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Act or failure to comply therewith shall constitute a mis-
demeanor and be punished upon conviction by forfeiture of
office, and fine or imprisonment or by all three, in the discre-
tion of the Court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all parts of Acts
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed and the fact
that any part of this Act shall hereafter be declared by the
courts to be unconstitutional shall not' affect the parts other-
wise constitutional.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the first day of June, in the year 1920.

Approved April 16, 1920.

CHAPTER 456.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
15, 19, 27, 29, 36, 37, 39, 43, 44, 49, 51, 58 and 62, and
Sub-Section 43 of Section 32 and Sub-Sections 3 and 10
of Section 63 of Article 101 (C 1) of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (Bagby's Edition), title, "Workmen's Com-
pensation," so as to make certain changes in the manner
of administering and the extent of the application of
workmen's compensation, and to increase the amount of
. such compensation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 15 of Article 101 (C I) of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (Bagby's Edition), title,
"Workmen's Compensation," as the same were amended by
Chapter 597 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1916;
and Section 19 of said Article; and Section 27 of said Article,
as the same was amended by Chapter 597 of the Acts of 1916;
and Section 29 of said Article, be and the same are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to read
as follows;

15. The employer shall secure compensation to his em-
ployees in one of the following ways:

(1) By insuring and keeping insured the payments of
such compensation in the State Accident Fund, or

(2) By insuring and keeping insured the payments of
such compensation with any stock corporation or mutual asso-
ciation authorized to transact the business of Workmen's
Compensation Insurance, in this State.