1626 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 837]

SEC. 4. The insurance in case of death shall be for the bene-
fit of such persons being the widow, widower, father, mother,
son or daughter, as are dependent wholly or in part for their
support upon the earnings of such employee (all of which per-
sons are hereinafter designated as dependents of such employee),
or of such of them as may be named in the contract or policy to
which it refers and the person for whose benefit such insurance
is made should be bound by the agreement authorized by the
first section of this act.

SEC. 5. In order to satisfy the requirements of this act, the
benefits payable under such insurance shall be at least as fol-
lows:

(I) In case of death:

(a) If the employee insures for the benefit of any dependent
wholly dependent upon his wages at the time of his death, a sum
equal to his wages in the employment of said employer during
a period of three years next preceding the accident, but not less
in any case than the sum of one thousand dollars; provided,
that the amount of any weekly payment made under such insur-
ance or any lump sum paid in redemption thereof, may be
deducted from such sum; and if the period of the employee's
employment by said employer has been less than said three
years, then the amount of his earnings during said three years
shall be deemed to be one hundred and fifty-six times his average
weekly earnings during the period of his actual employment by
said employer.

(b) If the employee insures for the benefit only of persons
partly dependent upon his wages at the time of his death, then a
sum equal to the payment provided for the benefit of persons
wholly dependent, less six times the average annual earnings;
or if employed for less than a year, then less three hundred
times the average weekly earnings of said dependent person or
persons partly dependent on his wages.

(c) If the employee leaves no dependents, then the reasonable
expenses of his medical attendance shall be paid, and in addition
burial expenses not less than seventy-five dollars nor more than
one hundred dollars.

And the contract or policy therein referred to may provide
for the payment, instead of a lump sum, of a weekly sum which,
in the case of persons wholly dependent, shall not be less than
the weekly payment in case of total disability hereinafter pro-
vided for, and which, in case of persons partly dependent, shall
not be less than the weekly payment in case of total disability,
less the amounts earned by the persons partly dependent, and