580                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 181

160. Pensions for certain judges of former courts of limited juris-
diction.

(a) People's Court of Anne Arundel County.

(1)  Each judge of the People's Court of Anne Arundel County, in-
cluding a judge who was continued in office as a judge of the District
Court pursuant to Article IV, Section 41-I (g) of the Constitution,
shall be paid after the termination of active service, if he is then at
least sixty-five (65) years of age, or when he becomes sixty-five (65)
years of age, a pension or salary calculated at the rate of five hundred
dollars ($500.00) per annum for each year, or any part thereof, of
active service from appointment or election as a judge of the People's
Court up to and, including twenty (20) years of such active service,
so that the maximum pension or salary for such service payable here-
under to any one person shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand
dollars ($10,000.00) per annum. Provided that no judge eligible here-
under for a pension shall receive such pension as long as he is en-
gaged in the practice of law,, but in the event he should thereafter
relinquish such practice and notify the County Executive of Anne
Arundel County of such fact, then, from and after the date of such
notification, the judge shall be entitled to all the benefits provided by
this section.

(2)  The widow of every such judge who dies in active service shall
be paid two thirds of the pension 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 sixty-five (65) at the time of his death. The widow
of every such judge who dies after retiring shall be paid two thirds of
the pension which such judge was receiving at the date of his
death. In order to be entitled to the pension provided by this section,
a widow of a judge who dies during active service shall have been
married to him for a period of not less than three years before his
retirement. A widow who is entitled to a pension under the provisions
of this section shall be paid for the period of her life unless she re-
marries, in which event the pension is to cease and terminate.

(3)  A judge who became a judge of the District Court pursuant to
Article IV, Section 41-I (g) of the Constitution, or the widow of such
a judge, may elect to receive the benefits provided by this subsection,
or the benefits provided by Section 144 of this Article.

(b) People's Court of Montgomery County.

(1) Each full-time judge of the People's Court of Montgomery
County, including a judge who was continued in office as a judge of
the District Court pursuant to Article IV, Section 41-I (g) of the
Constitution, shall be paid, after the termination of active service, if
he is then at least sixty-two years of age, or when he becomes sixty-
two years of age or upon application and proof by the judge before he
becomes sixty-two years of age, to the County Council, that he is
totally disabled from performing his duties by reason of his mental
or physical health, a pension or salary in an amount equal to sixty
percent (60%) of his maximum salary or one 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 has served less than sixteen
years as a full-time judge of the People's Court or trial magistrate