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mendation of the County Board of Education of the county
in which such person has last taught, and the State Superin-
tendent of Schools shall proceed to consider the same, and
if the facts are found as above stated such' person shall be
placed on a list to be known as the "Teachers' Retired List,"
and every person so placed on this list shall be entitled to
receive a pension from the State of four hundred dollars per
annum, to be paid quarterly by the Treasurer of the State
Board of Education, so long as such perisioner is without
other means of comfortable support, and the State Super-
intendent of Schools may in extraordinary cases waive the
age limit as herein designated; provided, however, the appli-
cant has all the other qualifications as herein specified. The
Treasurer of the State Board of Education shall, on or before
the last day of September, December, March and June of
each year, certify to the Comptroller the sum of money neces-
sary for the payment of said pensions for the current quarter
as provided by this section, and the Comptroller shall, oil or
before the first day of the months of January, March, June
and October, issue his warrant on the Treasurer of the State
in favor of the Treasurer of the State Board of Education
for the amount so certified. On receipt of the warrant of the
Comptroller, the Treasurer of the State of Maryland shall
immediately pay the amount due on said dates to the Treas-
urer of the State Board of Education.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1920.

Approved April 23, 1920.

CHAPTER 448.

AN ACT to create a Commission to determine upon and to
erect a memorial within the State to the men and women
of Maryland who gave their lives for their country in the
military or naval service in the World War, and to com-
memorate the services of all other men and women of
Maryland who were engaged in the military or naval
service in that war.

WHEREAS, It is the desire of the General Assembly that
the State of Maryland shall render full honor to its men and
women who gave their lives for their country in the military