1606                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 883

ance for dependents of two dollars for each of but not more than
four of such individual's children, step-children, or legally adopted
children, who at the beginning of the individual's current benefit
year were being wholly or mainly supported by such individual and
were under sixteen years of age, but in no event shall such allow-
ances be paid for more than the number of weeks of benefits allow-
able to the individual for total unemployment. Dependents' allow-
ances shall be in addition to the unemployment benefits otherwise
payable, but no dependency allowance shall be payable with respect
to any week unless an unemployment benefit is also payable with
respect to such week. AN INDIVIDUAL'S NUMBER OF DEPEND-
ENTS SHALL BE DETERMINED AS OF THE DAY WITH RE-
SPECT TO WHICH HE FIRST FILES A VALID CLAIM FOR
BENEFITS IN ANY BENEFIT YEAR, AND SHALL BE FIXED
FOR THE DURATION OF SUCH BENEFIT YEAR. No person
who has been determined to be a child of one individual on the be-
ginning date of such individual's benefit year shall be deemed to be
a child of any other individual whose benefit year starts within one
year thereafter. PROVIDED, IT SHALL BE PRESUMED THAT
THE FATHER OR STEP-FATHER IS WHOLLY OR MAINLY
SUPPORTING HIS CHILDREN, STEP-CHILDREN, OR ADOPTED
CHILDREN, WHO ARE A PART OF THE HOUSEHOLD MAIN-
TAINED BY HIM, UNLESS THE CONTRARY IS SHOWN TO THE
SATISFACTION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

6.

(a) Voluntarily leaving work.—For the week in which his un-
employment is due to his leaving work voluntarily without good
cause, if so found by the Executive Director and [for not less than
the one nor more than nine weeks which immediately follow such
week as determined by the Executive Director in each case] OR until
he has become re-employed and has earnings therein equal to at
least ten (10) times his weekly benefit amount.

(c)   Discharge or suspension as a disciplinary measure.—For the
week in which he has been discharged, or suspended as a disciplinary
measure, for misconduct connected with his work (other than for
acts specified hereinabove in this section), if so found by the Execu-
tive Director and [for not less than the one nor more than the nine
weeks which immediately follow such week as determined by the
Executive Director in each case according to the seriousness of the
misconducts OR until he has become re-employed and has earnings
therein equal to at least ten (10) times his weekly benefit amount.

(d)   Failure to apply for or accept work; determination of suit-
able work.—-If the Executive Director finds that he failed, without
good cause, either to apply for available, suitable work, when so
directed by the Executive Director, or to accept suitable work when
offered him, or to return to his customary self-employment (if any)
when so directed by the Executive Director. Such disqualification
shall be effective from the date when the application for work was
to have been made, or when he was notified that suitable work be-
came available to him, or when directed to return to his customary
self-employment by the Executive Director, whichever is later, and
shall continue [for not less than one or more than ten weeks imme-
diately following thereafter] OR until such individual has become re-
employed and has earnings therein equal to at least ten (10) times
his weekly benefit amount.