ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 925

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 22 of Article 101 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of Maryland, title "Workmen's Compensation Act, "
be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments so as to read as follows:

22. If an employer shall default in any payment required to
be made by him to the State Accident Fund, the amount due
from him may be collected by civil action against him in the
name of the State of Maryland, and the Commission, whenever
it may deem it necessary, shall certify to the Attorney-General
of the State the names and residences, or places of business, of
any employer known to the Commission to be in default for
such payment or payments, and the amount due from such em-
ployer, and it shall then be the duty of the Attorney-General
forthwith to bring or cause to be brought against such employer
a civil action in the proper Court for the collection of such
amount so due, and the same, when collected, shall be paid into
the State Accident Fund, and the policy which the State Acci-
dent Fund has issued to such employer shall cease to be in
effect from the date such certificate has been made to the Attor-
ney-General of the State, and shall not again be in effect until
all premiums due by such employer have been paid into the
State Accident Fund.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the first day of June, 1924.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 342.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 81 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, title "Revenue and Taxes, " to
follow immediately after Section 162A, and to be known as
Section 162B, fixing the rate of taxation for Baltimore City
on the stock of casualty, surety, guaranty or fidelity com-
panies organized under the laws of, located and doing busi-
ness in this State.

(Vetoed. )

CHAPTER 343.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 12
of Article 9 of the Code of Public General Laws of Mary-
land, entitled. "Attachments. "