HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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police or peace officers possess and exercise in their respective
jurisdictions; and all such persons shall also have all the
immunities and matters of defense now available, or such as
hereafter may be made available, to sheriffs, constables, police
or peace officers, in any suit, criminal or civil, brought
against them in consequence of acts done in the course of their
employment and duty.

21.

Officers shall take rank from the date of their commissions
and in such manner as provided by the regulations of the [War]
DEFENSE Department; provided that this article shall not apply to
any person hereafter appointed an officer, unless he shall have
successfully passed such tests as to his physical, moral and
professional fitness as the Governor shall prescribe. The
examination to determine such qualifications for commission shall
be conducted by a board of three commissioned officers appointed
by the Governor from the regular Army or the National Guard or
both.

22.

A commissioned officer shall not be removed from office
without his consent, except as provided in this article or by
regulations of the [War] DEFENSE Department; provided that at any
time the moral character, capacity and general fitness for the
service of any commissioned officer may be determined by an
efficiency board of three commissioned officers, senior in rank
to the officer whose fitness for service shall be under
investigation, and if the findings of such board be unfavorable
to such officer and be approved by the official authorized to
appoint such a board, he shall be discharged. Commissions of
officers may be vacated upon resignation, absence without leave
for three months, upon the recommendation of an efficiency board
or pursuant to sentence of a courtrmartial.

32A.

Officers and enlisted men of the organized militia ordered
out for active duty or training by the Governor, or by his
authority, shall[,] be protected in their civilian employments
during the whole period or periods of the active duty or
training, as follows:

(1) In the case of any such person who, in order to
perform such active duty or training, has left or leaves a
position (other than a temporary position) in the employ of any
employer, including the State of Maryland or ' any political
subdivision thereof, and who applies or makes application for
reemployment within thirty days after being relieved from such
duty or training --- :

(i) If still qualified to perform the duties of
such position, shall be restored by the employer or his successor