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mission shall be final and not subject to review or modification by
the court or be submitted to a jury. The proceedings in every such
an appeal shall be informal and summary, but full opportunity to be
heard shall be had before judgment is pronounced. No such appeal
shall be entertained unless notice of appeal shall have been served
personally upon some member of the Commission or the secretary
of the Commission within thirty days following the rendition of the
decision appealed from. In the event that the thirtieth day falls on
a day on which the offices of the Commission are legally closed, then
the time for the filing of the appeal shall be extended until the next
day on which the offices of the Commission are legally open. An
appeal shall not be a stay of any order of the Commission directing
payment of compensation or the furnishing of medical treatment.
If the decision of the Commission shall be '[changed] confirmed,
reversed or modified, the practice prevailing in civil cases as to the
payment of costs and the fees of medical and other witnesses shall
apply. In all such appeals upon suggestion in writing, under oath,
of either of the parties to said proceedings that such party cannot
have a fair and impartial trial in the court in which the same may
be pending, the said court shall order and direct the record of
proceedings in such appeal to be transmitted to some other of the
circuit courts of the counties, or common law courts of Baltimore
City for trial. Appeal shall lie from the judgment of the circuit
court of the county or the common law courts of Baltimore City to
the Court of Appeals as in other civil cases. All appeals from the
Commission shall have precedence over all cases except criminal
cases.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1962.

Approved March 23, 1962.

CHAPTER 41

(Senate Bill 82)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 36 (1)
(a) and (2) of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1961 Supplement), title "Workmen's Compensation", sub-title
"Claims and Compensation; Benefits", to increase the amount of
maximum weekly payments permissible under workmen's com-
pensation awards for permanent total and temporary total dis-
ability.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 36 (1) (a) and (2) of Article 101 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland '(1961 Supplement), title "Workmen's Compensa-
tion", sub-title "Claims and Compensation; Benefits", be and they
are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

36.

(1) (a) In case of total disability, adjudged to be permanent