580 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 548

Acts of the General Assembly of 1904 and Ordinance No. 228
of the City approved March 20, 1905.

(20) PEDDLERS.

The Mayor may grant permits, upon the payment of the sum
of seven dollars to the City, to such number of poor persons
as to him may seem proper, to peddle within the limits of the
City, notions, and small wares without a license; provided,
that the stock in trade of such peddler shall not exceed twenty-
five dollars in value, and the said Mayor at any time may
revoke any such permit.

(21) PENSIONS.

To establish and maintain a general system of pensions and
retirement benefits for the officers and employees of the City,
the Police Department of Baltimore City, the Enoch Pratt
Free Library, the Walters Art Gallery, The Baltimore Museum
of Art, the Municipal Museum of Baltimore City, and the offi-
cers and employees, by whatever authority appointed, whose
compensation is paid by the City; to fix the terms of and
restrictions on admission to such system and the classifica-
tions therein; to provide for the separate maintenance, or in-
clusion in such general pension system, of any existing pen-
sion system (with the consent of a majority of its partici-
pants) for officers and employees, by whatever authority ap-
pointed, whose compensation is paid by the City; to provide
that persons eligible for admission in such general pension
system shall not be eligible, except as hereinafter provided,
for admission to any other pension system, the revenues of
which are derived wholly or in part from appropriations made
by the City, from license fees or from fines and forfeitures im-
posed under laws or ordinances in force in Baltimore City;
to provide, in connection with such general pension system, a
system of benefits payable to the beneficiaries and depend-
ents of any participant in such general pension system after
the death of such participant (whether accidental or other-
wise and/or whether occurring in the actual performance of
duty or otherwise), subject to such exceptions, conditions,
restrictions and classifications as may be provided by ordi-
nance; provided, however, (1) that upon the adoption of an
ordinance providing for their participation in the general pen-
sion system, officers and employees of said Police Department
who do not elect to participate in such general pension sys-
tem shall be entitled to pensions, benefits or allowances for
themselves, their widows or dependents, under laws or ordi-
nances in force immediately prior to the adoption of such
ordinance; and (2) that nothing in this sub-section shall op-