Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-10
RcccIpts Over MILTON

THE total receipts Of the commits
sion for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1919, amounted TO sl,979.036.l6,
while the total disbursements for the
same period amounted 10 sl,37S,-
7TS.14.
During that period there we're
eight exemptive months, or eight
months for which employers and
workmen who were in good standing
with the compensation fund were not
required to make their usual contri-
buttons, Under the law prior to June
80, 1919. whenever the surplus on
hand became sufficiently large. the
commission declared an exempted
month and relieved employers in good
standing from making contributions
to the fund. In the five years that the
law has been in effect. there have
been twelve exempted months or
one fifth OF the total period covered,
The last Legislature amended this pro-
vision of the law, eliminating the eX-
empted months and providing that
on July l, 1920, and annually there
after the commission should deter
mine the total liabilities existing
against the industrial accident fund,
and If IL finds the fund amounts TO a
sum sufficient to cover all liabilities, |
together with surplus OF so percent /
thereon, the commission shall place to 4
the credit of each employer under the /
net, his pro rata of such surplus II /
is purposed to use what is necessary
of this surplus in providing an in !
crease in compensation benefits.
Rates Vary
Rates of contribution by employ
ers now vary according to the hazard
of the industry in which they are en-
gagged. These rates range all the way
from so cents to IS per 500 OF the
pay roll; while the workers contribute
l cent a day for each work day.
THE rates of compensation bene-
fits for injured workmen are higher
during the first six months Of disabll-
ity than for the period thereafter
An unmarried workman, when in
jured. is now allowed compensation at
the rate of s45 per month for the first
six months. and $50 per month there
after, as long as he is incapacitated
Tor work, or until such time as the
commission deems It proper to make
him a definite award for his perma-
nent partial disability. A workman
with wife is paid $3.50 for the first
six months. and s35 per month there
after. workman with a wife and
one child Is paid $3.50 for the first
six months, and $43 per month there
a 90, / ,
or more children Is paid s75 for the
first six months, and $50 per month
thereafter.
Lump Sum Awards Il
When workman receives an in
Jury, which results In some perma-
1ent partial disability, such as the loss
u hand or the loss of part of the
junction OF some memberSpf the body, |
ne Is awarded additional compensa-
ion for such disability This compen-
'ation is paid to him at the rate OF
'Z5 per month. unless the commits
lon exercises its discretion, granted |
by law, and allows lump sum pay |
nent OF not more than SO per cent Of | |
he award
When a lump sum payment ISL
the remaining portion of the
Is paid at the rate of
~ so per month.
The maximum rate Of compensa-
ION now being paid In Oregon Is low
r than the maximum allowed under
he California and Nevada workmensl
laws, while It is higher
nan the maximum In Washington,
daho and Montana.
In California the maximum month
y compensation payment is s90.27;lI
nevada, the maximum monthly
'ayment is $S2; in ontana, the max
mum monthly payment is 1880; in
Washington the maximum monthly
ayment is sS2; in Montana the max
mum monthly payment is $25, while
Oregon, the maximum monthly
ayment is SIS. regardless of the size
an injured Workman'S family III