THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1783

ance carrier or the employer has not been prejudiced
thereby, or for some other sufficient reason, shall be a bar
to any claim under this Article; provided, however, that
failure of an employee to file a claim for compensation
within [ one year] two years after the beginning of his
disability shall constitute a complete bar to any claim
under this Article, unless it shall be established that
failure to file such claim was induced or occasioned by
fraud, or by facts and circumstances amounting to an
estoppel, in which case the claim shall be filed within [one
year] two years from the time of the discovery of the
fraud, or within [one year] two years from the time when
the facts and circumstances amounting to an estoppel cease
to operate, and not afterwards.

When death results from injury, the parties entitled to
compensation under this Article, or someone in their be-
half, shall make application for same to the Commission,
within [one year] two years from the date of death, which
application must be accompanied with proof of death and
proof of relationship under this Article, certificates of
attending physician, if attended by a physician, and such
other proof as may be required by the rules of the Com-
mission.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 48 of

said Article 101, title "Workmen's Compensation", sub title
"Claims and Compensation; Benefits", be and it is hereby
repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved May 6, 1953.

CHAPTER 766
(House Bill 46)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tions 1 and 2 of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Workmen's Compensa-

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