1228 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 499

Board of County School Commissioners of Baltimore County
or the Board of District Trustees of the respective schools, or
either of them, or both, as the case may be, shall serve written
notice to that effect upon the said teacher, and upon the presi-
dent or secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Teachers'
Retirement Fund of Baltimore County, and proceedings shall
then be had, after the notice provided for in Section 595,
in accordance with the provisions of said section if the
Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Retirement Fund of Balti-
more County, after such proceedings are had, shall find the
said teacher to be incapacitated from performing regular duty,
the Board of County School Commissioners of Baltimore
County or the Board of District Trustees of the respective
schools, or either of them, 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.

Section 599. Upon the retirement of any teacher under
Section 592 the person so retired shall be entitled to receive
a salary for life out of the Teachers' Retirement Fund equal
to one-half of his or her average annual salary for the five
years immediately preceding retirement in ten equal monthly
installments (excepting August and September), but no salary
of any teacher retired under Sections 592 or 593 shall be less
than $360 per annum, and the Board of Trustees of the Teach-
ers' Retirement Fund of Baltimore County, subject to such
reasonable rules or regulations as the Board of Trustees of the
Teachers' Retirement Fund of Baltimore County may adopt
shall pay the salaries to the persons entitled thereto under this
Section and Sections 592 and 593.

Section 600. Any teacher who shall cease to be such be-
fore receiving any benefit from said Teachers' Retirement
Fund shall be entitled to the return of one-half the amount
without interest, which shall have been paid into said Teach-
ers' Retirement Fund by such teacher; provided, however,
should such teacher thereafter again teach in the public schools
of said county, such teacher shall repay to said Teachers' Re-
tirement Fund the amount so returned to such teacher within
five years from the date of his or her return to service In the
schools, and upon such repayment being made he or she shall
be entitled to credit for the length of the time of the former