MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                       1325

resumed the practice of law, shall not be entitled to the increases
in salary or pension provided by this section, but shall be paid the
salary or pension at the rate provided before the passage of this
section.

(e)  A judge who retires and accepts the pension or salary pro-
vided by this section shall not during the period of such acceptance
engage in the practice of law. A judge who has been receiving the
benefits provided by this section and who decides to engage in the
practice of law may notify the Governor and Comptroller of such
fact, and on the indicated date of his engaging in the practice of
law his benefits under this section shall cease and no longer be paid;
and such a judge shall never again be paid such benefits. In the event
that a retired judge who has never been paid benefits under this
section and who has been engaged in the practice of law should there-
after relinquish such practice and notify the Governor and Comp-
troller of the State of such fact, then, from and after the date of
such notification the judge shall be entitled to all the benefits pro-
vided by this section.

(f)  In the case of [an elected] a judge who has been elected by
the people or confirmed by the Senate and who may serve on the
Court of Appeals or on the Court of Special Appeals subsequent or
prior to service as a circuit court judge for any of the counties or of
the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, the amount of pension per
annum shall be calculated according to the total years of active serv-
ice not exceeding sixteen at the pension rate fixed herein. This sec-
tion shall apply to all elected judges already retired from active
service except as provided herein. Any former judge who accepts
any salaried public office or position, municipal, county, State or
federal, shall not be paid any pension or salary so long as he re-
mains in such office or position.

(g)  [An elected] A judge who has been elected by the people or
confirmed by the Senate and who because of incapacitating illness
resigns his position prior to reaching his sixtieth birthday is en-
titled to benefits under the provisions of this section immediately
upon his resignation, but in no event in a sum greater than was pro-
vided in this section at the time he resigned; and except for a judge
who has resigned or who resigns because of incapacitating illness,
no other judge who has resigned or who resigns prior to reaching his
sixtieth birthday is entitled to any benefits under the provisions of
this section.

(h) The mayor and city council of Baltimore and the county com-
missioners or county councils of the several counties are hereby ex-
pressly forbidden to levy for and pay supplementation of pensions in
an amount greater than that in effect on June 1, 1968, to judges of
the Court of Appeals, the Court of Special Appeals, the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City and the circuit courts of the counties who
served or may hereafter serve in the judicial circuits in which the
City of Baltimor