The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-28
new LAW BOON
TO LABOR.
Act Provides for Compensation to
Employees Injured in Govern
ment Service.
Receive Pay for One Year-secretary
of Department of Commerce and
Labor Administers Act-Families
to Be Taken Care OF.

The act OF May so, 1905 entitled
IAN Act granting to certain employees
Of the United States the right to re-
ceive from it compensation for in
juries sustained in the course of their
employment which came into effect
on August !, is a measure of great inn
portance in the domain of labor legis-
lation. Under previous laws, compen-
sation in case of injury is paid to en-
ployes in the railway mail service and
in the life saving service. The new
law applies to persons employed by the
government as artisans or laborers in
the following services: .Arsenals, navy
yards, river and harbor construction,
fertilization construction, hazardous en-
ployment in the reclamation service,
namely in construction and in control
and management of works, hazardous
employment under the Isthman canal
commission. government manufacture
ing establishments.
Scope of Law Large.
According to rough estimate made
by the department of commerce and la
Dor, about 10000 government employees
come within the provisions of the law.
Compensation will be paid under this
act only for such injuries to an en-
ploye as occur i'll the course of his en-
ployment and cause inability to pursue
his employment for more than fifteen
days. Compensation is not paid if the
injury is due to the negligence or mis-
conduct Of the employee himself. The
act applies only to injuries received on
or after August /.
The compensation consists Of con-
tinuance during the period of disabi-
ity, but not over one year, of the same
pay which the employee was receiving
at the time of the injury. If the en-
ploye is killed by the accident or dies
from the results of the injury received
and leaves widow or children under
l6 years of age or dependent parents,
the same amount of compensation is
paid to these dependent relatives until
the completion of the twelve months
period.
The administration of the act is in
trusted to the secretary of commerce
and labor. All questions Of negligence
Or misconduct are to be determined by
him, and in case of death from injury,
the distribution Of the compensa ton
among the dependent relatives entitled
to it must be made according to his or
ders. Cases of injuries to employees
coming under this act must be reported
to the secretary of commerce and labor,
and compensation may be paid only
when approved by him.
No compensation will be paid either
for injury or for death unless the per-
sons entitled to such compensation
make application for the same. This
application must be made by the in
jured employe. or, in case of his death
by his dependents and forwarded by the
official superior of the injured employee,
accompanied by a physicians certiti-
cate, through the regular official chan
nes to the secretary of commerce and
labor. The secretary is authorized by
the act to demand such additional in
formation, or order such investigation
as is necessary for the proper admin
istration of me law
Regulations Of Law.