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[(g)] (f) A cash award under this section shall be in addition
to the regular compensation of the recipient and the acceptance of
such cash award shall constitute an agreement that the use by the
State of Maryland of any idea, method or device for which the
award is made shall not form the basis of a further claim of any
nature upon the State of Maryland by the employee, his heirs, or
assigns.

[(h)] (9) Awards to employees and expenses for the honorary
recognition of employees may be paid from the funds or appropria-
tions available to the activity primarily benefiting therefrom, or
may be paid from the several funds or appropriations of the various
activities benefiting therefrom, as may be determined by the
[Board] Secretary.

[(i)] (h) An award under this section shall be given due weight
in qualifying and selecting employees for promotion.

[(j)] (i) A monetary award granted under this section shall
not exceed $1,000 except that an award in excess of such amount but
not in excess of $5,000 may be granted by the [Board] Secretary
in special cases in which the department head and the State Budget
Director certify to the [Board] Secretary that the suggestions, in-
vention, superior accomplishment or other meritorious effort for
which such award is proposed is exceptional and unusually out-
standing.

33.

An employee may be permanently separated from the classified
service through resignation, rejection on probation or removal, and
may be temporarily separated through layoff, suspension or leave of
absence.

The [Commissioner] Secretary of Personnel shall by rule pre-
scribe what shall constitute resignation.

The appointing authority may at any time before the expiration
of the probation period reject any person appointed to a position in
his department upon statement in writing to the [Commissioner]
Secretary of Personnel of the cause for rejection; the probation
period shall be for a period not exceeding six months, unless the
appointing authority shall suggest and the [Commissioner] Secre-
tary shall approve a longer period, which in no event shall exceed
one year; provided that no appointing authority shall have the power
to remove a probationer who has been appointed by promotion from
another class without the consent of the [Commissioner] Secretary.
The employee so rejected shall be considered permanently separated
from such position, but [Commissioner] the Secretary may keep the
name of the person thus rejected on the eligible list from which he
was appointed for future certification to another position in the class
to which the list applies.

No employee who has completed his probation may be permanently
removed from the classified service except for cause, upon written
charges and after an opportunity to be heard in his own defense.
Such charges may be filed by the appointing authority or by any
citizen, provided, however, that no such charges may be filed by a
citizen, without the consent of the appointing authority or of the
[Commissioner] Secretary, and such charge shall within ninety
days after filing, be heard, investigated, and determined by the