1118 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 879

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland and Baltimore
City Charter (1938 Edition), title "Baltimore City", sub-title
"Police Commissioner, Organization of Force", said new sec-
tion to be known as Section 876A, to follow immediately after
Section 876 of said Article, and to read as follows:

876A. For the period June 1, 1945, to December 31, 1945,
each employee of the Police Department of Baltimore City on
active duty or service shall, in addition to any other compen-
sation provided by law, receive as added compensation, an
amount equal to the sum of

(1) 15% of the first two thousand dollars ($2, 000) of such
employee's base pay, plus

(2) 10% of such part of the base pay of such employee as
is in excess of two thousand dollars ($2, 000) and less
than three thousand dollars ($3, 000), plus

(3) 5% of such part of the base pay of such employee as
is in excess of three thousand dollars ($3, 000).

For the period June 1, 1945, to December 31, 1945? each
retired employee of the Police Department of Baltimore City,
in addition to the retirement pay being received by such re-
tired employee, shall receive as added compensation, each
month during which he is not at any time gainfully employed,
an amount equal to one-twelfth of the sum of

(1) 15% of the first $2, 000 of the annual retirement pay of
such retired employee, plus

(2) 10% of such part of the annual retirement pay of such
retired employee as is in excess of $2, 000 and less than
$3, 000, plus

(3) 5% of such part of the annual retirement pay of such
retired employee as is in excess of $3, 000.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.

Approved April"27, 1945.

CHAPTER 879.
(House Bill 584)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 70
of Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland