J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      835

[equal to fifty percent (50%) of his annual remuneration, said an-
nual remuneration to be taken as of the year immediately preceding
the granting of his application for retirement]; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT ANY EMPLOYEE WHO IS RETIRED AND
IS RECEIVING RETIREMENT BENEFITS UNDER THE PRO-
VISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND SECTION 31A AND SUCH
BENEFITS IN THE AGGREGATE ARE LESS THAN $200.00
PER MONTH, SHALL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL SUM SO
THAT THE AMOUNT RECEIVED AS BENEFIT IS IN NO
EVENT LESS THAN $200.00. ANY EMPLOYEE WHO IS RE-
TIRED AND WHO IS RECEIVING RETIREMENT BENEFITS
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND IS ALSO
RECEIVING BENEFITS FROM THE FEDERAL OLD AGE AND
SURVIVORS INSURANCE SYSTEM, WHEN SUCH BENEFITS
IN THE AGGREGATE ARE LESS THAN $200.00 PER MONTH
SHALL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL SUM EQUAL TO SUCH
DIFFERENCE. Said pension or salary to be fifty percent (50%) of
the annual remuneration currently paid to active employees of the

same rank or grade and shall include any and all increases in salary

for the same rank or grade. No money payable under this sub-title
shall, prior to issuance and delivery of the warrant or voucher there-
for, be capable of being assigned, charged or taken in execution or
attachment. All employees subject to the provisions of this sub-title
shall contribute to the pension fund, hereinafter provided for, a sum
equal to the contribution which such employees would have paid to
the State Police Retirement System for all benefits thereunder had
they elected to become members thereof. The amount of the contri-
bution of each of the employees subject to the provisions of this sub-
title shall be fixed annually in advance by the board of trustees of
the retirement and pension system of the Maryland State Police and
shall be deducted monthly from the remuneration of the said em-
ployees and paid in lieu thereof to the said board to be placed by it
forthwith in said pension fund. The said fund shall also consist of
all fines imposed upon members of the Maryland State Police by way
of discipline, donations, all lost, abandoned, unclaimed or stolen
money, which may remain in the possession of said Department for
the space of three years and for which there shall be no lawful
claimant, and net proceeds of sale of unclaimed property in the
custody of said Department.

34.

IF A MEMBER OF THE STATE POLICE BECOMES PHYSI-
CALLY INCAPABLE OF PERFORMING HIS DUTIES AND
SUCH DISABILITY IS THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT OR
INJURIES OCCURRING IN THE COURSE OF DUTY OR IS
THE RESULT OF SICKNESS, ACCIDENT OR DISEASE CON-
TRACTED IN THE COURSE OF DUTY AND IF SUCH MEMBER
HAS BEEN IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR TEN YEARS OR
MORE, THEN HE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE SAME RE-
TIREMENT PENSION AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 31,
PROVIDED THAT SUCH EMPLOYEE BE FOUND, AFTER MED-
ICAL EXAMINATION GIVEN BY A MEDICAL BOARD OF
THREE PHYSICIANS, CONSISTING OF THE MEDICAL EXAM-
INER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MARYLAND STATE POLICE
AND TWO OTHER PHYSICIANS TO BE SELECTED BY THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE RETIREMENT AND PEN-