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gency employees. Prompt report shall be made to the Com-
missioner of emergency appointments and such appointments
shall not be renewed. Provided, however, that for the dura-
tion of any war in which the United States may be engaged
or of any nationally declared emergency and for such period
thereafter as in the discretion of the Commissioner, with the
approval of the Governor, an emergency exists, the Commis-
sioner may extend the period of emergency employment when
the positions cannot otherwise be filled; no person so em-
ployed shall be eligible for membership in the State Em-
ployees' Retirement System but shall be entitled to the bene-
fits of the Workmen's Compensation Laws.

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

Approved March 4, 1949.

CHAPTER 33

(Senate Bill 7)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
19 of Article 64A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Merit System", relating to the probation-
ary period in the Classified Service.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 19 of Article 64A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Merit System", be and it
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

19. An employee may be permanently separated from the
classified service through resignation, rejection on probation
or removal, and may be temporarily separated through layoff,
suspension or leave of absence.

The Commissioner shall by rule prescribe what shall con-
stitute resignation.

The appointing authority may at any time before the ex-
piration of the probation period reject any person appointed
to a position in his department upon statement in writing to
the Commissioner of the cause for rejection; the probation
period shall be for a period not exceeding six months, unless
the appointing authority shall suggest and the Commissioner
shall approve a longer period, which in no event shall
exceed one year; provided that no appointing authority