616 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 324

shall apply to any person who, at the time he seeks to in-
voke any of the provisions of this Article or at the time any
such provisions become applicable to him, is a resident of
Maryland, and who after May 1, 1940, and prior to Decem-
ber 31, 1946, or who after June 1, 1950, and prior to June 1,
[1953] 1955:

(a) Has been or shall be inducted into any of the land or
naval forces of the United States, pursuant to the Act of
Congress, known as the Selective Training Service Act of
1940, as amended, or any subsequent Act or amendments of
a similar nature, or,

(b) Who, as a member of any reserve component of the
land or naval forces of the United States, has now been or
may hereafter be on active duty or service, or

(c) Who has been enlisted in, or been commissioned in,
the armed forces of the United States, or who may here-
after enlist or be commissioned in the armed forces of the
United States, and

Who has either been honorably discharged from the land
or naval forces of the United States, or has received a
certificate of satisfactory completion of training and serv-
ice in any of such forces, and

Who, at the time of his entry into the armed forces of
the United States, had been a resident of Maryland for the
year immediately preceding, or who, if he had not been a
resident for the year immediately preceding the time of
his entry into the armed forces of the United States, had
resided in the State for at least two of the three years im-
mediately preceding such time, or who has resided in the
State at least one year immediately preceding the time he
invokes any of the provisions of this Article.

For the purposes of this Article, a person shall be deemed
a resident of the State if he is a duly qualified voter therein,
provided, however, that the fact that a person is not a duly
qualified voter therein shall not, if by other applicable
standards he is a resident, preclude him from being so
classified.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved April 6, 1953.