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or through his department head, and upon request shall be granted
a personal hearing before the Board. The Board shall make a decision

upon each such proposal forwarded to it, and shall mail or deliver its
decision in writing to the head of the department and the employee
concerned.

(f)  Awards under this section may be paid notwithstanding the
death or separation from the classified service of the officer or
employee concerned, provided that the suggestions, inventions, supe-
rior accomplishments, other personal efforts, or special acts or serv-
ices in the public interest, forming the basis for the awards, are
made or rendered while the said officer or employee is employed in
the classified service.

(g)  A cash award under this section shall be in addition to the
regular compensation of the recipient and the acceptance of such
cash award shall constitute an agreement that the use by the State
of Maryland of any idea, method or device for which the award is
made shall not form the basis of a further claim of any nature upon
the State of Maryland by the employee, his heirs or assigns.

(h) Awards to employees and expenses for the honorary recog-
nition of employees may be paid from the funds or appropriations
available to the activity primarily benefiting therefrom, or may be
paid from the several funds or appropriations of the various activi-
ties benefttting therefrom, as may be determined by the Board.

(i) An award under this section shall be given due weight in
qualifying and selecting employees for promotion.

(j) A monetary award granted under this section shall not exceed
$1,000, except that an award in excess of such amount but not in
excess of $5,000 may be granted by the Board in special cases in
which the department head and the State Budget Director certify to
the Board that the suggestion, invention, superior accomplishment
or other meritorious effort for which such award is proposed is
exceptional and unusually outstanding.

Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1958.

Approved April 4, 1958.

CHAPTER 66
(House Bill 2)

AN ACT to authorize the creation of a State Debt in the aggregate
amount of

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NINE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED

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