256          Laws of Maryland         [Ch. 33

with the maintenance and operation of the Chesapeake
Bay Bridge, shall be offered appointment to such positions
before the appointment of any other person shall be made
from such eligible list.

(c). Upon appointment to a position in the Classified
Service, a laid-off employee of the Chesapeake Bay Ferry
System shall receive credit for salary purposes for prior
service in the Classified Service in any class having the
same or a greater maximum salary rate as the position to
which he is to be appointed. Maximum salary rates in
effect upon July 1, 1952 shall be used to determine the
service credit allowable under this sub-section.

(d). Unused sick and vacation leave credits of a laid off
employee of the Chesapeake Bay Ferry System shall be
transferred to his credit in any position in the Classified
Service to which he may be appointed. If not immediately
appointed to a new position in the Classified Service em-
ployees of the Chesapeake Bay Ferry System shall, when
laid off, receive vacation leave as provided in Section
82 (a) of Article 64A of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition—being Section 22 (a) in the 1947
Supplement).

(e). The privileges granted by this Act shall remain in
effect for a period of two years from the respective dates of
lay off of employees as defined in (a) above who shall, at or
prior to the date of lay off notify the State Employment
Commissioner of their desire to obtain positions in the
Classified Service. Provided that no such employee who
shall be removed from a position for cause as provided
by Section 29 of Article 64A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951 Edition—being Section 19 in the 1939
Edition, as amended) shall be eligible for reappointment
in the class from which removed. And provided further
that any such employee who shall be removed from a posi-
tion in the Classified Service for any cause involving moral
turpitude, insubordination or conduct such as to bring dis-
credit upon the Classified Service shall forfeit all future
benefits of this Section.

Section 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or
parts of laws, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act,
be and they are hereby repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency.

Section 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health and