The Nome daily nugget., 1915-07-24
WORkMENS COMPENSATION
 LAW.
CHAPTER Fl. $. B. No. AT.
(Continued from yesterdayD)

ployes for injuries sustained arising ployment according to the provisions of this act unless and until notice in writ ing of an election to the contrary shall have been given to the employe by re- cording said notice with the United States commissioner in whose precinct the employers operations are carried on, and if such operations are carried on in more than one precinct, then such notice shall be recorded in the ofiiceof the Commissioner for each pre- cinct in which the same are being conducted. and the notice to reject shall be recorded by the Commissioner who shall be paid a fee of one and one-h half dollars therefor and such mo- tice when so recorded shall be and be- come n public record. Such recorded notice shall be substantially in the fol- lowing form, and the signature shall be witnessed by two witnesses:
 EMPLOYERS NOTICE TO REJECT. To the employees of the undersigned:
 You and each of you are hereby notified that the undersigned rejects the terms. conditions. and provisions 10 pay compensation to employees of the undersigned for injuries received as provided in the Act of the Legisla ture of the Territory of Alaska, known as An Act relating to the measure and recovery of compensation of in jured employees in the mining indus try of this Territory, and the compen- saton to designated heneficaries where such injuries result in death, defining and regulating the liability of employers to their employees in connection with such industry, and re- pealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this Act" and that the undersigned employer elects to pay damages for personal injuries of such employees under the common laws ana statutes of this Territory, modified by tha provisions of the Act above re-
 
 ferred to and the other laws of the Territory of Alaska.
 (Signed) .....''a..' - - '''''''' Witnesses: -. .,..''.' ''.'''''''' =. =. ...'............'.''
 Section 31 The notice so recorded shall apply to the employees supse- ouently employed by the employer with the same fullness and effect and to the same extent and in like manner as employees in the employ at the tune the notice was recorded, except as herein provided.
 Section 32. Where the employer and employee have not given notice or an election to reject the terms of this Act, this Act shall constitute part or every contract of hire, express or im- piled. and the same shall be construed as an agreement on the part of thel employer to pay, and on the part of the employee to accept compensation m the manner as by this Act provided for all personal injuries sustained, arising out of and iS the course of the em- ployment.
 Section %. All employees affected Inv this Act shall be conclusively pre- sumed to have elected to take com pensation in accordance with the terms conditions and provisions of this Act until notice in writing shall have been served upon the employer, or his agent in person, and shall also have been recorded in the office of the Commits sioner for the precinct In which the mining operations of the employer, in connection with which the employee is employed, are conducted, and If such operations are carried on in more than one precinct then the same shall be recorded in the precinct wherein the employers principal place of business in the Territory is situate, and the Commissioner shall record the same and shall receive a fee of one dollar and fifty cents therefor and the same shall be and become a public record. Such notice shall be accompanied with an affidavit thereon showing the date upon which the same was served upon the employer.
 (b) Tn the event that such employee elects to reject the terms. conditions and provisions of this Act, the rights and remedies thereof shall not apply where an employee brings an action or takes proceedings to recover dam ages or compensation for injuries re- ceiyed growing out of and in the course of his or her employment, except as otherwise provided by this Act; and in such actions where the employee has rejected the terms of this Act the eih- ployer shall have the right to pieao and rely upon any and all defenses in-