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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 431

The pension or salary shall be paid by the City of Baltimore
in the same manner as the salaries of the judges of the
court for the city are paid.

(2) The surviving spouse of every elected judge
of the court of Baltimore City shall be paid one half of the
pension to which his spouse was entitled at the time of his
death, or would have become entitled to by reason of
attaining 60 years of age. In each instance, the pension
shall be paid to the spouse until remarriage or death. The
provisions of this subsection shall not apply in the case of
a spouse who was married to a sitting judge for a period of
less than three years prior to his death, and to a retired
judge for a period less than three years before his
retirement.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
provisions of this Act apply only to judges sitting as of
its effective date and their surviving spouses, and only if

those judges do not receive any other pension for public

service except social security and veterans' benefits, and
military pensions.

SECTION 2-3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 29, 1979.

CHAPTER 432

(Senate Bill 143)

AN ACT concerning

Services to Families with Children

FOR the purpose of mandating a program of Services to
Families with Children; imposing certain duties on the
Department of Human Resources with regard to
implementing the program; specifying the scope of the
program; and generally relating to Services to Families
with Children.

BY adding to

Article 88A — Social Services Administration

Section 121 through 123, to be under the new subtitle

"Services to Families with Children"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1969 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)