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Fishboin, ll.D. •
'rHE J OURIV\L OF THE

- ,.:;ditor
Ga . Ga H. Simons1 ll.,D.

·Editor ani G9 neroJ.

uanager Emaritun

A?.lli:RICAN UEDICAL ASSOCIATIOI~

535 North Dearborn Stroot
CHICAGO
August S, 1932.

Dr. J. G. r.annar,
Roak Spri :ngs, Wyo.

Dear Doctor Wanner:
In reply to your letter of July 30, \,o
suggest that you wite to the Secretary of the Chica.go Ophtholt10logi.caJ. Society, Dr. R. c. Gamblo, 30 Horth W.chiean Avenue ,
Ob.ioago, Illinois, for the raports requested.

·,;a regrot being un:iblo to find a.ny rei'eronco
to the subject of the "Obapt:IBJl 'lnble."

'l"le m.11 bo glad to look

further if you can give us more definite roi'oroncaa.
Ue o.ro enclosing our ca.tal.ogu listing tho

publications ot the American Uedical. Association.
Yours very truly,
JOURNAL AUERICAN llEDIOAL ASSOOIATION.

llZ

�THE INDUSTRIAL CO?JUISSION OJ.i' UTAH

state Capitol

Commissioners
Salt Lake Gi·iy, utuh

O.F. r~cShano

Auguot 4th, 1932

rJm. _1. Knerr
Hemry lJ. Hayes

Carolyn I. Snith
Secret.ary
Di'. Juy George r:unnor,
rlezzanir:a l?lo Oi' Suite
First Se.c urity Ballk Bldg. D
Rock Springs, TTyomi~.

Replying to your favoE" of July 3oth, 1932, ue are

cneloaii1$ to you bereoith copy of Chapmail's Percentage Vision
Tabl0.

We are very happy to furnish you m.th this im'oA""•

mution ..
Vory respectfully yours,

'iim. I.I. Knerr ( Signed)
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�'.i.1I-IB A.L!!ERIOAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHliLMOLOGY i\WD OTOLARYNGOLOGY

Se:;ction of Instruc·aon

D~ o Harey s. Gradle
SGc~eta~y : Ophthalmology
58 E. ;;Jo.shington St • .,
Chicago O Illinois.

D:r. Uilliom V. liullin
Socl~e-i;m-y: O~olaryngology

Cleveland Clinic
Clevoland, Ohio

i\ugust 30, 1932.

Dr. Jay George r.ann0ll'
Fi:&amp;"st Security Bank Building

Rock Springs, 17yolirlng
Uy dear Doctor:

Dr. Gamble ·l;urnod OVGi" your letter of August 23rd to me fa!' an,;,;1er.

Tho oo-cnlled Chicago 0-phthalmology Society table und J.,he om knomi as the
Chnr,nan table nro errliiroly antiquated as t1ell as are maey of the a'c;hoi'

omilax- tables in 'Gt1ieh coIJponsa.Uon is based solely upon central visual acuity ..

I hc.vo no copios of those tables available, but I am referring your le·li·Gor and
ey o.nonox- to Dr. Uoodvard, legal Jirector of the A.M.A.
in nhich cas o I am otn· c "Ghat he \,ill be kind enoufgl to ser.d you copieoo
not ho can inform you r,aor0 they are to bo obtained.

Very sincerely yours.
(Signed) Harry Gradlo
HARRY s. GRADL:3

HSG:AG

If

�AHERICAN MEDJ.CAL ASSOCIATION

Bureau of Legal ':1edicine and Legisle:'don
Uillic..m C. \'!oodr1urdp ~1. D., L.L.U., Directo!"

53S North Dearborn Stx-eot, Chicago,

Di:-. Jay li-GOI"ga \7amior8
F-iz-Er6 S0 cmri ty Bank Bldc; .. ~
Reck Sp&amp;"ings, r!yoraing ..

Dr. Gradle has roi'orrod to n 0 yot!I' lottmr of August 23rd,
i;"Ol0:Hv0 to -tables noo ill use fer tho purpose of computing loss of vision.
I knou nothing~ the table oT report of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society and nothing of the so-called Ghapr:ian ta.bla. Uhila you
nsk for:- inforrm.1:~ion conc0rning all tublco of thia cho.ra.cter that ura
0
in preserr~ use in th0 computation of induS"iirial cases,'' I vonture ·i;o
submit tho i'ollotJing inforaation, dtllout knooing r1hother tho tables arul
rnethods referred :i;o are or are not in common uso tcduy.

-:mom.as Hall Shastid, Ophthalmic Jurisprudence:

A reprint

fx- 01~ 'ifuo .l\j:;191.~ic:lil EncyclopGdi.a of Ophtllalnology (Z;'here the Title is

•~wgal R0 1atio:co of Oph·~halmology1' ).
Undor the ~bave title, Dr.
Sho~:i.dp oi? Superior, D:i.aconain, print~ r1For Privato Distribution OzQy/0
-'&amp;hroui;h the Olevoland Pl·ess at Chicago, · in 1916, tho vol~e numed abovoo
On 1):l.goo 73 and i'ollo-.1ing, ho diacaases Visus.l Economics.
At the begim1i ng of his dlscussio~, he says: n:ror c..n entirely diff orent viou of
·t hio oubject, s0e, in ·thio Encyclopedm, ( of ,Ophthalmology-), 'Vis.,1ll
000-ao:.iiea' a very thoroUWi article by Dr. E. E. Holt."
H. llagnue and H. V. Uiirdernmn, Visual Econcmios with Rules for
Bstitrltion of -'i;ho Earning Ability Af'tor Injuries to the Eyeti. This
book i;7ao published "For the use of the uedicE.l alld l0gal profe::isions,
buoinesc corpoNi.tions tmd insuranco officials."
It ur.s published by
C. Porth, lOS Gram Avenue, lliluaukoe, YJisconsin, in 1902.
It contnins
tho moat complete exposition of Visual Economics uith ohich I am acquainted,
covering 1,32 pages of toxt nnd tablos, t1ith a bibliography.
Shastid
rei'oro in aocplir.'lontory terms to thia book.
Hani'y H. ICesalor, Accideirtal InjurioJJ: The ~edico-Legal A0 poato
of t1orkmon' s Canponsation and .Public Liability.
Publiehod by Leu C; r,'obiGor,
Philo.delphjln, 1931. Kosaler davotos about 10 pagoa to a discuo □ion of tho
evaluation of the loss of vision und gives o. br!et bibliography o

�!i'ru.nk Allpol'"·li,. \·.'orkm0n' c CO!Jll)enoation uHh Especial
F-o c=0nco -~o Losa of Vision. Published in tho Joux-nal oi' tho 11.rJe:rican
t:ctl ical Asoociation, 74: 166-168 (January 17) 1920.
l.l llpcrt subrd-i;s
a c~ \cl&gt;lc) ?eeently adopted by -~he Chicago Opht~amological Society 0
-c~ich i'i; i□ hoped may be universo.lly and um.formally adop-iod."
r,11ile the ~~Jn0rican Medical .Aasociation is n~ p~epai:-ed ·i;o
fo,.·;:dsh to ·i;he iJ:ldusti'io.l corporation to uhioh you !'ei's!i' clippings
Cud r0pTinta from its otm files, you as -. Q~.I"ollot1 of the .uasociation cun
obtuiill fo&amp;&gt; yow, otm. tor;po&amp;"e.ry uao, according to the leaflet thut I
onclos::,, horer,ith a 11 pookage librm-y'' on JGho appraisal oi' the loss of
vision, uhich you n&amp;y find of Vnlti:O o If you desiro sueh a "package
lib~all'y/~ 5.t uill bo nocossary fog, y ou ·;;o nake application for it,
in accortlaZ1C0 r1iih tho cnclcoed ino·tx-ncticns.
Yours truly P
(SiGaod)

