The State Industrial Accident
Commission

741 Equitable Building, Baltimore

Name. Term Expires. Postoffice..
William F. Broening, Chairman. . 1940. .......................... Baltimore
Reno S. Harp. ................ 1941......................... Frederick
Frank F. Luthardt..................... 1943............................. Baltimore
Frederic P. Adkins. ............. 1942. ..................... Salisbury
Robert C. Clark. .......................... 1944. ......................... Catonsville
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