THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1365

Retirement System", said section having been amended by
Chapter 745 of the Acts of 1949, relating to the pension to
be paid to teachers in Washington County AND FRED-
ERICK COUNTIES.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 97A of Article 77 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Public Education",
sub-title "Teachers' Retirement System", said section having
been amended by Chapter 745 of the Acts of 1949, be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

97 A. Any person who —

(1) shall have been a teacher in the public schools of this
State for an aggregate period of twenty-five (25) years or more
prior to June 1, 1927, and who, in the case of Frederick and
Caroline Counties, - COUNTY, shall have been a teacher for
a period of twenty (20) years or more prior to June 1, 1927;
and who, in the case of Washington County, shall have

been [a teacher or] a clerk, [or both] whether at the same

time or at different times, for a period of twenty five-years
or more, prior to June 1, 1927, and who, in the case of Wash-
ington County AND FREDERICK COUNTIES, shall have
been a teacher, whether a day, night or substitute teacher, OR
A CLERK, and whether at the same time or at different times,
for a period of twenty (20) years or more prior to January
JULY 1, 1931; and who

(2) shall be ineligible for a pension under this sub-title;
and who

(3) shall be at least sixty (60) years of age; and

(4) whose record as such teacher shall be without reproach;
and who

(5) shall be unable to teach school because of physical dis-
ability or infirmity shall receive a pension of Seven Hundred
and Twenty Dollars ($720. 00) per annum, payable quarterly.
from the County Commissioners of the county in which the
teacher has taught, except that in the case of Washington
County, the County Commissioners are directed to pay a pen-
sion of Fifty Dollars ($50. 00 a month to any such teacher
WHO SHALL HAVE TAUGHT FOR MORE THAN TWEN-
TY AND UP TO TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, AND $60. 00 A
MONTH TO ANY SUCH TEACHER WHO SHALL HAVE
TAUGHT FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OR MORE. Pro-
vision for the payment of said pensions shall be made in the