THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                  1063

TIRED ON SAID DATE IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER HE
SHALL HAVE ATTAINED THE AGE OF 60 AT THE DATE
OF HIS DEATH. THE WIDOW OF EVERY ELECTED JUDGE
WHO DIES AFTER RETIRING SHALL BE PAID ONE-HALF
OF THE PENSION OR SALARY WHICH SUCH JUDGE

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WAS RECEIVING AT THE DATE OF HIS DEATH. IN ORDER
TO BE ENTITLED TO THE PENSION OR SALARY PROVIDED
BY THIS SECTION, A WIDOW OF A JUDGE WHO DIES
DURING ACTIVE SERVICE SHALL HAVE BEEN MARRIED
TO HIM FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS
PRIOR TO HIS DEATH, AND, IN THE CASE OF THE DEATH
OF A RETIRED JUDGE, NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS
BEFORE HIS RETIREMENT. A WIDOW WHO IS ENTITLED TO
A PENSION OR SALARY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION SHALL BE PAID FOR THE PERIOD OF HER LIFE
UNLESS SHE REMARRIES, IN WHICH EVENT THE PENSION
OR SALARY IS TO CEASE AND TERMINATE. THE PRO-
VISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO THE WIDOWS,
WHO HAVE NOT REMARRIED AND WHO ARE OTHERWISE
QUALIFIED AS PROVIDED HEREIN, OF ELECTED JUDGES
AND RETIRED ELECTED JUDGES WHO DIED BEFORE JUNE
1, 1955.

SEC. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT NOTHING
CONTAINED IN THIS ACT SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO RE-
DUCE THE AMOUNT OF ANY PENSION BEING RECEIVED
BY ANY RETIRED JUDGE, ELECTED OR APPOINTED, BE-
LOW THAT AMOUNT BEING RECEIVED BY SUCH JUDGE ON
MAY 31, 1955.

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