The Nome daily nugget., 1915-07-21
NEW TERRITORIAL LAWS.

manner, of his or her rights to com
 pensation under the laws of Alaska. .................,. Any failure on the part of the em-
 ployee to supply the employer with n
 statement as hereinabove provided shall not work a forfeiture of the right of his, or her, beneficiaries to bene- i fits hereunder, but it shall relieve the employer of all obligation to give to
 any of the beneficiaries of such de-
 ceased employee notice of the fact
 that such deceased employee became
 deceased
 In cases where the employer shall
 have been furnished with such state ment or statements and shall fail to jnotify the beneflciaries therein named as shown by the last statement fur-
 nlshed. within the time and in the
 manner herein provided, such benefic- icaries who have not been so notified shall have the right to notify the em- ployer of their claim to benefits and file claims and prosecute actions or lother proceedings for the recovery thereof, notwithstanding the fact that such notice was not served as herein after provided within the period of one hundred and twenty O20) days from and after the time that the employee became deceased.
 Upon the trial of any issue relating tN a beneficiary's right to compensa- tion under this act, any statement fur nished an employer, as hereinabove provided may be offered in evidence by such employer and when so offered shall be received in evidence and shall be held to establish the fact that the to the deceased the relation shown by such statement at the date thereof.
 In all cases where any person claims to be a beneficiary under this act en- titled to compensation because of an injury to an employee coming within it's provisions, which resulted in his or her death, such beneficiary. or someone In his or her behalf shall within one hundred and twenty U20) days from after the death of such employee 1 serve a written notice upon the em- rloyer, which notice shall contain the narae and address of the person claim i ing to be such beneficiary the relation ship existing between such beneficiary l 3 nd the deceased. and If such benefci- 1 ary shall be either the father or moth ei of the deceasd, such notlco sh.li also contain statement showing that such person was dependent upon the of the deceased Such noti 1 shall be liberally construed and re : claim for compensation shall be denied ! because of any defect in the notice provided 1t appears that a notice wta St red with a >on., flde intentian to c. Iar,; with the provisions of this l' {. Such notice may be served by any E person of legal age by delivering il copy
 
 thereof to the employer or the em ployers agent, in person. or, by leav ing a copy thereof at the employers place of business within the territory of Alaska with some person over the age of eighteen QS) years in the employ of such employer If the employer cannot be found within the | territory and has no known agent or place of business therein, such benefl ciary may serve such notice by pub fishing the same in one issue of any of general circulation pub lished in the judicial division where the injury, out of which the right to compensation arose, occurred; except in the cases in this section otherwise provided, no action or other to recoVr such compensa- tion shall be brought or maintained, nor shall any claim for such compen- sation be filed or allowed as herein after provided unless such notice shall have ben served Tn the manner and within the time herein provided.
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