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Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held
invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or any
other application of this Act which can be given effect without the
invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this
Act are declared to be severable.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved April 30, 1963.

CHAPTER 598
(Senate Bill 268)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 88 of
Article 65 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1962 Supplement),
title "Militia", sub-title "Re-employment of Persons in Military
Service", to extend the duration of certain rights and status of
servicemen in pension and retirement systems under the laws of
the State, Baltimore City or any political subdivision.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 88 of Article 65 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1962 Supplement), title "Militia", sub-title "Re-employment of Per-
sons in Military Service", be and is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

The rights and status of any person inducted into the land or
naval forces of the United States [within the period beginning Sep-
tember 1, 1940, and ending December 31, 1945, or within the period
beginning June 1, 1950, and ending June 1, 1963,] for training and
service pursuant to the act of Congress known as the Selective Train-
ing and Service Act of 1940, or any subsequent acts of a similar
nature, and any member of any reserve component of the land or
naval forces of the United States on active duty or service within
said period or ordered or assigned to active duty or service within
said period, as well as any person who, within said period, enlists
in the armed forces of the United States, and who may be absent in
such military service shall be as follows in any pension or retire-
ment fund or system under the laws of the State of Maryland, or of
the City of Baltimore or any other political subdivision of this State,
including the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Mary-
land: During the period of such absence, no such person or his estate
shall have any right or be entitled to ordinary disability benefits,
accidental disability benefits, death benefits, optional allowances or
other disability or death benefits in any such fund or system. Any-
such person, during such absence except as herein otherwise speci-
fied, shall retain his status and rights as a member of any such
pension or retirement fund or system (a) if he does not withdraw
any part of his accumulated contributions, and (b) if within one