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(8) (a) In case the injury causes death within the period of five
years the benefits shall be in the amounts and to the persons follow-
ing: If there are wholly dependent persons at the time of death, the
payment shall be sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of the average
weekly wages, not to exceed, however, a maximum of [forty] forty-
eight dollars per week, and not less than a minimum of fifteen
EIGHTEEN dollars per week unless the deceased employee's estab-
lished weekly wages were less than fifteen EIGHTEEN dollars per
week at the time of injury in which event the compensation shall be
an amount equal to the average weekly wages, and to continue ff or}
£# no more than five hundred weeks after the date of death and not
to amount to more than a maximum of fifteen thousand ($15, 000)
dollars nor less than a minimum of two thousand ($2, 000. 00) dollars.

'(b) If there are no wholly dependent persons at the time of the
death, but there are partly dependent persons, those partly depen-
dent shall receive compensation as follows: The weekly pay-
ments to such dependents shall be in the amount not exceeding
sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of the average weekly wages
or [forty ($40. 00)] forty-eight dollars per week, but may, in the
discretion of the Commission, be for less amount per week and to
continue for all or such portion of the period of 416 weeks, after
the date of death, as the Commission in each case may determine,
and not to amount to} to no more than a maximum of five thousand
dollars.

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

Approved March 23, 1962.

CHAPTER 43

(Senate Bill 85)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 169 of
Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Elections", sub-title "Referenda", and to add new Sections
169A to 169E inclusive thereto, to follow immediately after said
Section 169, amending the laws concerning petitions for referenda
filed under the provisions of Article 16 of the State Constitution,
providing requirements for the circulation and signing of such
petitions, and relating generally to petitions filed for referenda
under Article 16 of the Constitution.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 169 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Elections", sub-title "Referenda", be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments; and that new
Sections 169A to 169E, inclusive, be and they are hereby added
thereto, to follow immediately after said Section 169, and all to read
as follows: