ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                 1057

1924, entitled "Workmen's Compensation, " sub-title "Ap-
peals, " be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, so as to. read as follows:

57. If the Commission or the court before which any pro-
ceedings for compensation or concerning an award of com-
pensation have been brought, under this article, determines
that such proceedings have not been so brought upon reason-
able ground, it shall assess the whole cost of the proceeding
upon the party who has so brought them. Claims for legal
services in connection with any claims arising under this Ar-
ticle and claims for services or treatment rendered or supplies
furnished pursuant to Section 37 of this Article, shall not be
enforceable unless approved by the Commission. If so ap-
proved, such claim or claims shall become a lien upon the
compensation awarded, but shall be paid therefrom only in the
manner fixed by the Commission. Upon application of any
party in interest, the Commission shall have full power to hear
and determine any and all questions which may arise concern-
ing legal services rendered in connection with any claim under
this Article, and may order any attorney or other person re-
ceiving the same, to refund to the person paying the same, any
portion of any charge for legal services which the Commission
may, in its discretion, deem excessive. Orders of the Commis-
sion regulating payments and refunds for legal services may be
enforced in the courts of this State in like manner as awards
for compensation under this Article.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on June 1, 1931.

Approved April 17, 1931.

CHAPTER 405.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 33 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, title "Elections, " sub-title "Primary
Elections, " to be known as Section 198a and to provide for
the filing of Certificates of Nomination by candidates for
Member of Congress of the United. States with the Secre-
tary of State, and to fix the filing fee therefor, its place of
payment and method of distribution.
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