1552

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[CH. 711

(a)   Which is not less than the rate of the supplementary pay-
ment received by any beneficiary prior to July 1, 1962, and

(b)   Which, when added to the benefits provided pursuant to
Section 11 of this article is not less than [$1600] $2,000 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 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 pro rata on the basis of the following
condensed table:

Beneficiaries Receiving

under Section 11 of          Length of
this Article                  Service

$ 900                      25 years

1200                      25 years

1500                      25 years

1800                      25 years

2100                      25 years

2400                      25 years

2700                      25 years

3000                      25 years

3300                      25 years

3600                      25 years

8900                      25 years

4200                      25 years

4500                      25 years

4800                      25 years

Supplementary
Payments
$1100
900
825
750
675
600
525
450
375
300
225
150
75
0 and

$	[700]
	[600]
	[525]
	[450]
	[375]
	[300]
	[225]
	[150]
	[75]
[ 0	and]

(d) Which pro rata computation is made by the use of the fol-
lowing formula:

[$3600] $4800 — b

c.s.

25

in which formula "b" represents "benefits provided by Section 11"
and "c.s." represents "years of creditable service," except that the
ratio of "c.s. divided by 25" shall not be applied to any beneficiary
who was, or member who may be retired for disability having less
than 25 years of creditable service, and

(e)   Provided that the retirement allowance used in calculating
the supplementary payment shall be the total benefits provided in
Section 11 of this article except that it shall not be based on any
optional benefit chosen by the beneficiary or member, and

(f)    Provided that such beneficiary or member, excepting any per-
son who may retire for reasons of disability, [is not eligible to
receive benefits from the federal old age and survivors' insurance
system; but this subsection shall not be construed to affect or bar any
person's right to receive supplementary payments under this article
or any other laws of this State, if such person was receiving such
payments prior to June 1, 1958.] who receives benefits from the