Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-10-14

form to any decision of the commission,
ending. diminishing or increasing any
weekly payment under the provisions Of
section AZ Of this act upon the presenta-
cision.
Section 46. In any case a temporary or
partial award of compensation may be
made, and the same may be modified from
m to time. to meet the needs of the
case and the same may be kept open until
a hnal award can be made. and IL the
same be not complied with. the amount
thereof may be doubled in the final award,
II the final award shall be in accordance
with the temporary or partial award.
Section AZ. Any notice required under
this act shall be deemed to ave been
properly given n served when sent by
registered mail properly stamped and adj
dressed to the person to whom given, at
his last known address. in time to reach
MIN IN due time to act thereon. Notice
may also be given and served in like nan
ner as m in civil actions.
Section 4S. The compensation herein
provided may be committed by said com
mission and redeemed by the payment in
whole or In part, by the employer, of a
lump sum, which shall be fixed by the
commission, but in no case to exceed the
commutable value of the future INSTALL
ments which may be due under this act,
taking account of life contingencies, such
payment to be committed at its present
value upon the basis of interest calculated
at four per centum with annual rests,
upon application TO either party. with due
notice to the other, If it appears that such
Communication will be for the best interest
of the employe or the dependents of the
deceased employe, or that it will avoid
undue expense or undue hardship to
either party, or that such employee or de-
pendent has removed or is about to re-
move from the United States, or that the
employer had sold or otherwise disposed
of the greater part Of his business or as
sets. In determining whether the COM
mutation asked for viii be for the best
interest of the employe or the dependents
of the deceased employee, or that ii will
avoid undue expense or undue hardship
to either party, the commission will con-
stantly bear in mind that it is the inten-
ton of this act that the compensation
payments are in lieu of wages n are
to be received by the injured 'employe or
his. dependents in the same manners in
which wages are ordinarily paid. There
fore, Communication is a departure from
the normal method of payment n is to
be allowed only when it clearly appears
that some unusual circumstances warrant
u a departure. Communication shall not
be allowed for the purpose Of enabling
the injured employe, or the dependents Of
a deceased employee, to satisfy a debt, or
to make payments to physicians, lawyers,
or any other persons.
Section 40. On notice to the other par
ties the commission may permit the en-
ploye~ to be discharged from further liza
bility under any agreement, award or
judgment for compensation by furnishing
to the person entitled thereto an annuity
or other obligation, approved by the COM
mission or court, by which payment is as
Sumed by some responsible person, or by
depositing the commutable value thereof
with the commission to be disbursed to
the persons entitled thereto in such man
ner as the commission shall determine.
Section so. ta) After an employee has
received an injury he shall from time to
time thereafter during disability submit to
reasonable medical examination at the re-
quest of the employer, his insurer, the
commission or any of it's commissioners,
with due regard to the convenience of
the employe and lbs physical condition
and ability to attend. The employe may
ave his wv physician present, and if the
employee refuses to submit, to such ex-
animation, or in any way obstructs the
same, his right to compensation shall be
forfeited during such period.
(b) The commission or any of the com
misSionerS, or referees, may appoint a
duly qualified impartial physician to ex-
anime the injured employee and to report.
his fees and travelling expenses for which
shall be fixed and allowed by the com
mission n paid as other costs under
this act. If all the parties shall have had
reasonable access thereto, the report Of
sue physician shall be admissible in evil
dence.
(c) The testimony of any physician
who examined the employe shall be ad-
MISSILE in evidence in any proceedings
for compensation under this act.
Id Certified copies of the proceedings
before any coroner holding an inquest
over the body of any employe receiving
an injury in the course of his employ
ment resulting in death. shall be admissi-
BILE in evidence in any proceedings for
compensation under this act, and it shall
be the duty of the coroner to give notice
of such inquest to the employer and the
dependents of the deceased employee, who
shall have the right to c-ross-examine the
witnesses.
Section 81. All proceedings before the
commission or any commissioner or ref
cree shall be simple, informal n sum-
mary, and without regard to the technical
ularity therein shall invalidate the same.
Except as herein otherwise provided. all
such proceedings shall be according to
such rules and regulations as may be
adopted by the commission.
Section 81. The commission, or any
commissioner or referee, shall have power
to issue process, subpoena witnesses, adj
minister oaths, examine books and pa
and to cause the deposition of any witness
to be taken and the costs thereof paid
as other costs under his act. Any party
shall be entitled to process to compel the
attendance Of witnesses and the produce
ton of books and papers, and at his W
cost to take and use dispositions in like
as in civil cases in the circuit
court. Subpoena shall extend to all parts
OIL Cne STATE, ana may De served as IN
civil actions in the circuit court, out the
costs of such service shall be as in other
civil actions. Each witness shall receive
the fees and mileage prescribed by law
in civil eases, but the same shall not be
allowed as costs to the party in whose
behalf the witness wal summoned unless
the persons before whom the hearing is
had shall certify that the testimony of
such witness was necessary. All costs
under this act shall be approved by the
commission and paid out of the state
treasury from the fund for the support
commission; provided, however, that II
the commission shall determine that n
proceedings before it or any of its mem
berS, or before any referee, have been
brought, prosecuted or defended without
reasonable ground, 1t may assess the
whole cost of the proceedings upon the
party who so brought, prosecuted or de-
Tended them.
Section So. If any person subpoenaed
to appear at any hearing or proceeding
poena without reasonable cause, or If n
person in attendance at any hearing or
proceeding shall, without reasonable.
cause, refuse to be sworn, or to be ex-
.amined, or to answer a question, or to
produce a book or paper or to subscribe
deemed guilty of a m~isdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof shall be punished by a
fine of not more than five hundred dol
lars or by Imprisonment in the county
Jail for not more than one year, or by
both such fine and Imprisonment, and
may be prosecuted therefor in any court
of competent Jurisdiction, and in case
of a continuing violation, each days con
inuance thereof shall be, and deemed to
be, a separate and distinct offense.
Section 81. If any party shall die pend
ing any proceedings under this act, the
same shall not abate, but on notice to