54 MARYLAND MANUAL.

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 appointec 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, that 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.

The business of the Commission is to administer 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
the State Accident Fund, which is provided by the Act as one of the
methods by which employers must insure.

During the year ending October 31st, 1926, there, was a total of
41,616 industrial accidents reported to the Commission. This was an
increase of 7,633 eases over the number reported in the preceding year.
Out of this number there were 15,449 claims filed for compensation oi
which 162 were claims in fatal accidents as against 14,565 claims filed
during the year ending October 31st, 1925, 163 of which were claims in
fatal cases. As a result of last year’s work there was paid out to in
jured employees and their dependents, the sum of $1,566,774.87, which
included the payment of compensation, funeral and medical expenses,
etc.






THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR
AND STATISTICS
Office, St. Paul and Saratoga Streets.
Name. , Postoffice.

Commissioner:

Dr. J. Knox Insley
(Term Expires 1929.)

Medical Examiners:
Dr. Samuel A. Keene BalDr. Anna S. Abercrombie Baltimore

PsychiaDr. Francis L. Dunham

Assistant to Commissioner:
Mack Herzog Baltimore