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date of repayment and, if otherwise qualified, be entitled to the bene-
fits of this section as if such withdrawal had not been made. If
under the above restrictions any such person be again actively
employed or reinstated as a regular employee on a leave of absence,
in any position for which membership in any pension or retirement
fund or system under the laws of the State of Maryland, or of the
City of Baltimore or any other political subdivision of this State,
including the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Mary-
land, is made a condition of employment within one year from the
time he is relieved from active duty, he shall receive credit as mem-
bership service for the period of his absence, except that no credit
shall be given when any absence after December 31, 1945 exceeds
five years, and thereafter he shall be able to transfer such credit to
another retirement system under the laws of this State or the City
of Baltimore or any other political subdivision thereof, including the
Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Maryland. During the
period of such absence of any person who was employed by the State
or any agency thereof, or by the City of Baltimore or any other
political subdivision of this State, including teachers, at the time he
entered active service, the State or such other aforementioned
employing agency shall make its contributions on behalf of such
employee as it would have made had he not been absent and had
retained his status as an employee during the period of his absence
and shall also make on behalf of such employee the contributions
which such employee would have made had he not been absent and
had retained his status as an employee during the period of his
absence. Such person, however, shall have no right to withdraw any
part of any such contribution made by the State or any afore-
mentioned employing agency. The boards, trustees or others charged
with the administration of any pension or retirement fund or system
are hereby authorized to issue rules and regulations to carry out the
provisions of this section, any present rules and regulations to the
contrary [withstanding] notwithstanding.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved February 26, 1963.

CHAPTER 9
(Senate Bill 30)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 18 (a) of
Article 75½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1962 Supple-
ment) , title "Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors", correct-
ing an error in the law concerning the revocation of certificates of
registration as professional engineers and land surveyors.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 18 (a) of Article 75½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1962 Supplement), title "Professional Engineers and Land Sur-