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entitled to a pension as provided in this subsection; or shall be en-
titled to withdraw his accumulated contributions plus interest of four
per centum (4%) calculated from the date or dates of payment and
shall forfeit any pension rights under the provisions of this sub-
section.

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

[(1-7)] (h) Any former judge who accepts any salaried public
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 po-
sition.

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

[(1-9)] (j) 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)] (k) Provided, however, that any such judge who voluntarily
retires from active service after reaching the age of 60 years and be-
fore 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 Gov-
ernor 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 pro-
visions of this section, but in no event in a sum greater than was pro-
vided 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 provisions of this
section.

[(3)] (1) The widow of every [municipal] judge described in
subsection (a) of this section 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