Marvin Mandel, Governor                          1721

33.

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 mean-
ing of this section; provided that, whenever and so long as provi-
sion 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
department of Maryland injured in the course of employment, such
employee shall not be entitled to the benefit of this article.

Whenever by statute, charter, ordinances, resolution, regulation or
policy adopted thereunder, whether as part of a pension system or
otherwise, any benefit or benefits are furnished employees of em-
ployers covered under Section 2(a)(2) of this Article, the de-
pendents and others entitled to benefits under this Article as
a result of the death of such employees, the benefit or benefits when
furnished by the employer shall satisfy and discharge pro tanto or
in full as the case may be, the liability or obligation of the employer
for any benefit under this Article. Should any benefits so furnished
be less than those provided for in this Article the employer shall
be liable to furnish the additional benefit as will make up the differ-
ence between the benefit furnished and the similar benefit required
in this Article.

The Commission shall have full power to determine whether any
benefit provided by the employer is equal to or better than any bene-
fit provided for in this Article, and to render an award against the
employers to furnish additional benefit or benefits to make up the
difference between the benefit furnished by the employers and the
benefits required by this Article as the case may be. This section
shall also be subject to the continuing powers and jurisdiction of
the Commission provided for in this Article.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public health and safety and having been passed by a
yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all members elected
to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 28, 1971.

CHAPTER 786
(House Bill 1000)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, the following
sections of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume and 1970 Supplement), title "Decedents'
Estates"; Sections 1-101 (f) and 1-103, subtitle "Subtitle I, General
Provisions," subheading "Part 1, Definitions and Use of Terms";
Section 2-210(c), subtitle "Subtitle II, The Court," subheading
"Part 2, The Register of Wills"; Sections 5-201, 5-202, 5-204, 5-206,
5-207(a), 5-403(a), 5-404, and 5-406, subtitle "Subtitle V, Opening
the Estate," subheadings "Part 2, Commencement of Proceeding,"