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him, shall incur the penalty of two days' additional imprison-
ment for every day he may so refuse, and this provision
shall be included in the sentence of the Court of justice by
whom the same may be rendered; but no prisoner shall be
compelled to perform such labor whose health is not in a
condition to allow the same, and the certificate of the physi-
cian to the jail or other physician in said county shall be
sufficient to excuse such labor.

254-D. If any officer or other person having such prisoner
in charge for the performance of such work or labor, connive
at or by his wilful neglect permit the escape of any such
prisoner, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
indictment and conviction of such offense in the Circuit
Court for Garrett County, be fined not less than twenty nor
more than fifty dollars, or be confined in the county jail of
the county, and be subject to the same penalty of labor, or
both, in the discretion of the Court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1927.

Approved April 26, 1927.

CHAPTER 656.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 33,
of Article 101 of the Bagby's Annotated Code of the Public
General Laws of Maryland, title "Workmen's Compensa-
tion."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 33, of Article 101 of Bagby's Anno-
tated Code of the Public Gen-eral Laws of Maryland, title

"Workmen's Compensation," be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

33. Any employer, his employee or employees engaged in
works not extra-hazardous within the meaning of this Article
may, by their joint election, filed with the Commission, accept
the provisions of this Article and such acceptances when ap-
proved by the Commission, shall subject them to the provisions