Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-08-02
CHATTER 300

AN ACT to repeal Section 1GsA OF Ar
ticle II of the Annotated Code Of
Maryland 0043 Supp, title Cover
Executive and Administrative
Departments" sub title department
of State Employment and Registra-
ton, and to enact in lieu thereof a
new section. to be known as Section
40 of Article 9Gla of the Annotated
Code Of Maryland. as said Article was
added to said Code by the 1915 Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland, title Vet
erans to follow Immediately after
Section A. of said Article 961h pro-
vided that persons in the armed forces
of the United States, or persons
whose duties require them to be with
such forces, shall have certain rights
to file applications for licenses, GER
tifcates and permits, or other auth0ri-
cations required by law, ordinance.
rule or regulation within a certain
period after the end of the present
war. and providing that such persons
shall receive credit for the time they
performed work or underwent train
ing in the armed forces pertaining to
the profession, trade or calling for
which they seek licenses, certificates.
permits or other authorizations
Section /. Be it enacted by the GEN
eral Assembly of Maryland, That Sec
tion 10SA of Article IL of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1943 Suppl,
title "Governor-Executive and Admins
istrative Departments, subtitle De
partment of State Employment and
Registration, be and the same is here
by repealed, and that new Section he,
aud 1t is hereby enacted in lieu thereof,
said new Section to be known as Sec
tion 40 Of Article 0Gia Of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, as said Article was
added TO said Code by the 1915 General
Assembly of Maryland, title Veterans,
TO follow Immediately after Section 4J
of said Article 0G4, and to read as
follows.
40. Whenever, under the laws of this
State, Public General aud Public Local.
or under any ordinance, rule or regu-
lation, 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 certifi-
cate. permit or other authorization upon
timely application therefor to any board
or agency enumerated in Section 162 of
Article Al of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, or TO any other board or
agency now or hereafter existing as de-
scflDed In Section 10S of said Article of
said Code, or now or hereafter created
by or existing under any Public Local
Law or ordinance, whose duty ior part
OF whose duty it Is TO examine or IL
cense applicants for admission to prac-
or calling, and the person entitled to
make such application fails to file the
same. at the required time because said
person is in the military naval or other
armed services of the United States or
because said persons duties require his
or her presence with said services, said
person may file application for such
renewal ut any time within one year
from the effective date of this act 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 authorize
ton as though his or her application
therefor had been filed by the time re-
quired.
Whenever any period Of time is re-
quired for service as an apprentice in,
or in preparation for, any profession,
trade of 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 UNDER
went training pertaining to said pro-
fession, trade or calling while in the
armed forces of the United States, upon
establishing proof thereof satisfactory
to the appropriate examining board. adj
duced by certificate. affidavit or other
wise.
This Section shall be literally con-
strued.
Sec. ., And be it further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the pub
lie health and safety, and being passed
upon yea and nay vote, supported by
three-iifth of all the members elected
to each of the two houses of the Gem
eral Assembly. the same shall take eff
feet from the date of its passage.
Approved March n, 1915.