J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                            687

Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "State Police", sub title
"Pensions", to follow immediately after Section 31 thereof, pro-
viding a system of supplementary payments to certain members
of the Retirement and Pension System of the Maryland State
Police, establishing criteria for paying and receiving such supple-
mentary payments and relating generally to pensions payable to
and receivable by members of the said System.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section 31A be and it is hereby added to Article 88B
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "State
Police", sub-title "Pensions", to follow immediately after Section 31
thereof, to read as follows:

31A. (a) The board of trustees of the retirement and pension
system of the Maryland State Police is hereby authorized and di-
rected, 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 31, and subject to the conditions
hereinafter provided, to make a supplementary payment to any
beneficiary, or member who may be retired from service in the
future, in addition to the benefits provided in Section 31 of this
article on the following basis:

(b)    Which, when added to the benefits provided pursuant to
Sec. 31 of this article is not less than $1,380 per annum; provided,
however, that the said beneficiary, or member who may be retired
from service in the future, is credited with 25 years of service, and
provided that any beneficiary, or member who may be retired from
service in the future, having less than 25 years of creditable service
shall have his supplemental payment reduced in proportion to the
ratio of the number of years of creditable service divided by 25, and
provided that no such reduction shall be made for any beneficiary
or member who may be retired in the future who was retired for
disability, and

(c)    Which is computed prorata on the basis of the following con-
densed table:

Beneficiaries Receiving
under Sec. 31 of	Length of	Supplementary
this Article	Service	Payments
$ 900	25 years	$ 480
1200	25 years	420
1500	25 years	360
1800	25 years	300
2100	25 years	240
2400	25 years	180
2700	25 years	120
3000	25 years	60
3300	25 years	0 and
(d) Which prorata computation is made	by the use of the follow-
ing formula:
$3300—b c.s.
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in which formula "b" represents "benefits	provided, by Sec. 31" and