STATE POLICE. 1143

Motor Vehicles shall have given meritorious service as such employee for
a period of ten continuous years, and shall have reached the age of 55
years, such employee shall be forthwith retired by the superintendent of
the Department of Maryland State Police; but the superintendent of the
Department of Maryland State Police may in his discretion delay such
retirement for such time as he may deem necessary; and in all retire-
ments under the provisions of this section the employee in question shall
be paid during the remainder of his natural life a salary or pension,
payable monthly, equal to two per cent. (2%) of his annual salary multi-
plied by the number of years said applicant has been an employee of the
Department of Maryland State Police and/or of the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles, said annual salary to be taken as of the year immediately
preceding the granting, of his application for retirement provided, how-
ever, that such payment shall not exceed the rate of one thousand dollars
($1, 000) per year to any one person. No money payable under this
sub-title shall, prior to issuance and delivery of the warrant or voucher
therefor, be capable of being assigned, charged or taken in execution or
attachment. All employees subject to the provisions of this sub-title shall
contribute to the Pension Fund, hereinafter provided for, a sum to be
determined by the superintendent of the Department of Maryland State
Police but not to exceed two (2) per cent, of their annual salary, said
sum to be approximately equal to on-half of the annual cost of this
pension system to the individual employee so contributing. The amount
of the contribution of each of the employees subject to the provisions of
this sub-title shall be fixed annually in advance by the superintendent of
the Department of Maryland State Police and shall be deducted monthly
from the salary checks of the said employees and paid in lieu thereof to
the superintendent of the Department of Maryland State Police to be
placed by him forthwith in the said Pension Fund.

1935, ch. 303, sec. 31.

32. The superintendent of the Department of Maryland State Police
shall have the power to revoke such retirement at any time and for any
action which he may deem sufficient subject to the approval of the Gov-
ernor.

1935, ch. 303, sec. 32.

33. All employees eligible for retirement under the provisions of this
sub-title shall be subject to a medical examination by the regular physician
of the Department of Maryland State Police or by any other physician
the superintendent of said Department may select; and all such employees
so eligible shall furnish such other evidence affecting their application for
retirement as the superintendent of State Police may require.

1935, ch. 593, sec. 33.

34. The administration of the retirement and pension system, estab-
lished by this sub-title, is hereby vested in the superintendent of State