In the event that any such town employee shall die leaving no widow, but shall leave a dependent child or children under the age of sixteen years, the amount of the benefits under this act shall be five hundred dollars ($500.00) per annum for each dependent child, but the aggregate amount for such dependent children shall not exceed the amount to which such town employee’s widow would have been entitled to under the provisions of this act had she survived him.

L.1943, c. 189, p. 528, s. 12.