THEODORE R. MCKELDIN. GOVERNOR 761

the time any such provisions become applicable to him, is
a resident of Maryland, and who after May 1, 1940, and
prior to [the termination of the hostilities in which the
United States is now engaged] December 31, 1946 or who
after June 1, 1950, and prior to June 1, 1953:

(a) Has been or shall be inducted into any of the land
or naval forces of the United States, pursuant to the Act
of Congress, known as the Selective Training Service Act
of 1940, as amended, or any subsequent Act or amendments
of a similar nature, or,

(b) Who, as a member of any reserve component of
the land or naval forces of the United States, has now
been or may hereafter be on active duty or service, or,

(c) Who has been enlisted in, or been commissioned in,
the armed forces of the United States, or who may here-
after enlist or be commissioned in the armed forces of the
United States, and

Who has either been honorably discharged from the
land or naval forces of the United States, or has received
a certificate of satisfactory completion of training and
service in any of such forces, and

who, at the time of his entry into the armed forces of
the United States, had been a resident of Maryland for
the year immediately preceding, or who, if he had not been
a resident for the year immediately preceding the time of
his entry into the armed forces of the United States, had
resided in the State for at least two of the three years im-
mediately preceding such time, or who has resided in the
State at least one year immediately preceding the time he
invokes any of the provisions of this Article.

For the purposes of this Article, a person shall be
deemed a resident of the State if he is a duly qualified
voter therein, provided, however, that the fact that a per-
son is not a duly qualified voter therein shall not, if by
other applicable standards he is a resident, preclude him
from being so classified.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1951.

Approved April 13, 1951.