2956

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 628

deceased employee, not to exceed, however, a maximum of
sixty—six and two—thirds per centum of the average weekly
wage of the State of Maryland as determined by the
Department of Employment Security, as provided in § 36
(2) of this article and not less than a minimum of
twenty—five dollars per week unless the deceased
employee's established weekly wages were less than
twenty—five dollars per week at the time of the injury in
which event the compensation shall be an amount equal to
the average weekly wages, and to continue to be paid
during total dependency but not to exceed $45,000.00,
except as otherwise provided in this section. If a
surviving wife, husband, or child continues to be totally
dependent after the total amount of $45,000.00 has been
paid, further payments to the surviving wife, husband, or
child shall be paid at the same weekly rate during his ot-
her total dependency, if a surviving wife, husband or
child, except as set forth in paragraph (d) herein, who
is wholly dependent at the time of death becomes
thereafter wholly or partially self—supporting, payments
shall nevertheless continue until the total sum of
$45,000,00 has been paid, and thereafter further benefits
shall cease. It is the intention herein that a surviving
wife or husband who is wholly dependent at the time of
death shall receive at least the total sum of $45,000.00,
even though she or he becomes wholly or partially
self—supporting before that sum is paid. The Commission
has continuing jurisdiction to determine whether the
surviving wife, husband, or child has become wholly or
partially self—supporting, and to suspend, terminate or
reinstate suspended or terminated payments of
compensation. The provisions of this paragraph 8 (a)
which provide for a continuation of payments until the
total sum of $45,000 has been paid do not apply to a
widow or widower who remarries; for this person the
payments shall cease as of the time of remarriage, but he
may receive and keep the payments made under paragraph 8
(i) of this section.

(b) If there are no wholly dependent persons
at the time of the death, but there are partly dependent
persons, those partly dependent shall receive
compensation as follows: The weekly payments to such
dependents shall be in the amount of sixty—six and
two—thirds per centum of the average weekly wages of the
deceased employee not to exceed, however, a maximum of
sixty—six and two—thirds per centum of the average weekly
wage of the State of Maryland as determined by the
Department of Employment Security, as provided in § 36
(2) of this article and shall be that percentage of the
maximum weekly rate of compensation as the weekly
earnings of each partly dependent person bears to the
average weekly wages of the deceased, in no case to
exceed the maximum of the weekly rate of compensation,