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any year is equivalent to one year of service, but except
as otherwise provided, in no case shall it allow credit for a
period of absence without pay of more than a month's
duration nor shall more than one year of service be credit-
able for all service in one calendar year. The Board of
Trustees, under such rules and regulations as it shall
adopt, shall allow credit, however, to members absent in
the military service during World War I for the period of
their absence, provided that such members were employees
when they entered such military service and within one
year from the date of their discharge again became em-
ployees. Service rendered for the full normal working
time in any year shall be equivalent to one year's service.

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

Approved April 22, 1949.

CHAPTER 236

(Senate Bill 268)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, sub-
section (15) of Section 95, sub-section (2) of Section
98, sub-sections (1) (a) and (2) of Section 99 and sub-
section (1) (d) of Section 102 of Article 77 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1939 Ed. and 1947 Supp. ),
title "Public Education", sub-title "Teachers' Retire-
ment System", relating to computation of "average final
compensation", conditions of voluntary retirement and
prior service credit for veterans of World War I, with
respect to the Teachers' Retirement System.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That sub-section (15) of Section 95, sub-section (2) of
Section 98, sub-sections (1) (a) and (2) of Section 99 and
sub-section (1) (d) of Section 102 of Article 77 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Ed. and 1947 Supp. ),
title "Public Education", sub-title "Teachers' Retirement
System", be and the same are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

95.

(15) "Average Final Compensation" shall mean the
average annual earnable compensation of a teacher for