The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13
FULL TEXT OF ACT FOR COMPENSATION
 OF W0RKINGMEN
Bill is Reported by Majority of Judiciary Committee and Represents Radical and Humane Departure From Practice
 in Connecticut

account of any injury which does not
 Incapac1tate the injured workman for
 at least two weeks from earning his
 full wages at his customary employ
 ment
 Sec. 8.-If any employer who shall
 nave assented to the provisions of
 Part B of this act shall establish a
 system of insurance for his workmen
 or of compensation for injuries re-
 ceived by them, said employer shall not
 be liable under the provisions of Part
 B of this act, provided the insurance
 ascertain, by such means as she shall
 deem best, the views of the employer
 and of his workmen. shall certify, in
 writing that such system confers ben
 efits to them at least equal to those
 provided by Part B, and, if the said
 system provides for contributions by
 workmen. that it confers benefits in
 addition to those provided by Part
 of this act at least commensurate
 with such contributions Such cer-
 tifcate shall be filed and kept on rec
 ord in the office of said commission
 CT. No system shall be thus certified
 which contains an obligation upon
 the workmen to Join in the system as
 condition to their hiring, or which
 does not contain provisions for the I equitable withdrawal of workmen
 from the system. When any such
 system has been so certified by the
 said .cOmmmissioner, he shall issue
 a certificate ena bling the employer to
 substitute such system of compensa- tion for the provisions of Part of
 this act for a period of not more than
 five years, and shall file and keep
 such certificate on record in his of
 flee. Such employer shall, thereupon for such period be liable under the provisions of such system and not un-
 der the provisions of Part B of this
 act. I Sec. g. The scale of compensation
 shall be as follows:
 (a) If the injury results in death within the period of one year from the date of the accident, there shall be paid, in addition to the other
 payments hereinafter provided for, 1 the reasonable expenses of medical
 and surgical attendance and funeral
 expenses, not exceeding in all two
 hundred dollars. In settling the
 amount of such medical and surgical attendance, any sums which may
 have been paid by the employer on the persons entitled shall be consid- l cred.
 (b) In case the workman leaves | surviving a widow or widower, or children under eighteen years of age, a weekly payment shall be made in
 amount equal to sixty per centum of l the average weekly earnings of the 1 deceased in the course of the year previous to the injury, and in no case | more than ten dollars a week, or less | than five dollars a week. Said pay
 ments to continue until all said chill | dren shall have attained the age of | eighteen years, and as long as said l widow or widower remains unmar- | ried.
 Co In case the workman leaves neither widow, widower, nor children
 under eighteen years of age, but leaves next of kin wholly or in part | dependent upon him. weekly pay ment shall be made not exceeding l that provided for in the above sec- | tions or such proportionate sum as may be determined according to the measures of dependence, to continue during the period of dependence. l (d) In case the injuries result in | total incapacity for work at his em- ployment, a weekly payment shall be l made in amount equal to sixty per | centum of the average weekly earn | ing of the deceased in the course of the year previous to the injury, and | in no case more than ten dollars a week, or less than five dollars a week, during the continuance of such inca | pacity.
 | Gel In case the injury results in partial inca pacity for work at his said | employment, or some other suitable employment, a payment equal to six ty per centum of the diminution of the 1 injured workman's earning capacity, paya ble as above provided. f) In no case shall any weekly payments, as above provided in sub sections (b), (c). s(d) and (e), be continued for more than eight years, | subject to section 15.
 Sec. 10. All payments called for under the above schedule, in case the | injured workman is living, shall be l made to him or to some person law | fully authorized to act for him, and | in case of the death of the workman, to his executor or administrator for l the benefit of those entitled to such payments.
 Sec. H. In fixing the amounts of any compensation, due allowance shall be made for any sums which ! the employer may have paid to the injured workman or to dependents on account of said injury.
 Sec. 12. For the purposes of Part B of this act, where a payment is called for based upon or proportion al to sixty per centum of the aver age weekly earnings of the deceased in the course of the year previous, and the workman shall have been in his employment less than a year, the payment shall be based upon or proportioned to six times the average daily earnings on full time for such less. period. In case the workman in his employment shall have been paid not weekly. but by the month or any other term, or by the piece, then the amount of such weekly earn ingS shall be estimated in accordance with the proportion one week bears to the term for which payment has been made.
 Sec. 13. In case of any action brought in any court for the recovery of compensation for an accident re- sulting in death, under Part B of this act, the court may, in it's discretion, in place of entering judgment for continuing periodical payments, enter judgment for such sum as may be agreed upon between the parties, or on application of either party, for the present probable value of such future payments. For the purpose of ascertaining such probable value, it may call upon the insurance com missioner to furnish such information and calcula tions as may be useful for the court in determining the same, missioners when so called, to com ply with such request.
 Sec. IA. In case of payment to the executor or administrator, 1t shall be the duty of such eXecutor or adminis- trator to apply to the probate court for an order of distribution of the money received among the parties for whose benefit said payments were re- ceived Where an agreement shall have been arrived at between said parties for such distribution, and said greement is approved by the court it may order distribution in accord ance herewith. In the absence of