Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-02
Sutherland Measure Is to Re-
place Government LA
biIity Law.
PROVISION is GENEROUS
FOR DISABLED employees
Payments to Those injured Acct
dentally Are to Be Made Weekly
to Benefciaries.

The Sutherland bill, providing
compensation for accidental III
ruries to civilian employees of the
United States government re-
sulting in disability or death, was
reported favorably to the Senate
today from the committee on
judiciary by Senator Sutherland.
This measure is intended to super
sede the present so-called government
liability law. which the report charac-
terizes as wholly inadequate"
This bill. if enacted into law, will
provide compensation for accidental in
juries as generous in amount as that
afforded by any of the existing laws in
the United States or foreign countries"
the report says
Provisions of the Bill
A number of amendments have been
made to the bill by the Senate COM
mittee As it now stands the bill sub
stantiaily provides as follows:
That the United States shall pay
compensation to any civilian employe
hereafter injured in the course of en-
ployment or to the dependents of such
employee in case of death.
THE first four days of incapacity are
excluded from compensation. and no
the incapacity does no, last for seven
days Compensation is to be paid ir-
respective of questions of negligence IN
all cases. except where the injury or
death is occasioned by the willful in
tention to bring about the injury or
death of himself or of another, or re-
suited from his intoxication.
The first four calendar days of inca
pacity are excluded from compensa-
ton. but during that period the gov
eminent is required to furnish medical.
surgical and hospital service, which is
to continue after the four days as may
be reasonably required. not exceeding
$780,"
Medical Examination Required.
The injured employee is required to
submit to medical examination and
treatment, and if he refuse he forfeits
his compensation during the period of
refusal.
Compensation is to be based on the
monthly wages, which shall be twenty
six times the days pay received by
the employe at the time of the acct
dent. and provision is made for ascer-
timing the monthly wage in cases
where the employment is irregular.
In no event, however, are the wages of
any employe, for the purpose of the
act, to be considered more than 5000
month or less than $50 month. Com
pensation Is to be paid weekly.
In case of death, payments are to be
made for eight years except in the case
Of children, where 1t shall continue until
the age Of sixteen years. as follows:
Widow alone. 40 per cent of the monthly
wage; widow and child or children, so
per cent; children alone. II one child, Is
per cent, and if more than one child, 10
per cent additional for each, not to ex-
coed so per cent in all, to be divided
share and share alike; parent or parents,
there being no widow or children, Is per
cent in case of partial dependency. or in
case of total dependency, 25 per cent II
only one parent and 40 per cent II both
parents are dependent; II no widow or
child or parent, but any brother, sister,
grandparent or grandchild be left wholly
dependent. 20 per cent il there be but one
such relative, and 80 per cent If more, to
be divided share and share alike. In case
OF partial dependency of such relatives
10 per cent, to be divided share and share
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