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with the approval of the County Commissioners, as are necessary
to properly perform its function.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved April 17, 1963.

CHAPTER 494
(House Bill 559)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 33 of
Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1962 Supplement),
title "Workmen's Compensation," subtitle "Application of Article;
Extra-Hazardous Employments," providing that paid firemen in
Prince George's County shall be deemed workmen for wages
within the provisions of workmen's compensation coverage.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 33 of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1962 Supplement), title "Workmen's Compensation," subtitle "Ap-
plication of Article; Extra-Hazardous Employments," be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

33.

Whenever the State, county, city or any municipality shall engage
in any extra-hazardous work, within the meaning of this article,
whether for pecuniary gain or otherwise, in which workmen are em-
ployed for wages, this article shall be applicable thereto.

In time of peace and while engaged in military service all officers
and enlisted men of the organized militia of the State of Maryland
shall be deemed workmen of the State for wages within the meaning
of this section; provided that, whenever and so long as provision
equal to or better than that given under the terms of this article is
made by the federal government for an employee of the military de-
partment of Maryland injured in the course of employment, such
employee shall not be entitled to the benefits of this article.

The officers of the Maryland State Police force, the Montgomery
County and Prince George's County police, the police of the Town
of Laurel, the police of all other municipal corporations in Prince
George's County which are subject to the provisions of Article HE
of the Constitution of Maryland, paid firemen employed by the fire
departments of Prince George's County, the regular members of the
police force, the paid firemen, the engineers, and linemen of the
electric light plant, of Frederick City, the members of the police
department and of the fire department of the City of Cumberland,
and all guards employed by any penal institutions of this State, shall
be deemed workmen for wages within the meaning of this section.

Whenever and so long as by State law, city charter, or municipal
ordinance, provision equal to or better than that given under the
terms of this article is made for municipal employees injured in