778 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 456

62. In any proceeding for the enforcement of a claim for
compensation under this Act, it shall be presumed in the
absence of substantial evidence to the contrary:

(a) That the claim comes within the provisions of this
Act.

(b) That sufficient notice thereof was given.

(c) That the injury was not occasioned by the wilful
intention of the injured employee to bring about the injury
or death of himself or of another.

(d) That the injury did not result solely from the intox-
ication of the injured employee while on duty.

(e) That there has been no prejudice caused by failure to
file claim within thirty (30) days.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That Sub-Sections 3
and 10 of Section 63 of Article 101 (C I) of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, as said Section 63 was amended by Chap-
ters 86 and 597 of the Acts of 1916, be and the same are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to
read as follows:

63. (Sub-Section 3). "Employee" means a person who
is engaged in an extra-hazardous employment in the service
of an employer, carrying on or conducting the same upon
the premises or at a plant, or in the course of his employment
away from the plant of his employer, and shall not include
farm laborers. "Farm Laborers," as used in this Act, shall
mean any employees who, at the time of the accident, are
engaged in rendering any agricultural service, including the
threshing and harvesting of crops, or who, at the time of the
accident, are engaged in service incidental to and in con-
nection with agricultural pursuits or developments, whether
the employer be the farmer or other person undertaking or
contracting with the farmer to peform any such agricultural
service, pursuit or development. This Act shall not apply
to farm laborers, domestic servants, nor to country black-
smiths, wheelwrights or similar rural employments, unless
these employments elect to come under this Act as provided
in Section 33, nor in any case where the accident occurred
before this Act takes effect, nor to casual employees, or any
employee whose salary is in excess of two thousand dollars
a year, or any employees who are employed wholly without
the State.