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nothing in this paragraph shall operate or be construed to diminish
in any way the rights of any eligible members of the Police Depart-
ment or of the Fire Department who are not participants in the
presently existing general pension system of the City of Baltimore,
their widows or dependents, to pensions, retirement benefits, other
benefits or allowances provided for by laws or ordinances in force
as of January 1, 1926. Until amended by ordinance, the presently
existing pension and retirement systems of the City shall remain in
force. The provisions of this paragraph shall be deemed to be in
addition to and not in substitution of any other powers or authoriza-
tions now conferred upon the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved February 27, 1961.

CHAPTER 95
(House Bill 17)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 76 and
77 of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1960 Sup-
plement), title "Workmen's Compensation", sub-title "State Ac-
cident Fund", amending two sections of the laws relating to pay-
roll records and the carrying of insurance policies in the State
Accident Fund in order to correct errors in certain cross-refer-
ences therein and further clarifying the provisions of these sec-
tions.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 76 and 77 of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1960 Supplement), title "Workmen's Compensation", sub-
title "State Accident Fund", be and they are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

76.

(a)   Every employer subject to the operation and effect of this
Article, who shall insure in the State Accident Fund, shall every
four months, or at such other intervals as the Commissioners of
the State Accident Fund shall direct, submit a report of his pay-
roll to the Commissioners of the State Accident Fund, according
to the regulations and requirements prescribed by the Commis-
sioners. The payroll records of all employers insured in the State
Accident Fund shall be open at all times to inspection by the said
Commissioners and their authorized employees.

(b)   Upon the failure of an employer to comply with the require-
ments of the preceding paragraph of this Section, the Commis-
sioners or Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent of the State

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.