'l",b. O. \'loodr:ard
Dirootor

r1au :oo
'li:lliOla

�1'HE PACJC.1\GE LIBRARY
ile\·1 Se:-..~ vieo of As socia:i;ion H0G.dqu::\Tters Non Ava.ilnble

M; an outgrovih of the_ indexing, bibliowaphic and lending

on :::mziy pha sos of modicine und su.rgoryo

'.iliio n-a.terial uill be loaned

t o ,-2:;i.f. os-s of ·~ho As1:wcmtion 01· ·Go subscribers to its pu'bllca-tio11s f' or
G1. Sfil3ll

cho.;:,go, covering ne,i.~01y tho cost of colloc-'Ging ·t;ho :materinl and

Tho coll0c·~ian doe s no-t c o:drni~ nrticle.s in f'oroign

'l'be f ollcmip.5 S.o tho liot o:? r 1l0s gov0rning the pn.clmge,
lib:?a ey:
1 ~ fi.oquosts for- pac!re. 6 cs ;;;;hould b e a.dclrossod 11 L5.brary, f..oarican

r.!edicnl As sociation. 11

2o Only 0n0 } aclw.go n.ay bo. bor1·oued o.t on~ ti!'lo.

3. 'l'Ocrr~y~f.:v~ c ento ;.n sti;mips muot be euclosad to cover postuga r•1d
:,a:d, of o;::. enco of collecting the Ili\torial.
A. . Poclrngoo □uot not i3o kopt longor thsi.n si½ dayo.

5

0

~ e.cimges, or :i:iieDO conttu.nod ·i;t10rein, that arc lost can be reY,l o.ccci, ir at all, only by -~ho purchase of acm or all of the
loo·1; i-'G cas o Tho actua.l ·cost oZ roplacing such itcn:s must be

b ~I:10 by tho bcrl'"O"Jer.

6 0 \'::hon r-eturning the paekago, tear off tha slip .E:Gnt uith pu.ckago
£'.1'.ld pasta on wrapper.
Pleaso notify Tne Library, .l\morican
llcdical AScociation, 535 N. Dearborn st. - postal card iEJ sufficient ..
\7hen the pa.eke.gs is mailed back.

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                    <text>�THE

UNION

PA CIF I C

C OAL CO.

TE N T H ANNUA_L REU N ION-A_~

p.'&lt;'-

sociatfon

'ffiit
ADMIT

MR .

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THJ~ARO TO 8 £
B ANQUET ,

AL S O

S HOWN AT THE DOOR

FOR ADMISSION TO

FOR THE EVENING ENTERTAINMENT AT

THE OLD TIMERS ' BUILDING
JUNE

tG , 1934

�• S. F. No. 37

Introduced by Committee No. 17

A IEilILIL
FOR
AN AC'l' to amend ancl r e-enact Section 124-10:!, \Yyoming Revised Stat utes, 1931, and
Section 124-106-7, Section 1~4-113, Section 12-1--117, Section 124-120 and Section 12412-1, \Vyomin g Ti eY:ised , tatutcs, 1931, a · amended and r e-enacted by Chapter 129,
'e.: ·iou Laws 0£ "\Yyomi11~·, Jfl33, all relating 1.o the c1el-iuition of ext ra-hazardous occupmion , mid to ompeusation fo r injm'ies or dcaih resul ting from injuries to workm,'n in accillcuJ-s oc ·urrin~ in e.·t ra-hazardous employments, and providing fo r jud i ' ial investigations of such i njur ies, and t he making of compensation awards to
·ue 1 workmen , and their dependent fa milies, providing fo r payments by employers
into the industrial accident fun d, and requiting non-resident employers in extrahazardous occupat ions to give security for f aithful compliance with the compensatiop
law, and making the failure so to do a misdemeanor, and prescribing its penalty.

J an. 21, 1935. I ntroduced, Read first time, Referred to Committee No. 17, Delivered
to Printing Committee No. 19.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of tke State of Wyoming:

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Section 1.

That Section 124-104, Wyoming Revised Statutes, 1931, be amended and

re-enacted t o read as follows :

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Section 124-104.

The extra-hazardous occupations to which this chapter is applicable

2

are as follows:

3

is used; foundries, blast furnaces, mines, oil wells, oil refineries, gasoline filling stations

4

and bulk oil stations, gas works, natural gas plants, water works, reduction works,

5

breweries, distilleries, elevators, dredges, excavations, transfer companies, general team-

6

ing, gcncrul trucking, ditch rider of irrigation districts, smelters, powder works, laun-

7

dries opera.ted by power, kitchen employees ancl waiter ·, whose employment requires them

8

to go to a11d f i-oin kitchens, of lwtels, restaw·anfa, and bakeries ,:~

9

gineering works, logging, lumber yards, lumLerin'' and saw mill operations,

10

street and in tcrnrb rm railroads not eng·agctl i:1 inter late commerce, buildings being con-

11

structed, repaired, moYed or &lt;lemoli. heel, p· inting: operations, telephone, telegraph, elec-

12

tric light. or power plaut ~ or line-, steam heatin&lt;&gt;· or power plants, railroads not engaged

13

in interstate commer ce, bridge building the occup[~tions of city or town firemen and city

14

or town policemen, and all employments wherein a process r equiring the use of any clan-

15

gerous explosives or inflammable materials is carried on, which is conducted for the pm:-

16

pose of business t rade or gain, each of w·hich employment is hereby determined to be

17

extra-hazardous and in which, from the nat ure, conditions or means of prosecution of

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19

20

21
22

Factories, garages, mills, printing plants and workshops where machinery

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quarries, en-

t1ie work therein required risks to the life and limb of the workmen engaged therein are
inherent, neeessary or substantially unavoidable.

This chapter shall not apply in any

case where the injury occurred before this chapter takes effect, and to all rights which
have accrued by reason of any such injury prior to the taking effect of this chapter,
shall be saved the remedies now existing therefor.

23

Section 2. That Section 124-106-7, Wyoming Revised Statutes, 1931, as amended

24

and re-enacted by Chapter 129 of Session Laws of Wyoming, 1933, be amended and re-

25

enacted to read as follows:

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1

Section 124-106-7. In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

2

(a)

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iug, altering, adapting, ornamenting, finishing, repairing or renovating, any article for

4

the purpose of t rade ot· gain, or the business carried on therein, including expressly any

5

brick ya rd , meat packing house, foundry, smelter, ore r eduction works, lime-burning

6

plant, Ht ucco p lant, steam heat ing &gt;lnnt, el -~d ri , li?"hii ng or power plant, including all

7

works :in or directly co1rn ected with the con. tnu:tio11, installation, operation, alteratiol).,

8

removal or l'l' p uir ol' wires, cables, s,ritchboards oi· appai·atus used for the transmission

9

of c_lccti'ic curr ent, and wat er po"· r plant, iu clm1ing t ower and standpipes, power plant,

10

lJlast forn ates, pap 'l' mill, printing plant, flonr mill, glass factory, cement plant, artificial

11

gu. plant, ma chine oe r &lt;.' pair shop, oil plant, oil refi11cry plant and chemical mauufactur-

12

in"' plant;

13

(b )

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1::;

" "\'\Tork shop" m •a ns any yard, pla11t, premises, room or place where power

driYen machinery is erupl ,rcu and manual labor is exercised by way of trade or gain, or

v

otlter\\'ise incidental to tlte process of making, altering, repairing, printing or orna-

16

mcnting, finishing or a&lt;lupting for sale or otherwise any article or part of article, over

17

\\'hiclt premises, room or place the employer of the person working therein has the right

18

of access or control;

19

•

"Factories " meau any premises wh er ein power is used in manufacturing, mak-

( c)

