28                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                         [CH. 8

CHAPTER 8
(Senate Bill 29)

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", correcting an error in the law relating to the rights of
certain servicemen in pensions and retirement funds.

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
Persons in Military Service", be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

88.

The rights and status of any person inducted into the land or naval
forces of the United States within the period beginning September
1, 1940, and ending December 31, 1945, or within the period begin-
ning June 1, 1950, and ending June 1, 1963, for training and service
pursuant to the act of Congress known as the Selective Training
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 retirement
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
year from the time he is relieved from active duty or service he shall
be actively employed by the State of Maryland, or any agency
thereof, or by the City of Baltimore or any other political subdivision
of this State, and (c) if he shall not have previously taken any other
employment except temporary employment after he has applied for
re-employment in his former classification or position in the State
service, and he has been refused immediate re-employment for
causes beyond his control, and (d) if he shall make application for
such credit with the retirement system of the State of Maryland or
agency thereof or of the City of Baltimore or any other political
subdivision of this State in which he held membership before the
beginning of said military service; provided, however, that if such
person has withdrawn any part of his accumulated contributions, he
shall be entitled to repay the sum withdrawn into the pension or
retirement fund or system, including the Teachers' Retirement Sys-
tem of the State of Maryland, with regular interest thereon to the