762 LAWS OP MARYLAND [CH. 294

CHAPTER 294
(Senate Bill 139)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, sub-
section (a) of Section 96 of Article 65 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Militia, "
sub-title "Re-employment of Persons in Military Serv-
ice, " as said sub-section (a) of Section 96 was amended
by Chapter 238 of the Acts of 1949, relating to the
rights and status of any person entering the armed
services between the period beginning June 1, 1950 and
ending June 1, 1953, in any pension or retirement fund
or system.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That sub-section (a) of Section 96 of Article 65 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title
"Militia, " sub-title "Re-employment of Persons in Military
Service, " as said sub-section (a) of Section 96 was amend-
ed by Chapter 238 of the Acts of 1949, be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

96. (a) The rights and status of any person inducted
into the land or naval forces of the United States within
the period beginning September 1, 1940, and ending De-
cember 31, 1945, or within the period beginning June 1,
1950, and ending June 1, 1953, for training and service
pursuant to the Act of Congress known as the Selective
Training: and Service Act of 1940, or any subsequent Acts
of a similar nature, and any member of any reserve com-
ponent of the land or naval forces of the United States
on active duty or service within said period or ordered or
assigned to active duty or service within said period, as
well as any person who, within said period, enlists in the
armed forces of the United States, and who may be absent
in such military service shall be as follows in any pension
or retirement fund or system, including the Teachers Re-
tirement system of the State of Maryland: During the
period of such absence, no such person or his estate shall
have any right or be entitled to ordinary disability bene-
fits, accidental disability benefits, death benefits, optional

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