MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      425

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 FOP AND PAY PENSIONS AND SALARIES
TO FORMER JUDGES OF THE PEOPLE'S C0URT WHO SERVED ON
THE COURT UPON THE TERMS AND FOR THE PERIODS AS HEREIN
PROVIDED; AND ANY PROVISION HERETOFORE MADE IS HEREBY
RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED.

(2)    THE SURVIVING SPOUSE OF EVERY 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 SURVIVING
SPOUSE OF EVERY JUDGE WHO DIES AFTER RETIRING SHALL BE
PAID ONE HALF OF THE PENSION WHICH THE JUDGE WAS
RECEIVING AT THE DATE OF HIS DEATH. IN ORDER TO BE
ENTITLED TO THE PENSION PROVIDED BY THIS SUBSECTION, A
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 SURVIVING SPOUSE
WHO IS ENTITLED TO A PENSION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE PAID FOR THE PERIOD OF HIS
LIFE UNLESS HE REMARRIES, IN WHICH EVENT THE PENSION
IS TO CEASE AND TERMINATE. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBSECTION SHALL APPLY TO THE SURVIVING SPOUSES WHO
HAVE NOT REMARRIED AND WHO ARE OTHERWISE QUALIFIED AS
PROVIDED HEREIN, OR JUDGES WHO DIED BEFORE JANUARY 1,
1962.

(3)   A JUDGE WHO BECAME A JUDGE OF THE
DISTRICT COURT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IV, §41-I(G) OF THE
CONSTITUTION, OR THE SURVIVING SPOUSE OF SUCH A JUDGE,
MAY ELECT TO RECEIVE THE BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THIS
SUBSECTION, OR THE BENEFITS PROVIDED BY §62 OF THIS
ARTICLE.

(D) EVERY FULL-TIME TRIAL MAGISTRATE FOR CALVERT
COUNTY HOLDING OFFICE PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1971, SHALL
BE PAID AFTER THE TERMINATION OF HIS ACTIVE SERVICE AS
A FULL-TIME TRIAL MAGISTRATE, A PENSION OR SALARY TO
BE CALCULATED AT THE RATE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($500) PER ANNUM FOR EACH YEAR, OR PART OF A YEAR
THEREOF, OF ACTIVE SERVICE AS SUCH FULL-TIME TRIAL