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added and collected interest at the rate of six per cent, per
annum from the date when due.

SEC. 4. The Treasurers of Allegany and Garrett Counties
shall be legally liable to the respective boards of County Com-
missioners for the safe and proper custody of the moneys re-
ceived by them under this Act, and shall hold the same in a
separate fund, to be known as "Miners and Operators Co-Oper-
ative Relief Fund," and shall only draw upon said fund as
provided by this Act. The respective Boards of County Com-
missioners may award the Treasurers in compensation for
their services hereunder in Garrett County, an amount equal
to two per cent., and in Allegany County an amount equal to
one per cent., of the tax collected hereunder, said compensation
to be paid out of the general revenues of the respective coun-
ties, and said Treasurers shall each keep careful statistics of
the operations of this function, prepare and submit monthly
in advance to the operators forms for their reports, and him-
self make monthly reports on or before the first day of each
month of the operation of the same to the County Commis-
sioners of his county, stating receipts, disbursements and such
other facts as may be necessary to correctly present the status
of the fund. The Treasurer of Allegany County shall give bond
to the State of Maryland in the sum of twenty-five thousand
dollars, and in such further sum as may from time to time be
fixed by the County Commissioners of said county; and the
Treasurer of Garrett County, in the sum of five thousand dol-
lars, and in such further sum as may from time to time be
fixed by the County Commissioners of said county, to secure
the faithful performance of their duties, and such bonds to be
approved by the County Commissioners and the cost thereof
to be charged to the fund.

SEC. 5. The Treasurers of Allegany and Garrett Counties,
respectively, shall make payments out of the fund, when di-
rected by the County Commissioners of each county, as fol-
lows: (a) In the event of personal injuries to any person re-
ceived while in discharge of his duty as an employee of any
operator, subject to the provisions of this Act and which shall
have complied with the provisions hereof; in case of loss of:
both hands, severance at or above the wrist joint, seven hun-
dred and fifty dollars; both feet by severance at or above the
ankle joint, seven hundred and fifty dollars; one hand and one
foot at or above the said joints, seven hundred and fifty dol-
lars; either hand by severance at or above the wrist joint,
three hundred and seventy-five dollars; either foot by sever-
ance at or above the ankle joint, three hundred and seventy-
five dollars; entire sight of both eyes, if irrecoverably lost,
seven hundred and fifty dollars; entire sight of one eye, if irre-