1326                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 562

have been entitled on the date of his death if he had been eligible
for retirement and had retired on said date irrespective of whether
he shall have attained the age of 60 at the date of his death. The
widow of every {elected] such judge who dies after retiring shall
be paid one half of the pension or salary which such judge was re-
ceiving at the date of his death. The widow of every (elected] such
judge who dies after his active service is terminated, if he was at
least 60 years of age at the time of his death, shall be paid one half
of the pension or salary to which such judge would have been en-
titled on the date of his death if he had elected to receive said pension
or salary immediately after termination of his active service. In
order to be entitled to the pension or salary provided by this section,
a widow of a judge who dies during active service shall have been
married to him for a period of not less than three years prior to his
death, and, in the case of the death of a retired judge, not less than
three years before his retirement. A widow who is entitled to a
pension or salary under the provisions of this section shall be paid
for the period of her life unless she remarries, in which event the
pension or salary is to cease and terminate. The provisions of this
section shall apply to the widows, who have not remarried and who
are otherwise qualified as provided herein, of elected judges and re-
tired elected judges who died before June 1, 1955. In determining
the amount which any widow is entitled to be paid after July 1,1962,
the pension of the deceased judge shall be calculated at the rates
prescribed by Section 49 of Article 26 as of that date, notwithstand-
ing that such judge may have died prior thereto.

130.

There is hereby created an intermediate court of appeal, to be
known as the "Court of Special Appeals" and which shall be com-
posed of five judges, one from the first special appellate judicial
circuit consisting of Harford, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Caroline,
Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, Worcester and Talbot counties;
one from the second special appellate judicial circuit consisting of
Baltimore, Carroll and Howard counties; one from the third special
appellate judicial circuit consisting of Montgomery, Frederick, Wash-
ington, Allegany and Garrett counties; one from the fourth special
appellate judicial circuit consisting of Prince George's, Anne Arundel,
Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's counties; and one from the fifth
special appellate judicial circuit consisting of Baltimore City. The
judges of the Court of Special Appeals shall be residents of [and
shall, subject to the provisions of Section 5 of Article IV of the
Constitution, be elected by the qualified voters of] their respective
special appellate judicial circuits [, their terms to begin on the date
of their qualification] and shall be appointed by the Governor and
subject to confirmation by t