J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                        775

THIRTY DAYS of the date the commissions are determined by said
court, take an appeal to the circuit court of the county (Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City) which court shall determine the adequacy
of the commissions and increase or decrease them as the case may
be; provided that in no event shall the amount of commissions fixed
exceed that maximum amount allowed in Section 6 of Article 93 of
the Code as amended from time to time.

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

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 562
(Senate Bill 530)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 11 (12)
of Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Pensions", sub-title "In General", to change the period of
time after which elected or appointed officials of the State and
specified other persons may elect to receive an annuity and pension
upon failure to be continued in office, or to be re-elected, under
the State employees' pension system, and to correct an error
therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 11 (12) 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it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as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.

(12) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article, if
any person, while being a member of the State Employees' Retire-
ment System, has been or may hereafter be appointed or elected to
any State office, or promoted to any position within the State gov-
ernment which is not a part of the classified service and which is
not covered by the provisions of Article 64A (Merit System), for a
fixed or indefinite term and not be continued in office, reappointed
or re-elected, after the completion of [twenty] sixteen years of cred-
itable service, regardless of age, such member may elect, in lieu of
the withdrawal of his accumulated contributions, to have such con-
tributions paid to him in an annuity of equivalent actuarial value,
in which event he shall also be paid a pension equal to the ordinary
disability pension that would have been payable at such time had he
been retired on an ordinary disability retirement; and if any person,
while being a member of said Retirement System, shall vacate his
position by reason of the termination of his tenure by act of the
General Assembly after said person has twenty years of creditable
service, regardless of age, he may elect to receive the allowance for
service retirement in lieu of the withdrawal of his accumulated con-
tributions. The board of trustees shall include any additional amount
required to pay such pension in the amount certified to the Governor