The Washington times., 1916-01-29
BILL PROVIDES FOR
PENSIONS IN DISTRICT
Congressman CrOsser's Meas
ure Attracts Widespread At
tention in Washington.
tcontInued trom FIr.t Par..,

aionera, and IL to sit in continuous ses-
sion during the business hours observed
by other District employees. Meetings Of
the commission shall be public records.
For any employe of the commission 10
divuiEe information about the business
OF any Arm that comes within the COM
missions Jurisdiction Is made = misde-
meanOr. The sum Of 10000 annually Is
set aside for the use Of the commission.
in, paying salaries for clerical help, and
secretary at 5000 a year Is provided
for.
May Classify Industries.
Each member of the commission ID
given power to issue subpoenas, and ia
compel the production of books. pay.
necessary for It's INQUIRIES. The com.
mission 10 not to be bound by any
csommon law or statutory rules OF evi-
dence. nor by any formal rules Of pro.
cedure except those outlined In the bill
The commission is to prepare and fur
nish blank forms of application of bene-
f1ts or compensation notices to employ
ers A long list OF other forms to bt
filled in with information from both
employers and employees.
Annually the commission Is to re.
port to the President, and this report
IL to include statistics OF all accidents
and the awards made in these cases
Execution is made when injuries are
cnused by 1.-THE wilful intention of the
injured employe to bring about the
injury or death of himself or another
or where the injury results from the
intoKication Of the injured employ,
It is provided that the employer Shal
secure compensation to his employs
In one of three ways;
by insuring and keeping insured
| the payment of such compensation In
/ the District accident fund.
by insuring and keeping insured
/ the payment Of such compensation
ISOLATION, approved by the commits
sion"
Must Prove Credit.
Tho third way provides that an!
employer who does not voluntaril.
insure the payment OF the compensa
tion by one OF the other two method
must furnish satisfactory proof to tn
commission OF his financial ability 4
paw such compensation himself
| When this is done the commission
may require the deposit Of security t.
make sure the liability of the EN-
ployer to pay the compensation spe
cifled.
According to the bill, any employe
who falls to submit to the commission
the method he desires to adopt
guilty of a misdemeRnor and subjec
TO a fine OF not less than $500 an
not more than $4,000.
In respect to the 'District accideT
fund" the bill States that II shall col
sist of all premiums or taxes receives
as Well as property and securities AZ
quired, and through the use of none
belonging TO the fund. The fund Is
be administered by the commission viii
out aRy liability on the part of II
District beyond the amount Of the fun,
Each employer is to pay to the collectC
of taxes the premiums based upon h
payroll as ordered by the commission
The premiums are payable quarterly.
Inc commission is empowered to clai
sify any indnstries. whether mentione
! In the hill or not, to create classihci
tions v - respect to the degrees OF hsl
ard in various empIoyments; to fix II
| rates for premiums in each class; AZ
; to reclassify from time to time the o.
cupatlons as the hazards huctuatc.
One paragraph of the bill is th'
which states: THE commission ma
establish and require all employers II
4 sured in tho District accident fund
install and maintain uniform pa,
! IL is provided that 10 per cent of IL
prc"'iums collected from employee
) sN"l be set aside by the commission Z,
+. e creation Of a surplus, until th
s. illus reaches $50 900.
5 Thereafter por cent OF the premium
= are TO be set aside. until the commissi0
d considrs that the surplus is sufficient
large to cover a catastrophe hazard.
Tho bill provides that every ccntra'
or agreement OF an employer to II
demnifv himself against a loss on a.
count of an injury to an empl0ye shH
| be void unless II also covers 4 iiabilit
t for the payment OF the compensate
provided In the act.
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