968                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 597

title "Workmen's Compensation'', sub-title "Miscellaneous", insert-
ing a reference to other cases of disability partial in character but
permanent in quality in the provisions for payments on account
of injuries causing permanent partial disability by employers in
the Second Injury Fund.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 67(2) of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1951 Edition), title "Workmen's Compensation", sub-title "Mis-
cellaneous", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments to read as follows:

67(2) The employer, or, if insured, his insurance carrier, or the
State Accident Fund, as the case may be, shall pay to the State Indus-
trial Accident Commission the sum of One Hundred Dollars
($100.00), in each case of accidental injury as defined in this Article
occurring after June 1, 1945, and causing death, and Ten Dollars
($10.00) in each such case of injury causing permanent partial dis-
ability, as specified in Section 35 (3) and Section 85 (b)(a) of this
Article. These payments shall be in addition to any payment of
compensation to injured employees or their dependents, as provided
in this Article , PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT PAYMENTS
ARISING UNDER SECTION 35(4) (A) SHALL NOT BE RE-
QUIRED UNTIL ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS ACT.

The State Industrial Accident Commission shall promptly remit all
such payments received by it to the Treasurer of the State of Mary-
land, to be held, managed and disbursed by him, as hereinafter pro-
vided. These payments received by the Treasurer from the State
Industrial Accident Commission shall constitute a special indemnity
fund to be known as the "Second Injury Fund." Such Fund shall
⁹ consist of the payments above referred to, together with any money
or securities acquired by gift from the United States of America, or
otherwise, and interest earned through the use of money belonging
to the Fund, all of which is hereinafter referred to as the "Fund".
The Fund shall be disbursed by the Treasurer only for the purposes
stated in this section, and shall not at any time be appropriated or
diverted to any other use or purpose. On and after January 1, 1946,
the obligation of the bond of the Treasurer shall contain a provision
securing the protection of the Fund. The Treasurer shall invest any
surplus moneys in the Fund in any securities in which other funds
of the State may be legally invested, and shall sell any of the securi-
ties in which the Fund is invested at any time necessary for the
proper administration and protection thereof, or in its best interests,
or for the purpose of making payments therefrom. Disbursements
from the Fund shall be made by the Treasurer only upon the written
order of the State Industrial Accident Commission. The Treasurer,
as custodian of the Fund, shall furnish annually to the Commission
beginning January 1, 1946, a statement of the Fund setting forth
the balance thereof as of the beginning of the preceding year, the
income therefrom, and the sources thereof, the payments from the
Fund in itemized form, and the balance on hand as of the preceding
December 31. Such statement shall be published by the Commission
and be open to public inspection in its office at all reasonable tipaes.
The Treasurer shall advise the Commission at least quarterly, and
oftener if requested, as to the amount of the Fund in his hands.