Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-08-03
PUBLIC E LAWS
mediately after Article SO of said Code
and to read as follows:


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VETERANS
~ The term Second World Wal
Veterans, as and when used In this
Article, unless a contrary intention shall
be manifest by the context, shall mean,
be deemed to mean, and shall apply to
any person who, at the time he seeks
to invoke any of the provisions of this
Article or at the time any such pro-
visions become applicable to him, is a
May /, 1910, and prior to the termina-
tion of the hostilities in which the
United States is now engaged:
(a) Has been or shall be indicted
into any of the land or naval forces
Of the United States, pursuant to the
Act of Congress, known as the Selec-
tive Training Service Act of 1910, as
amended, or any subsequent Act or
amendments of a similar nature, or,
(b) Who, as a member of any re-
forces of the United States, has now
been or may hereafter be on active
duty or service, or,
(c) Who has been enlisted In, OF
been commissioned in, the armed
forces of the United States, or who
may hereafter enlist Or be commits
stoned in the armed forces of the
United States, and
Who has either been honorably dis
charged from the land or naval forces
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a certificate of satisfactory compile
ton of training and service in any
of such forces, n
who, at the time of his entry into the
armed forces of the United States, had
been a resident Of Maryland for the
year Immediately preceding, or who, If
he had not been a resident for the year
Immediately preceding the time Of his
entry into the armed forces of the
United States, had resided in the State
for at least two of the three years i'm
mediately preceding such time, or who
has resided in the State at least one
year Immediately preceding the time he
1nvokes any of the provisions of this
Article.
For the purposes of this Article, a
person shall be deemed q resident of
the State If he is a duly qualified voter
therein, provided, however, that the fact
voter therein shall not, if by other ap-
pficable standards he is a resident, pre-
clude him from being so classified.
2. A Second World War Veteran,
shall be entitled to all preferences,
benefits, rights and privileges and sub
ject to all the obligations, liabilities and
duties conferred or imposed by any Of
the existing laws of the State of Mary
land passed prior to or at the 1915
Session of the General Assembly of
Maryland, upon Veterans of the First
World war, including by way of emu
meration only and not by way Of limi-
%tation, any Merit System Laws of the
State, or merit system or civil service
laws, ordinances or rules applicable to
any of the counties of the State, the
City of Baltimore, or any other govern
mental subdivision of the State, includ-
ing all municipal corporations, all
towns and villages having the taxing
power, any governmental or quasi-gov-
ornamental district, board Or commission
in the State, and any department,
agency or commission of any Of the
aforegoing.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
lat this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation Of the pub
lie health and safety, M being passed
upon by a yea and nay vote, supported
by three-ffths Of all the members
elected to each Of the two Houses OF
the General Assembly, the same shall
take effect from the date Of the
passage.
Approved: March "A, 1915.