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MARYLAND MANUAL. THE STATE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION 741 Equitable Building, Baltimore. Name. Term Expires Postoffice. William F. Broening, Chairman ....1940 Baltimore Edmund Budnitz 1936 Baltimore Robert H. Carr 1938 Baltimore Omar D. Crothers - 1939 Elkton Daniel R. Randall 1937 . Baltimore Secretary, Albert E. Brown, Baltimore. The State Industrial Accident Commission was created by Chapter 800 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1914 and provided for three commissioners to be appointed by the Governor, not more than two of whom shall be of the same political party. After the creation of the first Commission the term of a commissioner was for a period of six years. At the session of the General Assembly of Maryland in 1935 the personnel of the Commission was increased to five, not more than three of whom shall belong to the same political party, two of whom shall be the two Commissioners then in office whose terms expire on April 16, 1937 and April 16, 1939, respectively, and the other three Commissioners shall be appointed by the Governor immediately upon the taking effect of this Act. One of them shall hold office for a term of one year beginning April 16, 1935, another shall hold office for a term of three years beginning April 16, 1935, and another shall hold office for a term of five years beginning April 16, 1935. Upon the ex- piration of the term of each Commissioner, his successor shall be ap- pointed by the Governor for a term of five years. The Governor desig- nates the Chairman. (Ch. 800, 1914—Ch. 264, 1935.) The State Industrial Accident Commission is charged with the duty of administering the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The law provides, first, for the payment of compensation to employees injured in certain extra-hazardous employments, and to their dependants 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 or mutual company, or in the State Accident Fund, or by proving to the satisfaction 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 adjudicating 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. The General Assembly of Maryland in its session of 1929 amended the Workmen’s Compensation Law, giving the Commission the power to formulate reasonable rules and regulations for the establishment and maintenance of safety, having in mind the prevention of and re- duction in accidents in occupations governed by the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Shortly after the adoption of this amendment the Commission organized a Safety Department for the purpose of carrying on this work, which department is administcrcd by the Commission. Since the passage of the Workmen’s Compensation Law in 1914 there have been numerous amendments passed by the General Assem |
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