864                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                       CH. 468

LOCAL LAWS OF MARYLAND, TITLE "HARFORD COUN-
TY," SUBTITLE "CIRCUIT COURT," SUBHEADING "SAL-
ARY OF JUDGES," BE AND IT IS HEREBY REPEALED.

SEC. 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT ON
JULY 1, 1969, SUBSECTIONS (C-l), (C-2), (C-3) AND (C-4)
OF SECTION 47, SECTIONS 48 AND 48A, SUBTITLE "SAL-
ARIES OF JUDGES," OF ARTICLE 26, TITLE "COURTS,"
OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND (1966 RE-
PLACEMENT VOLUME AND 1967 SUPPLEMENT) BE AND
THEY ARE HEREBY REPEALED.

(i) The pension specified in subsections (a), (b) and (c) shall

be paid by the State in full amount to all judges of such courts

who receive no supplementation of pension from a political subdivi-
sion or subdivisions. The pension specified in subsections (a), (b)

and (c) shall be paid by the State in reduced amounts to all judges
of such courts who retired or became disabled on or after July 1,

1968 and who receive supplementation of pension from a political
subdivision or subdivisions. In such event, the judge or judges shall
be paid annually by the State an amount computed by subtracting
from the sum specified in subsections (a), (b) and (c), a sum equal
to the annual supplementation.

50. Pensions of [widows] spouses of judges.

(b) The [widow] spouse of every elected judge who dies after

retiring or after resigning his position because of incapacitating
illness shall be paid by the State one half of the pension [or salary]

which such judge was receiving at the date of his or her death.

(c) The [widow] spouse of every elected judge who dies after

his or her active service is terminated, if he or she was at least 60

years of age at the time of his or her death, shall be paid by

the State one half of the pension [or salary] to which such judge

would have been entitled on the date of his or her death if he or she
had elected to receive said pension [or salary] immediately after

termination of his or her active service.

(d) In order to be entitled to the pension [or salary] provided
by this section, a [widow] spouse of a judge who dies during active

service shall have been married to him or her for a period of not

less than three years prior to his or her death, and, in the case

of the death of a retired judge, not less than three years before

his or her retirement. A [widow] spouse who is entitled to a pension
[or salary] under the provisions of this section shall be paid by the
State for the period of her or his life unless she or he remarries, in
which event the pension [or salary] is to cease and terminate.

(e) [The provisions of this section shall apply to the widows,

who have not remarried and who are otherwise qualified as provided

(a) The [widow] spouse of every elected judge who dies in

active service shall be paid by the State one half of the pension
[or salary] to which such judge would have been entitled on the

date of his or her death if he or she had been eligible for retire-

ment and had retired on said date irrespective of whether he or

she shall have attained the age of 60 at the date of his or her
death.