Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-08-02
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS

War Veterans, and to he known as
Sections s. 0. 10, II, II. 10, IA. Is, 10,
IL and IS. and to read as follows:
RE EMPLOYMENT OF SECOND
WORLD WAR VETERANS
8. Any Second World War Veteran,
as defined in Section of this, Article,
| who. by reason of his entry into the
armed forces of the United States, has
left or leaves a position other than
temporary position, with the State of
Maryland. any of the Counties therein,
| the City of Baltimore. or any other
| governmental subdivision of the State,
including all municipal corporations. all
| towns and villages having the taxing
power, any governmental or quasi gov
! ornamental district. board of commits
/ sion in the State. and any department.
! agency or commission of any of the
aforegoing shall be reinstated In such
! position or. subject to the provisions
| hereinafter set forth in this Act, be
| given position as nearly as may be of
/ like duties, qualifications and pay. and,
| If involved of like classification, SEMI
GRITTY and status: (such substitute posi-
tion Is hereinafter referred to as a
| comparable position"D
(a) If lac is still qualified to perform
the duties Of such position, and
% If he makes application for rein
statement within ninety (00) days
from the date of separation from
such service or training. or within
ninety 900 days after discharge
from hospital, provided such
disqualification is directly con-
nected with. related to. and inn
mediately follows his separation
from the armed forces, and the
period of disqualification does not
extend beyond year from the
date of such separation.
! A Second World War Veteran who is
| reinstated or reemployed as in this sub
/ title provided, is hereinafter referred to
as a "re-employee'. Upon reinstate-
ment or unemployment, a re-employee
/ shall be considered as having been on
] furlough and the time between the date
| of his entry into the armed services and
/ the date of his reinstatement or re-
| employment shall be added to the time
/ he had been employed by the State or
/ other governmental unit by whom he
! was employed when he entered the
armed services, to determine his length
/ of service, seniority and status, and he
! shall be entitled to all benefits and
/ privileges, including pay, pension and
retirement rights, which attach to such
! seniority and status or either.
| A re employee shall also be restored,
| upon reinstatement or unemployment
| to the Merit System status or classic
/ cation. If any, held by him at the time
/ of his entry into the armed services,
/ and shall be given credit for the addi-
| tional seniority above provided. He
] ~
! ton to which he is reinstated or in
| which he is re employed without sub
! stantial cause within one year after re-
/ instatement. and only for the reasons
/ and in the manner provided in any
4 Merit or civil Service System law, ordi-
nance or rule. if applicable.
Any re-employee. upon reinstatement
/ or re- employment. shall start at the
| salary which he would have received at
/ that time if he had remained eontinu-
| ously in the service Of the State or
| other governmental unit by whom he
/ was employed at the time of his entry
into the armed services.
| o. In administering the directions Of
/ this subtitle as to reinstatement and
I e-cmployment of Second World War
| Veterans, the following rules shall
4 apply:
/ (a) Where two or more such Veterans
! occupied the same position and
have successfully gone into the
armed forces, their respective pri-
GRITTY for reinstatement to that
position shall be chronological, IN
the order in which they entered
the armed forces, but the first
qualified applicant shall be en-
titled to be rcinstated in, and hold
the position until one with
prior valid claim makes applica-
ton for 1t.
(b) Where one such qualified Veteran
hold the position which he left to ,
enter the armed forces, because
of the prior right of another such
Veteran, such displaced Veteran
shall be given comparable po-
sition, if one is available. If no
comparable position is available,
he shall have the right to ap-l
pointment to the most comparable
position which is available and
for which he is qualified, and IL
he does not desire such most COM,
parable position, or none is AVAIL
able. he shall be placed on jan
eligible list for appointment to the
same position which he held at tho
time he entered the armed forces
! or for appointment to a compar-i
able position, whichever he pre-,
fers. Qualified Second World War
Veterans shall be placed at the
head of such eligible lists, and,
where two or more such Veterans
are on the same eligible list, their
priority for employment shall I've,
determined by the length of their
previous public service including
the time spent in the armed
forces Such eligible lists shall
be maintained and utilized for a
period of not less than one year
from the termination of the pres
ent hostilities in which the United
States is engaged and the PREFER
ences conferred upon Second
! section shall extend during the.
life OF any such eligible list on
which his name appears Ii any
! employing governmental unit men,
TONED in Section s of this Act
shall not have or use an eligible
or employment list, every such
unit shall assemble such list and
maintain and utilize it as herein
provided.
tc) The right to determine what is a
/ comparable" or most compar-'
able position is hereby vested in
the State Employment Commis-
sioner in the cases of Second
World War Veterans who were.
state employees, either classified
or unclassified: in the cases Of
l. Second World War Veterans who
II We're employees of other govern
mental units, such right shall be
vested in the Civil Service Com
mission or individual or body
having similar powers and duties
in any governmental unit having
such a Civil Service Commission.
or other individual or body with
similar powers and duties, or IL
there be none in any governmental
- unit In the appointing authority
of such governmental unit Any
such determination by the apprO-
PIRATE official or body herein au-
thOrized to pass thereon, unless
arbitrary or wholly unreasonable.
shall be binding upon the APP
pointing authority and the Vet
Gran.
10 Where a position left, to enter
the armed services. by Second World
War Veteran qualified under this sub
title for reinstatement or re-employ-
ment has been abolished prior to the
reinstatement of the Veteran to said
| position, and there is no comparable
position except one held by a person
having greater seniority than the quail
! fled Veteran entitled TO rpinstatempnf or
| employment, the State or other for. F,
mer employing governmental unit shall
re-establish such position and reinstate
such qualified Veteran therein, or shall