The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12
EGAL
Published in The Topeka State Journal
March II, 1881
HOUSE BILL NO. SIS.


March II, 1881
HOUSE BILL NO. SIS.
AN ACT to amend chapter 21S OF the SEES
sion Laws of Kansas of 1911, providing
for compensation for persons injured IN
certain hazardous industries and re-
pealing section 2 and amending and re-
pealing section 6, section s, section }.
section II, section 2, section A and sec
ton 45 of said chapter 21S.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of tne
State of Kansas:
Section /. That section of chapter 21S
of the Session Laws of the state of Kan
sas of 1911, be and the same is hereby
repealed.
the Session Laws of 1911, be and the same
is hereby amended to read follows:
Section 6. Application of the act. This
act shall apply only to employment In
business on, in or about a railway, fac
tory, mine OF quarry, electric, building or
engineering work. laundry. natural gas
plant, county and municipal work, and
all employments wherein process re
curing the use of any dangerous ex-
Tied on, which is conducted for the pun :
pose of business, trade or gain; each o.
which empioyments Is hereby determines ils
to be especially dangerous, IN which from
the nature, conditions or means of prose-
cution of the work therein, extraordinary
risk to the life and limb of the workman
engaged therein are inherent, necessary,
or substantially unavoidable, and as to
each of which employments it is deemed
necessary
compensation for injuries to workmen-
This act shall not apply in any case
where the accident occurred before TINS
act takes effect. and all rights Whlcn
have accrued, by reason of any such
accident, at the time of, the puhlca-
ton of this act. shall be saved the
remedies now existing therefor, and the
court shall have the same power as 10
them as if this act had not been enacted.
Agricultural pursuits and emplOyments
incident thereto are hereby declared to De
non-hazardous and exempt from the pro-
visions of this act. ,,e -
the Session Laws of 1911, be and the same
is hereby amended to read as follows
Section s. 1t is hereby determined th',
the necessity for this law and the reason
for its enactment, exist only with regd[u
to employers who employ conSlderat'lS
number of persons. This act, therefore.
shall only apply to employers by whom
five OF more workmen have been (ein-
ployed) continuously for more than one
month at the time of the accldeht' pro
vided however, that employers haVlnS
less than five woTkmen may elect TO come
within the provisions of this act IN winch
case his EMPLOYEES shall be included here
in. as hereinafter provided; ana, proNiueu
further that this act shall apply 70 mn: ' es
without the regard to NUMBER oL "oIh-
Sec. 4. That section 9 of chapter 2lS Of
the Session Laws of 1911, be and the same
is hereby amended to read as 1olloWS'
Section O. Definitions. In this act, unless
the context otherwise requires (al Rall-
way includes street railways aha IlIeI
11rbans: and employment on railways
includes work in depots, power houses
roundhouses, machine shops, yards ana
upon the right OF way, ana IA a.. .nS ope ar1
ton of its engines. cars and trains anu
to employees of express companies WInIe
running on railroad trains CD FACTORY
means any premises wherein power -
I1sed in manufacturing making, altering
adapting ornamenting, finishing, repair
ing or renovating any article or articles
for the nl1rpose of trade or gain or OF the
business carried on therein, including. ex
pressly any brick yard, meat-packlng
house, foundry. smelter, OIL rel 1lIeT,.
lime burning plant, steam heatlnS plaIt
electric lighting plant, electric power
plant and water power plant, poWqeC
plant blast furnace, paper mill, printing
p1iant fIoIr mill glass factory, cement
plant artificial gas plant, macnlne OF -
pair shop, salt plant. and chemlcal manu-
orening in the earth for the purpose OF
extracting any minerals, and all under
ground workings, slopes, shafts, galleries;
and tunnels, and other ways, cuts anu
openings connected herewith. 1ncludln5
those in the course of being opened. sum-
or driven: and includes all the appurten-
of the mine, and any adjoining adjacent
work place where the material from d
mn " q prgP!fg means any place, not
mine where stone, slate, clay, sanu,
gravel OF other solid material is aug 81
otherwise extracted from the earth LOT
the purpose of trade or bargain or OF the
employers trade or business; (e) EIec-
trical work. means any KIND OIL WORK ~
ton, installation. operation. alteration, re
mova1 or repair of wires, caDIes, SWltcu-
boards or apparatus, used for the trans
mission of electrical current. Cd BuHo-
ing work. means any work In the cree
tjo, construction, extension. decorata&Al
aIteration repair or demolition of any
building or structural appurtenances- Cs)
ssFsngineering work means any work III
the construction. alteration. extension re-
Dafr or demolition of railway laS mere
inbefore defined) bridge, jetty, dixie dam
reservoir, underground conduit, sewer, Oh
or gas we'll. oil tank, gas tank, water
tower or water works Cinclud1ng stand
mines or mains) any caisSon work or WORK
in artificially compressed air. any WORK
in dredging, pile driving, moving pulld-
ings moving safes, or in laying. repair
Ing or removing, underground pipes ana
connections the erection, installing, re
pair1ns or removing of boilers, FURNACES,
engines and power machinery, GncludlnS
betting and other connections) and any
work in grading or eXcavatlng WheFe
shorfng is necessary or power machinery
orr blasting powder, dynamite or other
high explosives is in use Excluding mil,-
ing and uuarrying). CHI Employer In
ciiIdes any person body of persons
CORPORATE or incorporate, and the legal
REPRESENTATIVES of a deceased employer
ar the receiver or trustee of a person.
cornoration association or partnership
Ci1 workman means any person who
has entered into the employment of or
works under contract OF service or ap-