WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1301
CHAPTER 545
(House Bill 310)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
33 of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (194T
Supplement), title "Workmen's Compensation", sub-title
"Application of Article; Extra Hazardous Employment",
extending the provisions of the workmen's compensation
laws to the police and firemen of the City of Cumberland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, "by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 33 of Article 101 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Workmen's Com-
pensation", sub-title "Application of Article; Extra Hazard-
ous Employment", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enact-
ed, with amendments, to read as follows:

33. Whenever the State, county, city or any municipality
shall engage in any extra-hazardous work, within the mean-
ing of this Article, whether for pecuniary gain or otherwise,
in which workmen are employed for wages, this Article shall
be applicable thereto. In time of peace and while engaged
in military service all officers and enlisted men of the or-
ganized militia of the State of Maryland shall be deemed
workmen of the State for wages within the meaning of this
section. The officers of the Maryland State Police Force,
the Montgomery County and Prince George's County Police,
the police of the town of Laurel, the regular members of the
police force, the paid firemen, the Engineers and Linemen
of the Electric Light Plant, of Frederick City, the members
of the Police Department and of the Fire Department of the
City of Cumberland, and all Guards employed by any of the
penal institutions of this State shall be deemed workmen
for wages within the meaning of this section. Whenever
and so long as by State Law, City Charter or Municipal
Ordinance, provision equal to or better than that given under
the terms of this Article is made for municipal employees
injured in the course of employment, such employees shall
not be entitled to the benefits of this Article.

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

Approved April 29, 1949.