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as required by Section [13] 14 (6) of this article. Should such bene-
ficiary be appointed or elected to any office, the salary or compen-
sation of which is paid by the State, his retirement allowance shall
cease, and he may again become a member of the Retirement System
and shall contribute thereafter at the same rate he paid prior to his
retirement. Any prior service certificate on the basis of which his
service was computed at the time of his retirement shall be restored
to full force and effect, and in addition upon his subsequent retire-
ment he shall be credited with all his service as a member, provided
his pension upon such subsequent retirement shall not exceed the
pension he was receiving prior to restoration plus such pension as
may have accrued on account of his membership service after resto-
ration. The payment of all such pensions and the continued payment
of such pensions shall be contingent on the payment annually by
the State of Maryland of the additional amount so required to meet
the current disbursements of such pensions.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 563
(Senate Bill 534)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 496 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Washington County (1957
Edition, being Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title "Washington County", sub-title "Manufacturing
Plants", as added by Chapter 297 of the Acts of 1963; extending
the effective period in which certain tax exemptions may be
granted factories, industrial plants and new industries by the
County Commissioners of Washington County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 496 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Washington
County (1957 Edition, being Article 22 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Washington County", sub-title "Manu-
facturing Plants", as added by Chapter 297 of the Acts of 1963, be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

496.

For the purpose of encouraging the location of new industries in
Hagerstown and elsewhere in Washington County and for the pur-
pose of encouraging the growth and development of factories, manu-
facturing industries, fabricating or assembling facilities, industrial
plants and the like in the city and county aforesaid, the County
Commissioners of said county are hereby authorized and empowered
to exempt from county taxation such factories, manufacturing indus-
tries, fabricating or assembling facilities, industrial plants and the
like, and the land, machinery and tools therewith used, and stock in
trade or products thereof as may be located in said Hagerstown or
elsewhere in said county, as herein provided: