320 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 300

Edition), title "Workmen's Compensation", sub-title "Claims
and Compensation; Benefits", to increase the amount which
employers may be required to pay for medical, hospital and
nursing services.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 49 of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Workmen's Compensation",
sub-title "Claims and Compensation; Benefits", be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

49. In addition to the compensation provided for herein,
the employer shall promptly provide for an injured employee
such medical, surgical or other attendance or treatment, nurse
and hospital services, medicines, crutches, apparatus, artificial
hands, arms, feet and legs as may be required by the Commis-
sion in an amount not to exceed seven hundred and fifty dol-
lars; and shall, in the discretion of and at the direction of the
Commission, be required to provide additional hospital services
to an amount not exceeding Two Hundred Fifty ($250. 00)
Dollars. The Commission shall not direct any expenditure for
such additional hospitalization until and unless the necessity
for the same is certified to by a physician attending the injured
person or a physician engaged by the employer, or both, and is
established to the satisfaction of the Commission. No part of
the sum hereinabove provided for additional hospital services
shall be used directly or indirectly for any other purpose;
provided, however, that the employer shall repair or re-
place any eye-glasses, artificial limb, eye, tooth or other part
that shall be damaged or destroyed as a result of an accident
during the course of employment and if the eye-glasses, artifi-
cial limb, eye, tooth or other part is not required or replaced
within three days following its damage or destruction, then the
employer shall pay the employee such compensation for his lost
time, if any, after the three-day waiting period, as the Com-
mission may direct. If an employer fails to provide the same,
the injured employee may do so at the expense of the employer.
All fees and other charges for such treatment and services shall
be subject to regulation by the Commission, and shall be
limited to such charges as prevail in the same community for
similar treatment of injured persons of a like standard of
living, and in case death ensues from the injury within three
years, reasonable funeral expenses shall be allowed, not to
exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars. Any
bill for funeral expenses contracted for an amount in excess
of one hundred and twenty-five dollars shall be null and void
and uncollectible either out of the compensation allowed or
out of the personal assets of those obligating themselves to