VETOES

dependents, in accordance with the award of the Commission, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine of not
less than five hundred $500 nor more than five thousand dollars
$5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one 1 year, or by
both such fine or imprisonment; and in any case where the
employer is a corporation, the officer of the corporation having
responsibility for the general management of the corporation in
the State shall be liable to such fine and imprisonment as herein
provided. Any fine levied against any employer failing or
refusing to secure insurance as required by this article shall be
paid into the State treasury and credited to the Commission, and
be used for the payment, in whole or in part, of any award made
against said employer by the Commission. All disbursements shall
be made in the same manner as other monies of the Commission are
disbursed. Any part of the said fine not required for payment of
an award as herein provided shall be transferred to the General
Fund of the State. The court may remit any such penalty only if
the employer in default assures the compensation as provided in
the section, and has paid or secured to be paid any compensation
or other benefits under this article which may have been awarded
against him.

(c)  Any such employer who may wish to adopt any one
1 of the methods mentioned in the preceding paragraphs for

assuring the payment of compensation to his employees and their
dependents, shall first submit to the Workmen's Compensation
Commission the method he wishes to adopt. The said Commission may
approve or reject the method proposed. If rejected, the employer
may submit another method authorized under this article. The
said Commission may from time to time revise or alter its
decision approving the election of an employer to adopt any of
the methods of assuring payment of the compensation as provided
for in this article, if such action is reasonably necessary to
secure and safeguard such payments to employees or for the
diminishing and prevention of accidents. Any action of the
Commission for the purpose of diminishing or preventing accidents
shall not apply to public service corporations under the
jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission. Any decision of
said Commission under this section or § 15 of this article may be
reviewed in the circuit court for the county in which the
employer may reside.

(d)  Any employer, subject to the provisions of this
article, who fails or refuses to insure voluntarily the payment
of the compensation specified in this article to his employees
and their dependents through one 1 of the methods of assurance
of payment, mentioned in the second 2ND paragraph of this
section, or fails to furnish satisfactory proof to the Commission
of his financial ability to pay such compensation himself, of
give bond or deposit securities as aforesaid, shall at any time
after November 1st, nineteen hundred and fourteen NOVEMBER 1,
1914, be compelled by the Commission to insure to his employees
and their dependents the payment of the compensation specified in

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