1156                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 518

judges' contributions made under this subsection prior to July
1, 1970, shall be credited by the State Treasurer to the appropriate
fund of the Employees' Retirement System.

(8) As used in this subsection the term "initial appointment"
means the first appointment as a judge of the Court of Appeals,
Court of Special Appeals, Circuit Court or Supreme Bench, and shall
not apply to a judge who receives a subsequent appointment or
reappointment to any of the aforementioned courts. The term "ini-
tially elected" means a person who first becomes a judge of one of the
aforementioned courts by being elected to the office.

50.

THE WIDOW OF EVERY JUDGE [WHO HAS BEEN ELECTED
BY THE PEOPLE OR CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE AND]
WHO DIES IN ACTIVE SERVICE SHALL BE PAID ONE-HALF
OF THE PENSION OR SALARY TO WHICH SUCH JUDGE
WOULD 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 SUCH JUDGE WHO
DIES AFTER RETIRING SHALL BE PAID ONE-HALF OF THE
PENSION OF SALARY WHICH SUCH JUDGE WAS RECEIVING
AT THE DATE OF HIS DEATH. THE WIDOW OF EVERY SUCH
JUDGE WHO DIES AFTER HIS ACTIVE SERVICE IS TERMI-
NATED, 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 ENTITLED ON THE DATE OF HIS DEATH IF HE HAD
ELECTED TO RECEIVE SAID PENSION OR SALARY IMMEDI-
ATELY 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 MAR-
RIED 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 EN-
TITLED 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 PEN-
SION OR SALARY IS TO CEASE AND TERMINATE. THE PRO-
VISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO THE WIDOWS,
WHO HAVE NOT REMARRIED AND WHO ARE OTHERWISE
QUALIFIED AS PROVIDED HEREIN, OF ELECTED JUDGES
AND RETIRED 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, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT SUCH JUDGE MAY
HAVE DIED PRIOR THERETO.