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Department holding the same rank or grade at the time of their retirement, to the
end and effect that every retired officer of police, policeman, etc., shall receive the
same remuneration as every other retired officer of police, policeman, etc., of like
grade or rank, and no less. The provisions of this section shall extend to and
include all members of the police force of Baltimore City heretofore retired by the
said Police Commissioner, including those members retired prior to January 1st,
1907, and the said Police Commissioner shall in all cases before retiring any officer
of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey, procure and file among their
records a certificate signed by a majority of the physicians appointed by the Police
Commissioner as physicians of the Police Department, that the person proposed to
be retired has been thoroughly examined by them, and that he is incapable of
performing active police duty; and it shall be the duty of any such officer of police,
policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey so retired to perform such police duties, and
at such times as the Police Commissioner shall deem proper, said terms of service
not to exceed seven days during any year, and for such services no extra
compensation shall be allowed by said Commissioner; and the said Police
Commissioner shall have the power, in his discretion, to suspend payment to any
such officer of police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey for a term not to exceed
three months for the first offense; for the second offense for a term not to exceed six
months, and for the third offense any such officer of police, policeman, detective,
clerk or turnkey shall be subject to dismissal, upon proof that the said officer of
police, policeman, detective, clerk or turnkey is living an improper or immoral life.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved April 26, 1973.

CHAPTER 175
(House Bill 1239)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 40(w) of Article 10 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume and 1972
Supplement), title "Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact," subtitle "State's
Attorney," to increase the salary of the State's Attorney in Wicomico County
from ten thousand dollars to twelve thousand dollars.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 40(w) of Article 10 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Attorneys at
Law and Attorneys in Fact," subtitle "State's Attorney," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

40.

(w) In Wicomico County, (1) the State's Attorney's salary is [ten thousand
dollars ($10,000)] TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($12,000).

(2) The State's Attorney's allowance for office expenses, including stationery,
postage, premium on official bond, and clerical services, is not more than $7,500,
to be paid upon submission of properly certified vouchers to the Wicomico County
Council.