3140 ARTICLE 101.

benefits of this Article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars for each
offense.

An. Code, sec. 54. 1914, ch. 800, sec. 53.

54. The powers and jurisdiction of the Commission over each case
shall be continuing and it may from time to time make such modifications
or change with respect to former findings or orders with respect thereto as
in its opinion may be justified.

This section does not authorize commission to abate, upon her marriage, benefits
awarded to sister of decedent. The question of whether commission may, under
this section and sec. 50, change its award for purpose of reapportioning the compensa-
tion among the dependents, not passed on. Adleman v. Ocean Accident & G. Cor.,
130 Md. 573. And see Accident Fund v. Jacobs' Admr., 140 Md. 627.

This section referred to in holding that an order of commission denying a motion
to reopen a case is appealable. Bethlehem Corp. v. Simmons, 143 Md. 509.

This section referred to in construing sec. 36—see notes thereto. Accident Fund v.
Jacobs' Admr., 140 Md. 627.

An. Code, sec. 55. 1914, ch. 800, sec. 54.

55. If an employe shall be inj.ured because of the absence of any safe-
guard or protection required by the Commission, the employer shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and liable to a fine of not less than $50.00 or
more than $500.00 to be paid into the State Accident Fund.
As to rules for prevention of accidents, see art. 48A, sec. 131.

Appeals.

An. Code, sec. 56. 1914, ch. 800, sec. 55.

56. Any employer, employe, beneficiary or person feeling aggrieved
by any decision of the Commission affecting his interests under this Arti-
cle may have the same reviewed by a proceeding in the nature of an appeal
and initiated in the Circuit Court of the County or in the Common Law
Courts of Baltimore City having jurisdiction over the place where the acci-
dent occurred or over the person appealing from such decision, and the
court shall determine whether the Commission has justly considered all
the facts concerning injury, whether it has exceeded the powers granted it
by the Article, whether it has misconstrued the law and facts applicable in
the case decided. If the Court shall determine that the Commission has
acted within its powers and has correctly construed the law and facts, the
decision of the Commission shall be confirmed, otherwise it shall be re-
versed or modified. Upon the hearing of such an appeal the Court shall,
upon motion of either party filed with the clerk of the court according to
the practice in civil cases, submit to a jury any question of fact involved
in such case. The proceedings in every such an appeal shall be informal
and summary, but full opportunity to be heard shall be had before judgment
is pronounced. No such appeal shall be entertained unless notice of appeal
shall have been served personally upon some member of the Commission
within thirty days following the rendition of the decision appealed from.
An appeal shall not be a stay. If the decision of the Commission shall be
changed or modified, the practice prevailing in civil cases as to the pay-