Ch. 56                                     2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(f)      In case of the loss of the entire sight of both eyes, if irrevocably
lost: seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.).

(g)     In case of the loss of the entire sight of one (1) eye, if irrevocably
lost: three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375.).

(2)     In the event of personal injuries as aforesaid resulting in any of the
losses hereinbefore designated, the additional amount of one dollar
($1.) per day, not including Sundays, excluding the first week
following the injury, while he is being treated, for a period not
exceeding twenty-six (26) weeks.

(3)     In the event of personal injuries as aforesaid not resulting in any
losses herein before designated but resulting in total disability, one
dollar ($1.) per day, not including Sundays, excluding the first week
following the injury, for a period not exceeding fifty-two (52) weeks.

(4)     In the event of personal injuries as aforesaid resulting in death
within a period of one (1) year, one thousand five hundred dollars
($1,500.), provided that in case any payments shall have been made
on account of the above-mentioned losses or disability during
treatment or total disability resulting from said injuries, the amount
thereof shall be deducted from the sum payable upon death of the
person injured.

(5)     In case of death resulting from having come in contact with any of the
mine gases, one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.).

B.      Payment of relief moneys. When any such employee shall have suffered
loss from injury in the discharge of his duty as aforesaid, the County
Commissioners for the county in which he shall have suffered said loss
from injury shall, within thirty (30) days after the receipt by them of
satisfactory proof thereof, direct the Treasurer of the county to pay unto
said employee, upon his proper receipt therefor, the sum of relief money as
provided herein for such loss from injury. When such injury shall result in
disability as aforesaid, said County Commissioners shall, within thirty (30)
days after the receipt by them of satisfactory proof of the injury and
disability, direct said Treasurer to pay said employee the per diem relief
money as herein provided. When such injury shall result in death or the
employee shall have been killed by coming in contact with mine gases as
aforesaid, said County Commissioners shall, within thirty (30) days, after
the receipt of satisfactory proof of the injury and death, direct said
Treasurer to pay unto the personal representative of the deceased the
relief money as herein provided, to be disbursed by him under the direction
of the County Commissioners as hereinafter provided for the sustenance of
the dependents of said deceased employee.

C.      Proof of injury required; form; filing suit. The County Commissioners shall
determine the manner and form of the proof herein required, provided that
such proof shall at least consist of a certificate of the mine foreman or

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