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tive years, shall thereafter be entitled to retirement salaries of
$3,000 per annum each.

(c)    All bailiffs appointed prior to January 1, 1952 who, on the
effective date of this Act or thereafter, shall have attained age
seventy years or have completed the service of twenty preceding
consecutive years, shall be entitled to a retirement salary of $3,000
per annum; provided, however, such retirement shall be mandatory
at age seventy years.

(d)    All bailiffs appointed after January 1, 1952 but prior to
January 1, 1960, shall be retired in accordance with the provisions
of the Employees' Retirement System, and shall receive no retire-
ment salary under this Section unless, at the time of any such retire-
ment, a bailiff has completed twenty consecutive years of service
and his annual benefits under the Retirement System are less than
$3,000 per annum, in which event and notwithstanding the provi-
sions of any Ordinance to the contrary, such bailiff shall be paid
a retirement salary under this Section in such amount that his com-
bined benefits under the Retirement System and this Section will
total $3,000 per annum.

(e)    No bailiff appointed after January 1, 1960 shall be entitled
to any retirement salary under this Section.

296.    Bailiffs: Disability Retirement

(a)    Any bailiff appointed prior to January 1, 1960 who, being
under seventy years of age and having served less than the twenty
preceding consecutive years has, or may hereafter become physically
or mentally incapable of performing his duties by reason of illness
or accident not resulting from his own misconduct, including those
bailiffs who, on the effective date of this Act, are receiving retire-
ment salary by reason of such incapacity, shall after the said date
be entitled to the same retirement salary that such bailiff would
have been entitled to receive under either Section 296 (c) or Section
296(d) had he completed the service of twenty consecutive years;
provided, however, that after the effective date of this Act, no bailiff
shall be paid any retirement salary under this Section except during
the period of his continued incapacity to perform the duties of that
position.

(b)    Each bailiff retired by reason of incapacity and claiming
continued incapacity to perform the duties of a bailiff shall submit
to the Administrator of the Supreme Bench, on or before January
1st of each year, a medical statement certifying such incapacity which
shall be satisfactory to the Medical Service Division of the Balti-
more City Civil Service Commission.

(c)    No bailiff appointed after January 1, 1960 shall be entitled to
any retirement salary under this Section.

297.    Court Reporters: Appointment, Duties, Salary

The Judges of the Supreme Bench are authorized to appoint such
number of qualified persons as official court reporters as may be
required to report the proceedings of the several courts of the
Supreme Bench and of the Grand Jury. All such reporters shall be
required to pass such tests of proficiency as the Supreme Bench may
require, shall hold office at its pleasure, and be paid such salaries