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and properly designated either by number or short title, or both.
Any member of the Board may administer oaths, compel the attend-
ance of witnesses, and compel the production of records, books and
papers pertinent to the claim. The Board may petition any Court
having jurisdiction for an order to punish as contempt of Court any
disobedience of such a subpoena or refusal to be sworn or to answer
as a witness, or failure to produce records, books and papers.

(d)  After investigation of any such claim the Board shall either
approve, approve with conditions and limitations, or disapprove it.
The Board shall append to the original papers representing such
claim, a concise statement of facts developed by the proceedings upon
which its approval or disapproval is based. Such original papers
and appended statements shall be filed in the office of the Comp-
troller, and copies shall be kept in the offices of the Budget Director
and of the Attorney General. The original papers representing such
claim and any other matters pertaining thereto shall constitute a
permanent claims record.

(e)   The Board in considering claims for compensation and in de-
termining what compensation, if any, to allow a claimant, shall take
into account the good faith of the claimant, the possibility that the
alleged injury was self-inflicted or other than accidental, the extent
and nature of the injury, the degree of disability, the period of any
disability or incapacity for other work, and the ordinary earning
power of the claimant.

(f)  The Governor shall include all claims allowed by the Board in
the next State budget, for payment to the claimant or his representa-
tive.

(g)  Each member of the Board upon being called to a meeting by
the Chairman shall be allowed his necessary expenses incident to his
attendance and duties at the meeting, upon vouchers approved by the
Chairman and Secretary of the Board.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved May 3, 1961.

CHAPTER 720

(House Bill 678)

AN ACT to add new Section 17-13 to the Code of Public Local Laws
of Anne Arundel County (1957 Edition, being Article 2 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Anne Arundel County",
sub-title "Roads, Streets and Sidewalks'', to follow immediately
after Section 17-12 thereof, authorizing the County Commissioners
of Anne Arundel County to make and enforce rules regulating the

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