The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-09
DRAFT OF WORKMAN'S
 INSURANCE LAW
Hazardous EmpIoyments Defined in
 the Enactment Drafted.

1 G4EC 11GAAhCSKAOnGt OTS14C6l1s The report of the commission ap- pointed by Governor Baldwin to in
 vesttgate the advisabtIity of establish has been submitted to the Governor.
 Among the most signific< mt recom-
 mendations are one opposing state or state managed insurance and one
 suggesting that. the proposed bill be based on the police power of the
 state, rather than on it's taxing DOW TaIcott H. Russell of New Haven, Bur
 ton Mansfield Of New Haven, the present insurance commissioner of the
 state, and John Eccles of Norwich,
 thing that legislation of this charac- 1 ter based upon the taxing power of
 the state would not prove tenable. 1 The powers given to bKl4s body au-
 thorized it to Investigate the need of
 such laws. and to frame drafts of whatever legislation might be neces-
 sary to put the act into effect, togeth-
 might consider advisable for the es- tablishment of department of state
 proposal entitled, "A Bill to Provide
 a Remedy in Compensation for Acci- | dental Injuries Resulting in DisabiI ity or Death to WorkTnen Engaged in Industries Described Therein An ab- stract@of the bill follows:
 Section IThe act shall apply to
 hazardous trades onlys a schedule of
 which follows:
 Sec 2-The employer shall be liable for any accident occurring in any of the trades listed as dangerous, ex- | cept in eases where the injury can be attributed to intoxication or wi1fuI misconduct.
 Sec S.-The act shall not have an retroactive effect.
 employer who Is not engaged in bu4 mess for the purpose of obtRtnAHR pro l fit; nor any employer o6 less then seven men; nor shall it apply to d0- nestle servants Sec. 5.-The act shall not arpay to
 employees of the state nor of any Sec. 6-It shall not effect the reIa- tions of employers to outworkers or casually employed men.
 Sec. 7.-The interstate regulations of the United States shall take prece- dence wherever they apply.
 Sec. 8.-Any employer may establish
 an insurance system of his own which
 will be certified by the insurance com
 missioner if it is found on inveStfga- tfon, to confer benefits upon the work
 men at least commensurate. to the benefits conferred by this act, and the | employer will then be liable under that system and not under this act
 No such system will be certified which does not provide for the withdrawal equitaib1y from the system of the work
 men, or which contains an obligation on the employee to join the system as
 may substitute this act for the system.
 The insurance commissioner shall have full Jurisdiction over it.
 Sec. 9.-This act shall not free an
 employer from liability to fine or pen a1ty under any other act.
 Sec. 1O-In the case of work done for a. principal employer through a
 contractor or sub-contractor of a. na- ture that is the same as that of the principals and which is. done under his control and on or about his prem ises, the principal employer shall be liable for compensation for accidents;
 but the workman may sue either one or both of his employers provided he does not collect more than full dam ages through both processes together Sec. 1.-The compensation for injur- l ies resulting in death follow: (a) if resulting in death within a year, his i defendants shall have I2 addition to other comp pensation, medical and fun
 eraI expenses amounting to not over 1 $20O, Gb) if he dies in less than six
 years from injury leaving contin- children under IS years old depen- dent on him, a weekly payment shall be made equal to 50 per cent of the average weekly earnings of the de- nor to be less than $5 a week. This income is to continue as long as the children remain under IS years old or as long as the widow remains unmar- ried, Co if he leaves dependent next of kin other than the ones mentioned they shall be paid as provided in pro- portion to the ratio of their depen- dence on the deceased. Gd) in no case shall the weekly income be extended over more than six years
 Sec. 12.-If the injury results in to- 1 tai inca pacity for work the same | compensation as provided above, in section Il, article Cb), shall be paid him long the incapacity exists.
 For partial incapacity the income will hA 70 nAr cant of the dinninution in