Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                  1501

6.   The Secretary of the Commission shall perform such duties as
may be assigned by the Chairman and shall keep and maintain a full
and true record of all proceedings of the Commission, of all docu-
ments or papers ordered filed by the Commission or by its rules, of
decisions or orders made by any member of the Commission and of
all decisions or orders made by the Commission or approved and con-
firmed by it and ordered filed, and he shall be responsible to the Com-
mission for the safe custody and preservation of all such documents
at its office. He shall have the power to administer oaths in all parts
of the State, so far as the exercise of such power is properly incident
to the performance of his duty or that of the Commission. The
Chairman of the Commission may designate, from time to time, one
of the clerks of the office, appointed by him, to exercise the powers
and duties of the Secretary during his absence.

7.   (a) Each member of the Commission, the Secretary thereof,
and any special examiner or inspector shall for the purpose contem-
plated by this Article, have power to issue subpoenas, compel the
attendance of witnesses, administer oaths, certify to official acts,
take depositions within or without the State of Maryland as now
provided by law, compel the production of pertinent books, payrolls,
accounts, papers, records, documents and testimony. Upon request of
any party to proceedings before the Commission, the Commission
shall issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and com-
pel the production of pertinent books, payrolls, accounts, papers,
records, documents and testimony at hearings before the Commission
and at depositions to be taken by such party. Any such party shall
have the right to take [depositions within or without the State of
Maryland as provided by law.] oral depositions, within or without
the State of Maryland as provided by law, solely for the purpose of
perpetuating testimony and not for the purpose of discovery.

IS. (a) The Commission may require such statistical and informa-
tional reports and analyses from self-insurers, insurers and the State
Accident Fund as, in the opinion of the Commission, will be useful
in increasing public understanding of the purposes, effectiveness,
costs, coverage and administrative procedures of workmen's compen-
sation in the State.

(b) The Chairman of the Commission shall each year make a re-
port to the Governor on or before June 1, including suggestions and
recommendations as to improvements in the administration of the
law, a detailed statement of receipts and disbursements and statistical
analyses of industrial injuries, experiences, and compensation costs.

15. (3) (b) Any employer, subject to the provisions of this
Article, who, after November 1st, nineteen hundred and fourteen,
fails or refuses to submit to said Commission, as provided in the next
succeeding paragraphs, the method he desires to adopt for assuring
compensation, or who shall fail to secure insurance by one of such
methods or who fails to pay compensation to an injured employee or
his dependents in accordance with the award of the Commission, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine of not less
than Five Hundred nor more than Five Thousand Dollars. [.] or by
imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine or im-
prisonment; and in any case where the employer is a corporation, the