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and shall forfeit any pension rights under the provisions of this
subsection.

[(1-7)] (1-6) In no event shall any judge make the contributions
provided for in this subsection for more than (sixteen years.

[(1-8)] (1-7) Any former judge who accepts any salaried pub-
lic office or position, municipal, county, State or federal shall not be
paid any pension or salary so long as he remains in any such office
or position.

[(1-9)] (1-8) No pension shall be payable hereunder to any
retired judge of the Municipal Court of Baltimore City who is receiv-
ing another pension under the employees' retirement system of the
City of Baltimore or the Employees' Retirement System of the State
of Maryland.

[(1-10)] (1-9) The mayor and city council of Baltimore City
are hereby expressly authorized to levy for such pensions or salaries,
or their proportionate share thereof as the case may be, and pay such
pensions or salaries to former judges of the Municipal Court of
Baltimore City.

(2)    Provided, however, that any such judge who voluntarily
retires from active service after reaching the age of 60 years and
before reaching the age of 70 years, and has resumed the practice of
law, shall not be entitled to the increases in pension provided by this
section but shall be paid a pension at the rate provided before the
passage of this section. A judge who retires and accepts the pension
provided by this section shall not during the period of such acceptance
engage in the practice of law. A judge who has been receiving the
benefits provided by this section and who decides to engage in the
practice of law may notify the Governor and Comptroller of the
treasury of such fact, and on the indicated date of his engaging in
the practice of law his benefits under this section shall cease and no
longer be paid; and such a judge shall never again be paid such
benefits. In the event that a retired judge who has never been paid
benefits under this section and who has been engaged in the practice
of law should thereafter relinquish such practice and notify the
Governor and Comptroller of the treasury of such fact, then from
and after the date of such notification, the judge shall be entitled to
all the benefits provided by this section. An elected judge who
because of incapacitating illness is required to resign his position
prior to reaching his 60th birthday shall be entitled to benefits under
the provisions of this section, but in no event in a sum greater than
was provided in this section at the time he resigned; and except for a
judge who has resigned or who resigns because of incapacitating
illness, no other judge who has resigned or who resigns prior to
reaching his 60th birthday is entitled to any benefits under the provi-
sions of this section.

(3)    The widow of every [elected] municipal judge who dies in
active service shall be paid one half of the pension or salary the
judge would have received if his service had been terminated by
retirement and for this purpose only, the age of the judge is not to be
considered; the widow of any judge eligible for retirement pension
who dies after retiring shall be paid one half of the pension or
salary to which her husband was entitled at the time of his death.
In determining the amount which any widow is entitled to be paid