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ployer 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
pay, unless and until said bill is approved by the Commission.
Provided, however, that if there are no dependents and the
deceased employee leaves sufficient estate to pay same, all ex-
penses of last sickness and burial shall be paid by said estate
and not by the employer or insurance company, or Commission
out of the State Accident Fund, as the case may be. The
Commission shall have full power to adopt rules and regula-
tions with respect to furnishing medical, nurse, hospital
services and medicines to injured employees entitled thereto
and for the payment therefor.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1943.

Approved March 11, 1943.

CHAPTER 96.
(House Bill 71)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 44
of Article 59 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Lunatics and Insane", sub-title "Board of
Mental Hygiene", relating to the parole of patients.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 44 of Article 59 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Lunatics and Insane" sub-
title "Board of Mental Hygiene", be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments3 to read as follows: