§ 22-27 Bailiffs — longevity retirement.
Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.
Balt., Md., Pub. Local Laws § 22-27 (2026)
§ 22-27 Bailiffs — longevity retirement.LinkCopy Citation
(a)Service.
(1)
Any bailiffs who, on July 1, 1968, are designated as Jury Commissioner and as Assistant Jury Commissioner, shall after having served twenty preceding consecutive years as a bailiff and/or Jury Commissioner or Assistant Jury Commissioner, be entitled to retirement salaries in the amount of $7,500 per annum for the Jury Commissioner and $5,000 per annum for the Assistant Jury Commissioner. Retirement is mandatory upon attainment of age 70 years.
(2)
The surviving spouse of any person eligible for the benefits for which provision is made by <cite data-path="22|§22-27">this section</cite> is entitled to one half of those benefits.
(b)Amount — 20 years’ service.
All bailiffs who, on July 1, 1968, are receiving retirement pay by reason of having served twenty consecutive years, shall thereafter be entitled to retirement salaries of $3,000 per annum each.
(c)Amount — prior appointment.
All bailiffs appointed prior to January 1, 1952, who, on July 1, 1968, or thereafter, shall have attained age seventy years or have completed the service of twenty preceding consecutive years, shall be entitled to a retirement salary of $4,000 per annum; provided, however, such retirement shall be mandatory at age seventy years.
All bailiffs appointed prior to January 1, 1952, who on January 1, 1976, have completed the service of 30 preceding consecutive years, shall be entitled to a retirement salary of $4,000 per annum. However, the retirement shall be mandatory at age 70 years.
(d)Amount — later appointment.
All bailiffs appointed after January 1, 1952, but prior to January 1, 1960, shall be retired in accordance with the provisions of the Employees’s Retirement System, and shall receive no retirement salary under <cite data-path="22|§22-27">this section</cite> unless, at the time of any such retirement, a bailiff has completed twenty consecutive years of service and his annual benefits under the Retirement System are less than $3,000 per annum, in which event and notwithstanding the provisions of any ordinance to the contrary, such bailiff shall be paid a retirement salary under <cite data-path="22|§22-27">this section</cite> in such amount that his combined benefits under the Retirement System and <cite data-path="22|§22-27">this section</cite> will total $3,000 per annum.
(e)Amount — recent appointment.
No bailiff appointed after January 1, 1960, shall be entitled to any retirement salary under <cite data-path="22|§22-27">this section</cite>.