WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                       Ch. 6

46.

Whenever, under the laws of this State, public general and
public local, or under any ordinance, rule or regulation, a
license, certificate, permit or other authorization may be
required in order for any person to engage in any profession,
trade or calling or to do any other act or thing and any such
law, ordinance, rule or regulation provides for the renewal of
such license, certificate, permit or other authorization upon
timely application therefor to any board or agency [enumerated in
§ 214 of Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, or to any
other board or agency now or hereafter existing as described in §
220 of said article of said code, or now or hereafter created by
or existing under any public local law or ordinance,] whose duty
or part of whose duty it is to examine or license applicants for
admission to practice or engage in any profession, trade or
calling, and the person entitled to make such application fails
to file the same[,] at the required [time] TIME, because said
person is in the military, naval or other armed services of the
United States or because said person's duties require his or her
presence with said services, said person may file application for
such renewal at any time within one year [from March 24, 1945 or
one year] after having been released from service, [whichever
period expires last,] and said person so filing shall have the
same rights and privileges to the issuance of such renewal
license, certificate, permit or other authorization as though his
or her application therefor had been filed by the time required.

Whenever any period of time is required for service as an
apprentice in, or in preparation for, any profession, trade or
calling, by any of said laws, ordinances, rules or regulations,
the applicant shall be entitled to credit thereon for the length
of time during which he performed work or underwent training
pertaining to said profession, trade or calling while in the
armed forces of the United States, upon establishing proof
thereof satisfactory to the appropriate examining board, adduced
by certificate, affidavit or otherwise.

This section shall be liberally construed.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Obsolete cross-references and language and
misplaced punctuation in Article 96 1/2, § 46.

Occurred: Prior to the 1957 codification of the
Annotated Code of Maryland.

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

120.

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