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be served on the employer by delivering it to him or by
sending it by mail, by registered letter, addressed to the
employer at his or its last known place of residence; pro-
vided, that if the employer be a partnership, then such
notice may be so given to any one of the partners, and if
the employer be a corporation, then the notice may be
given to any agent or officer of the corporation upon whom
legal process may be served. When an employer receives
notice from an insurance company in accordance with the
provisions of this paragraph that a contract for work-
men's compensation insurance issued to such employer will
be cancelled upon the expiration of the time stated in the
notice, it shall be the duty of the employer, immediately
thereafter, to secure compensation to his employees in
accordance with one of the ways set forth in Section 15 of
this Article which will be in force on the date the above
mentioned cancellation becomes effective.

(f) Any employer who shall fail to secure compensa-
tion to his employees in accordance with one of the ways
set forth in Section 15 of this Article, which will be in
force on the date a cancellation of a contract of insurance
becomes effective, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall be subject to a fine of not less than five hundred dol-
lars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5, 000).
The disposition of fines levied against an employer under
this section shall be in the manner provided under Section
15 of this Article.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 29, 1949.

CHAPTER 463

(Senate Bill 349)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-
section (3) of Section 15 of Article 101 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Work-
men's Compensation", sub-title "Suit—Methods of In-
surance", relating to the method of employers' furnish-
ing insurance.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sub-section (3) of Section 15 of Article 101 of the