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section, unless he, at once, insures voluntarily as provided in the second
paragraph of this section.

Any employer, subject to the provisions of this Article, who, after Novem-
ber 1st, nineteen hundred and fourteen, fails or refuses to submit to said
Commission, as provided in the next succeeding paragraphs, 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.

Any such employer who may wish to adopt any one of the methods men-
tioned in the preceding paragraphs for assuring the payment of compen-
sation to his employees 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 proposed. If rejected, the
employer may submit another method authorized under this Article. The
said Commission may from time to time revise or alter its decision in
approving the election of an 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 pay-
ments to employees or for the diminishing and prevention of accidents.
Any action of the Commission for the purpose of diminishing or prevent-
ing accidents shall not apply to public service corporations under the juris-
diction of the Public Service Commission. Any decision of said Commis-
sion 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 employees 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 himself, or
give bond or deposit securities as aforesaid, shall at any time after Novem-
ber 1st, nineteen hundred and fourteen, be compelled by the Commission
to insure to his employees and their dependents the payment of the com-
pensation specified in this Article, by paying to the State Treasurer for
the use and benefit of the State Accident Fund, hereinafter authorized to
be established, the premium or taxes levied and published by the Com-
mission for the group of employments, industries or works to which said
employer belongs. And any such employer who fails or refuses to so insure
within ten days, after being ordered by the Commission to do so, shall
be liable to the State in an amount equal to the premium or taxes required
of him for six months' insurance in the State Accident Fund, as a penalty,