1188                                      LAWS OF MARYLAND                                Ch. 545

SPOUSE who is entitled to a pension under the provisions of this subsection shall
be paid for the period of [her] HIS life unless [she] HE remarries, in which event
the pension is to cease and terminate. The provisions of this subsection shall apply
to the [widows] SURVIVING SPOUSES who have not remarried and who are
otherwise qualified as provided herein, of judges who died before June 1, 1957.

(3) A judge who became a judge of the District Court pursuant to Article IV, §
41-1 (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.

(c) (1) Each full-time judge of the People's Court for Prince George's County,
including a judge who was continued in office as a judge of the District Court
pursuant to Article IV, § 41-1 (3) of the Constitution, shall be paid, after the
termination of active service, if he is at least sixty-five 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, up to and including sixteen years of
such active service, so that the maximum pension or salary for such service
payable hereunder to any person shall not exceed the sum of eight thousand dollars
($8,000.00) per annum, provided, however, that no person serving loss than twelve
months as a judge under this subsection shall receive a pension or salary, unless
such person involuntarily be caused to resign or to retire therefrom because of
sickness or physical incapacity or disability before the termination of the
prescribed minimum period of service. Provided, further, however, that any [such]
judge who has retired or who hereafter voluntarily retires from active service after
reaching the age of sixty-five years and resumes the practice of law, shall not be
entitled to the pension or salary provided by this subsection, or any portion
thereof. In the event that a retired judge engaged in the practice of law should
thereafter relinquish [such] THE practice and notify the county executive of
Prince George's 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
subsection. This subsection shall apply to all judges already retired from active
service except as provided herein. Any former judge who accepts any salaried
public office or position, municipal, county, State or federal, shall not be paid any
pension or salary so long as he remains in [such] office or position. In the event
that a retired judge serving in any salaried public office or position as above
enumerated, should thereafter relinquish such office or position and notify the
county executive of Prince George's County of such fact, then from and after the
date of such notification the judge shall be entitled to all the benefits as provided
by this subsection. The County Council of Prince George's County is hereby
expressly authorized to levy for and pay pensions and salaries to [such] former
judges of the People's Court who served on the [said] court upon the terms and
for the periods as herein provided; and any [such] provision heretofore made is
hereby ratified and confirmed.

(2) The [widow] SURVIVING SPOUSE of every [such] judge who dies in
active service shall be paid one half 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 at the date of his death. The [widow] SURVIVING SPOUSE of every
[such] judge who dies after retiring shall be paid one half 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 subsection, 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 prior to his death, and, in the case of a death of a retired
judge, not less than three years before his retirement. A [widow] SURVIVING
SPOUSE who is entitled to a pension under the provisions of this subsection shall
be paid for the period of [her] HIS life unless [she] HE remarries, in which event