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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforegoing section
hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of this State
shall be, at the next general election, to be held in this State in the
year 1956, submitted to the legal and qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejection in pursuance of directions contained in
Article 14 of the Constitution of this State, and at the said general
election, the vote on the said proposed amendment to the Constitu-
tion shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be printed
the words "For the Constitutional Amendment," and "Against the
Constitutional Amendment," as now prescribed by law, and immedi-
ately after said election, due returns shall be made to the Governor
of the vote for and against said proposed amendment as directed by
said Article 14 of the Constitution.

Approved April 4, 1956.

CHAPTER 125
(House Bill 74)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, wtih amendments, Section 11(7) of
Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1955 Supple-
ment), title "Pensions", sub-title "Supplementary Payments",
changing the formula for the payment of supplementary pensions
to retired employees of the State of Maryland.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 11(7) of Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1955 Supplement), title "Pensions", sub-title "Supplementary
Payments", be repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

(7) Supplementary Payments

The Board of Trustees is hereby authorized and directed, subject
to the annual appropriation of the necessary funds and in addition
to those provided in accordance with and in the same manner as that
provided in Section 11(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6), of this
Article, and subject to the conditions hereinafter provided, to make
a supplementary [payments] payment to any beneficiary, or mem-
ber who may be retired from service in the future, in addition to
the benefits provided in Section 8 of this Article, on the following
basis:

[Beneficiaries Receiving                       Supplementary Payments

Up to $ 899.99                                  Increase to $ 900

$ 900-$ 999.99                                            20%

$1000 - $1299.99                                            15%

$1300 - $1635.99                                            10%

$1636 - $1799.99                                  Increase to $1800

provided, however, that the Board of Trustees is hereby authorized
to adopt reasonable rules and regulations to govern the disbursement

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[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
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Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.