40 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 6

ings as may be upon the land, or as must necessarily be built
to begin the work; the inmates to be males only until the diffi-
cult problem of treating both sexes in the same institution can
be solved.

This is a highly important and humane matter and your
serious consideration, I know, will be given it.

STATE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION.

The Acts of 1914, by Chapter 800, created the State Indus-
trial Accident Commission, composed of three members. Prior
to this there had been much discussion as to the effect of this
Act upon the industrial welfare of the State, and many people
viewed the suggestion with doubt and hostility. The results
have been more satisfactory than even its advocates had dared
to hope, and, while it introduced into our industrial system a
new element, it has proven a source of gratification and satis-
faction both to industrial companies and corporations, as well
as their employees, and effected a satisfactory and easy method
by which injured employees have been enabled to procure com-
pensation reasonably commensurate with the injury, and with-
out delay or trouble. There, doubtless, are ways in which the
Act can be made more satisfactory to some of the smaller
industries, but in the main it can be said to have met with
favor and appreciation.

It is especially gratifying to learn of the large measure of
success attained by the State Accident Fund. It was with a
degree of. hesitancy that unprejudiced and fair minds ap-
proached the question of the State embarking on an insurance
program. However, it is now admitted not only in Maryland,
but in other States, where this character of insurance has been
attempted; that its success has been far beyond that which we
had any reason to expect, and it may be now said that this
branch of the work of the State Industrial Accident Commis-
sion has been established upon a safe and firm foundation.