The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-20
Full Text Of
 Compensation Act As
 Amended In Senate
Continued From Page Four.)

| all rights or actions on account of | such injury except under the provi-
 sions of said Part B.
 Sec. 30. In the absence of such no- | tice Or proceedings under the provi- l s1ons of Part B, nothing herein con- | tained shall affect, in any way, the l right of any workman or of any per- | son entitled so to do on his behalf, | to bring action, under any other laws | of the State, for injuries received Sec. 31. If the employer and the l injured workman or, in case of his death, his legal representative, reach l an agreement, after the occurrence of | the accident, in regard to compensa- | tion under the provisions of Part B | of this act, a memorandum of such | agreement, when filed with the insur- ance commissioner and approved by him, shall be valid contract, and a copy of such contract so filed, duly certified by said commissioner, shall be in evidence, in any proceedings, of 1 the execution, nature, and terms of such contract.
 Sec 32. Any claim for compensa- tion under the provisions of this act may be enforced by action in the judged by arbitration in the manner
 provided by the laws pertaining there to in force in this State. Such ac-
 tions shall be. tried without a jury. Sec. B. Such actions shall be brought in the name of the injured | workman, if he be living, otherwise in the name of the administrator or ex-
 ecutor of his estate on behalf of the
 persons entitled to such compensation. Sec. 34. No action for compensation
 under the provisions of Part B of this act shall be brought in favor of the party injured unless such action is brought within one year from the n nr T1Ia action to recover on account of such injury shall have been previously brought within one year from the time of such injury.
 Sec. 35. In case of the death of the party injured, no action. except ac- tions upon the contract provided for in section thirty-one for compensa- tion under the provisions of Part B | of this act shall, except as provided Tin section thirty-six, be maintained unless brought within one year from the date of the death of the person injured, and within three months af- ter the appointment of the admins trator Or eXecutor.
 Sec. 36. In case weekly payments shall have been made on account of compensation for injuries, and such payments have ceased, then action
 may be brought for additional install-
 ments of such compensation within
 
 payments, but not later.
 Sec. 37. In any action in which judgment is that the defendant make weekly payments, the judgment shall include the amount of payments for which the defendant is liable up to
 the date of judgment, and the court may make suitable order for the payment of future installments during the continuance of the disability.
 Sec. 3S Actions brought under the
 provisions of Part B of this act shall
 be privileged, in respect to their as-
 signment for trial, over all other ac- tions except writs of habeas corpus and actions brought by or on behalf of the State, including informa tions on the relation of private individuals.
 Sec. S9. In any action brought to recover compensation under Part B of this act, no bond for prosecution shall be required or ordered by the
 court unless property of the defendant
 is attached therein.
 without attachment, the plaintiff shall be required to pay the entry fee
 to the clerk of the court but no fur ther court or clerk fees shall be charg- ed or taxed for any further proceed ings in such action, and all Judgments. such case shall be entered without charge to either of the parties there in.
 Sec A. The judges of the Supreme and Superior courts shall provide suit able forms of complaint for actions under Part B of this act and shall
 also make suitable rules of procedure adapted to secure speedy, efficient, and inexpensive disposition of all such proceedings; and in making such rules of procedure said judges shall not be
 bound by the provisions of the prac-
 tice act Or by any rules now exist
 ing. In the absence of such rules so made, such actions shall be conduct ed in accordance with the general rules of procedure provided for other cases, except as in this act otherwise pro-
 vided
 Sec. Az. In the trial of issues aris- ing under said Part B, the trial judge in ascertaining facts may, if he deem it advisable, admit evidence or tes- dinary rules of evidence and in any appeal Or proceeding in any higher court for the revision of errors, no ad- mission of such evidence or testimony shall be ground of error or reversal unless such admission shall appear to have affected the justice of the con- clusions of the trial court.
 Sec. 43. Nothing in this act shall affect the liability of any employer to fine or penalty under any other statute
 Sec. A. In this act, unless the con- text or subject-matter otherwise re- quires: (a) Masculine terms include both males and females and other le- gal persons. (b) Employer" includes any body of persons, corporate or un- incorporated, and the legal personal representative of a deceased employer, and, where the services of a workman are temporarily lent or let for hire tn hv h whom the workman has entered into a contract of service or apprenticeship,
 the latter shall for the purposes of this act, be deemed to continue to be
 the employer of the workman while he is rendering services to or for such other person. Co Workman does not include any person, employed other
 wise than for the performance of manual labor, whose remunerat tion eX- ceeds two thousand dollars per year,
 or any persorf whose employment is of a casual nature and who is em-
 ployed otherwise than for the purposes
 of the employers trade Or business,
 or an outwOrker. or a member of the employers family dwelling in his house, but except as aforesaid, means any person who has entered into, or works under a contract of service or apprenticeship with an employer,
 whether by way of manual labor, cler- ical work, or otherwise, and whether the contract is expressed or implied, oral, or in writing. (d) Dependents
 means such of the members of any