1132 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 462

18. (a) Every policy of insurance covering the liability
of the employer for compensation issued by a stock com-
pany or by a mutual association authorized to transact
workmen's compensation insurance in this State, shall con-
tain a provision setting forth the right of the Commis-
sion to enforce in the name of the State of Maryland for
the benefit of the person entitled to the compensation in-
sured by the policy either by filing a separate application
or by making the insurance carrier a party to the original
application, the liability of the insurance carrier in whole
or in part for the payment of such compensation; pro-
vided, however, that payment in whole or in part of such
compensation by either the employer or the insurance car-
rier shall to the extent thereof be a bar to the recovery
against the other of the amount so paid.

(b) Every such policy shall contain a provision that, as
between the employee and the insurance carrier, the notice
to or knowledge of the occurrence of the injury on the
part of the employer shall be deemed notice or knowledge,
as the case may be, on the part of the insurance carrier;
the jurisdiction of the employer shall, for the purpose of
this Article, be jurisdiction of the insurance carrier and
that the insurance carrier shall in all things be bound by
and subject to the orders, findings, decisions or awards
rendered against the employer for the payment of com-
pensation under the provisions of this Article.

(c) Every such policy shall contain a provision to the
effect that the insolvency or bankruptcy of the employer
shall not relieve the insurance carrier from the payment of
compensation for injuries or death sustained by an em-
ployee during the life of such policy.

(d) Every contract or agreement of an employer the
purpose of which is to indemnify him from loss or damage
on account of the injury of an employee by accidental
means, or on account of the negligence of such employer or
his officer, agent or servant, if engaged in extra-hazardous
employment, shall be absolutely void unless it shall also
cover liability for the payment of the compensation pro-
vided for by this Article.

(e) No contract or insurance issued by a stock company
or mutual association against liability arising under this
Article shall be cancelled within the time limited in such
contract for its expiration until at least ten days after
notice of intention to cancel such contract, on a date speci-
fied in such notice, shall be filed in the office of the Commis-
sion and also served on the employer. Such notice shall