The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-08
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ligence OF any person in the service Of such
corporation, who has charge Of any signal.
telegraph Office switch YARD, shop. rOund-hOuse.
locomotive engine or train upon 4 railroad, or
where such injury WAS caused by the negligence
of any person, cO-empioys or fellow seTveut
employed In the same common service IN any
OF the several departments OF the service OF
any such corporation. the person so injured
ODeyIng or conforming to the order Of some
superior at the time OF such injury, having
authority 20 direct: Provided, that in all cases
under this act the person injured must show
himself without negligence contributing to
produce the injury; and nothing herein shall
De construed to abridge the liability OF the
corporation under existing laws.
Sec, z. Neither an emplOye nor hlG legal
representative shall be entitled under this act
10 any right of compensation or remedy against
the corporation in any case where the injury
results from obedience 70 an order which sub
jects the employe to pAlpsble danger; nor
where the injury caused by the incOmUe-
tency OF the oO-emp. owe, ana such incom potency
WAS known TO the emp .oye injured; or Such in
jured employe, in the exercise OF reasonable
care, might have d scovered such incompet ncy.
unless the emplOye so injured gave or caused
20 be given information thereof to the corpora
ION or TO some superior lntrusted with the gem
eral suDeEintendencs OF such co-employes, and
such COrporatien Jailed or refused 70 discharge
such incompetent employe within q reasonable
time, or ia ed refused within reasonable
time 10 investigate the legged inCOmpeteDcy OF
the eO-employe or superior, and discharge him
il found Incompetent.
sec. 3. That the damages recoverable under
this act shall be commensurate with the injury
sustained, unless death shall result from such
injury, when any such case an action shall sur
vive and be governed In all respects by the law
now IN force as 10 such action. Provided, that
where any such person RECEIVERS a Judgment
against any railroad or other corporation, and
such corporation takes an appeal 20 tue courts
of this state aud pending sUcl appeal the IN
iuTed person dies, and the Judgment rendered
in the court below be thereafter reversed, the
right of action of such person shall survive TO
his legal representatives.
Sec. 4. In case any railroad corporation
which owns or operates line extending into
or through the state of Indiana and into or
through another or other & ties. and q person
in the employ OF suoh corporation, citizen of
this state, shall be injured, as provided in this
act in any other stale whers such railroad Is
owned or operated. sud the suit for such in
Jury shall be brought in any OF the courts OF
this state It shall not be competent for such
corporation to plead or prov The decisions or
statutes OF tbe state where such person shall
have been injured a defense TO the action
brought Ia this state.
Sec. g. That all contracts made by railroads
or other such corporations with their en-
DlOyes, or rules or regulations adopted sy any
such corporation releasing or relieyeing il iron
under the provisions OF this act are hereby
declared null aud vO d.
Sec. 6. Declaing emergency.
The features OF the bill most objection
able to the railroad corporations are those
contained in the fourth provision OF sec.
ton one.
The conference committee on the
worlds fair appropriation reported Satur-
day morning, reco amending 500 The
house had amended the senats's bill for
SO, 600, making it $4,000. The report
was not different from what was antici-
pated. The sufferer" from Knox
county opposed the report in tiresome
speech OF twenty minutes or more.
Deary. one OF the conference committee.
favored the report. He did not want
to see Indiana at the tail end of the pro-
cession. and he thought $1,000 was
plenty small enough. Mr.. Haggard spoke
for the report and Mr.. Barnes against it.
Mr. McMuIlen defended the report. He
said he was for the appropriation because
he did not want to see ali the states in the
union ahead of Indiana at the fair. Atthe
conclus on OF his speech he demanded the
previous question. The vote on the re-
port was then taken and resulted in It's
rejection.
The general assembly adjourned sine
die