WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 9

For the purpose of, and when used in, this sub-title, the
phrase "absent and engaged in the military or naval service of
the United States", shall be deemed to include and apply to
persons in the armed forces of the United States and also to
persons engaged in the work or services, or who are members
of the organizations, herein specified as limited in such
specifications; and for such purposes and as so used, the term
"Absentee Resident" shall include the following:

(a) All such absentee residents who are members of any
branch of the armed forces of the United States and of any of
their respective components;

(b) All such absentee residents who are members of the
Merchant Marine of the United States, and who are hereby
defined to be persons who are employed as officers or mem-
bers of crews of vessels documented under the laws of the
United States, and persons enrolled for such employment
with the War Shipping Administration, exclusive, hoivever,
of those in the service or enrolled for service on the Great
Lakes or the inland waterways of the United States;

(c) All such absentee residents who are serving with the
American Red Cross, the Society of Friends, the Women's
Auxiliary Service Pilots and the United States Organisations
who are attached to or serving with the armed forces of the
United States outside of the United States;

(d) All such absentee residents who have been honorably
discharged from the armed forces of the United States too
late to register or vote as required, except for the provisions
of this sub-title.

For all purposes of this sub-title, an Absentee Resident
shall be deemed and held to have resided continuously in the
ward or election district in which he resided at the time he
first left to become absent and engaged in the military or
naval service of the United States, as herein defined, for the
entire period he has been so absent and engaged.

(2) The term "United States", when used geographically
in this sub-title, means only the territorial limits of the several
States of the United States and the District of Columbia.

(3) "Election" shall mean any primary or general State-
wide election, or any primary, general or special Congres-
sional Election held in this State during the effective period
of this sub-title.

(4) "Board" or "Supervisors" means the Boards of Super-
visors of Elections of the several counties of the State and of
Baltimore City.

131. Every Absentee Resident shall be entitled to vote at
any election in the manner hereinafter provided in this sub-
title.