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(j) Any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of
this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is
subject to the following penalties. The first conviction is punished
PUNISHABLE by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00),
a second conviction is punished PUNISHABLE by a fine not to
exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), and for a third or subsequent

conviction by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00),

for each employee caused, directed, permitted or authorized to work
in violation of this section. Nothing contained herein shall be con-
strued to permit any fine upon any employee or agent who has been
caused or directed by his employer to violate the provisions of this
section.

700.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 127A of Article [27]
41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, each prisoner in any of said
institutions is entitled to a diminution of the period of his confinement
under the following rules and regulations:

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved April 29, 1971

CHAPTER 274
(House Bill 75)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 49 49(I),
50C, 70-2(a), 70-2(d), 144, and 145 of Article 26 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1970 Supplement), title "Courts," subtitle "Pen-
sions of Judges and Their Widows; Pensions of Judges and Their
Widows; Juvenile Causes; Juvenile Causes, District Courts," and
"District Courts," respectively, amending the laws of this State
concerning courts in order to correct certain language and ref-
erences therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 49 49(I), 50C, 70-2(a), 70-2(d), 144 and 145 OF
ARTICLE 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, (1970 Supple-
ment), title "Courts," subtitle "Pensions of Judges and Their Widows;
Pensions of Judges and Their Widows; Juvenile Causes; Juvenile
Causes; District Courts," and "District Courts," respectively, be
and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

49. Pensions of retired judges.

(i)(l) On and after July 1, 1969, each judge subject to the
provisions of this subtitle and covered by the pension plan provided
for in this subsection shall receive upon termination of active service
if he is then at least sixty years of age or when he becomes sixty years
of age a pension in an amount equal to sixty per centum (60%) of