"l\Iill" means any plant, premises, room or place where machinery is used,

20

an) process of machinery, changing, altering or r epairing any article or commodity for

21

sale or otherwise together with the yards an&lt;l premises which are a part of the plant in-

22

eluding elevators, warehouses an&lt;l bunkers, saw mill, sash factory or other work in the

23

lumber industry;

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25

(d)

"l\Iine" means any opening in the earth for the purpose of extracting iron,

oil, coal, or other minerals and all underground workings, slopes, drifts, shafts, gal-

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1

leries, wells and tunnels, and other ways, cu ts and openings connected therewith, includ-

2

ing those in the com·se of being opened, sunk or driven, and includes all the appurte-

3

nant structures or machinery at or about th e openings of the mine, and any adjoining

4

adja cent work pla ce wh ere the material from a miu e is prepared for ·use or shipment;

5

(e)

"Quarry" means any place, not a mi ne, wher e stone, slat e, clay, sand, gravel

6

or othet· solid materi al is dug or other wise r emoved from the earth for the purpose

7

of t rade or bargain or of the employer 's t r aue or business;

8
9

10

(f )

"Building ,rnr k " mcau::l any work in t he erectioll, construction, ext ension,

deeo ratiou, alteration, r&gt;pair or demolitiou of :my building or structural appurtenances;
(g )

' E ngineeri11g work " menus any ,rork in the construction, alteration, exten-

11

sion, r epair or demo litioH of a raihn1 • (as hcreiub cfor c Ll::fined) bridge, j etty, dike, dam,

12

r escrvoil', undcr grouud conduit, sewer, oil or ga well, oi l tan k, gas tank, wat er tank or

13

tower, or auy caisson work in ar t ificia lly c mprcssecl air, any work in dredging, work

14

on log or lumb er r afts or boom

15

la ying, r epa irin g or rcmcYiug u.ndc.: rground pip es and connections; the erection, instal-

16

ling, r epairing, or r emoving of boilers, f urnaces, engines and power machinery (includ-

17

ing belting and otlter conn ections) ; and any work in grading or excavating where shor-

18

iug is necessary or power machinery or blasti11g power, dynamite or other high ex-

19

plosive is in use (excluding mining und quarrying);
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(h)

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pile dri,;-iug, moving buildings, moving safes, or in

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e

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"Employer" includes any municipality, county, person or body of persons,

22

corporate or incorporate, and the legal representatives of a deceased employer or the re-

23

ceiver or a trustee of a person, corporation, association or partnership.

24
25

(i)

"Workman" means any person who has entered into the employment of or

works under contract of service or apprenticeship with an employer, except a person

S. F. No. 37-Page 4

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whose employment is purely casual and not for the purpose of the employer's trade or

2

business, or those engaged in clerical work, and not subject to the hazards of the busi-

3

ness, or one holding au of-ficial position. The term "workman" shall include "employe"

4

and the term "employe" shall include "workman" and each shall include the singular

5

and plural of both sexes. Any refe rence to a worlonan who has been injured shall,

6

where the wo r kman is dead, in d ud' a r efen•n • to his "dependent family" as herein-

7

after define d, or to his legal r epresentative, or wher e t he workman is a minor or incom-

8

petent to hi s guar l.i a n or n ext friend.

9

(j )

"Dependent families" as used in this chapter means such members of the work-

10

man 's fm:n.i ly as were wholly or in par t actual ly dependent upon the workman for sup-

11

port at the time of the injury; if it be showu that t he surufoing spouse wilfully deserted

12

dec eased ,,,

13

spow; will not be r egarded as a dependent in any degree.

14

entitied to t he benefits of this chapter

15

to the deceased

16

( k)

,:,

1'

·-·

w·ithout fault upon the pal·t of the deceased

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No surviving spouse shall be

unl ess he or she shall have been married

at the time of the injury.

"Child or children" means the immediate offspring or legally adopted child or

17

children of the injured workman, boys under sixteen {16) years of age and girls under

18

eighteen ( 18) years of age (and over said age, if physically or mentally incapacitated

19

from earning) and shall also include legitimate children of the injured workman. born

20

ufter his death or injury.

21

part shall be determined in accordance with the fact, as the case may be, at the time of

22

the injury; the foregoing definition of "dependent families" shall not include any of the

23

persons named, who are aliens residing beyond the jurisdiction of the United States of

24

.America, except a s~viving widow or boys under sixteen (16) years of age or girls

25

under eighteen (18) years of age, or parent or parents, and as to such non-resident aliens

In other cases, questions of family dependency in whole or in

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the rate of compensation shall not exceed thirty-three and one-third per cent (33½ % ) of the

2

rates of compensation herein provided.

3

(1)

The word-S "injm•ies" sustained in extra-hazardous ernployrnent," as used in

4

tMs chapter, shall include death resnlting f1·01n injury, wnd inj1tries to employes, as a

5

rernlt of thefr employment ancl while at work 1:n or about the premises oec1tpied, 1ised 01·

6

confrollcd by the eniploycr, a:nd injnrfos occ nrring elsewhere while at worlc in places where

7

their e1nployer's busin ess requires th eir prose,nce and s1tbjects theni to extra-hazardous

8

duties incident to the bi1siness, but shall not include inju ries of the employe occurring

9

while on his way to as 1111 w the duties of his elllploymcn/ or after leaving such d-nties,

10

the pro."Cimate caitse of wh ich -injury 1·s not the cmploya's negligence;

11

(m)

T he icords "injury c.nd perso nal i nj1!r!J" 'hall not incl11de inj1try caused by the

12

w·ilful act of a third person directed againstan ;np!oyo for reason s p ersonal to such em-

l3

ployc, or beca use of his employment; nor a disease, except as it shall directly 'result from

14

an fojury i1ic11rrcd in the employment;

15
16

17
18
19

(n)

"Invalid" means on e who is physically or mentally incapacitated from ea,r ning

wages.

Section 3.

That Section 124-113, Wyoming Revised Statutes, 1931, as amended and

re-enacted by Cliapter 129 of Session Laws of Wyoming, 1933, be amended and re-enacted
to read as follows :

20

Section 124-113. Whenever an injury or death resulting from injury is reported to

21

the clerk of the district court of the county wherein such injury occurred, in accord-

22

ance with the· preceding section, it shall be the duty of said clerk to at once notify the

23

judge of said court, that such injury report has been filed in his office. It shall there-

24

upon be the duty of said judge to investigate the nature of sa!d injury and claim for com-

25

pensation at the earliest possible date, in such a manner as he may deem necessary to

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�1 .

ascertain whether the claim for compensation 01· the amount thereof, is disputed by the

2

employer, and if there. be no dispute, as to the right of the injured workman to receive

3

compensation, or as to the amount thereof , and the claim appear to be free from col-

4

lusion, saicl j udge shall thereupon make a n or der directing payment for such compen-

5

satiou fr om t he state industrial accident fund in accordance with the facts by him as-

6

ccrtaiu cd a nd t he terms of t lt is clia.plc1·.

7

right of aid injured employe or his dependent fami ly to receive compensation, or as

8

to the amo un t thereof, t hen it shall be t he duty of said judge to set the case down for

9

a hearing at th e earliest po 'Sible elat e and t o direct notice of such hearing to be issued

10

uy th e cler k of said court for s rvicc upon 1 l1e employer and the employe at least seven

11

(7) &lt;lays befor e the elate fix:ed fo r sa icl hearing, ·which saicl notice shall be served by t he

12

sheriff of aid eouu ty Yrithout expense to eithet· p:uty, except t hat his actual traveling

13

cxpen es :;ha ll uc all owed aud taxed, as co ·ts . The hearing shall be conducted upon the

14

statement an d rep ort fi le d by t l.t e employer , and such fo rmal claims as may be presented ·

15

and fil ed with th e clerk of the district cour t by or on behalf of the injured workman.

16

If the employer, in his report of the injury, alleges that the injury was due solely to

17

the culpable uegligence of the injured employc, or that the claim for compensation is one

18

not coming within the provisions of this chapter, then a jury may be demanded by eith-

19

er par ty and the cause shall be tried, as a court proceeding. If a jury is demanded, it

20

may be selected from names drawn from the five mile limit jury box, as in civil eases,

21

at any time in term time or vacation unless a regular jury panel be in attendance at

22

the court on the date any such hearing may occur. The taking of evidence shall be

23

o o

24

'l'he official court reporter of the district court shall attend the hearing and make a

25

stenographic report of the evidence without cost to either party. The court or judge

"'

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If there be a dispute, as to the

summary, giving a full opportunity to all parties to develop the facts fully.

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�1

shall direct the county and prosecuting attorney, or other competent attorney appoint-

2

ed by the coUl't to conduct the examination of witnesses on behalf of the injured work-

3

man, and it shall be the duty of said attorney to appear and perform such service with-

4

out expense to either party. 'l'he employe r may appea r in person or by counsel and

5

introduce evidence at the sa me hea rin g. No costs shall be taxed by t he clerk except

6

fees for witucsse:;, who ma.r be subpoenaed aucl "ho shall be allowed the same fees,

7

for attendance aud mileage, as is fixed by law in cidl actions, and jury costs shall also

8

be taxed. All su,ch costs shall be paid from the accident fund, if the verdict and judg-

9

ment be iu favor of the employer; but il agaim;t the

10

costs.

11

sua nt to the Yerdict of the jury, if a jm7 uc called, antl if 110 jury be called, the court

12

or judge shall r ender a decision upon illc foet ·· , nd l:n ' o the case pursuant to the pro-

13

vi:;ious of this chapter, aud make an order allow·ing ot· clisallowing compensation, as the

14

law and the eYidence may warrant. In any proceed ing before a court or judge, as afore-

15

said, th e court or judge hall have authority to appoint a dnly qualified impartial physi-

16

cian to ex·amine the injured crnploye and gin testimony. The fee for such service shall

17

I.,e five do11al's ($5.00), unless otllerwise ordered by the co urt, with mileage allowance, as .

18

is allowed to other witnesses, which shall he taxct1 as costs, and paid a.s other witne:,;s

19

feeli are paid. The employer or employc may, at hili own expense, also appoint a quali-

20

fled physician, who may attend and be present at auy such examination of an injured

21

employe and give testimony at such hearing or investigation.

t'

0

At th

rnployer then he shall pay the

conclusion of tiie ll ea riug, the cour t shall enter an order pur-

22

Section 4. . That Section 124-1:1:7, Wyoming Revised Statutes, 1931, as amended and

23

re-enacted by Chapter 129 of Session Laws of Wyoming, 1933, be amended and re-enacted .

24

to read as follows:

25

Section 124-117. Every employer who shall engage in amy of the extra,.hazardous oc-

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c1ipati011.s defined in th'i;s act shall, at the time of commencing such employment pay to

2

the State Treasu1·e1·, fo1· c1·edit npon the acconnt of s1wh employer. in the inditstrial ac-

3

cidcnt fmid, wn initial snm of fifty dollars ($50.00). Every employer engaged in any of

4

the occupations herein defined as extra-hazardous, is hereby _required to pay into the state

5

treasury for the benefit of t.he industrial accident fund a sum of money 'equal to one and

6

one-half per cent. (11/:! % ) of the money eametl by each of his employes engaged in such

7

extra-hazardous employment during each enlendar month of such employment. Such paY,-

8

ment shall be so made on or before the 15th day of the month following the month for

9

which such payments are compu ted and paid.

10

monthly contributions as above provided unless his account, after making the herein-

11

after specifi~L1 deductions therefrom, shall equal full t wo per cent. (2%) of his annual

12

payroll computed by multiplying hi eurren t month's payroll of workmen engaged in ex-

13

tra-hnuu·dous employment by twelve and shall likewise be not less than three thousand dol-

14

lars ($3,000.00 ) ; provided, however, that any employer whose account is overdrawn shall

15

be required to pay monthly a sum of money (including the payments as above specified)

16

equal to four per cent. ( 4%) of the money earned by each of his employes engaged in such

17

extra-hazardous employment during each calendar month of such employment until such

18

overdraft shall be paid. Such employer shall not be compelled to contribute when his

19

20
21
22

Each employer shall continue to make

contributions in the fund, after making deductions as aforesaid, shall equal two per cent.
(2 % ) of his annual payroll, and shall likewise be not less than three thousand dollars
($3,000.00).

In addition to the other payments required by this section to be paid into the indus-

23

trial accident fund, every employer engaged in any of the occupations herein defined as

24

extra-hazardous shall make a payment to be known as a '' service and policing charge.''

25

Such service and policing charge shall be paid by the employer into the state treasury for

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the benefit of the industrial accident fund and shall not be credited to the balance of the

2

employer contributing. The amount of balance in the industrial accident fund to the

3

employer 's credit shall not relieve him of his duty and liability to pay the service and

4

policing charge; provided, however, that no employer who pays for any calendar month

5

four per cent. ( 4%) of the moneys earned by each of his employes engaged in such ex-

6

tra-hazardous employment during such cal endar month shall be compelled to pay a

7

service und policing charge for such month.

8

The ser vice and policing chm:ge shall be computed on the mont hly premium paid by

9

the individual employer into the state treasury for the benefit of t he industrial acci-

10

dent fund during each calendar month, or ou the pr emium which the employer w o u 1 cl

11

have been required to pay had 1 ot the amount of the employer's balance r elieved him

12

from the payment of a premium.

13
14

'l'he amount of t he service and policing charge shall be determined according to
the followin g schedule :

15

Service and

16

Policing Charge

17

Where the monthly payment is-

18

Less than $

for month

10.00 ........................... •.......... ............................................$ 2.00
10.01

to

20.00 ·········.................................................

3.00

20.01

to

30.00 ··············............................................

5.00

30.01 to

40.00 - - -........................................... .

7.50

40.01 to

50.00 .................................... :.....................

10.00

23

50.01 to

60.00 .......................................................... 15.00

24

60.01 to

70.00 .......................................................... 20.00

25

70.01 to

80.00 ..............................................................25.00

19

20

21
22

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80.01 to

90.00 .......................................................... 30.00

2

90.01 . to

100.00 ······--······ ............................................ 35.00

3

100.01 to

150.00 ················--········································ 40.00

4

150.01 to

200.00 .......................................................... 45.00

5

200.01 t o

300.00 ·····················--······----················· .. ······ 50.00

6

300.01 to

400.00 ................................ ..........................

7

400.01

to

500.00 .............. ............................................ 75.00 .

