488 LAWS OF MARYLAND.
vocably lost, three hundred and seventy-five dollars, (b) In
the event of personal injuries as aforesaid resulting in any
of the losses hereinbefore designated, the additional amount of
one dollar per day, not including Sundays, excluding the first
week following the injury, while he is being treated, for a
period not exceeding twenty-six weeks, (c) In the event of
personal injuries as aforesaid not resulting in any losses here-
inbefore designated, but resulting in total disability, one dollar
per day, not including Sundays, excluding the first week fol-
lowing the injury, for a period not exceeding fifty-two weeks.
(d) In the event of personal injuries as aforesaid resulting in
death within a period of one year, one thousand five hundred
dollars, provided that in case of any payments shall have
been made on account of the above-mentioned losses or dis-
ability during treatment, or total disability resulting from
said injuries, the amount thereof shall be deducted from the
sum payable upon death of the person injured, (e) In case of
death resulting from haying come in contact with any of the
mine gases, one thousand five hundred dollars. When any
such employee shall have suffered loss from injury in the dis-
charge of his duty, as aforesaid, the County Commissioners
for the county in which he shall have suffered said loss from
injury, shall, within thirty days after the receipt by them of
satisfactory proof thereof, direct the Treasurer of the county
to pay unto said employee upon his proper receipt therefor the
sum of relief money as provided herein for such loss from
injury; when such injury shall result in disability as afore-
said, the said County Commissioners shall within thirty days
after the receipt by them of satisfactory proof of the injury
and disability, direct the said Treasurer to pay said employee
the per diem relief money as herein provided. When such in-
jury shall result in death or the employee shall have been
killed by coming in contact with mine gases, as aforesaid, said
County Commissioners shall, within thirty days after the re-
ceipt of satisfactory proof of the injury and death, direct the
said Treasurer to pay unto the personal representative of the
deceased the relief money as herein provided, to be disbursed
by him under the direction of the County Commissioners, as
hereinafter provided, for the sustenance of the dependents of
said deceased employee. The County Commissioners shall de-
termine the manner and form of the proof herein required;
provided, that such proof shall at least consist of a certificate
of the mine foreman or superintendent, and of the mine in-
spector, that the injury was received by the employee in the
discharge of his duty, and the certificate of a reputable physi-
cian setting forth the injury in detail; and, in the case of con-
tinuing disability, an additional certificate, monthly, of such
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