J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                          1179

speed limits on the operation of boats on a part of the Monocacy
River and to provide penalties for violations.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 21 (b) of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title
"Boating", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

21.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any boat on
Seneca Creek, Montgomery County, or in that part of the Monocacy
River extending from Starner's Dam upstream to the Pennsylvania,
State line, TO THE UPSTREAM ISLAND in Carroll and Frederick

Counties, at a speed greater than six (6) knots.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved May 3, 1961.

CHAPTER 685
(House Bill 523)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 11 (11)
of Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition)
(1960 SUPPLEMENT), title "Pensions", sub-title "In General",
amending the laws concerning the State Employees' Retirement
System in order to change the provisions relating to optional
allowances which may be elected by a member of the system upon
retiring.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 11 (11) of Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition), title "Pensions", sub-title "In General", be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows;

11 (11).

(A) In lieu of the disability or service allowances payable under the
aforesaid provisions, any member may, prior to the first retirement
allowance payment normally due, elect a retirement allowance of
equivalent actuarial value in one of the optional forms set out below.
The election of the option shall be made on a form provided for that
purpose and shall be filed with the board of trustees. Should a mem-
ber die prior to the expiration of thirty days after the date of the
filing of such election or prior to thirty days after retirement, such
election shall be void and of no effect, and the benefits payable on his
account shall be the same as though his election had not been filed
and he had died in active service. A member who has elected an
optional benefit may change such election by due notice to the board
of trustees, but no change may be made after the first payment of his
allowance becomes normally due.