8

500.01 to

750.00 .......................................................... 100.00

9

750.01

to

60.06

1,000.00 ................................................. ......... 125.00

10

1,000.01 to 1,500.00 .......................................................... 150.00

11

1,500.01

to

2,000.00 .......................................................... 175.00

12

2,000.01

to

3,000.00 .......................................................... 200.00

13

3,000.01

to

4,000.00 ........................................................... 225.00

14

4,000.01

to

5,000.00 .......................................................... 250.00

15

Over 5,000.01 .................................................................................... 300.00

16

Provided, however, in that the expense of the administration of this chapter and of

17

making the collections herein fixed, is greater as to non-resident employers engaged in

18
19

20
21

22
23

.extra-hazardous occupations, than such expense obtains to such employers bona fide domiciled within the state of Wyoming, the service and policing charge, upon the monthly
premium paid by non-resident employers engaged in extra-hazardous occupations, shall
be double the foregoing schedule, as the same applies to resident employers engaged in
extra-hazardous occupations.
"Non-resident" employers of extra-har.ardous occupations shall give bond or other

24

security in the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00), to be approved by the state treas-

25

urer or his deputies, before starting the work. The contract of said bond or other se-

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curity shall be conditioned that the said employer will faithfully perform all the du-

2

ties imposed by this act upon employers engaged in extra-hazardous occupations and

3

promptly pay into the state t reasury, at the time and in the manner set forth in Section

4

124-117 of the Revised Statutes of Wyoming, 1931, and all acts ,a mendatory or in aid

5

thereof, the sums of money required to be paid by employers in extra-hazardous occupa-

6

tio11s. And to this end, " 11on-rcsident" employers engaged in extra-hazardous occupa-

7

tions are hereby req11ired , before starting w ork, and from tim e t o time after such work

8

has been started, to r eport to t he state trcnsurcr th e naiut·c and pr og l'css of such work,

9

t.he location of t he ame and t he number of cmploy cs engaged m mid upon the work

10

and likely to be so engaged for the n ext thirty (3 0) days gi -ing such fn r lh cr and detai led

11

information as th e state treasurer may r caso11a bJ_, demand. The willf ul failure or neg-

12

ligence 011 the part of any " n on-re ideut" employer of extra-hazardous occupations to

13

give said security, t o make the r eports, ancl/ or to furnish t he information required by

14

this section, shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, such employer shall be pun-

15

ished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more than five thou~

16

sand dollars ($5,000.00), recoverable with costs in any court of competent jurisdiction.

17

Provided, however, that "non-resident" employers of :e.xitra -ihazardous 'occupations

18

shall not be 1·equircd to give bond or other security for any payment or paymeilts re-

19

quired of them for the "service and policing charge" required by this section. And the

20

requirement of this section that "non-resident" employers of extra-hazardous occupa-

21

tions shall give bond or other security, shall not apply to '' service and policing charges''

22

herein provided.

23

The term "non-resident" employers of extra-hazardous occupations, in this counec-

24

tion, shall be construed as an employer of labor engaged in extra-hazardous occupations,

25

who for the previous twelve months has not been a continuous contributor to the com-

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1

pensation fund as in this chapter provided, and who has not been *

bona fide

2

domiciled in, or a resident of the State of Wyoming continuously for the preceding

3

twelve ·months next prior to engaging in the business of an '' employer of labor in ,extra-

4

hazardous occ upat ion " . Wh en any such employer, shall contribute to said fund as re-

5

quired by thi s chapte r, fo r t welve consecutiv e months immediately prior to the com-

6

menccrncn t wjthin this state of the occnpati on, t he r eqni i·ement to pay double the serv-

7

ice and police charge shall cease.

8

For th e pUl"p ose of encouragin g ca re 011 the par t of th e employers and thus decre~s-

9

ing accidents t o employes, and to the eud t hat ea ch employer shall compensate all in-

10

juries to the workme n of such employer and no t those of oth er employers, the state

11

t reasurer shall keep a sepa rate account fo r each employer so contributing to said fund

12

and shall cli arge against t he accoun t of each employer all warrants paid ·from the in-

13

dustrial accident fund :

14

(a )

As awards for in juries to employes of such employer;

15

(b )

In payment of medical and surgical supplies and medical or hospital attend-

16
17
18
19
20

ance of an employe of such employer;
(c)

In payment for investigations of accidents of such employer, or in payment pf

investigations of injuries to his employes;
(d)

In payment of witness fees and other costs in cases wherein an order of award

is granted to the employe of such employer.

21

Section 5. That Section 124-120, Wyoming Revised Statutes, 1931, as amended and

22

re-enacted by Chapter 129 of Session Laws of Wyoming, 1933, be amended and re-en-

23

acted to read as follows:

24

Section 124-120. Each employe, who shall be injured in any of the extra-hazardous

25

employments as herein defined, or the dependent family of any such injured work-

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man, who may die as the r esult of such injuries, except in case of injuries due solely

2

t o the culpable negligenc e of such injured employe, shall r eceive out of the industrial

3

accident fun d, compensat ion iu accordance with the following schedule, and such

4

r ight ancl payment shall be in lieu of and take the place of any and all r ights of action

5

against any employer contributing, as r equ il'ccl by tbis chapter, to the industrial ac-

6

cidcnt fun d in favo r of any person or persons b) reasou o.f auy such injuries or death.

7

(a)

"Permanent partial disabili ty" mean the loss of either one foot, one leg, one

8

hand, one ar m, one ey e, or the ight of one ey e, 01te or more fing rs, one or more toes, and

9

dislocation wh er e the ligaments arc severed, or an.1· other in.j ury kno,rn t o surgery to be

10

permauent partia l disability. F or any perma nent partial disabi li ty hereinafter specifically

11

described, resulting; from an in jury, i he wodrnrn1t shall r eceive a lump sum as follows:

12

For the loss of a thumb ...................................................................... $337.50

13

F or the t he loss of a fi rst fing er..........................................................

300.00

14

For the loss of a second finger ............................................................

225.00

15

For the loss of a third finger..............................................................

225.00

16

For the loss of a fourth finger .....................................· - - -········

225.00

17

For t he loss of a palm (metacarpal bone )......................................

900.00

18

Por the loss of a hand.......................................................................... 1500.00

19

For the loss of an arm at or below elbow.......................................... 1800.00

20

For the loss of an arm above elbow.................................................. 2000.00

21

For anky-losis ( total sticness of) or contracturcs ( due to scars or injuries) which

22

make the fingers more than useless, the same amounts apply to such finger or fingers

23

(not thumb) as given above.

24
25

'rhe loss of a third or distal phalange of the thumb shall be considered to be equal
to the losi; of one-half of such thumb; the loss of the more than one-half such thumb

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2
3

r-hall be considered to be equal to the loss or the whole thumb.
The loss of a third or distal phalange or any finger shall be considered to be equal
to the loss of two-thirds of such finger.

4

The loss of more than the middle and distal phalanges of any finger shall be consid-

5

ered to be equal to the lo s of t he whole fi nger; pr ovided, however, that in no case

6

shall the amount r eceived fo r more than on e fi ng er &lt;'Xceed the amount 'i n this schedule

7

for tile loss of a hand.

8

For the l oss of a gr eat toe .................................................................. $200.00

9

F or the los • of one of t he to es other th an gr eat toe...... .............. 150.00

10
11
12
13

'I'h e loss of more t han t wo-thirds of any t oe shall be consider ed equal to the loss of
th e ·whole t oe.
'l'he loss of les · than t wo.t hirds of any t oe shall be considered equal to the loss of
onc•half of the toe.

14

For the loss of a foot .......................................................~.............. $1,200.00

15

For the loss of a leg below the knee ............................................

1,500.00

16

For the loss of a leg above the knee ............................................

1,800.00

17

For the loss of an eye or the sight thereof... ---··················· 1,800.00

18

For any other injury known to surgery to be permanent part i a 1 disability, the

19

,rnrkman shall receive a sum in the amount proportional to the extent of such perma-

20

neut p artial disability based a.s near as may pe upon the foregoing schedule, but inev-

21

cry case of permanent partial disability the amount allowed for the injury shall be paid

22

in monthly installments at the rate of fifty dollars ($50.00) per month if the workman

23

be unmarried at the time of the injury, and at the rate of sixty dollars ($60.00) per

24

mouth if the workman has a wife with whom he is living •

25

injury; provided, however, that the court making such award shall retain jurisdiction

* •

at the time of the

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of the same until said award shall have _be en fully paid, with power to modify or

2

change the condition -of the injured worlun an, and shall have power at any time dur-

3

ing said period, upon application and hearin g, with notice to the employer, and a show-

4

ing of the necessity therefor , to order all ot· any part of the unpaid balance of the award

5

to be paid to the injured workman in a lump sum.

