in this State may, with the approval of the Commission, and
so far as not forbidden by any Act of Congress, voluntarily
accept the provisions of this Act by filing written acceptances
with the Commission) which shall subject the acceptors to the
provisions of this Act to all intents and purposes as if they
had been originally included in its terms.

SEC. 33 1/2. Whenever there shall have been enacted by the
Congress of the United. States and shall be in effect any act
providing an exclusive remedy and compensation to employees
of common carriers by railroad while employed in inter-state
or foreign commerce who sustain personal injury by accident
arising out of and in the course of such employment and re-
sulting in disability, or to the dependents of such employees
In case such. injury results in. death, it shall be lawful for any
such common carrier by railroad in this State and its employ-
ees or any of them, by agreement between such employer and
employees, to provide for the payment by the employer of
compensation in the amounts at the times and in the manner
specified in said Act of Congress to any employee who, while
employed by such employer in commerce or business wholly
within this State, sustains personal injury by accident aris-
ing out of and in the course of his employment and resulting
in his disability, or to the dependents, as defined in said Act
of Congress, of such employee in case such injury results in
his death; and in and by such agreement to stipulate and
agree that, except as provided therein, such employer shall
not be civilly liable for any injury to or death of any such
employee resulting from any such accident.

If any such employer shall file with the Commission an in-
strument in writing under its corporate seal offering to enter
into such an agreement with all and any of its employees in
this State and referring to such Act of Congress, and shall
cause notice of such offer filed to be published once each week
for three successive weeks following the date of such filing in
a newspaper published in each county in this State through
which, such employer runs regularly any freight or passenger
train, and in two newspapers published in the City of Balti-
more, if such employer runs regularly any freight or passen-
ger train into or through said City. every employee of such
employer shall be conclusively presumed to accept such offer
of the employer and to have entered into such agreement, un-
less such employee shall, within thirty days after the filing of
such offer bythe employer, file with the Commission a notice