2958

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 638

(h) Nonresident alien dependents may be
officially represented by the consular officers of the
nation of which such alien or aliens may be citizens or
subjects, and in such cases the consular officers shall
have the right to receive, for distribution to such
nonresident alien dependents, all compensation awarded
hereunder, and the receipt of such consular officers
shall be a full discharge of all sums paid to and
received by them,

(i) In case of the remarriage of a wholly
dependent widow or widower of a deceased employee,
without dependent children at the time of the remarriage,
she or he as the case may be shall receive two years
compensation. In case of the remarriage of a partially
dependent widow or widower of a deceased employee,
without dependent children at the time of the remarriage,
she or he, as the case may be, shall receive two years
compensation, but the total sum of the payments made
prior to remarriage shall not exceed $17,500.00. No
widow or widower shall receive any benefits under this
article where the marriage shall have taken place after
the person entitled to benefits hereunder shall have been
injured, provided there are no dependent children.

(j) A husband or wife of an injured  employee,

who has deserted said employee for more than     one year

prior to the time of the injury or subsequently   shall not
be a beneficiary under this article.

(k) The benefits in case of death shall be
paid to such one or more of the dependents of the
decedent for the benefit of all the dependents as may be
determined by the Commission, which may apportion the
benefits among the dependents in such manner as it may
deem just and equitable. The dependent or persons to
whom benefits are paid shall apply the same to the use of
the several beneficiaries thereof according to their
respective claims upon the decedent for support, in
compliance with the findings and direction of the
Commission.

(9) (a) When as the result of an injury, an
employee is disabled from performing work for which he
was previously qualified, he shall be entitled to
vocational rehabilitation as reasonably necessary to
restore him to suitable employment. The employer and
insurer shall pay the expenses of the vocational
rehabilitation. The Commission shall refer the employee
to an appropriate rehabilitation evaluation agency for
evaluation of the practicability of, need for, and type
of training necessary and appropriate to render the
employee fit for a remunerative occupation. Vocational
rehabilitation training shall not extend for a period of