  or  upon  being incapacitated from performing the duties of his position  after twenty years of such service, be retired from such employment with  the approval of the adjutant general, and  thereafter  during  his  life  there  shall  be  paid to him, in the same manner and by the same agency  and from the same source that the compensation of  his  former  position  was  customarily  paid to him, an annual sum equal in amount to one-half  of the compensation paid to him in the last year of his employment.    2.  The provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of  any  person  who, on or after July first, nineteen hundred fifty-four, enters  or re-enters military or naval service of the state under pay from funds  raised as provided for in this  chapter.    For  the  purposes  of  this  subdivision, a person who entered or re-entered such service before such  date  shall  be  deemed  to continue therein during the time he performs  military duty under a leave of absence therefor pursuant to section  two  hundred forty-two or section two hundred forty-three of this chapter.