136 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 111

all public officials of the State, to be evidence of the Public
Local Laws and Charter of Baltimore City, in existence at
the time of compilation; provided, that before the said
1949 Edition is published, all Public Local Laws enacted
by the General Assembly of Maryland at its session in
1949, relating to Baltimore City, shall be incorporated
therein.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1949.

Approved March 31, 1949.

CHAPTER 111
(Senate Bill 248)

AN ACT to add a new sub-section to Section 5 of Article
73B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947 Supple-
ment), title 'Tensions", said new sub-section to be
known as Sub-section (6) and to follow immediately
after Sub-section (5) of said section, providing that
the same credits shall be allowed members of the Em-
ployees' Retirement System who served in World War
I as allowed members who served in World War II.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new sub-section be and it is hereby added to Sec-
tion 5 of Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1947 Supplement), title "Pensions", said new sub-section
to be known as Sub-section (6), to follow immediately
after Sub-section (5) of said section, and to read as
follows:

5.

(6) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Article, all members of the Employees' Retirement System
of the State of Maryland who were employees of the State
prior to April 1, 1917 and left their positions to serve in
World War I and who later re-entered the employment of
the State without intervening employment elsewhere and
have since continued as and are at present members of
the Employees' Retirement System of the State, shall be
entitled to prior service credit for any part of the period
of such World War 1 service not otherwise credited and
allowable under the provisions of this Article upon verifi-