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to the extent of payments made by the Department under the pro-
visions of this subtitle, and shall take such legal proceedings as
it shall deem necessary or advisable to recover thereon, and all
sums so recovered shall constitute an additional fund for payment
of these awards until the same are paid in full.

88.

After the insolvency of any such insurer, the Department shall
be a party in interest in all workmen's compensation proceedings
involving risks insured by this insurer with the same rights to
receive notice, defend, appeal, and review as a solvent insurer would
have.

89.

The Department may sue for and recover any assessment not
paid when due and any insurer which shall fail to pay an assess-
ment, as provided in this subtitle shall be liable to forfeiture and
revocation of its license by the Department.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved April 14, 1967.

CHAPTER 150
(House Bill 468)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 36(8)
(a), (b) and (c) of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1964 Replacement Volume), title "Workmen's Compensa-
tion," subtitle "Claims and Compensation; Benefits," to change
the benefits payable under the workmen's compensation laws to
the dependents of employees dying from compensable injuries.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 36(8) (a), (b) and (c) of Article 101 of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume), title "Work-
men's Compensation," subtitle "Claims and Compensation; Benefits,"
be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

36.

(8) (a) In case the injury causes death within the period of
five years the benefits shall be in the amounts and to the persons
following: If there are wholly dependent persons at the time of
death, the payment shall be sixty-six and two-thirds per centum
of the average weekly wages, not to exceed, however, a maximum
of [forty-eight dollars] fifty-five dollars ($55.00) per week, and not
less than a minimum of eighteen dollars per week unless the de-
ceased employee's established weekly wages were less than eighteen
dollars per week at the time of the injury in which event the com-