Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-15
CHAPTER 231
An Act Relating to Workmen's Com
penSatiOn


An Act Relating to Workmen's Com
penSation.
Sec. l. Section twelve of chapter
two hundred and thirty Eight of the
, public laws of nineteen hundred and
| nineteen as amended by section four
of chapter two hundred and twenty
two of the public laws of nineteen
hundred and twenty-onc is hereby
further amended by striking out in
the fourth line of said section the
word sixteen and inserting in place
thereof. the word eighteen so that
said section as amended shall read
as follows:
Sec. II. If death results from the
injury. the employer shall pay the
dependents of the employee, wholly
dependent upon his earnings for sup
port at the time of his injury. a
his average weekly wages. earnings
or salary but not more than eigh-
teen dollars nor less than six dollars
week, for period of three hum
dred weeks from the date of the in
jury. and in no case to exceed four
thousand dollars; provided. however.
that if the dependent of the employee
to whom the compensation shall be
payable upon his death is the widow
of such employee. upon her death or
after payable under this act shall be
paid to the child or children of the
deceased employee. including adopted
and step children. under the age OF
eighteen years or over said age. but
physically or mentally incapacitated
from earning, who are dependent
upon the widow at the time OF her
death or remarriage. In case there
is more than one child thus depend
ent, the compensation shall pc a.
vided equally among them. III the
employee leaves dependents only
for support at the time of his injury,
the employer shall pay such depend,
ents for a period Ct three hundred
weeks from the date of injury, a
weekly compensation equal 10 the
same proportion of the weekly pay
ments herein provided for the beneht
of persons wholly dependent as me
amount contributed annually by me
employee to such partial depenoeH,s
bears to the annual earnings OF the
deceased at the time OF tne ILL., hncn
When weekly payments nave peei
made to an injured employee pclore
his death. the compensation 10 ue-
pendents shall begin from the Gaze
of the last of such payments, nut
shall not continue more thah shIee
hundred weeks from the date or the
injury. Provided. however. that y
the deceased leaves no dependents at
the time of the injury the employer
shall not be liable to pay coinpehsa-
ton under this act except as speclh
cally provided in the following sec
ton ex.o.
Sec. .. Sections fourteen. fif h,n
and seventeen of chapter two nun
bred and thirty eight of the pupilc
laws of nineteen hundred and nine
teen, as amended. are further anlenu,
ed by striking out the word sixteen
whenever it appears in said sectioh s
and Inserting in place thereon the
word 'eighteen.'-App.A April H.
CHAPTER 202
An Act to Amend Section Thirty-two
of Chapter Ninety-seven of the Ike,
vised Statutes Relating to Mills ana
Dams.
Section thirty-two of chapter nine
ty-seven of the revised statutes Is
hereby amended by adding to SAID
section the following:
Provided. however. that this chap
ter shall not apply 10 mills and dams
erected upon streams whose waters
ultimately reach the ocean at q point
wholly outside the territorial limits