454                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 287

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved April 11, 1955.

CHAPTER 287
(Senate Bill 360)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 85 of
Article 65 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1954 Supplement),
title "Militia", sub-title "Re-employment of Persoiis in Military
Service", renewing, until 1955, 1957, the rights of certain persons
in military service to civilian re-employment and for other
purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That Section 85 of Article 65 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1954 Supplement), title "Militia", sub-title "Re-employment of Per-
sons in Military Service", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

85. Rights of certain servicemen in pension and retirement funds.
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 December 31, 1945, or within the period beginning
June 1, 1950, and ending June 1, [1955] 1957, for training and serv-
ice 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 component 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' retirement 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
benefits, accidental disability benefits, death benefits, optional allow-
ances or other disability or death benefits in any such fund or system.
Any such person, during such absence except as herein otherwise
specified, shall retain his status and rights as a member of any such
pension or retirement fund or system (a) if he does not withdraw
any part of his accumulated contributions, and (b) if within one year
from the time he is relieved from active duty or service he shall
again be actively employed by his employer or employing unit at the
time he left for active service, and (c) if he shall not have previously
taken any other employment except temporary employment after he
has applied for re-employment in his former classification or position
in the State service, and has been refused immediate re-employment

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.