The Commission has also been authorized to make joint investiga-
tions, hold joint hearings, and issue joint or concurrent orders in con-
junction or concurrence with any official board or commission of any
State or of the United States, under agreements or compacts between
States or under the concurrent powers of States to regulate interstate
commerce, or as an agency of the Federal Government, or otherwise,
and it is represented on Joint Boards created by the Interstate Com-
merce Commission under the Federal Motor Carrier Act, 1936, to hear
and pass upon applications and other proceedings pertaining to in-
terstate motor carrier operations conducted in or through not over
three states.

The Commission is required by law to test all electric meters and
gas meters before installation, and to test meters upon request of the
consumer.

The Commission maintains a laboratory in which daily tests are
made of the gas furnished in the City of Baltimore, and its inspectors
also make regular and frequent tests of the gas and electricity fur-
nished in other parts of the State.

One of the most important amendments to the original Act is that
providing for representation by counsel of the interests of the public
in all proceedings before the Commission.

By Chapter 485 of the Acts of 1931 the Commission is given full
jurisdiction over taxicabs operating in Baltimore City. One require-
ment of this law is that all such taxicabs shall carry insurance or give
bond to indemnify the public.

People's Counsel

The Act now provides for the appointment by the Governor of an
experienced and qualified lawyer as People's Counsel, and it is the
duty of this official to represent the interests of complainants and of
the public generally in proceedings before the Commission.

THE STATE
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION

741 Equitable Building, Baltimore-2, Md.

Name Term Expires Post Office
Emmanuel Gorfine, Chairman 1944 Baltimore, Md.
J. Howard Holder 1943 Baltimore, Md.
Vivian V. Simpson 1946 Rockville, Md.
Dr. Thomas W. Koon 1945 Cumberland, Md.

Secretary De Lancey B. Scrivner
Director of Safety Joseph A. Haller

The State Industrial Accident Commission, created by Chapter 800
of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, 1914, is charged
•with the duty of administering the Workmen's Compensation Law.
The law provides..first, for the payment of compensation to em-
ployees injured in certain extra-hazardous employments, and to their
dependents in case of death; second, that all employers in such oc-
cupations shall secure the payment of such compensation by insuring
their liability in a stock or mutual company, or in the State Accident