WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1719

and upon the conditions hereinafter prescribed. No partici-
pant shall be entitled to retire under this sub-title nor under
these regulations, upon a full pension, except for permanent
disability arising out of accidental injury in the course of
duty, until he has rendered at least twenty-five (25) years'
service in the Fire Department of the City. Upon comple-
tion of twenty-five (25) years' service, he shall upon his
written application be retired; upon attaining the age of
sixty (60) retirement shall be mandatory.

141. AMOUNT. Any member retired upon pension who
shall have been in service at least twenty-five (25) years,
shall be entitled to receive fifty percent (50%) of his salary
as fixed at the time of his retirement. Any participant ob-
taining a pension must have served in his position for at
least one (1) year immediately prior to his retirement in
order to receive a pension as prescribed above. If he shall
not have served one (1) year in said position, he shall receive
fifty percent (50%) of the salary paid him by the City during
the preceding year.

142. REGULATIONS. (a) Any pensioner of the Fire
Department Pension Fund who obtains employment with
any Department or Agency of the City shall forfeit his pen-
sion with the Fire Department Pension Fund during the
time of his employment. Any member of the Fire Depart-
ment who shall be disabled through injuries received in the
line of duty in said Department shall be eligible for a pen-
sion under this section, in the event that said disability con-
tinues after the period allowed by the workmen's compensa-
tion laws of the State of Maryland.

(b) No participant shall become eligible for any pension
from the Fire Department Pension Fund until he has served
as a member of the Fire Department for a period of ten (10)
years.

(c) Any member of the Fire Department who shall have
served as a member of said Department for a period of less
than twenty-five (25) years but not less than ten (10) years,
and who becomes permanently disabled by reason of accident,
sickness, or physical disability, shall be entitled to receive a
pension in the amount and under the rules and regulations
hereinafter prescribed. Any member of the Department who
shall become permanently disabled by reason of any accident
incurred in the line of duty and who comes within the defini-
tion prescribed above shall be entitled to receive a full pen-
sion immediately after the expiration of any and all compen-
sation payments to which he may be entitled under the com-
pensation laws of the State of Maryland.