Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-05-10
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS, 1912.
SUBSTITUTION OF one tor the other.

In death when total disability results
from the injury, weekly payment
during the period of such disability
shall be paid to the insured, which
shall not be less than fifty per cent.
of his average weekly wages during
the previous twelve months, If he has
been so long employed by the contrac-
ting employer; if not, then a weekly
benefit during such shorter period
as he has been in the employment of
said employer.
Gid In case of injury not result
ing in death, where partial disability
results, such weekly payments shall be
made during the periol of such partial
disability as is equal to the difference
between the weekly benefit payments
during the period of total disability
and the average amount which the
injured person is able to earn after
the accident.
Loss by actual separation at or
above the wrist or ankles of both
hands and both feet, or of one hand
and one foot, or the irrevocable loss
OF both eyes, shall be deemed to be
equal to total disability.
The loss by actual separation at or
above the wrist or ankle of one hand
or one foot shall be equal to one-half
of total disability, and the loss of one
eye shall be equal to one-fifth total
disability. Total disability shall be
deemed to mean inability to carry on
any gainful occupation.
The contract or policy herein refer
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shall be paid in case Of any injury
which does not incapacitate the en-
ploye for a period of at least one
week from earning full wages at the
at the work which he is employed at
the time of the accident.
SEC. 6. Any contract in order to
satisfy the requirements of this act
shall provide that the employer shall
contribute not less than fifty per
cent. of the insurance premiums and
the employees shall contribute the re
mainder Of the premiums.
In case the employer provides any
insurance fund out of contributions
made by himself and his own EN-
ployees as above provided, such EN-
ployer shall pay the whole Of the ex'
penses of the management Of such
fund, and all contributions shall be
paid into such fund without any de
duction by reason of such expense.
SEC. Z. The contract may provide
that upon penalty of forfeiture Of the
benefits of the insurance, the EN-
ployee shall give reasonable and
timely notice to his employer, to be
fixed by the terms of this contract
OF any accident which may entitle him
to the benefit of such insurance; and
that he shall submit himself to medi
cal examination as required by the
employer at the employers expense.
Sec. s. The contract may provide
that the premium payable by the EN-
ployees shall be deducted from theiI
wages.
An employer who shall willflly and
feloniously appropriate the amounts SC
deducted from the wages to any use
other than the payment Of insurance
premiums as stipulated in the contract
shall be guilty of embezzlement an6
shall be punished accordingly.
Sec. 8. The contract between the
employer and employee may provide
tlat thC hhbuA dhOC ohuAi w
paid into the hands of a treasurer tt
be elected or appointed by the EN-
ployees or by the employer and thu
employees in such manner and undel
such voting arrangements as the con
tract may specify.
The payment of the premiums t
the treasurer shall relieve the employ
err, and the penalty above prescribed
for transportation Of the funds re
quired to be applied to insurance shall
apply to such treasurer.
Sec. 10. In case of non-payment o.
the premiums within one month aftel
the same are payable, the insurance
company shall within two months after
the expiration of such month send nc
tice OF such default by mail to the In
sured and to the insurance Commits
sioner of the State.
The insurance policy or contract be
tween the employer and employe may
specify shorter period than the one
herein provided for.
Until the required notice shall have
been sent, the policy shall not be for
feited for non-payment of the premium
Sec. II. The employer may also ad
vance the premiums OF Insurance FOL
such number of employees and at sucf
rates as may be agreed upon between
him and the insurance company, anC
may thereupon be supplied BY the In
surance company with blank policies
to be filled in by rim with name o.
any beneficiary under the provisions
OF this Act, and to be executed by
him as agent of such company, and hi
may thereupon reimburse himself fol
the amounts payable by the employees
by deducting the same from the wages
OF such employee.
Sec. ~. Such contract may pro
vide that upon termination OF his EN-
ployment from any cause whatever thu
employee and his dependent shall
cease to be entitled to the benefits o
such insurance except as regards acci
dents occurring before the termination
OF his employment.
Arbitration.
Sec. 10. Such contract may pro
vide that any controversy regarding
the extent of disability or the exten
OF dependency. or any controversy be
tween dependents as to the amounts
payable to them respectively, shall b.
settled by arbitration, the arbitrator
10 be named by mutual consent OF thu
parties; and should the parties fail t
agree upon an arbitrator, then the ar
bitrator to be named by a Judge OF thu
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