178 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 61

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1960.

Approved March 23, 1960.

CHAPTER 61
(House Bill 19)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments, Sections 16 (3)
(b) and 19 (f) of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Workmen's Compensation", sub-titles "Suit
—Methods of Insurance" and "Corporate Insurance", amending
the workmen's compensation laws with respect to the penalty ap-
plicable to any employer who fails or refuses to submit to the
Workmen's Compensation Commission the method he desires to
adopt for assuring compensation, who fails to secure insurance, or
fails to pay compensation in accordance with an award, or fails to
maintain insurance after a cancellation of compensation insurance;
AND PROVIDING FOR FINES UPON, AND IMPRISONMENT
OF, THE OFFICER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GENERAL
MANAGEMENT OF A CORPORATE EMPLOYER WHICH
FAILS OR REFUSES TO TAKE ANY OF THE AFORESAID
ACTION.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 16 (3) (b) and 19 (f) of Article 101 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Workmen's Compensation",
sub-titles "Suit—Method of Insurance" and "Corporate Insurance",
be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments to
read as follows:

16.
(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 suc-
ceeding paragraphs, the method he desires to adopt for assures
compensation, or who shall fail to secure insurance by one of such
methods or who fails to pay compensation to an injured employee,
or in the case of death, 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 imprisonment; and in any case where the
employer is a corporation, the officer of the corporation having re-
sponsibility for the general management of the corporation in the
State shall be liable to such fine and imprisonment as herein provided.

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.

CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.

Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.