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vided for shall apply in a calendar year only in time of war, and
prior to the cessation of hostilities in a combat area or zone. In said
branches of service for all calendar years beginning after December
31, 1963, the exclusion herein provided shall be applicable to an in-
dividual serving in a military area or zone wherein there is con-
ducted an active military policing operation undertaken by the gov-
ernment of the United States in conjunction with a foreign nation
in combating an existing hostile force or element and shall continue
until the cessation thereof, but nevertheless such exclusion shall be
inapplicable except as herein limited to military personnel assigned
to a military station without the continental limits of the United
States, its territories or possessions.]

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 298
(House Bill 537)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 56(a)
of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Workmen's Compensation," subtitle "Ap-
peals," to allow the Workmen's Compensation Commission to re-
tain jurisdiction over a claim pending appeal for the purpose of
opening the claim to issue a supplemental award in the event
claimant needs additional medical attention providing for review
of such supplemental award within the pending appeal.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 56(a) of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1964 Replacement Volume), title "Workmen's Compensation,"
subtitle "Appeals," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

56.

(a) Any employer, employee, beneficiary or person feeling ag-
grieved by any decision of the Commission affecting his interests
under this article, may have the same reviewed by a proceeding in
the nature of an appeal and initiated in the circuit court of the
county or in the common law courts of Baltimore City having juris-
diction over the place where the accident occurred or over the person
appealing from such decision, and the court shall determine whether
the Commission has justly considered all the facts concerning the
injury, whether it has exceeded the powers granted it by the article,
and whether it has misconstrued the law and facts applicable in the
case decided. In the event that an appeal shall be taken to a court
other than the circuit court of the county or to a common law court
of Baltimore City having jurisdiction over the place where the acci-
dent occurred or over the person appealing from such decision, the
court shall on motion of either party transfer such appeal to the
proper tribunal, so that the said appeal may be heard on its merits
in the court having jurisdiction to hear the same. If the court shall