The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-30
COMPENSATION
 ACT IS READY STATE BRANCH OF LABOR FED EIsA1TON HAS ONE FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 NEXT YEAR.
BOARD OF FIVE MEMBERS
Each Member of the Proposed Com mission to Have $4, 900 Annual
 Salary.

The workrnen's compensation act drawn under the supervision of the state board of the American Fedora tion of Labor. for presentation at the next session of the General Assembly, provides for a board of five, no more than two from any one party, each member to receive g. salary of $4,000 a year.
 The following are the important sec
 tions of the bill:
 Section 22. For the purpose of ere ating such state insurance fund, each employer who employs five or more workmen operatives regularly in the same business, or in about the same establishment, and his, her or it's employees in this state, having elect ed to accept the provisions of this act, shall pay on or before January l, 1914, and ser1i-annually thereafter, the
 premiums of liability risk in the classes
 of employment as may be determined
 board of awards. The said employ CTS for themselves and their employees shall make such payments to the state
 treasurer of Connecticut, who shall re- ceive and place the same to the cred it of such state insurance fund. The premiums provided for in this act shall be paid by the employer and employees in the following proportions to wit: Ninety per cent. of the premium shall
 be paid by the employer and 10 per
 cent |. by the g enPioyes v Each fra111 employ 3y
 
 pay roll of his, her or it's employees 10 per cent. of the said premiums or any
 premium period in proportion to the
 pay roll of such employees; no deduc-
 ton shall be made excet for that DOT tion of the premium period -ante-dat-
 ing such Day roll Each employer
 shall give a receipt to each employe
 showing the amount which has been
 deducted and paid into the state in
 slrance fund.
 But the matter of personal injuries
 <alJ a inGd in the 0f PTnnlnvm9nt.
 caused by the wrongful act, neglect,
 or default of the employer, or any of
 pdoyes, and also to the personal rep
 resentatives of such employees where
 death results from such injuries and in such action the defendant shall not avail himself or herself or itself of the following common law defenses: The defense of the fellow servant rule. the defense of the assumption of risk, or the. defense of oontributory negn- gence.
 Section B. But where a personal injury is suffered by an employe, or when death results to an employe from the failure of such employer. or any of such employers officers agents, to comply with any municipal ordin- ance or lawful order of any duly au- thorized officer. or any statute for the protection of the life or safety of em- p1oyes, then in such event, nothing in this act contained shall affect the civil liability of such employer, but such injured eanploye. or his legal rep i resentative in case death results from the injury. may. at his or her option. either claim compensation under this act, or institute proceedings in the | courts for his or her damage on ac- | count of such injury. and such em- pIoyer shall not be liable for any in l jury to any enploye. or to his or her legal represen tative in case death re- l suits, except as provided in thas act ]
 Section 26. Every ernpIoye, or ie- | gal representative in case death re- | suits. who makes application for an | award from the state liability board of awards, valves his her right to | exercise his or her option to institute 1 proceedings in any court Every em- ploye or his legal representative in l case death results, who exercises his l or her option to institute proceedings in court as provided in section 25, l valves his or her right to any award | except as provided in section 40 of this 1 act.