Iditarod pioneer., 1915-07-03

Section ] describes the scope of the act, which aHphes to all persons or corporations engaged in mining employing more than five employees, unless either the employer or the employe elects to reject the terms of the act. It also provides that in the event of the death or injury of an employe in the course ot his employment he or his benefciaries shall receive compensation in various sums, ranging from S6,000 in case of the death of Gn employe who leaves widow with five children (S3,000 in case there be no chil- dren, to various sums designated for loss of limbs and members of the body and in var- ous cases of disability
 Section ? provides for increasing pay ments where they have been made by the company, and it develops aIterward that the injured omploye has received q more serious injury than that for which the company paid him.
 Section 3 gives the right to the employer and employe to agree upon a settlement where dispute might arise in such cases as where the injury is not specifically sched- uled
 Section exempts the employer from lia- bllity where the injury was occasicned by the wilful intention of the employe or by the employees intoxication.
 Section provides that no compensation shall be paid during the first two weeks of disability, but sh all commence on the if teenth day, and compensation for the first TWO weeks shall be paid if the disability con tinues for eight weeks or longer.
 Section protects the employer from lia- bility to a contractor or sub-contractor, and l..
 Section / makes the measure and mode of compensation laid down by the act eX- elusive of all other measures or remedies.
 Section provides that stop-pareuta and adopted children shalI be construed as bene- hclaries.
 Section provides that employees shall fur nish employers with a statement showing the names of his benehcaries. Failure to supply the employer with such statement >h all relieve the employer of obligation to give notice of the fact that the employe has become deceased. In case of the death by accident of such employe his benetclarie5 are required to serve notice upon the em- ployer within 120 days of his or her claim for compensation. Such notice may be de- livered to the employer or his agent at the employers principal place oi business III Alaska, and in the event that the employer cannot be found within the territory and las no known agent or place of business therein, the notice may be served by publi- cation in the judicial division wherein the injury arose.
 Section 10 provides for the depositing of the maximum liability under the act or a bond for the same with the United States court.
 Section II provides for notice to bene- fciaries to appear and make their claim against the sum so deposited or the bond deposited in lieu thereof
 Section 12 provides that all actions brought before the depositng of such bond or such sum shall abate, and the parties to sad action shall become parties to pro ceedings to settle the liability of the em- ployer, but allows the costs to such parties in case they prevail in the subsequent pro ceedings.
 Section IS provides for the publication of notice calling all benefciaries into court
 Section If provides for the filing of claims and the answer to such claims in proceed ings to determine the liability.
 Section 15 provides for the trial of issues raised by such claim. and answers thereto and for the trial of all issues of fact by the jury, unless jury IS waived
 Section 16 provides for the return of the money or a cancellation of the bond Tn case no deDendents make claim in the district court
 Section 17 provides for the payment of costs by the employer if the bond IS lnsutfi- cient to make the costs and amount awarded by the court, and for the return of any un- expended sum.
 Section IS provides for the entry of judg- ment by the court against the principal and sureties on the bond.
 Section 19 provides for an appeal to the circuit court of appeals, as in other cases
 Section 20 provides for the consolidation of actions, where two or more persons bring separate actions to recover compensation as benefciarles.
 Section 21 provides that actions for the recovery of compensation shall be brought i'll the courts of the territory. Section P prohibits the bringing of any action in any court outside of the judicial division in which the injury occurred, and provides that any attempt to bring such ac- ton in any court outside the Territory of Alaska shall work forfeiture of the right to compensation.
 Section 23 shall provide for a writ of at tachment, and provides further that the de- fendant may give sufficient bond and release any property so attached, which bond shall be conditioned to pay the judgment.
 Section "A provides for an examination of the injured employe by a physician fur nished by the employer. If any employe refuses to submit to such examination, or obstructs such examination, his or her rights to compensation shall be suspended, and his compensation during such suspension may be forfeited.
 Section 25 prohibits any agreement to waive the compensation allowed by the act