The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-05
woRKMEN's COMPENSATION
Text Of An Act Now Before the State
Legislature.

Bennington This bill is modelled after
the German system in the main, which
system has been adopted to a consider
able extent in Great Britain and other
countries and has been found to work
the greatest advance of any single step
in the dealings between employers and
employees. 1t costs employers no more
than it does to carry liability insur-
ance and gives employees sure if mod
crate return in case of accidental in
stead OF doubtful lawsuit
! In England where the plan was at
first bitterly opposed on the claim that
4 it was unconstitutional the highest
courts have fully sustained it and it has
been found 50 satisfactory to all parties
/ that the act has been greatly extended
in its scope The bill is as follows;
1t is hereby enacted by the general
assembly OF the state Of Vermontg
Sec. l. The purpose Of this section is
to provide compensation to the victims
Of industrial accidents, and when such
accidents prove fatal, to the widows,
sons or daughters or dependent parents
or brohers or sisters Of said victims,
The intent is to compel all corporations,
associations, firms, partnerships or in
dividuals employing labor in this state
to share in supplying Tire compensation
4 provided for in this act, IN proportion
4 to the number Of persons employed by
them in this state and further to pro-
vide that all employees in the state
shall also share in meeting the expense
4 incurred by the provisions Of this act
in order to distribute the burden as
equally as possible and thereby avoid
any class distinction as forbidden by
the constitution Of the state. In con
STRUNG this act the courts shall seek
to carry into effect the purpose aud in
tent thereof as specified in this section
Sec. ?, All corporations, associations
firms partnerships and individuals en-
ploying labor in this state shall be di-
yided into sixteen classes and the cor
porations, associations, firms, partner
ships and individuals composing each
class shall share on an equal basis, in
proportion TO the number of employees,
in paying the compensation provided for
victims OF industrial accidents OF their
dependents, when said victims are EN-
ployed BY employers Of that class.
Sec, 3. The classes specified in the pre-
ceding section shall be as follows:
Class I. Corporations associations,
firms, partnerships and individuals own
ing and operating railroads operated
chiefly BY steam power, and express
companies connected herewith steam
boat and other navigation lines
Clas. 2. Corporations, associations,
firms, partnerships or individuals Up
Grating and owing railways operated
chiefly by electric power or by power
other than steam.
Glass g. Corporations, associations,
firms, partnerships or individuals operat-
ing stone quarries or mines Of any sort
or In cutting or manufacturing the prod
ucts Of stone quarries or in preparing
the rough products OF mines or quarries
for use
Glass 4. Corporations, associations.
firms, partnerships firms or individuals
engaged in manufacturing products OF
iron, steel brass, copper other metals
and glass.
Clast . Corporations associations,
firms, partnerships and individuals en-
gagged in manufacturing products Of
wood, operating sawmills, paper mills
pulp mills, brick making.
Class o, Corporations, associations,
firms, partnerships and individuals en-.
gagged in erecting buildings and other
structures. road building, railroad build
ing BY contract, plumbing, carpentering
stating, roofing, painting, kalsomining
paper hanging
Glass 4 Corporations, associations,
firms partnerships and individuals en-
gagged in operating electric light and
power producing plants, telephone and
telegraph lines and gas plants.
Glass y Corporations, associations,
firms, partnerships and individuals en-.
gagged ii publishing and printing, en-
craving, book binding, lithographing,
blank book manufacturing and making
rubber stamps
Class O. Corporations. associations,
firms partnerships and individuals en-.
gagged in retail trade IN any line or
wholesale trade in manufacturing arti-
cles.
Glass TO- Corporations, associations,
firms, partnerships and individuals en-.
gagged in operating farms, diaries, cream
cries stock raising, forestry and market
gardening.
Class n. Corporations, associations,
firms, partnerships aud individuals oper-
ating knitting mills, mills or factories
making cloth yarn thread and garments
Of any kind
Glass H. Corporations, associations,
firms, partnerships and individuals en-
ploying domestic servants, janitors,
chaufeurs
Glass 49, Corporations, associations,
firms, partnerships and individuals whose
business includes any of the following
lines; Hotels, restaurants, livery stables,
laundries, tailoring shops, millinery,
dress making butcher shops, slaughter
houses, ice dealers, dyers and cleaners,
undertaking and upholstering, theatres,
bill posting, barber shops bakeries,
trucking, blacksmith shops and garages.
Glass a. Corporations, associations,
firms, partnerships and individuals en-
gagged in the manufacture of boots and
shoes or leather work or IN the manu-
facture of food stufs, confectionery,
drugs and medicines, cereals, -four mills, /
grist mills
Glass TO- Corporations, associations,
firms, partnerships and individuals EN-
ploying companies, insurance agencies, /
brokers, collection agencies, physicians,
dentists, architects.
Glass 10. Corporations, associations, /
firms, partnerships and individuals
manufacturing gunpowder, ammunition,
dynamite, dyes and poisons, contractors
using dynamite or other explosives. and |