Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-09-30

nearest relative OF the deceased employe
IN the county Of his death, his personal
shall have the RICH to give such authority
in the order named. All fees and Charges
under this section shall be fair and rea-
oonable, shall be subject to regulation by
the commission and shall be limited 10
such Rs are fair and reasonable for sine
liar service TO persons Of a like standard
of living. The commission shall also have
jurisdiction to hear and determine all dis
putes as to such charges. II the deceased
employe leaves no dependents the death
be the limit Of the liability Of the em-
ployer under this act on account OF such
death.
bj The employer shall also pay to the
total dependents OF the empioye a uea,.i |
benefit of two-thirds of his average an
nual earnings for the year Immediately
preceding the injury. but not less than
six dollars a week nor more than fifteen
dollars a week for three hundred weeks,
less the number Of weeks during which
compensation for the injury was paid to
the employe during his lifetime. II there
he total dependents no compensation shalt
be payable to partial dependents or any
other person. except as provided in par
agraph (a) OF this section,
(c) II there be partial dependents. and
no total dependents, a part Of the death
benft herein provided In the case of total
dependents, determined by the proportion
of his contributions to all partial depend
ents by the employe at the time Of the
injury. shall be paid by the employer to
each OF HuCn uepenutnlE DfOpOTtlUtlttely
(d) The word dependent" as used in
this act shall he construed TO mean a
relative by blood or marriage Of "A de-
ceased employe who is actually dependent
for support. in whole or In part, upon his
wages Mt the time OF the injury. The
following persons shall be c~onclusively
presumed to be solely and totally depend
ent for support upon a deceased employe:
/. A wife upon n husband. and a hus-
band mentally or physically incapBcitated
from wage earning upOn a wife, with
aha Id tNFtHn AE ehA NlVnA n
the injury.
child or children. whether legitimate or
Ulegitimate, under the age Of seventeen
years, or over that age II physically or
mentally incapacitated from wage earn.
ing. with whom he is living at the time OF
the death of such parent, there being no
surviving dependent parent or step
parent. In ease there IL more than one
child thus dependent. the death benefit
shall he divided among, them IN such pro-
portion rs may be determined by the
commission after considering their ages
and other facts bearing on such depend
eucy. In all other cases questions OF total
or martial dependency shall be determined
IN accordance with the facts AT the time
NJ the injury. and In such other cases, II
there is more than one person. wholly de,
pendent, the death beneht shall be DIVIDED
equally among them,
(e) All death benefits provided for in
this act shall be paid in installments In
the same manner as provided Tor ulSaDli-
fly compensation.
tD Every employer shall keep a record
Of the correct names and addresses OF the
dependents Of each OF his employees, 30 far
as possible and upon the death Of an EN-
pIOye by accident arising out of and IN
the course Of his employment, shall I'M
mndiately furnish the commission with
the correct names and addresses Of all
dependents of such emplOye.
Section % The basis for computing
the compensation provided for IN TINS act
Fhali be az follows,
jaj The compensation shall be com
puted on the basis Of the annual earnings
which the injured person received as
salary. WAGES, or earnings " In the eni-
piuyTuent of the same employer Cnntlnu-
UuSly during the year next preceding the
jbJ Employment by the same employer
Ehnl1 he taken to mean employment ny
the same employer In the grade In which1
the employe was Employed at me ti,ne OF
the accident, uninterrupted ny absence
from work due to illness or any other uh-
Hyoidabls cause.
Cc) II the injured person haEI not neen
engaged In the employment OF the same
employer Tor the fun year immediately
preceding the accident, the compensation
shah be computed according 70 the an
\ nlal earnings which persons Of the same
V T}lgs In the same employment ana same
l Ionation COR II that be impracitcablc, OF
4 'etEhborinE cmployments OF we same
a. AZ to employees ia empioylnents IN
witch it is the custom to operate through
out the working days OF the year; me
A'lhlubi tAi liilbNf II ll'A ~ 'AHC 49,
miuahle. shall be regarded as d0U times
the average daily earnings III snch 'o"h-
putatton. 4.
,C) As TO employees IN menus III
which it Is the custom to operate for a
Iart NJ the whole number OF working days
Ia each year. such number. II the ahnua'
earnings are NOT nH'eI"1Se ~ h In ~
shall be used instead Of 800 us a basis LOT
computing the annual earnings: PROVIDED;
the minimum number OF days. when shal
h., no used for the basis OF the year ,
work shall he not less than EUu'
- In the case OF lhJufcp eihpo!eS
who earn either no wage OF ifSa Indi' ,lto
earnings OF adult day ihporefs III ne sa'le
line Of employment IN that l9'tuly. tne
yearly wage shan he rethoheu ateotu,its
10 the average annual eariil'Na . ~,
~ the same SiIahs IN tlt NdltJ " - am
IS upracticabIe theh ol heiEu"o'' ''e' gin
Payments. .n;.
10 Earnings. for the purpose Oh unrs
section, shhil he haSeu on Wv q u'rrs
for the hummer OF huuiS 'otlu,Vy
Eardod as a DAY y WORK ipi ma 1920
rncnt. and sinai eNCluu1 oNetti1e g" "a,
iuEs. The earnings Shdh 'Vl l''',uNS 80
sum which the employer u"@ "e'" coIe,
custOmed TO pay me ehtPi9st ~, bt
any SPECIAL eNPeus' tltnlaTH y" ~ -
the nature OF ms eIhp!oSHle.tl ..,to, :,
ih) In cotnputinE the coinpeHa4'so n,
be paid to any einPtogo, VIZ no,nt,ensa,
accident for when ne nina mnpVm"n.
cation undCr the terms 81 thlS ~. ~
compensation ior chch sup9Sttug.' IA,
shall be apportloieu hIGo'H'' aieahtliT,
proportion OF l~hcapdCtty $50 ,vhici
caused by the rsSpeII'Eo ''N' ~
he may, nave sun"peI amount Of com
pensntion for each inStallment PERIOD, ~