916 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 768

the case may be, a certificate under its official seal stating:
(a) the name of the employer; (b) his address; (c) the
amount of the contributions and interest assessed and in
default; and (d) that the time in which a judicial review
is permitted, pursuant to sub-section (c) of Section 14 of
this Act, has expired without such appeal having been
taken and thereupon such clerk shall enter in the judg-
ment docket of the court, the name of the employer men-
tioned in the certificate, the amount of such contributions
and interest assessed and in default and the date such
certificate is filed. Thereupon, the amount of such assess-
ment so docketed shall become a lien upon the title to and
interest in real property and the chattels real of the em-
ployer against whom the assessment is made in the same
manner as, and for all the purposes of, a judgment of the
court duly docketed, and no property used in connection
with the business of such employer shall be exempt from
levy.

The Board is hereby authorized to compromise, settle
and adjust any contributions and/or interest assessed
against any employer where in the judgment of the Board
the best interests of the State of Maryland will be pro-
moted or served thereby and may in such cases accept in
full settlement of the contributions and/or interest assessed
an amount less than that assessed.

14. (e) Interest on Past-Due Contributions.

Contributions unpaid on the date on which they are due
and payable, as prescribed by the Board, shall bear interest
at the rate of 1 per centum per month from and after such
date until payment plus interest is received by the Board.
Interest collected pursuant to this sub-section shall be paid
into the special administrative expense fund.

14. (k) Injunction Against Doing Business.

Any employer refusing to make reports required under
this Act, after ten days' written notice sent by the Board
to the employer's last known address by registered mail,
may be enjoined from operating in violation of the provi-
sions of this Act upon the complaint of the Board, in any
court of competent jurisdiction, until such reports shall
have been made. When an execution has been returned to
the Board unsatisfied, and the employer, after ten days
written notice sent by the Board to the employer's last
known address by registered mail, refuses to pay con-
tributions covered by the execution, such employer may be
enjoined from operating in violation of the provisions of
this Act upon the complaint of the Board, in any court of