28 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 5

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
73B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947 Supplement),
title "Pensions", said new section to be known as Section 3A,
to follow immediately after Section 3 of said Article, and to
read as follows:

3A. (a) Any person who was an employee on October 1, 1941,
who elected in 1941 or 1942 not to be covered in the member-
ship of the retirement system, and who has been an employee
continuously since that time shall have a further opportunity
to elect to become a member of the retirement system, at any
time between July 1, 1951, and December 31, 1951, both dates
inclusive, and not thereafter. If during that time he elects
to be covered in the membership of the retirement system, his
membership therein shall begin as of the first day of the
calendar month next following the day of his election, subject
to the conditions of this section and of the other provisions
of this Article not inconsistent with this section. Any person
who thus becomes a member of the retirement system shall
receive credit therein for what would have been his prior
service as of October 1, 1941. Before being admitted to such
membership, any such person shall pay to the retirement
system the full amount of what would have been his accumu-
lated contributions therein had he in fact belonged to the
system from October 1, 1941, to the date upon which he
becomes a member under the provisions of this section, to-
gether with regular interest thereon. The State shall make
such matching contributions to the retirement system as it
would have made had the person in fact belonged to the system
from October 1, 1941, to the date upon which he becomes a
member tinder the provisions of this section, together with
regular interest thereon. Provided, however, that the pay-
ment by the State of such matching contributions and also
its payment of the prior service credit may together be paid
at such times and in such amounts as may be recommended
by the actuary for the retirement system.

(b) Any person who was an employee on October 1, 1941,
who elected in 1941 or 1942 not to be covered in the member-
ship of the retirement system, who has been an employee con-
tinuously after October 1, 1941, and who subsequently joined
the Retirement System as a new member, shall have a similar
opportunity to elect to be covered by the provisions of this sec-
tion. Any such person shall pay to the Retirement System the
full amount of what would have been his accumulated contri-
butions therein for the period from October 1, 1941 to the date
on which he subsequently became a new member of the System,
had he in fact belonged to the system during such period, to-