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(1)    All fines imposed by the County Personnel Board upon members
of the County police by way of discipline;

(2)    All rewards, proceeds of gifts, and emoluments that may be re-
ceived by any member of such police for extraordinary services, except
such part thereof as the County Council may allow to be retained by such
member;

(3)    Donations and net proceeds of sales of unclaimed property in the
custody of the police;

(4)    The following deductions from the pay of each member of such
police, exclusive of overtime pay, which deductions shall be at least matched
by an equal amount of money out of the general funds of the County which
shall be credited to such Police Relief and Retirement Fund, which shall
become a part of the total fund of the Employees' Retirement System of
Montgomery County: three and one-half percent of the monthly salary
beginning July 1, 1955; four and one-half percent of the monthly salary
beginning July 1, 1956; five percent of the monthly salary beginning July
1, 1957; six and one-half percent of the monthly salary beginning July 1,
1960, of each member appointed or reappointed after July 1, 1960 and for
each employee appointed or reappointed during the period of July 1, 1955,
through June 30,1960, who elects to have six and one-half percent deducted
from his salary under the provisions of Section 18-17 (a).

(5)    The additional amount of not less than $321,000 to be paid to
the funding agent annually out of the general funds of the County until
the County Personnel Board is able to certify to the County Council that
the Police Relief and Retirement Fund is fully funded.

(6)    All forfeitures of accumulated compensatory leave and annual
leave of police officers for disciplinary reasons made pursuant to the appro-
priate provisions of the 'Personnel Regulation.'

Section 3. Subsections (a), (c), and (d) of Section 18-17, Chapter 18,
title "Police," of the Montgomery County Code 1965, as amended, are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

18-17. Benefits generally.

(a) Whenever any member of the county police shall have reached
fifty-five years of age, and shall have served on the county police for twenty-
five years, and while in good standing, such member may make written
application to the county personnel board and be retired from the service
thereof and be entitled to relief from the police relief and retirement
fund in the amount of fifty percent per year of the annual salary received
by such member at the date of retirement; provided, that any member
of the county police who elects to remain a member of such police after
twenty-five years' service shall be entitled, on retirement, to receive two
percentum per annum of his salary for each additional year served but
in no case shall he receive in excess of a total of sixty percent of his salary
at the date of retirement; provided further, that the requirement of fifty-
five years of age shall apply only to persons entering service with the
county police on or after July 1, 1955, unless any such person shall elect
to have deducted from his salary, pursuant to the provisions on Section
18-16 (a) (4) of this Code, six and one-half percent of such salary, in lieu
of five percent thereof as provided in Section 18-16 (a) (4) of this Code,
beginning July 1, 1960, in which event such person may be retired after
twenty-five years of service, irrespective of age, such service including all
or part of the period of July 1, 1955 through June 30, 1960, without the