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such surviving dependents, and if there be none such, then
the compensation shall cease.

[(f)] (g) Compensation under this Article to alien de-
pendent widows, children and parents, not residents of the
United States, shall be the same in amount as is provided
in each case for residents, except that at any time within
one year after an accident resulting in death the Commis-
sion may, in its discretion, convert any payments there-
after to become due to such beneficiaries into lump sum
payment, not in any case to exceed twenty-four hundred
dollars, by paying a sum equal to three-fourths of the then
value of such payments.

[(g)](h) Non-resident alien dependents may be offi-
cially represented by the consular officers of the nation of
which such alien or aliens may be citizens or subjects, and
in such cases the consular officers shall have the right to
receive, for distribution to such non-resident alien de-
pendents, all compensation awarded hereunder, and the
receipt of such consular officers shall be a full discharge of
all sums paid to and received by them.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1951.

Approved April 20, 1951.

CHAPTER 452
(Senate Bill 127)

AN ACT to add a new Sub-section to Section 20 of Article
101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947 Supple-
ment), title "Workmen's Compensation, " sub-title "Ap-
plication of Article; Extra Hazardous Employments, "
said Sub-section to be known as Sub-section (45-B) to
follow immediately after Sub-section (45-A) of said
Section and said Article, relating to compensation pay-
able for injuries sustained or death incurred by employ-
ees injured in certain extra hazardous employments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new sub-section be and it is hereby added to Section

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.