The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-26
woRkMENs COMPENSATION
Text Of an Act Now ssf5re the State
Legislature.

luced in the legislature by Represen-
alive Howe OF Bennington. This
Dill is modelled after the German sys-
.em in the main. which system has
been adopted to a considerable 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
insurance and gives employees a sure II
moderate return in case Of accident
instead OF a doubtful lawsuit.
In England where the plan was at
first bitterly opposed on the claim
that it was unconstitutional the high
est courts have fully sustained 1t and
it has been found so satisfactory TO
all parties that the act has been
great Y extended in its scope. The
bill is as follows;
II is hereby enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State Of Yer
mont:
Sec /. The purpose of this act is
to provide compensation to the vic
tins of industrial accidents, and
when such accidents prove fatal, to
the widows, sons or daughters or de-
pendent parents or brothers or sis
tiers OF said victims. The intent is to
compel all corporations, associations
firms partnerships or individuals en-
ploying labor in this state to share
in supplying the compensation pro-
vided for in this act, in proportion 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 ex-
pense incurred by the provisions OF
this act in order to distribute the bur
den as equally as possible and there
by avoid any class distinction as for
hidden by the constitution OF the
state. In constituting this act the
courts shall seek to carry into effect
the purpose and intent thereof as
specified in this section.
Sec. 2. All corporations, associa-
lions, firms, partnerships and individ-
uals employing labor in this state
shall be divided into sixteen classes
and the corporations, associations,
firms partnerships 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 or their depend
ents, when said victims are employed
by employers OF that class.
Sec, 3. The classes specified in
the preceding section shall be as fol-
lows:
Class /. Corporations, associa-
tions. firms, partnerships and indiv-
iduals owning and operating rail-
roads operated chiefly by steam pow
err and express companies connected
Herewith, steamboat and other nav
igation lines.
Glass 2. Corporations, associations
firms, partnerships or individuals OPP
Grating and owning railways opera
ted chiefly by electric power or by
power other than steam
Class g. Corporations, associa-
tons, firms. partnerships or individ-
uals operating stone quarries or
mines of any sort or in cutting or
manufacturing the products OF stone
quarries or in preparing the rough
products Of mines or quarries foI
use.
Glass I Corporations, associa
tions, firms. partnerships, firms or in
dividuals engaged in manufacturing
products Of iron. steel, brass, copper
other metals and glass.
Glass 3. Corporations, associations
firms. partnerships and individual Z:
engaged in manufacturing product.
of wood, operating sawmills, paper
mills. pulp mills, brick making
Glass g. Corporations, associations
firms, partnerships and individuals
engaged in erecting buildings anC
other structures, road building, rail
road building by contract, plumbing
carpenterlng stating, roofing paint
ing, kalsomining, paper hanging.
Glass Z. Corporations, associa
tons, firms, partnerships and individ
uals engaged in operating electric
light and power producing plants
telephone and telegraph lines sn'
gas plants.
Glass s. Corporations, associa
tions, firms, partnerships and individ
uals engaged in publishing and print
ing, engraving, book binding, 1.-the
graphing, blank book manufacturing
and making rubber stamps.
Class 9. Corporations, associa
tions. firms, partnerships and !ndivic
uals engaged in retail trade in an
line or Wholesale trade in manuis,
tured articles.
Glass 10. Corporations. associi
tons, firms, partnerships and indy
iduals engaged in operating farms
dsiries, creameries, stock raising fo
estry and market gardening
Glass II. Corporations, associi
tons, firms, partnerships and indi'
iduals operating knitting mills. mill
or factories making Goth yarl
thread and garments Of any kind
Glass H. Corporations, associ
tions, firms. partnerships and indi
iduals employing domestic servant
ianitors. chauneurs
Glass l3 Corporations, associ
lions firms, partnerships and indi
idugls whose business includes au
of the following lines hotels resta,
ants, livery stables. laundrics tail,
ing shops. millinery dress maxim
butcher shops, slaughter houses, X