2098                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND [Ch. 622

service and again became teachers. However, any teacher
whose board of education had granted him a leave of
absence immediately before he left for military service
shall be considered to have left the teaching profession
for military service]. HOWEVER, MEMBERS SHALL NOT BE
AWARDED THIS CREDIT IF THEY HAVE RECEIVED CREDIT FOR A
PERIOD OF MILITARY SERVICE UNDER ANOTHER RETIREMENT
SYSTEM, FOR WHICH RETIREMENT BENEFITS HAVE BEEN OR WILL
BE RECEIVED BY THEM; HOWEVER, THIS EXCLUSION SHALL NOT
APPLY TO ANY CREDIT PROVIDED THROUGH FEDERAL OLD AGE AND
SURVIVORS INSURANCE (SOCIAL SECURITY), THE NATIONAL
RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT, OR TO ANY DISABILITY PAYMENTS
FROM ANY PENSION OR RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Service rendered
for the regular school year in any district shall be
equivalent to one year's service.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That
Section]] 88 of Article 65 - Militia, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume and 1973
Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and re—enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 65 — Militia
88.

The rights and status of any person inducted into the
land or naval forces of the United States for training
and service pursuant to the act of Congress known as the
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, or any
subsequent acts of a similar nature, and any member of
any reserve component of the land or naval forces of the
United States on active duty or service within [said]
THAT period or ordered or assigned to active duty or
service within [said] THAT period, as well as any person
who, within [said] THAT period, enlists in the armed
forces of the United States, and who may be absent in
[such] military service shall be as follows 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 Maryland:
During the period of [such] HIS absence, no such person
or his estate shall have any right or be entitled to
ordinary disability benefits, accidental disability
benefits, death benefits, optional allowances or other
disability or death benefits in any fund or system. Any
such person, during such absence except as herein
otherwise specified, shall retain his status and rights
as a member of any such pension or retirement fund or
system (a) if he does not withdraw any part of his
accumulated contributions, and (b) if within one year
from the time he is relieved from active duty or service