1504                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 814

apply the same to the use of the several beneficiaries thereof accord-
ing to their respective claims upon the decedent for support, in com-
pliance with the findings and direction of the Commission.

36.    (b) The employer shall repair or replace any eyeglasses,
artificial limb, eye, tooth or other part that shall be damaged or de-
stroyed as a result of an accident during the course of employment
and if the eyeglasses, artificial limb, eye, tooth, or other part is not
repaired, or replaced within three days following its damage or de-
struction, then the employer shall pay the employee such compen-
sation for his lost time, if any, after the three-day waiting period,
as the Commission may direct. If an employer fails to provide the
same, the injured employee may do so at the expense of the employer.
All fees and other charges for such treatment and services shall be
subject to regulation by the Commission, and shall be limited to such
charges as prevail in the same community for similar treatment of
injured persons of a like standard of living, and in case death ensues
from the injury within three years, reasonable funeral expenses
shall be allowed, not to exceed the sum of [Three Hundred] Five
Hundred Dollars. Any bill for funeral expenses contracted for an
amount in excess of [Three Hundred] Five Hundred Dollars shall be
null and void and uncollectible out of the compensation allowed or
out of the personal assets of the person or persons to whom such com-
pensation is payable, unless and until said bill is approved by the
Commission [.]; [P] provided, however, that if there are no de-
pendents all expenses of last sickness and burial shall be paid by
the employer or insurance company, or out of the State Accident
Fund, as the case may be. The Commission shall have full power to
adopt rules and regulations with respect to furnishing medical, nurse,
hospital services and medicine to injured employees entitled thereto
and for the payment therefor.

37.   (a) Notice, in writing or otherwise, of any injury for which
compensation is payable under this Article shall be given to the em-
ployer within ten days after the accident, except as provided for
otherwise in cases of hernia, under Sub-section (5) of Section 35 of
this Article, and also in case of the death of the employee resulting
from such injury, within thirty days after such death. Such notice, if
in writing, shall contain the name and address of the employee, and
state in ordinary language the time, place, nature and cause of the
injury and be signed by him or by a person on his behalf, or in the
case of death, by any one or more of his dependents, or by a person
on their behalf. The failure to give such notice, unless excused by
the Commission either on the ground that notice for some sufficient
reason could not have been given, or on the ground that the State
Accident Fund, Insurance Company, or employer, as the case may
be, has not been prejudiced thereby, shall be a bar to any claim under
this Article, provided, however, that the burden of proving that it
or he has been prejudiced by such failure on the part of the employee
or by delay in giving such notice shall be upon the State Accident
Fund Insurance Company, or employer, as the case may be. When-
ever an accidental injury causes death of an injured employee, it
shall be the duty of the employer, within ten days after the receipt
of notice of such death, oral or written, to report such accident and
death to the Commission.