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754 WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. [ART. CI
Any employer, subject to the provisions of this article, who, after
November first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, fails or refuses to
submit to said Commission, as provided in the next succeeding para-
graphs, the method he desires to adopt for assuring compensation, or
who shall fail to secure insurance by one of such methods, 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; and provided
further that he has paid or secured to be paid any compensation or
other benefits under this article which may have been awarded against
him.
This section referred to in construing section 56—see notes thereto.
Brenner v. Brenner, 127 Md. 194.
See notes to section 14.
State Accident Fund.
1914, ch. 800, ch. 16. 1916, ch. 597, sec. 16.
16. The State industrial Accident Commission is hereby author-
ized and directed to create and establish a fund to be known as the
"State Accident Fund," for the purpose of insuring employers against
liability under this article and to their employees and their dependents
the payment of the compensation specified in this article. Such fund
shall consist of all premiums or taxes received and paid into the fund
and of property and securities acquired and interest earned through the
use of moneys belonging to the fund. Said fund shall be administered
by the Commission and shall be applicable to the payment of losses
sustained on account of insurance and to the payment of expenses in
the manner provided in this article.
1914, ch. 800, sec. 17. 1916, ch. 597, sec. 17.
17. For the purpose of creating such State Accident Fund each
employer insured in this Fund or required to be insured therein by
this article shall pay into the State Treasury the premiums of liability
based upon and being such percentage of the pay roll of such employer,
as may have been determined and published by the Commission and be
them in effect. The premiums shall be paid every four months, and
shall be the prescribed percentage of the total wages paid to all employees
subject to the article for such preceding four months' period. The
State Treasurer shall issue his receipt for any sums paid him here-
under in duplicate, the original to be delivered to the person, firm or
corporation or other employer paying the same and the duplicate filed
with the Commission; provided however, that in order to create a fund
available upon the application of this article as aforesaid on November
first, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, the payments for the
months of November, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, to Feb-
ruary, inclusive, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, shall be made
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