750 LAWS OP MARYLAND [CH. 289

connection with agricultural pursuits or developments,
whether the employer be the farmer or other person under-
taking or contracting with the farmer to perform any such
agricultural service, pursuit or development. This Article
shall not apply to cutters of cord wood or fire wood, farm
laborers, domestic servants, nor to country blacksmiths,
wheelwrights or similar rural employments, unless these
employments elect to come under this Article as provided
in Section 31, nor in any case where the accident occurred
before this Act takes effect, nor to casual employees or any
employees who are employed wholly without the State.
But for all purposes of this Article, casual, occasional or
incidental employments outside of this State by the Mary-
land employer of an employee or employees regularly em-
ployed by said employer within this State shall be con-
strued to be employment within this State; provided, how-
ever, if an employee or the dependents of an employee shall
receive compensation or damages under the laws of any
other State, nothing herein contained shall be construed so
as to. permit a total compensation for the same injury
greater than is provided for in this Article.

An employee and his employer who are not residents of
this State and whose contract of hire is entered into in
another State shall be exempted from the provisions of
this Article while such employee is temporarily or inter-
mittently within this State doing work for such non-
resident employer, if such employer has furnished work-
men's compensation insurance coverage under the work-
men's compensation or similar laws of such other State,
so as to cover such employee's employment while in this
State; provided the extra-territorial provisions of this
Article are recognized in such other State and provided
employers and employees who are covered in this State are
likewise exempted from the application of the workmen's
compensation or similar laws of such other State. The
benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act or similar
laws of such other State shall be the exclusive remedy
against such employer for any injury, whether resulting
in death or not, received by such employee while working
for such employer in this State.

A certificate from the duly authorized officer of the In-
dustrial Accident Commission or similar department of an-
other State certifying that the employer of such other
State is insured therein and has provided extra-territorial
coverage insuring his employees while working within this
State shall be prima facie evidence that such employer car-
ries such compensation insurance.