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SHALL BE PAID ONE HALF OF THE PENSION OR SALARY TO
WHICH THE JUDGE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED ON THE DATE
OF HIS DEATH IF HE HAD ELECTED TO RECEIVE SAID PENSION
OR SALARY IMMEDIATELY AFTER TERMINATION OF HIS ACTIVE
SERVICE. IN ORDER TO BE ENTITLED TO THE PENSION OR
SALARY PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION, A 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 THE DEATH OF A
RETIREE JUDGE, NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS BEFORE HIS
RETIREMENT. A SPOUSE WHO IS ENTITLED TO A PENSION OR
SALARY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
PAID FOR THE PERIOD OF HIS LIFE UNLESS HE REMARRIES,
IN WHICH EVENT THE PENSION OR SALARY IS TO CEASE AND
TERMINATE. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY
TO THE SPOUSES, WHO HAVE NOT REMARRIED AND WHO ARE
OTHERWISE QUALIFIED AS PROVIDED HEREIN, OF ELECTED
JUDGES AND RETIRED ELECTED JUDGES WHO DIED BEFORE JUNE
1, 1955. IN DETERMINING THE AMOUNT WHICH ANY SPOUSE
IS ENTITLED TO BE PAID AFTER JULY 1, 1962, THE PENSION
OF THE DECEASED JUDGE SHALL BE CALCULATED AT THE RATES
PRESCRIBED BY §49 OF ARTICLE 26 AS OF THAT DATE,
NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THE JUDGE MAY HAVE DIED PRIOR
THERETO.

59.

IN THE CASE OF ANY JUDGE WHOSE RETIREMENT
ALLOWANCE WAS BASED UPON THE PROVISIONS OF §55 (A) ,
(E) , OR (C) OF THIS ARTICLE, HIS SPOUSE, WHO WAS ON
JULY 1, 1970 RECEIVING BENEFITS UNDER §58 OF THIS
ARTICLE, SHALL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL RETIREMENT
ALLOWANCE EQUAL TO ONE SIXTH OF THE RETIREMENT
ALLOWANCE PROVIDED UNDER §58 OF THIS ARTICLE. ANY
SPOUSE WHO IS RECEIVING A SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE
RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE FROM A COUNTY OR BALTIMORE CITY
SHALL NOT RECEIVE THE ADDITIONAL RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE
PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION UNLESS HIS SUPPLEMENTATION IS
REDUCED BY AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO THE INCREASE OF
RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE PROVIDED UNDER THIS SECTION.

60.

(A) EVERY JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF
BALTIMORE CITY WHO IS RETIRED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE OR
IS IN OFFICE ON JUNE 30, 1970, AND EVERY APPOINTED
JUDGE IN OFFICE ON JUNE 30, 1970, IF SUBSEQUENTLY
ELECTED, INCLUDING A JUDGE WHO WAS CONTINUED IN OFFICE
AS A JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE