396                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 181

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 18B be and it is hereby added to Article 64A of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume), title
"Merit System," to follow immediately after Section 18A thereof
and to read as follows:

18B.

Any State employee in either the classified or unclassified service
other than a temporary or emergency employee as defined in Section
24 of this Article, who by reason of his entry into the Armed Forces
of the United States has left or leaves his position with the State
of Maryland after February 1, 1963, shall be reinstated to the clas-
sification within his department which he held prior to his entry
into the Armed Forces, or to a position of equal responsibility,
qualifications, and pay, provided:

(1)    He makes application within ninety days from the date of
his separation from the Armed Forces in case he has involuntarily
entered, or within ninety days after the termination of his first
period of enlistment in case he has voluntarily entered, for rein-
statement as a State employee; and

(2)    He makes application for reinstatement within ninety days
from the date of separation from such service or within ninety days
after discharge from a hospital, provided such hospitalization is
directly connected with, related to and immediately follows his sepa-
ration from the Armed Forces and the period of hospitalization does
not extend beyond a year from the date of such separation.

Any employee qualifying for reinstatement under this provision
shall be entitled to start at the salary and rate of earnings for
leave which he would have received if he had remained continuously
in the State service.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety, and having been passed
by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of the members
elected to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 14, 1966.

CHAPTER 181
(House Bill 974)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 43 (g) of
Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 EDITION
1965 Supplement), title "Elections," subtitle "Cancellation of
Registration," to allow the Board of Supervisors of Elections for
Prince George's County, Maryland, to cancel voter registration,
when the voter has moved from Prince George's County without
notification to the Supervisors of Elections, after notification to
show cause has been sent to the voter at his last known address, and
declaring this Act to be an Emergency measure.