6

(b )

"Perman ent total disability" means the loss of both legs or both arms, total

7

loss of eyesight, paralysis or other conditions permanently incapacitating the workman

8

from performing any , rnrk at any gainful occupation.

9

ous disability,

10

or any other pr evious perntauent disability,

11

a subsequent injury shall be &lt;letermined by l0ductin&lt;&gt;· therefrom the percentage of the

12

previous disability,

13

permanent total disability re ·ults from t he injw·y t he workman shall receive the sum

14

of fou r thousan 1 dollars ($-! 000.00 ), but i..t1 every such case the amount allow ed for the

15

injury shall be paid in mon thly installments at the rate of :fifty dollars ($50.00) per

16

montll if the workman be unmarried at the time of t he injury, and at the rate of sixty

17

&lt;lollars ($60.00 ) p er month if the workman has a wife with whom he is living

18

a t the time of the iIJjury; provided, however, t hat the court making such award shall

19

retain jurisdietion of the same until said a wards shall have been fully paid, with pow-

20

er to modify or change the amow1t of the award to conform to any change in the condi-

21

tion of the injured workman, and shall have power at any time during said period, upon

22

application and hearing, with notice to the employer, and a showing of the necessity

23

therefor, to order all or any part of the unpaid balance of the award to be paid to the

24

injured workman as a lump sum; provided, that if the workman shall die leaving an un-

25

paid balance of the award, then such unpaid balance shall be returned to the industrial

,:,

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l,Vh erc ther e has been _a· prcvi-

a the los • of one eye, 01· the . ight thereof, one hand, one foot,
()

th e percentage of disability for

as it existed at t he time of the subsequent injury. When

()

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"

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accident fund and be credited to the employer 's balance. If t he workman suffering

2

1,nch permanent total disability have a boy or boys under sixteen (16) years of age, or

3

g irl or girls m1der eighteen (18) years of a g-c, the guardian of such child or children ap-·

4

pointed as hereinafter provided, shall r ece irn fo r the use and benefit of said child or

5

children, a lump sum of one hundr ed and t we1tty doll ars ($120.00) per year for each

6

hoy und er sixteen (lG ) years nutil the tim e when ea.ch of said boys shall become sixc

7

teen ( JG) years of age, and a lump sum of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120.00 per

8

yea r for each gid under eighteen (18) years of age until the t ime when each of said

9

girls shall become eighteen (18) years of age; pr oYicled, t hat the aggregate 1 ump

10

snrn paid t.o said guardian shall m no case exceed four th ousa nd dollars ($4,000.00), ·

11

and ,my and u11 ,nrnrds made on account of auy such child or children, shall be dis-

12

bursed under a pro per Nuarcli:m ·hip t o be created by t he court or judge making such

13

award.

14

(c)

"'l'emp orary total disa bility" means an injury which, though it -may result ·

15

or does r esult in a perma nent t otal or partia l d isa bility, temporarily incapacitates the i11- •.

16

jured person from performing any work at any gainful occupation for the time, but •

17

from which injury such person may recover by medical or surgical treatment and be ;

18

able to resume work.

19

of the injury, he shall receive the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) per ·month, so long as

20

t he t otal disa bili ty shall cont in ue. If he have a wife with whom he is living

21

at the time of the injury, he shall receive sixty dollars ($60.00) per month, and if he

22

have a boy or boys under sixteen (16) years of age or girl or girls under eighteen (18)

23

years of age,

24

dollars ($7.50) per month, but the total monthly payments shall not exceed ninety dol-

25

lars ($90.00) per month.

0

0

111 such case, if the workman be unmarried at the time

0

0

or both he shall receive for each

•

'J

;;,

0

0

* seven and one-half

No compensation, except the expense of medical attention,.·

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shall be allowed for the first seven· (7) days of disability, unless the incapacity extends

2.

beyond the period of twenty-one (21) clays, in which case the compensation shall run

3

from the tinie of the injury. As soon as r ecovery is so complete that the earning pow-

4

er of the workman at any kind of work is r estored, the payments shall cease, but in no

5

·case shall the tota l" payments made in such cases exceed in the aggregate the lump sum

6

amount her ein specifi ed to be paid an injured workman for injuries causing permanent
C

\TOrl,man ha s n on-re idcnt alien c h i 1 c1 r e n

°

7

total disability. When th

8

shall receiY e only one-third ol'. the sum aboYe fixed for boys under six teen (16) years

9

of age and girls uuder eighteen (18) years of age.

10

(d )

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he

lu all cases of km )Ol'ary total dis:ibilit_v, l)C nnanent partial disability and

11

perman ent total llisabilit.r, tlic c.:s:peusc of meli(·al Jitc,1tion and oE car e in hospital of

12

the injured workman shall be paid from dat e ot sa id injmy, t he expense of medical treat-

13

ment not to exceed one hundr ed and fifty dollars ($150.00) in any case and the expense

14

of care in hospital not to e:x:cecd on huudt·ed and fifty dollars ($150.00) in any case,

15

unl ess ullder general arrangement t he w orkman is ent itled t o medical attention and

16

care in hospital, or the employer furnishes adequate and proper medical attention and

17

hospital faciliti es to his employes; provided, however, that no bill or fee for medical

18

attent ion or ca re m hospital shall be allowed or paid without notice to t he employer

19

and a hearing if requested by said employer.

20

to establish a schedule fixing the fees for which all medical, surgical, hospital or oth-

21

er legalized forms of treatment rendered to employes under this section shall be com-

22

pensated.

23

extra-hazardous occupation shall file with the clerk of the court of the county within

24

•. which such injury oceured and with the state treasurer, under rules to be prescribed

25

by the state treasurer, a full and complete report fully describing the nature of the in-

The state treasurer shall have the power

Each physician or surgeon attending a workman injured while engaged in

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juries to such workman; provided, that such report shall not be required unless the dis-

2

ability resulting· from such injury lasts through the day or the injury requires ·medie!al

3

ser vices other than th e ordinary first aid treatment.

4

to file auy report as herein provided shall be ptrnishecl by a fine of not more thai:i fifty

5

dollars ($50.00 ) .

6

paid not to exceed t wo h un clrccl fi f t y dollars ($/350.00 ) in r,ny case, unless other arrange-

7

men ts exist between employer and employe u nder agreement;

8

(1 )

Any physician or surgeon failing

Wh er e dea th r esults from an injury the expense of burial shall be

But if t he workman leaves a widow or invalid widower, to whom he or she

9

has been regularly married by a marriage duly solemnized by a l egal ceremo~y,

10

such surviving spouse shall re ceive the sum ·of t wo thou an d dollars ($2,000.00), but in

11

eYery case th e said award shall be paid in monthly iustallm ents at the rate of forty-five

12

dollars ($45.00) per mon th;

13

amn·d may u po 1 ar plicati on and hearing, with notice to the employer and a . showit1g

14

of t he necessity t herefo r, ortlcr all or any part of the unpaid balance of the award to be

15

pa id to th e surviving spouse as a lump sum. If the surviving spouse shall re-marry be.:.

