WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 885

essary for the effective administration of this Article. In-
formation thus obtained shall not be published or be open
to public inspection (other than to public employees in the

performance of their public duties) in any manner reveaing

the employing unit's identity, but any claimant at a hear-
ing before a special examiner, a referee or the Board shall
be supplied with information from such records to the extent
necessary for the proper presentation of his claim. Any
employee of the Board who violates any provision of this
section shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned
for not longer than one year, or both.

(2) No report, communication or any other such matter
either oral or written from the employee or employer to
each other or to the Board or any of its agents, representa-
tives or employees, which shall have been written, sent, de-
livered or made in connection with the requirements and
administration of this Article shall be made the subject
matter or basis of any suit for slander or libel in any court,
unless such report, communication, or other such matter
is false and malicious.

(3) Each employer shall notify the Board of the accession
to employment of every individual who comes into his or its
employ. Such accession notices shall be made on forms or in
a manner to be prescribed by the Board, and shall be sent
to the Board not later than the end of the fifth business or
working day following the day each individual begins his
employment. Failure to file such accession notice in the
manner prescribed by the Board shall subject the employer
to a penalty of from Two Dollars ($2.00) to Ten Dollars
($10.00). as determined by the Board in each instance, for
each such notice that is not filed, and the names of each such
individual employee not so reported shall constitute a sepa-
rate offense. Such penalties shall be collected in the manner
prescribed for the collection of contributions under this Ar-
ticle. Provided, that the Board may, in its discretion, by
regulation exempt any class of employers from the require-
ments of this paragraph, if the type and character of the
employment would, in the opinion of the Board make its
application unreasonably onerous or impractical.

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(c) "Board" means the Employment Security Board, as
constituted under Section 10 of this Article.

(n) "Wages" means all remuneration for personal services,
including commissions and bonuses and the cash value of all
compensation in any medium other than cash. Gratuities