556                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 384

50. Pensions of Widows of Judges.

The widow of every elected judge who dies in active service shall
be paid one half of the pension or salary to which such judge would
have been entitled on the date of his death if he had been eligible
for retirement and had retired 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 was receiving
at the date of his death. The widow of every elected judge who dies
after his active service is terminated, if he was then at least 60 years
of age, AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, shall be paid one-half of the
pension or salary to which such judge would have been entitled on the
date of his death if he had elected to receive said pension or salary
immediately after termination of his active service. 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 provisions 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. In determining the amount
which any widow is entitled to be paid after July 1, 1962, the
pension of the deceased judge shall be calculated at the rates pre-
scribed by Section 49 of Article 26 as of that date, notwithstanding
that such judge may have died prior thereto.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 384
(House Bill 342)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments. Section 53 of
Article 87 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement
Volume), title "Sheriffs," subtitle "Deputy Sheriffs," to provide
in Harford County that members of volunteer fire companies may
be designated as deputy sheriffs of the county and to have in the
county the powers of deputy sheriffs at fires or on the way to and
from fires.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 53 of Article 87 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement Volume), title "Sheriffs," subtitle "Deputy
Sheriffs," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows: