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equal to one-half of the salary of an active member of the Fire [bureau]
Department of the same rank the pensioner held at the time of his retire-
ment.

Article III. Police [Bureau] Department Generally.

21-14. Trustees and treasurer of special fund; powers.

The County Administrative Officer, the [Director of public safety]
Chief of Police and the Director of Finance shall be the trustees of the
special fund hereafter mentioned. The [Treasurer of Baltimore County]
Director of Finance shall be the treasurer of the fund and he shall pay over
and account for all moneys and property which shall come to his hands
as such treasurer. Such trustees shall have charge of and administer such
funds and from time to time invest the same or any part thereof as they
shall deem most beneficial and they are empowered to do all such things as
are reasonably incident to the full and complete discharge of their duties
under this subtitle in reference to said fund. The said trustees may and
they are authorized and empowered from time to time to establish such
rules and regulations for the disposition, investment, preservation and
administration of the special fund as they may deem best.

21-16. Sources of special fund; appropriations for deficiencies;

official title of fund.
The special fund shall consist of:

1.    All fines and forfeitures imposed by the county upon any member
or members of the Police [bureau] Department;

2.    All rewards, gifts, testimonials and emoluments that may be
presented, paid or given, to any member of the Police [bureau] Depart-
ment on account of service except such as the county allows the members
to retain and also all gifts or benefits which may be made to the special
fund or to the county;

3.    All moneys, pay, compensation or salary or any part thereof for-
feited, deducted or withheld from any member or members of the Police
[bureau] Department on account of absence for any cause, lost time,
sickness or other disability, physical or moral.

4.    A sum of money not greater than four per centum of the semi-
monthly pay, salary or compensation of each member of the Police
[bureau] Department entitled to participate in the special fund, which
sum shall be deducted every pay day from the pay, salary or compensation
of each and every member of the Police [bureau] Department by the
Director of Finance who shall deposit the same to the credit of said
special fund.

5.    In case the amount derived from the different sources mentioned
in this section and from the special fund shall not be sufficient to enable
the county at any time to pay in full the salaries or pensions which may
be hereafter granted and which salaries shall at all times be a first charge
on the fund, the county shall appropriate such sum as may be necessary
to meet such deficiency and they are authorized to levy such tax upon the
assessable property of the county as may be necessary to ra