98 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 123
CHAPTER 123.
(Senate Bill 109)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 27
of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943 Sup-
plement), title "Workmen's Compensation", sub-title "State
Accident Fund", eliminating the provision limiting the
amount which may be assessed for paying the expenses of the
State Industrial Accident Commission and the expenses of
administering the State Accident Fund.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted 'by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 27 of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Workmen's Compensa-
tion", sub-title "State Accident Fund", be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

27. The entire expenses of the State Industrial Accident
Commission, shall be paid in the first instance by the State out
of the monies appropriated for the maintenance thereof.

As soon as practicable after January 1st of each year, the
State Industrial Accident Commission shall ascertain as fully
and accurately as possible the total payroll of all the employers
of this State, subject to the provisions of this Article, for the
preceding calendar year, whether insured in the State Accident
Fund, any stock company, or mutual association, or self-
insured, and shall also calculate and ascertain the amount paid
by the State for administrative expenses of the State Industrial
Accident Commission during said preceding calendar year.
The said Commission shall then calculate and determine the
percentage which the total amount of such salaries and ex-
penses bore to the total payroll, ascertained as aforesaid for
that year, of all the employers of this State subject to the pro-
visions of this Article; and the percentage so calculated and
determined shall be assessed against all such employers carry-
ing 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 maintenance of the State
Industrial Accident Commission for each calendar year ending
December thirty-first.

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 Accident 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