16

fore all of said award has been paid, then .he or she shall only be ·entitled to receive the

17

sum of two hundred and seventy dollars ($270.00) out of the unpaid balance of s~id

18

award, and further payment shall cease, and any balance of the award shaH revert to

19

the dependent children, if any there be; and if there be no dependent children the u.:n-

20

paid balance of such awa.rd shall retq.rn to the general fund and the same shall be cred~

21

ited to the employer's balance; if the surviving spouse shall die before all of said award

22

has been paid, then the unpaid balance shall revert to the dependent children, if any;

23

if no dependent children, then such balance shall revert to the general fund and. be ered-

24

ited to the employei· 's balance; provided, in any case, where the surviving spouse sh.all

25

remarry or die before all of the award has been paid, the remaining balance shall · be

0
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c

pro vided, howenr, that the court making su_c4

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paid to the _surviving dependent children in the following manner: In ascertaining the

2

amount to be paid to each surviving child in the case of mal~ children, the age of such

3

male child shall be figur ed from the time of the death or remarriage of such surviving

4

spouse until such male child attains the age of sixteen (16) years and in the case of fc-

5

male children, th e time shall be figured fr om t he time of the death or re-marriage of ·such

6

snrviving spouse until such female cbild attai ns t he age of eighteen (18) years, and the

7

unpaid bahrn ee of such award shall be divided in each instance by t he number of months

8

between such periods of time. In case of t he death of any of such surviving children,

!)

th e port ion of such a,rnrd made pnyable to snch child by the terms hereof shall be di-

10

l'idecl among t he sUl'viv iug chiltlren pro rata; provid ed, fmther, that if all of the sur-

11

\·ivi 1g children should die before t he unpai d Laluuee of the awa r d is ent irely distrib-

12

uted, tJtcu the r emaining undistributed pol'tiou of such nward shall revert to the general

13

Lund ·rnd be cr edited to t he employer's baluuee; provided, further, that if it be shown

14

1 hat

15

,_Jeceased, such sun-iving spouse shall not b . regarded as a dependent in any degree, but

16

iu such case the right of boys under sixteeu (16 ) years of age and girls under eighteen

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(18) yeat·s of age t o compensation shall not be defeated.

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surviYiug boy or boys under sixteen (16) y ears of age or girl or girls under eighteen

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(18) years of age the guardian of such child or children appointed as hereinafter pro-

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vidcd, shall receive for the use and benefit of said child or children, a lump sum of one

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hundred and twenty dollars ($120.00) per year for each surviving boy under sixteen (16)

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years of age until the time when each of said surviving boys shall become sixteen (16)

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years of age, and a lump sum of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120.00) per year for

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each surviving girl under eighteen (18) years of age until the time when each of said

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surviving girls shall become eighteen (18) years of age; provided, that the aggregate

the surviving spou:e wilfully deserted d eceased witho ut fault upon the part of the

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If said workman leaves a

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lump sum paid to said guardian shall in no case ex:ceed three thousand, six hundred

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dollars ($3,600.00). In all cases where an order of compensation is made on account of

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boys und er sixteen (16) years of age, or girls under eighteen (18) years of age, or both,

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or to persons incompetent, said fund shall be disbursed under a proper guardianship to

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be created by t he court or j ud ge making such an order.

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If the injured worlcmrin cl-ie d uring the pcriocl of lemporary to tal disability and

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after r eceiving compensation thc1·ef or, as h erein pro vicled, ancl his death be shown to

8

have result ed f rom such 'injm·ies, the wido1i· and. the g11ai·cl-ian of the workrnan's boys

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1111rle1· si:r;leen (16) y ears of age an d girls -irncler eighteen (18 ) y ea·rs ·of age shall be en-

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t itled to an azrnr&lt;l because of the d eath of th e. worl.:man as herein provided, bnt the total

11

amount of payments in excess of two thousancl, fo 111· h und;•ed dollars ($2,400.00) re-

12

ccivecl by the ·i11,.i11red wo 1·k ma 11 cl1tri11g such disa bil-ity ancl pr for to his death shall be

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propoi-t ionately cled11ctcd fro m th e amounts herein v rov ided to be paid to the s-nrviving

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widow ancl the g11-arcl1:an of the w orkmmi's boys 1111de1· six tee1i (16) years of age and girls .

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1mder eighteen (18) years of age.

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If any workman die within one yem· from the date of receiving an award for

17

pe1·manent partial d1·,sability and his death be shown to have 1·esulted from the injuries

18

for which the award was granted, the w·ido w and the g·uardian of the workman's boys

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11,1uler sixteen (16) years of age, and gfrls iinde1· eighteen (18) years of age shall be en-

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titled to am award beca1ise of the death of the wo1·kman as herein p1'ovided, but the

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am01tnt of the payments received by the injurecl workman prior to his death shall be propor-

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tionately deducted from the amount herein p1·ovided to be paid ta the surviving widow and
the giiardia.n of the workman's boys under sixteen (16) years of age and girls tinder

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eighteen (18) years of age.

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If any workman die within two years from the date of receiving an award for

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permanent partial disability and hi'.s death be shown to have 1·esttlted froni his injuries,

2

the w idow of said workman shall be entitled to an awm·d beca·use of the death of the

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workman as herein provided, bitt the amown t of the payments 1·cceivecl by the injured

4

woi·kinan in e:i;ccss of two t lwu sancl dollars ( $2,000.00 ) prior to his clcath shall be deduct-

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cd from the amonnt of her awm·d.

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If th c workman leaves no widow, or w idowe1·, or boy 1mder the age of sixteen

7

(1 6) y ears, or girl nncler th e age of eighte en (:LB) y ears, bitt leav es a parent or parents

8

surviv ing, such urviving parent or parents, if living ·in the Uni/ ed States, shali receive

9

a lu mv siwi of fiftee n hundred dollars {$1,500.00); p1'ovided, a varent 01· pa1·ents, who are

IO

clcpendc11ts and wlio arc 11011-rcsident aliens,

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fift ee n h1tndred, dollars ($1,500.00) .

12

hall ·i·cccive a lmnv sum of one-third of

Se&lt;:tion 6. 'l'hat Section 124-12-1:, Wyom ing· Revised Statutes, 1931, as amended and

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re-enacted by Chapter 129 of Session Laws of Wyoming, 1933, be amended and re-

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enacted to read as follows.

15

Section 124-124. No money paid or pa,) able under this chapter out of the indus-

16

trial accident fund shall, prior to issu ance and delivery of the warrant therefor, be capable

17

of being assigned, charged nor ever be taken in execution or by garnishment.

18

.Any such assignment, attachment, garnishment or chal'ge shall be void.

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Section 7.

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This Ac't shall talce effect and be in force from and after its passage.

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• Introduced by Committee No. 17

A lEilILIL
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AN ACT to amend and re-enact S ection 124-104, Wyoming Revised Statutes, 1931, and

Sect:ion 124-106-7, Section 124-113, Section 12:l:-117, Section 124-120 and Section 12412±, Wyoming Re\·u;ed Statute. , 1931, as amended an d r e-enacted by Chapte1· 129,
8es ·ion Laws of Vvyoming, l!J33, all r elating to.the defi nit ion of extra-hazardous occupatious, and to compensation for in j uries or dea th resulting fr om inj ur ies to workmen in accidents occurrin g m extr a-hazardous employments; and providing fo r judicinJ investigations of such injuries, and the making of compensation awards to
s uch workmen, and t heir dependent famili es, p roviding for payments by employer.,;
into the industrial accident fund, and r equiring non-resident employers · in extrahazardous occupations to give security for faithful compliance with t he compensation
law, ancl making the failure so to do a misdemeanor, and prescribing its p enalty.

J an. 21, 1935. Introduced, Read first time, Referred to Committee No. 17, Delivered
to P rinting Committee No. 19.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature o.f the State of Wyoming:
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Section 1.

That Section 124-104, Wyoming Revised Statutes, 1931, be amended a nd

re-enacted to read as follows :

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Section 124-104.

