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who dies after retiring shall be paid one half of the pension or salary to which (her
husband] THE JUDGE was entitled at the time of his death. In determining the
amount which any [widow] SURVIVING SPOUSE is entitled to be paid after
June 1, 1963, the pension of the deceased judge shall be calculated at the rates
prescribed by sub-subsection (1) of this subsection, as of that date, notwithstanding
that such judge may have died prior thereto. In each instance the pension is to be
paid to the [widow] SURVIVING SPOUSE until [her] HIS remarriage or death.
The provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of a [widow]
SURVIVING SPOUSE who was married to the judge for a period less than three
years and to a retired judge for a period less than three years before his retirement.

144.

(c) Every judge of the District Court, upon retirement for any reason, shall be
entitled to a pension computed on the same basis and at the same rates as are
applicable to a circuit court judge, and the [widow] SPOUSE of any District
Court judge shall likewise be entitled to a pension computed on the same basis and
at the same rates and upon the same conditions as are applicable to the [widow]
SPOUSE of a circuit court judge.

160.

(a)(1) Each judge of the People's Court of Anne Arundel County, including a
judge who was continued in office as a judge of the District Court pursuant to
Article IV, § 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 hereunder to any one person shall not exceed the
sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) per annum. Provided that no judge
eligible hereunder for a pension shall receive [such] THE pension as long as he is
engaged 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] SURVIVING SPOUSE of every such judge who dies in active
service shall be paid two thirds of the pension to which [such] THE judge would
have been entitled on the date of his death if he had been eligible for retirement
and had retired on [said] THE date irrespective of whether he shall have attained
the age of sixty-five (65) at the time of his death. The [widow] SURVIVING
SPOUSE of every [such] judge who dies after retiring shall be paid two thirds of
the pension which [such] THE judge was receiving at the date of his death. In
order to be entitled to the pension provided by this section, a [widow]
SURVIVING SPOUSE 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] SURVIVING SPOUSE who is entitled to a pension under the provisions
of this section shall be paid for the period of [her] HIS life unless [she] HE
remarries, 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, §
41-I (g) of the Constitution, or the [widow] SURVIVING SPOUSE of such a
judge, may elect to receive the benefits provided by this subsection, or the benefits
provided by § 144 of this article.