Evening journal., 1913-02-06
Act Provides Elective Schedule for the
Accidental Injury or Death of En-
pIoyeS in Certain Cases and Method
of Payment Thereof

or otherwise disposed Of the whole or
the greater part of his business or
assets. Except as provided in Sec
ton hereof, and in this Section, no
commutation of compensation shall
be made.
Upon paying such amount, the en-
lloyer shall be discharged from all
/ further liability on account of the
injury or death. Communication shall
not be allowed for the purpose of en-
abling the injured employe or the
dependents of a deceased employe
to satisfy a debt, (other than n mort
gage upon his or their home or
household furniture created before
the accident or to make payment to
physicians, lawyers or other per-
sons
An agreement OF award of compen-
sation may be modified at any time by
subsequent agreement, in the same
manner and subject to the same
rights and remedies as the original
agreement or award, upon applica-
tion of either party on the ground
that the incapacity of the injured en-
ploye has subsequently increased or
diminished or that the status OF the
dependent has changed
At any time after the entry of the
award, a sum equal TO all future in
stallments of compensation may
/ (where death or the nature of the
injury renders the amount of future
payments certainl by leave Of the In
dustrial Accident Board be paid by
the employer to any Trust Company
doing business in this State and hav-
ing an Office in the county in which
the award was entered, and such
sum, together with all interest there
on, shall thereafter be held in trust
for the employee. or his dependents,
who shall have no further resource
against the employer
The payment of such sum by the
employer. evidenced by the receipt OF
such trustees noted upon the Pro-
thOnotarys docket in case of an
I award by the court or on the record
4 of the Industrial Accident Board in
: other cases, shall operate as salts.
faction of said award as to the EN-.
ployer.
Payments from said fund shall be
made by the said trustee on orders
from the Industrial Accident Board in
the same amounts and at the same
periods as are herein required of the
Z employer. If, after liability shall have
ceased any balance Of said fund shall
remain, the same shall be returned to
the employer who deposited the same,
ON an order signed as aforesaid.
Section l6. The right of compensa-
ton granted by this article shall have
the same preference or priority for
the whole amount thereof against the
assets of the employer as is now or
hereafter may be allowed by law for
unpaid wages for labor.
Claims or payments for compensa-
ton due or to become due under this
article shall not be assignable, and
shall be exempt from all claims of
creditors except as otherwise in this
/ section provided. IF default shall be
made by the empoyer for thirty days
after demand, in the payment of any
amount due under this artice the
same may be recovered in the same
manner as claims for wages are now
collectable.
Fees Of attorneys and physicians
for services under the provision OF
this article shall be subject to the
approval of the Industrial Accident
Board, with a right of appeal by any
party in interest TO the Superior
Court. Such fees. upon written no.
tice given to the employer, shall be a
lien against any amount thereafter to
be paid as compensation; provided,
however. that where compensation Is
payable in periodical installments. the
board shall fix the proportion of each
installment to be paid on account of
legal services and disbursements.
Section II. Where a third person is
liable to the employe or the depen-
dents for the injury or death the en-
ployer shall be subrogated to the right
of the employe or Of the dependents
against such third person, but only to
the extent of the compensation paya-
BILE under this article by the employer
Any recovery against such third per-
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