HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement or
shall [falsely] FALSIFY or permit to be falsified any record or
records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud such
system as a result of such act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall be punishable therefor under the laws of the State of
Maryland. Should any change or error in the records result in
any member or beneficiary receiving from the retirement system
more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the
records been correct, the board of trustees shall correct such
error, and, as far as practicable, shall adjust the payment in
such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to
which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be
paid.

52.

(a) (1) The board of trustees shall consist of nine
members; one member of the rank of major or higher, one captain,
one lieutenant, one sergeant, three patrolmen, one civilian
employee of the department, and the director of fiscal affairs
division. With the exception of the director of fiscal affairs,
members of the board of trustees shall be elected at large, and
shall serve a term of four years. Elections will be held
biannually with the terms of the major or higher rank, sergeant
and two patrolmen terminating at alternate two-year periods with
those of the captain, lieutenant, one patrolman and civilian
representative. The first election will be held during the year
of enactment of this [act] SUBTITLE, at which time the captain,
lieutenant and one patrolman (the patrolman member of the board
of trustees having held office the longest period of time will
stand for election) and the civilian member will be elected.

(2) In years when elections are to be held,
nominations will be submitted to the secretary of the board of
trustees in writing and signed by not less than 20 members of the
department; and no more than half of the persons signing the
nomination may be from the same district or unit. Nominations
must be received by the secretary not less than 15 days prior to
the date established for such election. The nominees
corresponding with the number of members to be elected who
receive the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.
Persons so elected shall serve a term of four years and until
their respective successors are elected and qualified. Election
of members to the board of trustees of the Death Relief Fund may
be held concurrent with the election of members to the Personnel
Service Board as provided in the Code of Public Local Laws of
Baltimore City, 1969 Edition, § 16-12.

55.

(f) "Judge" means a judge of a court. For the purpose of
this subsection, a judge also includes any commissioner of the
Workmen's Compensation Commission, and any master in chancery or
master in juvenile causes appointed in any county by the circuit
court for that county and who serves on a full-time basis as a