MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      409

COUNTIES, OF THE SUPREME BENCH OF BALTIMORE CITY, OF
THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND AND OF THE COURT OF
SPECIAL APPEALS, UP TO AND INCLUDING SIXTEEN 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 TWELVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($12,000.00) PER ANNUM.

(B)   IN ADDITION TO THE PAYMENT OF A PENSION OR
SALARY OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS ($750.00)
FOR EACH YEAR OF SERVICE, EACH JUDGE OF THE COURT OF
APPEALS SHALL BE ALLOWED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00)
FOR EACH YEAR OF SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE COURT OF
APPEALS BUT, IN NO EVENT, SHALL THE TOTAL PENSION OR
SALARY EXCEED THIRTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS
($13,600.00) .

(C)   IN ADDITION TO THE PAYMENT OF A PENSION OR
SALARY OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS ($750.00)
FOR EACH YEAR OF SERVICE, EACH JUDGE OF THE COURT OF
SPECIAL APPEALS SHALL BE ALLOWED FIFTY DOLLARS

($50.00) FOR EACH YEAR OF SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE
COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS, BUT IN NO EVENT, SHALL THE
TOTAL PENSION OR SALARY EXCEED TWELVE THOUSAND EIGHT
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($12,800.00).

(D)   PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY ELECTED JUDGE WHO
RETIRED PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1955, OR WHO DURING THE
PERIOD FROM JULY 1, 1955, TO JULY 1, 1962, VOLUNTARILY
RETIRED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE AFTER REACHING THE AGE OF
SIXTY YEARS AND BEFORE REACHING THE AGE OF SEVENTY
YEARS, AND HAS RESUMED THE PRACTICE OF LAW, SHALL NOT
BE ENTITLED TO THE INCREASES IN SALARY OR PENSION
PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION, BUT SHALL BE PAID THE SALARY
OR PENSION AT THE RATE PROVIDED BEFORE THE PASSAGE OF
THIS SECTION.

(E)    A JUDGE WHO RETIRES AND ACCEPTS THE PENSION
OR SALARY PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION SHALL NOT DURING
THE PERIOD OF SUCH ACCEPTANCE ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE
OF LAW; BUT THIS PROHIBITION DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY
JUDGE WHO HAS ATTAINED THE AGE OF SEVENTY (70) AND
RECEIVES LESS THAN $3,500 PER ANNUM IN PENSION OR
SALARY AS PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION, AND WHO HAS NOT
VOLUNTARILY RETIRED. A JUDGE WHO HAS BEEN RECEIVING
THE BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION AND WHO DECIDES
TO ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW MAY NOTIFY THE
GOVERNOR AND COMPTROLLER OF SUCH FACT, AND ON THE
INDICATED DATE OF HIS ENGAGING IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW
HIS BENEFITS UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL CEASE AND NO
LONGER BE PAID; AND SUCH A JUDGE SHALL NEVER AGAIN BE