J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor 35

and Their Widows", increasing the rate of and the maximum
annual pension payments made to certain judges of this State OR
THEIR WIDOWS following the termination of active service as
such.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,,
That Section 48 SECTIONS 49 AND 50 of Article 26 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Courts", sub-title
"Pensions of Judges and Their Widows", be and it is THEY ARE
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

49.

Every elected judge of the circuit court for any of the counties, of
the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, and of the Court of Appeals
of Maryland, shall be paid, after the termination of active service,
if he is then at least sixty years of age or when he becomes sixty
years of age, a pension or salary calculated at the rate of [four]
seven hundred and fifty dollars [($450. 00)] ($750. 00) per annum
for each year, or any part thereof, of active service by appointment
and election as a judge of the circuit court for any of the counties,
of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, and of the Court of Appeals
of Maryland, up to and including [twenty] sixteen years of such
active service, so that the maximum pension or salary for such
service payable hereunder to any one person shall not exceed the sum
of [nine] twelve thousand dollars [($9, 000. 00)] ($12, 000. 00) per
annum. In addition to the payment of a pension or salary of [four]
seven hundred and fifty dollars [($450. 00)] ($750. 00) for each year
of service, each judge of the Court of Appeals shall be allowed one
hundred dollars ($100. 00) for each year of service as a member of
the Court of Appeals but, in no event, shall the total pension or
salary exceed [eleven] thirteen thousand six hundred dollars
[($11, 000. 00)] ($13, 600. 00).

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