The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-26

a leg or an eye and an arm, so per cent $50 weeks; loss of an eye and hand, SO per cent, 325 weeks loss or an eye and a foot, 60 per cent, 800 weeks; | two arms, two hands, two legs, two
 feet one arm and another hand, one hand and one foot, one leg and other foot, one leg and one hand, one arm ana one foot or one arm and one leg, 6G per cent, 400 weeks
 Compensation will be paid for only one ! iI jury when two or more are sustained al the same time. In all cases of permanent disability not mentioned above the com pensation shall be 60 per cent of the diff ference between the wage of the work man at the time of the Injury and the
 wage he is able to earn in his partially disabled condition, subject to the maxi mum of $l7.50 a week, and limitation of 300 weeks.
 TOTAL COMPENSATION 1 The total amount of compensation pay
 able for any injury or death is limited l to S6Oo0.
 1 Dependents. and therefore persons en-
 titled to receive the benefits of this act are defined as. CD wife and children. pre- sumably wholly dependent, unless the
 wife is living apart from her husband, and minor children under IS years of age; | @ children between 16 and IS, or those l over IS, if physically or mentally inca pacltaUeO rom earning d HNCAAhoon' NC
 actual dependents, wife. child, husband, mother, father, grandmother, grand father, sister, brother, mocner-in-law and l father-in-law, who were wholly sup 1 ported by the deceased at time of his death: (3A) partial dependents: any
 member of a class named in subdivision Is who regularly derived part of his SUD- port from the wages of the deceased: In death cases comperisation shall De l payable to dependents on the following basis: To widow, if no children, S per l cent of monthly wages; widow and one dependent child, 45 per cent; widow ana 1 two or three dependent children, D per cent; widow and four or more dependent children, 50 per cent, the court to deter
 mine in all such cases the amount or the compensation to be applied to each of the | dependents.
 | In case the widow, without dependent children, remarries, lump settlement equal to one-half of the amount or com pensation remaining unpaid shall be paid | to her within 60 days of her remarrlage' | if there are dependent children, the un-
 paid balance that would go to the widow shall be paid to the children upon her
 remarriage To a dependent orphan, 40
 per cent of monthly wages shall be paid, 1 and 10 per cent for each additional de- pendent orphan, not to exceed 6O per cent all told. To dependent husband, 70 per cent; if no widow or child or husband
 survive, then 40 per cent to the parents,
 or if only one survive, then 90 per cent 1 to that one; if neither husband, widow,
 child or parent is left then g per cent
 shall go to dependent grandparent, I brother, sister, mother-in-law, or father lin-law and if more than one Of either Of these classes survive, then 9 per cent l to be divided between or among them.
 Payment of compensation stops at death of dependent
 1 Funeral expenses to the extent of s1oo unless deceased employe carries burial
 insurance, this in addition to compensa- | ton, medical and hospital expenses. | In case of death compensation is limited | to a maximum of $17.50 week and 3) weeks, and where two or more employers are jointly liable each shall pay his pro
 rata share of the compensation. No com pensation will be allowed for the first
 two weeks after injury, employer to pro- vide medicine, medical and surgical sup plies, crutches and apparatus reasonably required at time of injury and thereafter during disability, not to exceed 90 days,
 or $100 in value except on order of court
 when the time may be extended to loo days and not more than 500.
 l NOTICE OF INJURY 1 Unless notice of the injury is given, the
 employer within 14 days after it occurs i by the workman, dependent or some one in his behalf in writing, no compen- station shall be due until such notice IS given, aud failure to give notice within 1 90 days will be excused only when 1t IS shown that such failure is due to mistake, 1 iinadvertence, ignorance of fact or law, inability, fraud, misrepresentation or de- I ceit of employer or his agent, but in no event will compensation be allowed unless notice is given within 90 days
 Notice may be served personally | upon employer or his agent, or by send ling it by registered letter to last known residence. Actions to recover under this act must be begun by the empioye within one year after receiving the injury by dependents one year after date of notice by employer to probate judge I of his willingness to pay compensation;
 to obtain judgment for default of em- ployer to pay compensation, one year after default; period within which ac- tion may be instituted, in case of physical or mental incapacity. except
 minority, is extended to one year from
 date when such incapacity ceases.
 Injured employe is required to sub init to examination by employers physicians, if requested; in the event of dispute, the court may, on its own motion or upon request of either party appoint physician to make examine
 
 injured employe refuses reasonable re-
 quest for examinations; any interested
 party may require autopsy in case of death and physician making examlna-
 tion of injured employe may be re-
 quired to testify.
 Interested parties shall have the right
 to make settlements among themselves
 but such settlements must be sub-
 stantially in accordance with compen-
 sation provisions of this act and be
 approved by judge of the circuit court !. and filed with the clerk; in event of dis pute either party may submit the claim both as to facts, nature and ehects of injury and amount of compensation , according to schedule to the judge oi
 Ithe circuit court, who may hear and dis' ! pose of the matter in a summary man 2 ner.
 If deceased emp1oye leaves alien de- , pendents compensation shall be paid te l the consular agent of the country oi which such dependent is a citizen, ol [ if there is no consular agent in thu
 state, then to such person as may bs designated to receive 1t
 Y FILED WITH PROBATE JUDGE rI Copies of settlements shall be filed F with the probate judge in tho county where such injury or death occurred within 10 days after settlement. II By approval or decision of cour compensation may be commuted to ont lump sum, except for death or perna nent total disability, or permanent par tial disability resulting from total los of hearing, or arm. or hand or foot o lac or m ava or opa or more of guCl