The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-05-10
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.
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| compensation RegaruleSS VI NeSli
| gence.
! Sec. 8. Such insurance shall cover
the risk of personal injury by accl
dent arising out of and in course. OF
! the employment resulting in death
provided death occur within twelve
months from the time of such injury
or resulting in disability, whether the
same be total or partial, permanent
| or temporary. But no one shall be
| entitled to any benefit hereunder
where the injury is the result OF the
employees intoxication, or wiltul OF
deliberate act or deliberate intention
to produce such injury.
Section 4. The insurance in case
of death shall be for the benefit OF
such persons being the widow, widow
| er, father, mother, son or daughter
as are dependent wholly or in part
| for their support upon the earnings
of such employee Gall of which per
sons are hereinafter designated as
| dependents of such employee), or OF
| such of them as may be named IN
| the contract or policy to which it re-
fers and the person for whose benefit
| such insurance is made should De
| bound t'y the agreement authorized by
| the first section of this Act.
Section 5. In order to satisfy the
| requirements of this Act, the benefits
payable under such insurance shall
I be at least as follows:
| Cd In case of death:
! (a) If the employee insures for the
| benefit of any dependent wholly de-
pendent upon his wages at the time
Of his death, sum equal to his wages
| in the employment OF said employer
during a period Of three years next
preceding the accident, but not less
in any case than the sum Of one
| thousand dollars; provided, that the
amount of any weekly payments made
under such insurance or any lump sum
| paid in redemption thereof, may be
| deducted from such sum; and if the
period of the employees employment
| by said employer has been less than
said three years, then the amount OF
! his earnings during said three years
shall be deemed to be one hundred
and fifty-six times his average week
| ly earnings during the period of his
actual employment by said employer.
| (b) If the employee insures for the
| benefit only of persons partly depend
ent upon his wages at the time of his
death, then a sum equal to the pay
ments provided for the benefit of per
sons wholly dependent, less six times
! the average annual earnings; or If
| employed for less than year, then
! less three hundred times the average
! weekly earnings of said dependent
person or persons partly dependent
on his wages.
(c) If the employee leaves no de,
| pendent, then the reasonable ex-
penses of his medical attendance shall
| be paid, and in addition burial ex-
penses not less than seventy-five dol
| lars nor more than one hundred dol
| lars.
And the contract or policy therein
| referred to may provide for the pay
ment, instead of a lump sum, of a
weekly sum which, in the case of per
sons wholly dependent, shall not be
| less than the weekly payment in case
of total disability hereinafter provided
! for, and which, in the case of per
sons partly dependent. shall not be
| less than the weekly payment in
case of total disability, less the
| amounts earned by the persons partly
| dependent, and which sum may be
divided between the dependents in
| such manner as such contract or policy
may provide or as may otherwise
! be agreed upon; or such contract or
policy may provide for a combination
of lump sums, weekly payments, or for
the substitution of one for the other.
CID In case of injury not resulting
| in death, when total disability results
! from the injury, a weekly payment
during the period of such disability
| shall be paid to the insured, which
| shall not be less than fifty per cent.
! of his average weekly wages during
| the previous twelve months, if he has
been so long employed by the contract
| ing employer; if not, then weekly
| benefit during such shorter period as
| he has been in the employment of said
employer.
! Gid In case of injury not resulting
} in death, where partial disability re-
/ suits, such weekly payments shall be
made during the period of such partial
| disability as is equal to the difference
| between the weekly benefit payments
during the period of total disability
! and the average amount which the
| injured person is able to earn after
| the accident.
| Loss by actual separation at or above
| the wrist or ankles of both hands
or both feet, or of one hand and
one foot, or the irrevocable loss of
| both eyes, shall be deemed to be equal
to total disability.
| The loss by actual separation at or
| above the wrist or ankle of one hand
| or one foot shall be equal to one-half
of total disability, and the loss of one
| eye shall be equal to one-fifth of total
disability. Total disability shall be
deemed to mean inability to carry on
any gainful occupation.
The contract or policy herein re-
| ferred to may provide that no benefits
| shall be paid in case of any injury
which does not incapacitate the en-
! ployee for a period Of at least one
week from earning full wages at the
work at which he was employed at
the time of the accident.
| Section g. Any contract in order to
satisfy the requirements of this Act
shall provide that the employer shall
contribute not less than fifty per cent.
of the insurance premiums and the
elHpIoyeeS Shall Contribute tne IeIldlll-
| der of the premiums.
In case the employer provides any
insurance fund out of contributions
made by himself and his own en-
! ployees as above provided, such en-
ployer shall pay the whole of the
expenses of the management of such
fund, and all contributions shall be
paid into such fund without any
/ deduction by reason Of such expense.
Section T. The contract may pro-
vide that upon penalty of forfeiture
Of the benefits of the insurance, the
employee shall give reasonable and