1782 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 765

besides employing workmen in extra-hazardous employ-
ment within the meaning of this Article, shall also employ
workmen in employments not extra-hazardous, the provis-
ions of this Article shall apply only to the extra-hazardous
employments within the meaning of this Article and the
workmen employed therein, except as provided in Section
30 of this Article.

35. (1) (Permanent Total Disability. ) (a) In case of
total disability, adjudged to be permanent, sixty-six and
two-thirds per centum of the average weekly wages shall be
paid to the employee by the employer or insurer during the
continuance of such total disability, not to exceed a maxi-
mum of [Thirty-two] Forty THIRTY-FIVE Dollars per
week, PLUS A WEEKLY ALLOWANCE OF $2. 00 FOR
EACH DEPENDENT, NOT EXCEEDING FOUR, UN-
DER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE, and not less than
a minimum of Fifteen Dollars per week, unless the
employee's established weekly wages are less than Fifteen
Dollars per week at the time of the injury, in which event
he shall receive compensation in an amount equal to his
average weekly wages plus a weekly allowance of two Dol-
lars for each dependent child, not exceeding four, under six-
teen years of age, but not to exceed a total of [$10, 000]
$12, 500. Loss or loss of use of both hands, or both arms, or
both feet or both legs, or both eyes, or of any two thereof,
shall, in the absence of conclusive proof to the contrary,
constitute permanent total disability. In all other cases
permanent total disability shall be determined in accord-
ance with the facts.

37A. A statement concerning the injury and its occur-

rence may be taken from the injured employee by the em-
ployer or by the insurer, if at the time the employee is in

control of his mental faculties and if he is notified of his
right to be represented by counsel or to have a witness of

his own choosing present. The employee shall be given a
copy of any such statement when it is prepared, and failure

to meet this requirement shall make the statement inad-
missible in evidence in the case.

38. When an employee is entitled to compensation under
this Article, he shall file with the Commission his applica-
tion and the report of the physician, provided he was
attended by a physician of his own selection, within sixty
days after the beginning of his disability, for which com-
pensation is claimed, and failure to do so, unless excused
by the Commission, either on the ground that the insur-