Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-07-27
ACCIDENTS TO FRENcHMEN.
Main Points of a Curious Law Effec
in France.

Accidents occurring in the course Of
workmen and employees in the fol-
lowing occupations: Building, work
shops. yard work, manufactures,
transportation by land and water,
loading or unloading ships mines,
quarries. and every operation, in
or in part in which are manufactured
or handled explosive materials or in
which use is made Of motor power
other than that of man or animals
give the victim or those depending di-
rectIy upon him, a right to indemnity
at the expense of the head OF the en-
terprise. on condition that the inter-
rnptfon of work exceeds four days.
For actual and permanent incapacity
pension equal to two-thirds the an
nual wages of the incaqacitated; for
partial but permanent incapacity, to
one-half the difference between his
regular salary and his reduced salary
occasioned by the accident; for tenn
porary incapacity, daily indemnity OF
one-half the wages of the incapacitat-
ed at the time OF the accident, the IN
IDENTITY beginning on the fifth day
after the accident.
When the accident proves fatal
pension is allotted on the following
conditions to the persons stated:
CaD A life pension, equal to 20 per
cent. of the annual wages OF the vic
tim, to the surviving widow Tor
widower) who is neither divorced nor
separated the marriage to have been
consummated prior TO the accident.
Should the widow marry she forfeits
her right to this pension, but Will be
allotted three times the amount OF her
annual pension in one sum as final
adjustment
tb) For the children, legitimate or
natural. recognized before ,le acct
dent, orphans of father or mother
under sixteen years of age, pensions
calculated on the annual wages OF the
victim. of Is per cent OF those wages
in the case of only one child. % per
cent II there are two children, 80 per
cent If there are three children, and
so per cent for four or more children.
For children deprived of both parents
the qension is 20 per cent for each
child. but cannot exceed in the ag-
gregate 60 per cent
(el If the victim leaves neither
widow nor children, as per tal and
tb). each OF the ascendants who de-
pended on him will receive a life
pension. and the descendants pen
sion M 10 sixteen years This pension
viii be equal to 10 ger cent. of the
annual wages of the victim, but in no
case can II exceed so per cent
The pensions allowed in virtue OF.
the present law are payable quarterly
and cannot be transferred, nor are
they subject 10 seizure.
Foreign workmen victims OF acci-
dents In France who cease to reside In
French territory will receive as total
indemnity an amount equal to three
years pension. members OF their
families not resident in French ter
rltory at the time OF the accident will
receive no indemnity
Employers are also held responsible
for medical pharmaceutical and fu-
neral expenses The maximum fu-
neral expenses cannot exceed 100
francs $1,000.
EMPLOYERS can relieve themselves.
during the thirty sixty or ninety days
following accidents, OF the obligations
Of paying to the victims the expenses
Of the accidents and the temporary in
IDENTITIES or parts only OF these IN
IDENTITIES. as specified herewith fol-
lowing. II they can show
ta) That their workmen have Joined
a mutual-aid society and they tthe
emn,oversl have paid their share %
me subscriptions g0 snch society by
mutual agreements but such share
shall never BE Jess than one-third the
total subscriptions
I'D That such society assure its