HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 835

and ascertain the amount paid by the State for adminis-
trative expenses of the State Industrial Accident Commis-
sion during said preceding calendar year. The said Com-
mission shall then calculate and determine the percentage
which the total amount of such salaries and expenses bore
to the total payroll, ascertained as aforesaid for that year,
of all the employers of this State subject to the provisions
of this Article; and the percentage so calculated and de-
termined shall be assessed against all such employers car-
rying their own insurance in proportion to their several
payrolls, and all insurance carriers, including the State
Accident Fund, in proportion to the aggregate payroll of
employers insured therewith, as a special tax for the main-
tenance of the State Industrial Accident Commission for
each calendar year ending December thirty-first; provided,
however, that the total amount to be assessed against and
paid by such insurance carriers and self-insurers shall not
exceed one hundred and twenty thousand dollars for any
one year.

Payment of said taxes may be enforced by civil action
in the name of the State of Maryland, and the amounts so
assessed and collected by the State Industrial Commission
shall be paid into the State Treasury to reimburse the
State for this portion of the expense of administering the
Workmen's Compensation Law. And the said Commission
shall be and is hereby clothed with such power and author-
ity to examine payrolls and require reports from employers
and insurance carriers as may be reasonable and necessary
to carry out the provisions of this Section and to adopt
rules and regulations in regard thereto; provided, how-
ever, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to
deny the authority of the State Industrial Accident Com-
mission to make an equitable apportionment of its expenses
against the State Accident Fund from January 1, 1941,
to June 1, 1941, and of the State Treasurer to transfer the
amount thereof from the State Accident Fund to the Treas-
ury of the State.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts
of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and
the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such incon-
sistency.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect on June 1, 1941.

Approved April 23, 1941.