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portion of such. premium from the wages or salary of any
employee entitled to the benefits of this Act shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not
more than two hundred dollars for each offense.
SEC. 53. The powers and jurisdiction of the Commission
over each case shall be continuing and it may from time to
time make such modifications or change with respect to former
findings or orders with respect thereto as in its opinion may
be justified.
SEC. 54. If an employee shall be injured because of the
absence of any safeguard or protection required, by the Com-
mission, the employer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
liable to a fine of not less than $50.00 or more than $500.00
to be paid into the State Accident Fund.
SEC. 55. Any employer, employee, beneficiary or person
feeling aggrieved by any decision, of the Commission affecting
his interests under this Act may have the same reviewed by
a proceeding in the nature of an appeal and initiated in the
Circuit Court of the county or in the Common Law Courts of
Baltimore City having jurisdiction over the place where the
accident occurred or over the person appealing from such
decision, and the court shall determine whether the Commis-
sion has justly considered all the facts concerning injury,
whether it has exceeded the powers granted it by the Act,
whether it has misconstrued the law and facts applicable in
the case decided. If the Court shall determine that the Com-
mission has acted within its powers and. has correctly con-
strued the law and facts, the decision of the Commission shall
be confirmed, otherwise it shall be reversed, or modified. Upon
the hearing of such an appeal the Court shall, upon motion
of either party filed with the Clerk of the Court according to
the practice in civil cases, submit to a jury any question
of fact involved in such case. The proceedings in every such
an appeal shall be informal and summary, but full opportun-
ity to be heard shall be had before judgment is pronounced.
No such appeal shall be entertained unless notice of appeal
shall have been served personally upon some member of the
Commission within thirty days following the rendition of
the decision appealed from. An appeal shall not be a stay. If
the decision of the Commission shall be changed or modified,
the practice prevailing in civil cases as to the payment of
costs and the fees of medical and other witnesses shall apply.
Appeal shall lie from the judgment of the Circuit Court of
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