ΒΆ 23 We hold that section 50-123 protects a member's right to continue in his employment in the absence of a showing of cause, and the board of review has the authority to pass on the merits of the discharge decision. Today's ruling finds support in Ruddell v. City of Jenks, 1976 OK 166, 556 P.2d 999, 1003, where we affirmed the trial court's issuance of a Writ of Mandamus requiring the City to establish a Board of Review to review the discharge of the Police Chief where his pension and retirement rights were involved. To the extent that Rains states the "for cause" provision creates an interest only in a member's pension and retirement benefits, and not in the continued employment itself, it is overruled.