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tain within this State during such period, under such regu-
lations as the Secretary of War may prescribe for the
organization, standards of training, instruction and dis-
cipline, such military forces as the Governor may deem
necessary; and the Governor is authorized to reduce the
number of or disband such forces at any time he deems
proper. Such forces shall be composed of officers, commis-
sioned or assigned, and such 'able-bodied male citizens of
the State, and able-bodied males of foreign birth who have
declared their intentions to become citizens, resident in the
State, as shall volunteer for service therein. Such forces
shall be additional to and distinct from the National Guard,
and shall be known as the "Maryland State Guard, " Such
forces shall be uniformed as the Governor may prescribe.

58L. Enlisted Men. Enlistment in the State Guard
shall be for one year and may be renewed, provided, how-
ever, that during the period of the present war all enlist-
ments shall continue for the duration of said war and six
months thereafter unless sooner discharged by proper
authority. The oath to be taken upon enlistment in such
forces shall be substantially in the form prescribed for
enlisted men of the Organized Militia, substituting the
words "Maryland State Guard" where necessary.

58N. Articles of War; Freedom from Arrest.

(a) The provisions of Section 46 of this Article shall
apply to, control and govern the members of the Maryland
State Guard.

(b) No officer or enlisted man of such forces shall be
arrested on any warrant, except for treason or felony,
while going to, remaining at, or returning from a place
where he is ordered to attend for military duty.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and being passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved May 6, 1943.

CHAPTER 411.
(Senate Bill 287)

AN ACT to add 16 new sections to Article 4 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1938 Edition), title