152 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 83]

or both as the case may be, may retire such teacher from regular
duty, and such teacher, if so retired, shall be entitled to a
salary in the same manner and amount as if he or she had been
retired upon his or her own application under this section.

376j. Unless teachers who may be retired under the two
preceding sections shall have paid into said Teachers' Retire-
ment Fund, by way of kssessment or otherwise, an amount-
equal at least to that which he or she shall be entitled to receive
as a salary for the first year of retirement, the said board of
trustees of the Teachers' Retirement Fund of Baltimore County
shall deduct one-fifth of the deficiency thereof from the amount
of said salary for each of the first five years that the same may
be payable.

376K. After any teacher shall have been retired under sec-
tion 376I, the board of trustees of the Teachers' Retirement
Fund of Baltimore County shall have the right at any time to
cause such teacher again to be brought before it and examined
by its physician and also to examine other witnesses for the
purpose of ascertaining whether such teacher shall remain on
the retired roll. The fee or charge of the examining physician
shall be paid by the board of trustees of the Teachers' Retire-
ment Fund of Baltimore County. Such teacher shall be entitled
to at least thirty days' notice, and to be present at the hearing
of any such evidence, shall be permitted to propound any ques-
tions pertinent or relative to such matter, and shall have the
right to introduce evidence upon his or her own behalf. Such
teachers and all witnesses shall be examined under oath, and
any member of said board of trustees of the Teachers' Retire-
ment Fund of Baltimore County is hereby authorized and
empowered to administer such oath, and the said board of
trustees is authorized and empowered to subpoena witnesses and
compel their attendance to testify before it in all matters relat-
ing to the operation of this act. If the board of trustees of the
Teachers' Retirement Fund of Baltimore County shall find such
teacher qualified for regular duty, he or she shall report to the
county superintendent of public education of said county, when-
ever required so to do by the board of trustees of the Teachers'
Retirement Fund of Baltimore County, and said superintend-
ent shall assign such teacher to such service or employment as
may be within his or her power to perform, in the judgment of
such superintendent and of the examining physician employed
by the said board of trustees of the Teachers' Retirement Fund
of Baltimore County. During the time of such employment
such teacher shall receive the regular salary therefor, and shall
cease to be entitled to any payment out of said fund because of