78                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 51

CHAPTER 51
(Senate Bill 7)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 1(3) of
Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1962 Supple-
ment), title "Pensions," subtitle "In General"; and to add a new
Section 10A to said article and subtitle (1957 Edition and 1962
Supplement), to follow immediately after Section 10 thereof, pro-
viding for membership in the State Employees' Retirement Sys-
tem, including provisions for Social Security benefits, for the sev-
eral classes of assessors for whom the State pays a portion of
annual salary under the provisions of Article 81 of this Code, de-
fining those persons to whom such retirement and Social Security
provisions apply, making provision for the portion of cost thereof
to be defrayed by the State, and relating generally to retirement
and Social Security benefits for certain classes of assessors in
this State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 1(3) of Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1962 Supplement), title "Pensions," subtitle "In General" be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments; and that a
new Section 10A be and it is hereby added to said article and sub-
title (1957 Edition and 1962 Supplement), to follow immediately
after Section 10 thereof, and all to read as follows:

1.

(3) "Employee" shall mean any regular classified or unclassified
officer or employee of the State for whom compensation is provided
for by State appropriation, or whose compensation is paid from State
funds, including all regular employees of the State Roads Commis-
sion, whether classified or unclassified and whether paid on an an-
nual, daily or hourly basis, and shall expressly include those engaged
in work on the maintenance of county roads under the supervision
of the State Roads Commission. Provided, however, that all unclassi-
fied persons working for the State Roads Commission or on county
roads under the supervision and control of the State Roads Commis-
sion on an hourly basis who have not been regularly employed in such
work for a period of one year, shall not be eligible for membership
until they have been so regularly employed for a period of one year.
The term "employee" shall include any appointed or elected employee
of the State, and any clerk of any court and register of wills, and
shall include the Sheriff of Baltimore City and the employees of his
office. It shall exclude any person who is a member of or eligible to
membership in the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of
Maryland or the State Police Pension Fund or the Judges Retirement
System and any class of employees whose compensation is only partly
paid by the State or who are serving on a temporary basis. The term
"employee" also shall include any person who was regularly em-
ployed by Miners' Hospital in Frostburg and who was a member of
the Retirement System at the time it was transferred from State
ownership, and who continues in employment at the hospital after
the transfer, so long as all contributions to the Retirement System
which are required from both employees and employer are made when
and as payable. From and after the time the hospital is transferred
from State ownership, the State no longer has the responsibility of
paying the employer's share of the contributions. The term "em-