1238 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ga. 597

the general work of the Commission and the State Accident
Fund, an equitable apportionment of the salaries of such em-
ployees and expenses shall be made by the Commission and the
part thereof which is applicable to the State Accident Fund
shall likewise be chargeable thereto; and the Commission shall
authorize, in the same manner as other disbursements from the
State Accident Fund are authorized, the whole amount so
chargeable to the State Accident Fund to be transferred from
said fund by the treasurer to the State Treasury to reimburse
the State for the moneys so appropriated and expended in con-
ducting and administering the State Accident Fund for the
calendar year ending December thirty-first nineteen hundred
and seventeen and for each calendar year thereafter.

As soon as practicable after January first, nineteen hundred
and eighteen, and annually thereafter, the Commission shall
ascertain as fully and accurately as possible the total payroll
of all the employers of this State, subject to the provisions of
this Act, for the preceding calendar year, whether insured in
the State Accident Fund, any stock company, or mutual asso-
ciation, or self-insured, and shall also calculate and ascertain
the amount paid by the State for administrative expenses of
the State Industrial Accident Commission during said preced-
ing calendar year, excluding the amount chargeable to the State
Accident Fund under the preceding paragraph of this section.
The Commission shall then calculate and determine the per-
centage which the total amount of such salaries and expenses,
other than the amount chargeable to the State Accident Fund,
bore to the total payroll, ascertained as aforesaid for that year,
of all the employers of this State subject to the provisions of
this Act; and the percentage so calculated and determined shall
be assessed against all such employers carrying their own in-
surance in proportion to their several payrolls, and all insur-
ance carriers, including the State Accident Fund, in proportion
to the aggregate payroll of employers insured therewith, as a
special tax for the maintenance of the State Industrial Accident
Commission, other than for conducting and administering the
State Accident Fund, for the calendar year ending December
thirty-first nineteen hundred and seventeen and for each calen-
dar year thereafter; provided, however, that the total amount
to be assessed, against and paid by such insurance carriers and
self-insurers shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars for any one
year.

Payment of said taxes may be enforced by civil action in the
name of the State of Maryland, and the amounts so assessed and