Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                   1311

268. Definitions, (a) For the purposes of this sub-title and unless
otherwise required by the context:

(b)  An "Absentee Resident" means a resident of Baltimore City,

(1)  qualified to vote under the Constitution as to age, citizenship
and length of residence and not disfranchised because of crime, and

(2)  who is absent and engaged in the military or naval service of
the United States as herein defined, and (3) who, because of such
absence, is unable to vote in person at any election, as herein defined,
in the ward or election district in Baltimore City in which he was a
resident at the time of his entry or induction into the armed forces
of the United States, or into any of the organizations, work or
services hereinafter set forth; provided that, at the time his ballot
is received, as in this sub-title provided, he is either already regis-
tered as a voter according to the Election Laws of this State, exclu-
sive of this sub-title, or becomes so registered by mail under this
sub-title.

(c)  For the purpose of, and when used in this sub-title, the phrase
"absent and engaged in the military or naval service of the United
States", shall be deemed to include and apply to persons in the
armed forces of the United States and also to persons engaged in
the work or services, or who are members of the organizations,
herein specified as limited in such specifications; and for such pur-
poses and as so used, the term "Absentee Resident" shall include the
following:

(1)  All such absentee residents who are members of any branch
of the armed forces of the United States and of any of their respec-
tive components;

(2)  All such absentee residents who are members of the Merchant
Marine of the United States, and who are hereby defined to be
persons who are employed as officers or members of crews of vessels
documented under the laws of the United States, and persons enrolled
for such employment with the War Shipping Administration, exclu-
sive, however, of those in the service or enrolled for service on the
Great Lakes or the inland waterways of the United States;

(3) All such absentee residents who are serving with the American
Red Cross, the Society of Friends, the Women's Auxiliary Service
Pilots, the United Service Organizations and other similar agencies
and organizations who are attached to or serving with the armed
forces of the United States outside of the United States;

(4) All such absentee residents who have been honorably dis-
charged from the armed forces of the United States too late to
register or vote as required, except for the provisions of this sub-title.

For all purposes of this sub-title, an Absentee Resident shall be
deemed and held to have resided continuously in the ward or election
district in which he resided at the time he first left to become absent
and engaged in the military or naval service of the United States,
as herein defined, for the entire period he has been so absent and
engaged.

(d) The term "United States", when used geographically in this
sub-title, means only the territorial limits of the several States of
the United States and the District of Columbia.