Evening journal., 1913-02-06
LIABILITY ACT GOES TO THE LEGISLATURE

sion, or occupation of his employer,
aud not including persons to whom
articles or materials are given to be
made u. cleansed, washed, altered.
ornamented, finished, or repaired, OF
adapted for sale in the workers own
home, or on other premises not under
the control or management OF the em-
ployer. lt shall include the singu-
lar and plural Of both sexes. Any
reference to an employe who has been
injured. where the employe is dead,
and the context requires IL, shall in
clude a reference to his dependents or
personal representatives
Section 2. The following shall con-
stitute employers subject to the pro-
visions of this Act:
Every person, firm, association and
private corporation Including any
public service corporation and exclud-
ing Municipal corporations. the State
and political subdivisions thereoD
having in his, or its service any em-
ploye as defined in section l OF this
Article.
Section 8. The term dependent
shall include all persons other than
the injured employe who are entitled
to compensation under the provisions
of the elective schedule set forth in
Article of this Act, and wherever
the context requires il shall be held
10 include the personal representa-
tives of the deceased. and guardians
of infants or trustees for incompetent
persons.
Section 4. The terms injury and
personal injury as used I'm Article
2 of this Act, shall be construed 10
mean only violence to the physical
structure of the body and such disease
or infection as naturally results
therefrom when reasonably treated;
and wherever death is mentioned as
cause for compensation under said
Article, it shall mean only death re-
sulting from such violence and it's re-
sultant effects when reasonably treat
ed as aforesaid, and occurring within
two hundred and seventy weeks after
the accident.
Section g. The terms personal in
jury sustained i'm the course Of em-
ployment' and injury by an accident
in the course Of his employment"
(al Shall not cover an employe
except while he is engaged i'm, on. or
fabout the premises where his SER
vices are being performed. which are
occupied by, or under tSlo control of
the employer (his presence being re-
quired by tho nature of his employ
menD or while he is engaged else
where in or about his employers
business where his services require
his presence as a part Of such SER
vice at the time of the injury.
(b) IL shall not include any injury
caused by the wlful act OF another
directed against him by reasons per-
sonal to such employe and not dir
ected against him as an employe or
because of his employment
(c) II shall not include a disease
or infection, except as il shall result
from the injury when reasonably
treated
Section s. Wherever in this Act
the singular is used the plural shall
be included; where the masculine
gender is used. the feminine and
neuter shall be included
Section 6. If any provision Of this
] Act shall be held by any Court to be
Unconstitutional, such judgment shall
not affect any other setcion or pro.
vision OF this Act, except that Articles
! ] and hereof are hereby declared
to be inseparable and as one legisla-
: tive thought and IF either Article be
declared by such Court void or in
operative in an essential part. so that
the whole of such Article must fall
the other Article shall fall with it
and not stand alone.