WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 657

CHAPTER 258
(Senate Bill 348)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 4 of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1947 Supplement), title "Workmen's Compensation, "
sub-title "State Industrial Accident Commission, " re-
lating to the sessions of the State Industrial Accident
Commission.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 4 of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Workmen's Compen-
sation, " sub-title "State Industrial Accident Commission, "
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

4. The Commission shall be in continuous session and
open for the transaction of business during all business
hours of each and every day, excepting Saturdays, Sun-
days and legal holidays. All sessions shall be open to the
public, and shall stand and be adjourned without further
notice thereof on its record. All proceedings of the Com-
mission shall be shown on its record of proceedings, which
shall be a public record, and shall contain a record of each
case considered and the award paid or allowed to any em-
ployee of the Commission, or to any other person for serv-
ices. Provided, however, that any person in the employ of
the Commission who shall divulge any information secured
by him in respect to the transactions, property or business
of any person, firm, company or corporation, association
or joint partnership to any person other than the mem-
bers of the Commission, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and subject to a fine of not less than $100 or more than
$500 or imprisonment, not exceeding 18 months in the dis-
cretion of the Court, and shall thereafter be disqualified
from holding any appointment or employment with the
Commission.

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

Approved April 22, 1949.

CHAPTER 259

(Senate Bill 352)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 66 of Smiths Code of Public Local Laws of Balti-