Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-10-19

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OF and in the course OF the employment.
II must be definitely proved to the salts
faction Of the commission: First. that
there was an accident resulting in hernia:
second, hat the hernia appeared sud-
denly, accompanied by intense pain; third.
that the hernia Immediately followed the
accident; fourth. that the hernia did not
exist In any degree prior to the accident
resulting In the injury for which COM
pensation is claimed.
Sec. IS. (a) For permanent total dis
ability compensation shall be paid on the
basis of 66 2i3 per cent Of the annual
weeks. and thereafter on the basis Of so
per cent of the average annual earnings,
for life. but not less than six dollars nor
more than twenty dollars per week.
OBJ When caused ny the accident the
loss Of both eyes or the sight thereof, the
loss of both hands or the use thereof, an
injury resulting in practically total and
permanent paralysis or al injury result
ing IL incurable imbecility Ur insanity,
shall be conclusively presumed to be per-
manent total disability, and in all other
cases permanent total disability shall be
determined in accordance with the facts,
sec. 10. (a) All cases Of permanent
disability where there has been a previous
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basis of the average annual earnings at
the time of the last injury. II the con-
dition resulting from the last injury is a
permanent partial disability, there shall
be deducted from the resulting condition
the previous disability as it exists at the
time of the last injury. and compensation
shall be paid for the difference. If the
resulting condition be a permanent total
disability the compensation therefor shall
ha ftuo-fhtrdo ~ f6af for narpnonanf fOto1
disability in other cases.
Cb) II mora than one injury in the
same employ causes concurrent tempo
rary disabilities, compensation shall be
payable only for the longest and largest
paying disability.
(c) If more than one injury in the
same employ causes concurrent and con-
secutive permanent disabilities, compen-
sation payments for each subsequent dis
ability shall not begin u! il the end of the
compensation period Of the prior disa-
bility.
Sec. 20. The death Of the injured en-
ployee shall not affect the liability of the
employer to furnish compensate as in
this act provided, SO far as such liability
has accrued and become payable at the
time of the death, and any accrued and
unpaid compensation due the employee
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administration, or II there be no depend
ents, to his personal representative or
other persons entitled thereto, but such
death shall be deemed to be the termina-
ton Of the disability.
Sec. 81. If the injury causes death,
either with or without disability, the COM
pensation therefor shall be as provided in
this section.
(a) In ali cases the employer shall pay
erect to the persons furnishing the same
the reasonable expense of the burial Of
the deceased employee not exceeding one
hundred and fifty dollars, and, If not COW
cred by the provisions of section ID, the
reasonable expense of his last "ickness
not exceeding two hundred and fifty dol
lars. But no person shall be entitled tt
compensation for the burial expenses OF
a deceased employee unless he h a have
furnished same by authority of the widow
or widower, the nearest relative of the
deceased employee in the county of his
death, his personal representative, or the
employer, who shall have the right to give
such authority in the order named. AL
fees and charges under this section shall
be fair and reasonable, shall be subject
to regulation by the commission and shall
be limited to such as are fair and reason
able for similar service to persons Of a like
standard of living. The commission shall
also nave Jurisdiction to hear and deter
mine all disputes as to such charges. L
the deceased employee leaves no depend
ents the death benefit in this subsection
provided shall be the limit Of the liability
Of the employer under this act on account
Of such death.
(b)' The employer shall also pay to thu
total dependents of the employee a dealt
benefit Of two-thirds Of his average an
nual earnings for the year Immediately
preceding the injury, but not less than si1
dollars a week nor more h twenty dol
lars a week for three hundred weeks, less
the number of weeks during which com.
pensation for the injury was paid to thu
employee during his lifetime. II there b.
total dependents no compensation shall b.
payable to partial dependents or any othel
person, except as provided in paragraph
(a) of this section.
(c) If there be partial dependents. ant
20 total dependents, a part of the deati
benefit herein provided in the case of tota
dependents, determined by the proportion
Of his contributions to all partial depend
ents by the employee at the time Of thu
injury. shall be paid by the employer tt
each of such dependents proportionately
(b) The word dependent" as used il
this act shall be considered to mean
relative by blood or marriage of a de-
ceased employee who is actually depend
ent for support, in whole or in part, upo
his wages at the time Of the injury. Th'
following persons shall be ~conclusivel.
presumed to be solely and totally depend
ent for support upon a deceased employee
1. A wife upon a husband, and a hus
band mentally or physically i~ncapacitate'
from wage earning upon a wife, witt
whom he or she is living at the time o
the injury.
2. A natural, posthumous, or adoptet
child or children, whether legitimate o
illegitimate, under the age Of seventeen
years, or over that age If physically 0
mentally incapacitated from wage earn
ing, upon the parent with whom he !
living at the time of the death of sue
parent, there being no surviving depend
TENT parent or s~tep-parent. In case ther
is more than one child thus dependent
the death benefit shall be divided anon
them In such proportion as may be de
termined by the commission after consid
ering their ages and other facts bearinj
on such dependency. In all other case
questions Of total or partial ~dependenc.
shall be determined in accordance witt
the facts at the tim of the injury, an,
in such other cases, If there is more thai
one person wholly dependent the dealt
benefit shall be divided equally anon
them.
. (e) All death benefits provided for 1
this act shall be paid in installments 1
the same manner as provided for disa
bility compensation.
~ Every employer shall keep q rec
ord Of the correct names and addresses o
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