ART. 101] INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION. 943

1914, ch. 800, sec. 4.

4. The Commission shall be in continuous session and open for the
transaction of business during all business hours of each and every
day, excepting Sundays and legal holidays. All sessions shall be open
to the public, and shall stand and be adjourned without further notice
thereof on its record. All proceedings of the Commission shall be
shown on its record of proceedings, which shall be a public record,
and shall contain a record of each case considered and the award paid
or allowed to any employe of the Commission, or to any other person
for services. Provided, however, that any person in the employ of the
Commission who shall divulge any information secured by him in
respect to the transactions, property or business of any person, firm,
company or corporation, association or joint partnership to any person
other than the members of the Commission, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and subject to a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500
or imprisonment, not exceeding 18 months in the discretion of the
Court, and shall thereafter be disqualified from holding any appoint-
ment or employment with the Commission.

1914, ch. 800, sec. 5.

5. The Commission may employ a secretary, actuaries, accountants,
inspectors, examiners, experts, clerks, stenographers and other assist-
ants, and fix their compensation subject to the written approval of
the Governor; such compensation shall be paid out of the appropria-
tion in the State Treasury provided for in this article. The secretary,
actuaries, accountants, inspectors, examiners, experts, clerks, stenog-
raphers and other assistants that may be employed shall be entitled to
receive their actual necessary expenses while traveling on the business
of the Commission. Such expenses shall be itemized and sworn to by
the person who incurred the expense, and allowed by the Commission.
The Commission shall keep and maintain its main office and such
branch offices as it shall deem proper and necessary for the administra-
tion of the article, and shall provide suitable rooms, necessary office
furniture, supplies, books, periodicals and maps for the same. All
necessary expenses shall be audited and paid out of the appropriation
in the State Treasury provided for in this article. It shall provide
itself with a seal for the authentication of its orders, awards and pro-
ceedings, upon which shall be inscribed the words "State Industrial
Accident. Commission, State of Maryland—Official Seal."

Each member of the Commission and each person appointed to office
or employment by the Commission shall before entering upon the
duties of his office or employment take and subscribe the constitutional
oath of office.

1914, ch. 800, sec. 6.

6. The Secretary of the Commission shall keep and maintain a
full and true record of all proceedings of the Commission, of all docu-