1082 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 411

members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its pas-
sage.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 411.

AN ACT to add a new paragraph to Section 6 of Article 4 of
the Code of Public Local Laws, title "City of Baltimore, "
sub-title "Charter, " to be numbered 20-A and headed "Pen-
sions, " to follow after the paragraph headed (20) "Pumps.
Fountains and Springs'7 of Section 6 of Article 4 (Section
6 and the paragraphs thereof of Article 4 being the Charter
of Baltimore City, adopted by the voters of said city at the
November Election, 1918), authorizing the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore to establish a general system of pen-
sions and retirements for its officers, agents, servants and
employees, and to include therein other pension systems:
repealing Paragraphs 5 and 10 of Section 776-C of Article
4 of the Public Local Laws, title ''City of Baltimore, " as
enacted by Chapter 266 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of 1900, relating to the Baltimore City Police Pension
Fund; and to repeal Chapter 432 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1922, relating to the Pension System of Balti-
more City.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new paragraph be and the same is hereby added
to Section 6 of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws,
title "City of Baltimore, " sub-title "Charter, " to be numbered
20-A and headed "Pensions, " to follow after the paragraph
headed (20) "Pumps, Fountains and Springs" of said Sec-
tion 6 of Article 4 (Section 6 and the paragraphs thereof of
Article 4 being the Charter of Baltimore City adopted by the
voters of said city at the November Election, 1918), and to
read as follows:

(20-A) PENSIONS.

To establish and maintain a general system of pensions and
retirements for the benefit and advantage of its officers, agents,
servants and employees, with necessary classifications and
terms of admission; to provide for the inclusion in such sys-
tem, with the consent of a majority of its members, any exist-