410                                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                                [Ch. 2

PAID SUCH BENEFITS. IN THE EVENT THAT A RETIRED JUDGE
WHO HAS NEVER BEEN PAID BENEFITS UNDER THIS SECTION
AND WHO HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW SHOULD
THEREAFTER RELINQUISH SUCH PRACTICE AND NOTIFY THE
GOVERNOR AND COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE 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.

(F)    IN THE CASE OF A JUDGE WHO MAY SERVE ON THE
COURT OF APPEALS OR ON THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS
SUBSEQUENT OR PRIOR TO SERVICE AS A CIRCUIT COURT
JUDGE FOR ANY OF THE COUNTIES OR OF THE SUPREME BENCH
OF BALTIMORE CITY, THE AMOUNT OF PENSION PER ANNUM
SHALL BE CALCULATED ACCORDING TO THE TOTAL YEARS OF
ACTIVE SERVICE NOT EXCEEDING SIXTEEN AT THE PENSION
RATE FIXED HEREIN. THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL
ELECTED 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.

(G)   A JUDGE WHO BECAUSE OF INCAPACITATING ILLNESS
RESIGNS HIS POSITION PRIOR TO REACHING HIS SIXTIETH
BIRTHDAY IS ENTITLED TO BENEFITS UNDER THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SECTION IMMEDIATELY UPON HIS RESIGNATION, BUT
IN NO EVENT IN A SUM GREATER THAN WAS PROVIDED IN THIS
SECTION AT THE TIME HE RESIGNED; AND EXCEPT FOR A
JUDGE WHO HAS RESIGNED OR WHO RESIGNS BECAUSE OF
INCAPACITATING ILLNESS, NO OTHER JUDGE WHO HAS
RESIGNED OR WHO RESIGNS PRIOR TO BEACHING HIS SIXTIETH
BIRTHDAY IS ENTITLED TO ANY BENEFITS UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION UNTIL HE REACHES HIS
SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY WHEN HE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A
PENSION AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBSECTION COMPUTED ON HIS
YEARS OF SERVICE AS OF THE DATE OF HIS RETIREMENT.

(H) THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE AND
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OR COUNTY COUNCILS OF THE
SEVERAL COUNTIES ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN TO
LEVY FOR ANY PAY SUPPLEMENTATION OF PENSIONS IN AN
AMOUNT GREATER THAN THAT IN EFFECT ON JUNE 1, 1968, TO
JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, THE COURT OF SPECIAL
APPEALS, THE SUPREME BENCH OF BALTIMORE CITY AND THE
CIRCUIT COURTS OF THE COUNTIES WHO SERVED OR MAY
HEREAFTER SERVE IN THE JUDICIAL CIRCUITS IN WHICH THE
CITY OF BALTIMORE OR ANY COUNTY EXERCISING THE
AUTHORITY CONFERRED HEREIN IS LOCATED.