860 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 349

combined with the regular amounts otherwise contributable
by the State, exceed the amount required to provide such
obligations, shall be used to reduce the regular appropria-
tions otherwise required.

57. (Exemption from Execution. ) The right of a person to
a pension, an annuity or a retirement allowance, to the return
of contributions, the pension, annuity or retirement allow-
ance itself, any optional benefit or death benefit, or any other
right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions
of this sub-title, and the moneys in the various funds created
by this sub-title, shall not be subject to execution, garnish-
ment, attachment, or any oth^r process whatsoever, and shall
be unassignable except as in this sub-title specifically pro-
vided.

58. (Protection Against Fraud. ) Any person who shall
knowingly make any false statement or shall falsify or permit
to be falsified any record or records of this retirement system
in any attempt to defraud such system as a result of such
act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable
therefor under the laws of the State of Maryland. Should
any change or error in the records result in any member or
beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less
than he would have been entitled to receive had the records
been correct, the Board of Trustees shall correct such error,
and, as far as practicable, shall adjust the payment in such
a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which
such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be
paid.

59. (Limitation on Membership. ) No other provision of
law in any other statute which provides wholly or partly at
the expense of the State of Maryland for pensions or retire-
ment benefits for employees of the State, their widows, or
other dependents, shall apply to members or beneficiaries of
the retirement system established by this sub-title, their
widows or other dependents.

SEC. 2. Be it -further enacted, That if any clause, sentence,
paragraph or section of this Act shall for any reason, be
adjudged by any Court of competent jurisdiction to be un-
constitutional or invalid, such adjudication shall not affect,
or impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be
confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph
or section thereof so found unconstitutional or invalid. If
any clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Act shall,
for any reason be adjudged by any Court of competent juris-