WAR CLAIMS COMMISSION.

Albert S. J. Owens.................................. Baltimore City
George L. Hopper................................... Havre de Grace
W. Beatty Harlan..........................................Bel Air

This Commission was appointed under the provisions of Chapter 539
of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1920. The Commission is
authorized to investigate and report upon any claims of citizens of
Maryland against the Federal Government growing out of the war.

STATE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION.

Equitable Building, Baltimore.

Name. Term Expires. Postoffice.
Commission:

Robert E. Lee, Chairman. . .1924 .................... .Baltimore
George Louis Eppier ......,1926 ................... Cumberland
Joseph B. Harrington, .... .1922 ....................... .Easton
Governor appoints three, not more than two of whom shall be of
the same political faith, one for 6 years, one for 4 years, and one for
2 years, and as these terms expire the successor is appointed for 6
years. The Governor designates the chairman. (Ch. 800, 1914.)

The State industrial Accident Commission is charged with the duty
of administering the Workmen's Compensation Law. The law pro-
vides, first, for the payment of compensation to employees injured in
certain extra-hazardous employments, and to their dependents in case
of death; second, for all employers in such occupations shall secure the
payment of such compensation by insuring! their liability in a stock
company, or the State Accident Fund, or by proving to the satisfac-
tion of the Commission their financial ability to pay the compensation
direct.

The business of the Commission is to administer to the Workmen's
Compensation Act and involves determining what occupations are in-
cluded, receiving reports of accidents, receiving, investigating and ad-
judicating claims arising under the Act. Hearings are held in contested
cases. In addition to these duties, the Commission administers to the
State Accident Fund, which is operated by the Act, as one of the
methods by which employers must insure.

INSURANCE COMMISSIONER.
Office, Union Trust Building, Bailtimoro.

(Term Expires April, 1923.)

Name. Postoffice.
Commissioner:

Thos. J. Keating................................. Centreville
Deputy Commissioner:
Wilson L. Coudon................................. Perryville

Examiner:

Hazelton A. Joyce, Jr.............................Baltimore
Actuary:

Arthur M. Siegk. ............................ .Baltimore City
Counsel:

Alexander Armstrong, Attorney-General........ Baltimore City
Assistant Counsel:

J. Purdon Wright. ........................... .Baltimore City
Auditor:

John P. Albert. .............................. .Baltimore City
Chief Clerk:

Denton S. Lowe .................................... Wittman