722                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 429

title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Fur Bearers", relating to the
storing of muskrat or otter meat during the closed season.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 174 (b) of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1951 Edition), title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Fur
Bearers", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

174.

(b). It shall be unlawful LAWFUL to have the meat of the musk-
rat or otter in possession not more than ten (10) days after the close
of the legal hunting season for the purposes of disposing of the meat
or meats for food, provided, however, any person, upon making ap-
plication to the Director of the Game and Inland Fish Commission
may secure a permit to store said meat or meats in Maryland during
the closed season, provided said meats were lawfully taken, and said
Director is hereby authorized to issue said permit.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved April 18, 1955.

CHAPTER 429

(Senate Bill 193)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 34 of
Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Workmen's Compensation", sub-title "Application of Article;
Extra-Hazardous Employments", relating to the definition of
"board and maintenance" of a prisoner.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 34 of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Workmen's Compensation", sub-title "Applica-
tion of Article; Extra-Hazardous Employments", be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

34. Whenever any prisoner in the Maryland Penitentiary or the
Maryland House of Correction shall be engaged in any extra-
hazardous employment within the meaning of this Article for which
wages or a stipulated sum are paid either to the institution or to the
prisoner, this Article shall be applicable thereto. The average weekly
wages of any such prisoner shall be the average weekly wages or
remuneration which the employer pays for the labor of said prisoner,
whether to the institution or the prisoner, or both; and the State
Industrial Accident Commission in awarding compensation in cases
of injuries to prisoners in the course of their employment, shall

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