and to issue securities, they are required in all cases to advertise the
fact that the Commission will near their application upon a certain
date. This done in order that any person, or persons, opposed to the
exercise of the franchise or the issuance of securities may have an
opportunity to be heard and submit to the Commission their reason
for believing that the Commission should withhold the order permit-
ting the things to be done under the application filed,

Tile Governor appoints an experienced and qualified attorney as
People's Counsel. No term specified in the Act. (Ch. 29, 1922.)

THE STATE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT
COMMISSION

Equitable Building, Baltimore.

Name. Term Expires. Postoffice.
Commission:

Robert E. Lee, Chairman...............l924 ......................................................Baltimore
George Louis Eppler......................1926 .............................................Cumberland
Joseph B. Harrington........1928 .........................................................Easton
Secretary, A, E. Brown. ......................................................................... Baltimore

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 con-
tested 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.

During the year ending October 31, 1922, there was a total of 33,493
industrial accidents reported to the Commission. This was a decrease
of 3,519 over the number of accidents reported in the preceding year.
Out of this number there wore 10,658 claims filed for compensation, 123
of which were claims in fatal cases, as against 9,016 claims filed during
the year ending October 31, 1921, 116 of which were claims in fatal
cases. As a result of last year's work there was paid out to injured em-
ployees and their dependents the sum of $1,065,251.83, which included
the payment of compensation, funeral and medical expenses, etc.