1008                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                       CH. 543

any, available for investment, and shall have the power to employ
such administrative, clerical and other help as may be necessary
to the proper discharge of the duties of the Board. The Commis-
sioner in the administration of the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsi-
bility Law and the Board in the administration of this subtitle shall
cooperate in order to avoid duplication and to achieve efficiency and
economy.

The Board, collectively and not the individuals thereof, is hereby
designated as the proper party defendant in any claim or action
against the fund as provided for in this subtitle. Service of process
shall be upon the manager or assistant manager for the Board.

154.

(a) Any qualified person, who suffers damages resulting from
bodily injury or death or damage to property arising out of the
ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle in this State
on or after the first day of June 1959, and whose damages may be
satisfied in whole or in part from the fund or the personal repre-
sentative of such person, shall, within one hundred and eighty
(180) days after the accident, as a condition precedent to the right
thereafter to apply for the payment from the fund, give notice to
the Board, as prescribed by it, of his intention to make a claim
thereon for such damages, if otherwise uncollectible, and shall
otherwise comply with the provisions of this section; provided, any
such qualified person may, in lieu of giving said notice within said
time, make proof to the court on the hearing of the application for
the payment of a judgment, or during the hearing of an application
to sue the [Commissioner] Board under Section 167, either (1)
that he was physically incapable of giving said notice within said
period and that he gave said notice within 30 days after he became
physically capable to do so or, in the event that he did not become
so capable that a notice was given on his behalf within a reasonable
period; or (2) that he gave notice to the Board within 30 days of
receiving notice that an insurer had disclaimed on a policy of in-
surance so as to remove or withdraw liability insurance coverage
for his claim against a person or persons who allegedly caused him
to suffer damages. In either said notice he shall describe the manner
in which the accident occurred, specifying the time and place of
occurrence, identify the operators and vehicles involved therein
and such witnesses to said accident as are then known to him and
describe the injuries then known to him and the damage to prop-
erty sustained. Said notice shall be accompanied by

(1)   Certification by a physician of the injuries sustained so far
as they can then be anticipated and of the treatment afforded by
him.

(2)   Itemized estimates of an automobile repairman or itemized
bill, of the cost of repairs if the damage is to an automobile.

(3)   Such information as is known to him with regard to lia-
bility insurance in effect with respect to the motor vehicles involved
in the accident, and

(4)   A copy of the complaint if an action has theretofore been
brought for the enforcement of such claim. Such person shall also
notify the Board of any action thereafter instituted for the enforce-
ment of such claim within 15 days after the institution thereof, and