HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 753

28-1 to follow immediately after Section 28H of said Article
to provide for a new general registration in St. Mary's
County.

(Vetoed. )

CHAPTER 377.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 77 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1935 Supplement), title "Public Educa-
tion", sub-title "Teachers' Retirement System", said new sec-
tion to be known as Section 106, to follow immediately after
Section 105, providing for the participation of members of
the faculty and staff of the University of Maryland in the
State Teachers' Retirement System.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and the same is hereby added to
Article 77 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland
(1935 Supplement), title "Public Education", sub-title "Teach-
ers' Retirement System", said new section to be known as Sec-
tion 106, to follow immediately after Section 105 of said Article
and to read as follows:

106. Should the Board of Regents of the University of
Maryland elect, by resolution, approved by the Board of Trus-
tees of the Retirement System, to have the members of the
faculty and staff of such institution, hereinafter called the
staff, eligible for participation in the retirement system, the
Trustees of the retirement system shall set a date subsequent
hereto, as of which date participation may begin for members
of the staff in service on such date, and after which participa-
tion shall be required of new entrants in positions on the staff
of such University. Any member of the staff as of such date,
or who was a member during the year next preceding, who
elects to become a member of the retirement system within the
first year next following, shall file a statement of service prior
to such date and be credited for such service as prior service
in a manner similar to that provided in Section 95 of this
article, for teachers entitled to prior service credit. Members
of the staff entering the service after such date shall be cred-
ited with service in a manner similar to the credit accorded to
other teachers entering the membership of the retirement sys-
tem. After such date set for participation, members of the
staff of the University shall be considered in all other respects
as to contributions by them and benefits payable to them, or
on their account, as if they were teachers employed in a pub-