1446 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 822

because of illness or otherwise shall be u&able to perform the
duties set forth in this act, the County Commissioners may
designate one of the assistants provided for in this act to act
as County Accountant and Comptroller to perform any and all
of the duties provided by this sub-title.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1941.

Approved April 23, 1941.

CHAPTER 822.
(House Bill 857)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 31
of Article 88B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "State Police", sub-title "Pensions", relating
to the amount of pensions payable to retired employees of
the Maryland State Police.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted l>y the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 31 of Article 88B of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "State Police", sub-title
"Pensions", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

31. Whenever any of the employees of the Department of
Maryland State Police and any of the license examiners of the
Commissioner of 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 eligible for retirement upon his voluntary application or
may be retired by the Superintendent of the Department of
Maryland State Police, provided such employee be found, after
medical examination given by a Medical Board of three
physicians, consisting of the Medical Examiner of the Depart-
ment of Maryland State Police and two other physicians to be
selected by the Superintendent of the State Police and accept-
able to the State Police Department employee concerned to be
physically incapable of performing the duties and services
required of him; and in all retirements 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 fifty per cent (50%) of
his annual salary, said annual salary to be taken
as of the year immediately preceding the granting of his