1464 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 527

under the provisions of this section the employee in ques-
tion shall be paid during the remainder of his natural life
a salary or pension, payable monthly, equal to fifty per
cent (50%) of his annual remuneration, said annual re-
muneration to be taken as of the year immediately pre-
ceding the granting of his application for retirement. No
money payable under this sub-title shall, prior to issuance
and delivery of the warrant or voucher therefor, be cap-
able of being assigned, charged or taken in execution or
attachment. All employees subject to the provisions of
this sub-title shall contribute to the Pension Fund, here-
inafter provided for, a sum equal to the contribution
which such employees would have paid to the State Police
Retirement System for all benefits thereunder had they
elected to become members thereof. The amount of the
contribution of each of the employees subject to the pro-
visions of this sub-title shall be fixed annually in advance
by the Board of Trustees of the Retirement and Pension
System of the Maryland State Police and shall be deducted
monthly from the remuneration of the said employees and
paid in lieu thereof to the said Board to be placed by it
forthwith in said Pension Fund. The said Fund shall also
consist of all fines imposed upon members of the Mary-
land State Police by way of discipline, donations, all lost,
abandoned, unclaimed or stolen money, which may re-
main in the possession of said Department for the space
of three years and for which there shall be no lawful
claimant, and net proceeds of sale of unclaimed property
in the custody of said Department.

For the purpose of determining the tee FIFTEEN years
of continuous meritorious service rendered by any of the
employees of said Department, transferred thereto from
the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or by any of the
license examiners of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles,
the years of service shall include those rendered to said
Commissioner and/or to said Department as the case
may be.

33. IF A MEMBER OF THE STATE POLICE BE-
COMES PHYSICALLY INCAPABLE OF PERFORMING
HIS DUTIES AND SUCH DISABILITY IS THE RE-
SULT OF AN ACCIDENT OR INJURIES OCCURRING
IN THE COURSE OF DUTY OR IS THE RESULT OF
SICKNESS, ACCIDENT OR DISEASE CONTRACTED
IN THE COURSE OF DUTY AND IF SUCH MEMBER
HAS BEEN IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR TEN YEARS
OR MORE, THEN HE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE
SAME RETIREMENT PENSION AS PROVIDED FOR
IN SECTION 31, PROVIDED THAT SUCH EMPLOYEE