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Commissioner is empowered whenever, in his opinion, the efficiency of
the service may require it, to retire any officer of police, policeman, detec-
tive, clerk or turnkey appointed by him; and the said Police Commis-
sioner shall pay to such officers of police, policeman, detective, clerk or
turnkey so retired, in monthly instalments, out of said fund, for life, a sum
of money equal to one-half the amount of money currently paid monthly to
an officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey, as provided by
law; provided, however, he shall have served faithfully not less than
sixteen years as such officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turn-
key, or shall have been permanently disabled in the discharge of his duty
as such officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey. In the
event at any time of an increase in the pay of officers of police, policemen,
detective, clerk or turnkey, every officer of police, policeman, detective,
clerk or turnkey who shall have been or shall subsequently be retired by
the said Police Commissioner shall be entitled to and the said Police
Commissioner shall pay to him in the manner and at and for the length
of time provided in this section for the pay of the members of the police
force who shall be retired or shall have been retired, a sum equal to one-
half of the remuneration of the active members of the Police Department
holding the same rank or grade at the time of their retirement, to the end
and effect that every retired officer of police, policeman, etc., shall receive
the same remuneration as every other retired officer of police, policeman,
etc., of like grade or rank, and no less. The provisions of this section
shall extend to and include all members of the police force of Baltimore
City heretofore retired by the said Police Commissioner, including those
members retired prior to January 1st, 1907, and the said Police Com-
missioner shall in all cases, before retiring any officer of police, policeman,
detective, clerk or turnkey, procure and file among their records a certifi-
cate signed by a majority of the physicians appointed by the Police Com-
missioner as physicians of the Police Department, that the person pro-
posed to be retired has been thoroughly examined by them, and that he is
incapable of performing active police duty; and it shall be the duty of
any such officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey so retired
to perform such police duties, and at such times as the Police Commis-
sioner shall deem proper, said terms of service not to exceed seven clays
during any year, and for such services no extra compensation shall be
allowed by said Commissioner; and the said Police Commissioner shall
have the power, in his discretion, to suspend payment to any such officer
of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey for a term not to exceed
three months for the first offense; for the second offense for a term not
to exceed six months, and for the third offense any such officer of police,
policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey shall be subject to dismissal, upon
proof that the said officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey
is living an improper or immoral life.
See Section 756, ante.

Police Pension Oases, 131 Md. 317. Pensions not based on extra pay or bonus for
length of service, but on base pay only. Leitch v. Gaither, 151 Md. 167.