582                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 274

his maximum salary or the sixteenth (1/16) of that amount for each
year of service, or a pro rata share to reflect less than a full year of
service, if he served for less than sixteen years.

(2)    All judges subject to the provisions of this subtitle who are
in office as of June 30, 1969, may elect to remain under the present
pension plan or to be under the pension plan provided for in this
subsection; provided, any judge who elects to be under the pension
plan provided for in this subsection shall not be able to subsequently
select the pension provided in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this
section. All judges receiving initial appointments or initially elected
after June 30, 1969, shall be under the pension plan provided for in
this subsection.

(3)    Any judge who does not elect to be paid a pension under
subsections (a), (b) or (c) of this section shall be deemed to have
elected to receive a pension under the provisions of this subsection.

(4)    Each judge electing to be under the pension plan provided for
in this subsection, or who is otherwise under this pension plan, shall
contribute toward the cost of his pension an amount equal to six
per centum (6%) of his annual compensation which shall be deducted
from his compensation each pay period.

Any judge in office as of June 30, 1969, who initially does not elect
to be under the pension plan provided for in this subsection, but who
later wishes to do so must, upon such election, pay in a lump sum,
in addition to the annual contributions provided for in this subsection,
an amount equal to the contributions he would have made, if initially
under the plan, for each year after June 30, 1969, plus interest of
four percent (4%).

Any judge covered by the pension plan provided for in this subsec-
tion, who is not elected to a full term, or confirmed by the Senate
following his initial appointment, shall be paid the amount of his
accumulated contributions plus interest of four per centum (4%)
from the date or dates of payment, and shall not be entitled to any
pension under this subsection.

Any elected judge qualified for the pension plan provided for in
this subsection who resigns, for reasons other than disability, prior
to reaching sixty years of age, shall be entitled to allow his contribu-
tions to remain in the pension system and shall at sixty years of age
be entitled to a pension as provided in this subsection; or shall be
entitled to withdraw his accumulated contributions plus interest at
four per centum (4%) calculated from the date or dates of payment
and shall forfeit any pension rights under the provisions of this sub-
section. Any judge who withdraws his contribution and is sub-
sequently appointed as a judge of the Court of Appeals, Court of
Special Appeals, Circuit Court, or Supreme Bench may obtain credit
for his prior years' service as a judge by the payment in a lump sum,
of an amount equal to the accumulated contributions and interest
withdrawn, plus interest at four per centum (4%) from the date of
withdrawal to the date of deposit.

If a judge dies prior to termination of active service and is not
survived by a widow qualified for a pension under Section 50 of this
article, the accumulated contributions plus interest of four per cen-
tum (4%) shall be paid to the judge's estate. If a judge who is