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35. Whenever the State, county, city or any municipality
shall engage in any extra-hazardous work, within the mean-
ing of this Article,, whether for pecuniary gain or otherwise,
in which workmen are employed for wages, this Article shall
be applicable thereto. The officers of the Maryland State
Police Force and all Guards employed by any of the penal
institutions of this State shall be deemed workmen for wages
within the meaning of this Section. Whenever and so long as
by State Law, City Charter or Municipal Ordinance, provision
equal or better than that given under the terms of this Article
is made for municipal employees injured in the course of em-
ployment, such employees shall not be entitled to the benefits
of this Article.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly,
That this Act shall take effect on the first day of June, 1927.

Approved April 5, 1927.

CHAPTER 396.

AN ACT to add a new Section to Article 101 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, Edition of 1924, title
" Workmen's Compensation, " said Section to follow imme-
diately after Section 58 of said Article, and to be known
as 58-A, so as to authorize the Superintendent of the State
Accident Fund, with the approval of the State Industrial
Accident Commission, to compromise and settle claims
against persons alleged to be responsible for any accident
in which compensation is paid by the State Accident Fund.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new Section be added to Article 101 of the
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, Edition of 1924,
title "Workmen's Compensation, " the said new Section to
follow immediately after Section 58 of said Article, and to be
known as Section 58-A, and to read as follows:

58-A. The Superintendent of the State Accident Fund,
with the consent and approval of the State Industrial Acci-
dent Commission, shall have full power and authority to com-
promise and settle any claim which it may have against any