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of acquisition, any contributions or interest are due and unpaid by the
previous employer; and the Board shall have the right to proceed against
such successor either in personam or in rem and the assets so acquired
shall be subject to attachment for such debt.

(f) (Forfeiture of Corporate Charter for Non-Payment of Contribu-
tions.) The provisions of Article 81, Sections 152 and 153 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland, shall apply to non-payment of unemployment
compensation contributions, as well as taxes.

(g) (Liability on Dissolution of Corporation.) The provisions of Arti-
cle 23, Section 98 as amended by Chapter 198, Section 1 of the Acts of
1937, of the Annotated Code of Maryland, shall apply to the payment of
unemployment contributions and interest due and owing by any corpora-
tion, as well as taxes.

Rights and Benefits.

1936 (Dec. Sp. Sess.), ch. 1, sec. 15. 1937, ch. 14.

15. (a) (Waiver of Rights Void.) No agreement by an individual to
waive, release, or commute his rights to benefits or any other rights under
this Article shall be valid. No agreement by any individual in the employ
of any person or concern to pay all or any portion of an employer's con-
tributions, required under this Article from such employer, shall be valid.
No employer shall directly or indirectly make or require or accept any
deduction from wages to finance the employer's contributions required
from him, or require or accept any waiver of any right hereunder by any
individual in his employ. Any employer or officer or agent of an employer
who violates any provision of this subsection shall, for each offense, be fined
not more than $1,000 or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

(b) (Limitation of Fees.) No individual claiming benefits shall be
charged fees of any kind in any proceeding under this Article by the
Board or its representatives or by any Court or by any officer thereof.
Any individual claiming benefits in any proceeding before an appeal
tribunal or the Board of Review may be represented by counsel or other
duly authorized agent; but no such agent, other than an attorney-at-law,
shall either charge or accept for such services any remuneration whatever;
and no such counsel shall either charge or receive for such services more
than an amount approved by the Board. No person, firm or corporation
shall solicit the business of appearing on behalf of persons claiming bene-
fits or shall make it a business to solicit employment for another in con-
nection with claims for benefits under this Article. Any person, firm or
corporation who violates any provision of this sub-section shall, for each
such offense, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more
than one year, or both.

(c) (No Assignment of Benefits: Exemptions.) No assignment, pledge,
or encumbrances of any right to benefits which are or may become due
or payable under this Article shall be valid; and such rights to benefits
shall be exempt from levy, execution, attachment, or any other remedy
whatsoever provided for the collection of debt; and benefits received by
any individual, so long as they are not mingled with other funds of the
recipient, shall be exempted from any remedy whatsoever for the collection
of all debts. No waiver of any exemption provided for in this subsection
shall be valid. '