Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

The Dartmouth Police Relief Association, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the commonwealth, is hereby authorized, upon the retirement from the police department of the town of Dartmouth of any member in good standing, to pay to such member, if he so elects, such sum, not exceeding the full death benefit paid upon the death of any such member in good standing, as may from time to time be determined by vote of said corporation. Any amount so paid shall reduce the death benefit otherwise payable upon the death of any such member. In order to exercise this benefit, the member must have been a member in good standing for at least ten years, as a full time officer.