948 WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. [ART. 101

reports from him annually or at such other times as the Commission
may deem necessary or advisable and may examine such employer
under oath or make such other examination of his business as the Com-
mission may determine. If he should fail to furnish such satisfactory
proof, or give bond, or deposit such securities as required by the Com-
mission, or if he should at any time fail to render satisfactory reports
to the Commission or otherwise satisfy the Commission of his continued
financial ability to pay the compensation himself, he shall be subject to
the provisions of the first paragraph of this section of this Article and
shall be required by the Commission to insure as provided in the first
paragraph of said this Section, unless he, at once, insure voluntarily as
provided in the second paragraph of this section.

Any employer, subject to the provisions of this Article, who, after
November first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, fails or refuses to sub-
mit to said Commission, as provided in the next succeeding paragraphs,
the method he desired to adopt for assuring compensation, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine of not less than
five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars. The Court may, in
its discretion, remit any such penalty, provided the employer in default
assures the compensation as provided in this section.

Any such employer who may wish to adopt any one of the methods
mentioned in the preceding paragraphs for assuring the payment of
compensation to his employes and their dependents, shall first submit
to the State Industrial Accident Commission the method he wishes to
adopt. The said Commission may approve or reject the method pro-
posed. If rejected, the employer may submit another method author-
ized under this Article, The said Commission may from time to time
revise or alter its decision in approving the election of any employer to
adopt any one of the methods of assuring payment of the compensation
as provided for in this Article, if such action is reasonably necessary
to secure and safeguard such payments to employes or for the diminish-
ing and prevention of accidents. Any decision of said Commission
under this section or Section 14 of this Article may be reviewed by
writ of certiorari in the Circuit Court for the county in which the em-
ployer may reside or in any of the Common Law Courts of Baltimore
City, if the employer resides in Baltimore City.

Any employer subject to the provisions of this Article, who fails or
refuses to insure voluntarily the payment of the compensation specified
in this Article to his employes and their dependents through one of the
methods of assurance of payment, mentioned in the second paragraph
of this Section of this Article, or fails to furnish satisfactory proof to
the Commission of his financial ability to pay such compensation him-
self, or give bond or deposit securities as aforesaid shall, at any time
after November first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, be compelled by
the Commission to insure to his employes and their dependents the pay-
ment of the compensation, specified in this Article, by paying to the
State Treasurer for the use and benefit of the State Accident Fund,