1242 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 597

the injury or death resulted solely from the intoxication of the
injured employe.

Section 5 9 A. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the Court
to which a case is sent on appeal, under the preceding section,
to send to the Commission a duly certified copy of the docket
entries, and judgment of the Court in each case heard and
determined on appeal.

Section 60A. When any person as a principal contractor,
undertakes to execute any work which is a part of his trade,
business or occupation which he has contracted to perform and
contracts with any other person as sub-contractor, for the exe-
cution by or under the sub-contractor, of the whole or any part
of the work undertaken by the principal contractor, the prin-
cipal contractor shall be liable to pay to any workman em-
ployed in the execution of the work any compensation under
this Article which he would have been liable to pay if that
workman had been immediately employed by him; and where
compensation is claimed from or proceedings are taken against
the principal contractor, then, in the, application of this Article,
reference to the principal contractor shall be substituted for
reference to the employer, except that the amount of compensa-
tion shall be calculated with reference to the earnings of the
workman under the employer by whom he is immediately em-
ployed.

Where the principal contractor is liable to pay compensation
under this section, he shall be entitled to indemnity from any
employer, who would have been liable to pay compensation to
the employee independently of this section, and shall have a
cause of action therefor against such employer.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing a
workman from recovering compensation under this Article
from the sub-contractor instead of from the contractor.

Whenever an employe of a sub-contractor files a claim under
this Article against the principal contractor, the principal con-
tractor shall have the right to join the sub-contractor or any
intermediate contractors as defendant or co-defendant in the
case.

Section 63, Sub-Sec, 6. "Injury" and "Personal Injury"
mean only accidental injuries arising out of and in the course
of employment and such disease or infection as may naturally
result therefrom.