J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR 177

77.

If an employer shall default in any payment required to be made
by him to the State Accident Fund, the policy or contract of insur-
ance issued by the State Accident Fund against liability arising
under this Article, the Commissioners or Superintendent or As-
sistant Superintendent of the State Accident Fund may cancel the
policy of insurance of any such employer, such cancellation to be
effective upon the expiration of at least thirty days after notice of
intention to cancel of such contract or policy of insurance, on a
date specified in such notice, shall be filed in the office of the Work-
men's Compensation Commission and also served on the employer.
Such notice shall be served on the employer by delivering it to
him or by sending it by mail, by registered letter, addressed to the
employer at his or its last known residence, provided, that if the
employer be a partnership then such notice may be so given to
any one of the partners, and if the employer be a corporation then
the notice may be given to any agent or official of the corporation
upon whom legal process may be served. When an employer re-
ceives notice from the State Accident Fund in accordance with the
provisions of this Sub-section that a contract for workmen's com-
pensation insurance issued to such employer will be cancelled upon
the expiration of the time stated in the notice, it shall be the duty
of the employer immediately thereafter to secure compensation to
his employees in accordance with one of the ways set forth in Para-
graph 16 of this Article, which will be in force on the date the can-
cellation becomes effective.

If an employer default in any payment required to be made by
him to the State Accident Fund the amount due by him may be
collected by civil action in the name of the State of Maryland and
the Commissioners, or Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent
of the State Accident Fund whenever they or he may deem it neces-
sary, shall refer to the Attorney General of the State the names,
residences or places of business of any employer known to the Com-
missioners or Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent to be in
default of such payment or payments, and the amount due from
such employer and it shall then be the duty of the Attorney Gen-
eral forthwith to bring or cause to be brought against the employer
a civil action in the proper Court for the collection of the amount
so due, and the same when collected, shall be paid into the State
Accident Fund, and the policy or contract of insurance which the
State Accident Fund has issued to such employer shall cease to be
in effect from the date the thirty day notice expires as provided in
Paragraph One; and said policy or contract of insurance shall not
again be in effect until all premiums due by such employer shall
be paid into the State Accident Fund.

Any account which has been cancelled and referred to the Attor-
ney General for collection may be settled or compromised when it
shall appear to the Attorney General, the Comptroller, and Chair-
man or Vice-Chairman of the State Accident Fund that such settle-
ment and compromise is to the best interests of the State Accident
Fund, and any account may be charged from the books of the State
Accident Fund when it shall appear to the Attorney General, the
Comptroller of the State, and the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of
the Commissioners of the State Accident Fund that such account
is uncollectible.