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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 255

in interest to such position, or to a position of like seniority,
status, and pay; or

(ii) If not qualified to perform the duties of
such position by reason of disability sustained during the active
duty or training, but if qualified to perform the duties of any
other position in the employment of the employer or his successor
in interest to such other position, the duties of which he is
qualified to perform, as will provide him like seniority, status,
and pay, or the nearest approximation thereof consistent with the
circumstances in each case, unless the employer's circumstances
have so changed as to make it impossible or unreasonable to do
so.

56.

Whenever the words "National Guard," "militia," "organized
militia," or "military forces" appear in this article they shall
be construed to cover the naval militia or naval forces of this
State, wherever applicable and wherever the words "Army
regulations," ["Secretary of War"] "SECRETARY OF THE ARMY", or
similar words appear they shall be construed to read "Navy
regulations," "Secretary of Navy," etc., in all matters
pertaining to the naval forces of the State.

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 that period or ordered or assigned to active duty or
service within that period, as well as any person who, within
that period, enlists in the armed forces of the United States,
and who may be absent in 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
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 he
shall be actively employed by the State of Maryland, or any
agency thereof, or by the City of Baltimore or any other
political subdivision of the State, and (c) if he shall not have
previously taken any other employment except temporary employment
after he has applied for reemployment in his former