The extra-hazardous occupations to which this chapter is applicable

2

are as follows:

3

is used ; foundries, blast furnaces, mines, oil wells, oil re-fineries, gasoline filling stations

4

and bulk oil stations, gas work_s, natural gas plants, water works, reduction works,

5

breweries, clistill,eries, elevat9rs, drec!ges, excavations, transfer companies, general team-

6

ing, general trucking, ditch rider of irrigation dist.ricts, smelters, powder works, laun-

7

dries operated by pm~er, kitchen employees and waitel's, whose employment requires them

8

to go to and froin kitchens, of hotels, restaurants, aud bakeries

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gineering works, logging, lumber yards, lumber ing and saw mill operations,

10

street and interurban railroads not engaged iu iuten,tatc commerce, buildings being con-

11

structed, repaired, moved or demolished, painting· operations, telephone, telegraph, elec-

12

tric light or power plants or lines, steam heating or po"·er plants, railroads not engaged

13

in interstate commerce, bridge building, the oct:upations of city or town -6.i-emen and city

14

or town policemen, and all employments wher ein a process requiring the use of any· dan-

15

gerons a-..;-plosives or inflammable materials is carried on, which is conducted for the pur-

16

pose of business trade or gain, each of which employment is hereby determined to be

17

extra-hazardous and in which, from the nature, conditions or means of prosecution of

18

the work therein required risks to the life and limb of the workmen engaged therein are

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Factories, garages, mills, printing plants and workshops where machinery

inherent, necessary or substantially unavoidable.

quarries, en-

This chapter shall not apply in any

case where the injury occurred before this chapter takes effect, and to all rights which

have accrued by reason of any such injury prior to the taking effect of this chapter,
shall be saved the remedies now existing therefor.Section 2. • That Section 124-106-7, Wyoming. Revised Statutes, 1931, as amended

24

and re-enacted by Chapter 129 of Session Laws of Wyoming, 1933, be amended and re-

25

enacted to read as follows :

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Section 124-106-7. In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

2

(a )

"Factories" mean any premises wher ein power is used in manufacturing, mak-

3

in g, altering, ad apting, ornamenting, finishing, r epairing or renovating, any article for

4

t he p urp ose of t r ade or gain, or t he bu ·in css carried on t herein, including ·expressly any

5

brick ya rd, meat packing house, foundry, smelter , ore reduction works, lime-burning

6

plant, stucco plant, steam heating plant, el ~,c1 ric Ji trMi ng· or power plant, including all

7

works in or din·&lt;.:tly connected with th e construction, ins ta llation, operation, alteration,

8

removal or r epair of \\·ires, ca bles, s\\·itchboards or app aratus used for t he transmission

9

0£ electric current, and water power plant, in cluding tower and

tandpipes, power plant,

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blast fu rnaces, paper mill, printin°· plant flour mill, ·lass factory, cemen t plant, artificial

11

gas plant, machine or r epai r shop, oil plant, oil r efinery plaut and chemical manufactur-

12

ing plant;

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"V{ork shop " means any yard, plu.u t, premises, r oom or place where power

14

drinn mac hinery is em pioyc&lt;l and manual lab or is exercised by way of trade or gain, or

15

other\,·ise in cidental t o the process of making, alterin g, r epairing, printing or orna-

16

menting, finishing or adap ting for sale or otherwise any article or part of article, ove:c

17

which premises, room or place the employer of ·the person ·working therein has the right

18

of access or control;

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( c)

"Mill" means any plaut, premises, room or place where machinery is used,

20

any process of machinery, changing, altering or r epairing any article or commodity for

21

sale or otherwise together with the yards and premises ·which arc a part of the plant in:-

22

eluding elevators, warellO'uses and bunkers, saw mill, sash factory or other work in the

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lumber industry;

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(cl)

"Mine" means any opening in the earth for the purpose of extracting iron,

oil, coal, or other minerals and all underground workings, slopes, drifts, shafts, gal-

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lcries, wells and tunnels, and other ways, cu ts aud op enings connected therewith, includ-

2

ing those in the course of being opened, sunk or driven, aud includes all the appurte-

3

nant structures or machinery at or about the openings of the mine, and any adjoining

4

adjacent work place where the material from a mine is prepar ed for ·use or shipm ent;
(c)

5

" Quarry" means any place, not a min e, where stone, slate, clay, sa1~d, gravel

6

or other solid mat er ial is dug or other wise r emov ed fr om the earth for the purpose

7

of trade or bargain or of the employer 's tr ade or business;
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"Builcling ,vork " means an y wo rk rn the er ect ion, construction, ext ension,

decoration, alteration, r epair or demolition of any buil ding or structural appurtenances;

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(g)

" Engineer ing wor k " means any wor k in the constr uction, alteration, exten:•

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sio11 , r epair or demolit ion of a railway (as her ciubcfor " defi ne d ) bridge, j ett.y, dike, dam,

12

reservoir, underground conduit, sewer, oil or gas well, oil t ank, gas tank,· wat er t ank or

13

tower, or a ny ca.i:;son work iu artificially compressed all', any work in dredging, work

14

on log or .llllllber rafts or booms; _pile dr iving, moving buil dings, mo ving safes, or in

15

laying, r epairin g or r emoving m1dergroun d pipes and connections; the er ection, instal-

16

ling, re}Jairing, or removing of boilers, fur11 aces1 en gines and power machi nery (includ-

17

ing belting and ot her connections); and any work in gradin g or excavating where shor-

18

ing is necessary or po wer ma chinery or blasting pow er, dynamite or other high ex-

19

plosive is in use ( excluding mining and quarry ing)~

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"Employer" ineludes any municipality, county, person or body of persons,

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corporate or incorporate, and the legal representatives of a deceased employer or the re-

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ceiver or a trustee of a person, corporation, association or partnership.

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"Workman" means any person who has entered into the employment of or

works under contract of service or apprenticeship with an employer, except a person

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whose employment is purely casual and not for the purpose of the employer's trade or

2

business, or those engaged in clerical work, and not subject to the hazards of the busi-

3

ness, or one holding an official position. 'l'he term "workman" shall include "employe"

4

and t he term "employe" shall include " workman" and each shall include the singular

5

and plural of both sexes. Any refer ence to a workman who has been injured shall,

6

where th e workman is dead, in clud a r eference t o his "c:ependent family" as herein-

7

after defii1ed, or to his legal r epresentative, or where the workman is a minor or incom-

8

peteut to hi gua rdian or next friend.

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"Dependent families" a, used in this chapter means such members of the work-

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man 's family as were wholly or in part actually dependent upon the workman · for sup-

11

port at the time of the injury,; , if it be shown that t_he ,,,rofoi,!? spouse wilful!! de~i.•te_d

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decease&lt;!,

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"Child or children" means the immediate offspring or legally adopted child or

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children of the injured workman, boys under sixteen (16} years of age and girls under

18

eighteen (18} years of age (and over said age, if physically or mentally incapacitated

19

from earning) and shall also include legitima.te children of the injured workman born

20

after his death or injury. In other cases, questions of family dependency in whole or in

21

part sliall be determined in accordance with the fact, as the case may be, at the time of

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the injury; the foregoing definition of '' dependent families'' shall not include any of the

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persons named, who are aliens residing beyond the jlll'isdiction of the United States of

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.America, except a surviving widow or boys under sixteen (16) years of age or girls

25

under eighteen (18) years of age, or parent or parents, and as to such non-resident aliens

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ascertain whether the claim for compensation or the amount thereof, is disputed by the

2

employer, and if there be no dispute, as to the right of the injured workman to receive

3

compensation, or as to the amount thereof, and the. claim appear to be free from col-

4

lusion, said judge shall thereupon make an order directing payment for s~ch compen-

5

sation from the state industrial accident fund in accordance with the facts by him as-

6

certainecl an d the t erms of this chapter.

7

l'ight of said injmcd cmploye or his dependent family to receive compensation, or as

8

to the amount t hcL·eof, then it shall be the duty of said judge to set the case down for

9

a hearing at the earliest possible dat e and to direct notice of such hearing to be issued

10

by the clerk of said cour t fo r senice upon t he employer and the employe at least seven

11

(7) days before tlie dat e fixed for said hearing, which said notice shall be served by the

12

sheriff of said county without exp ense to either party, except that his actual traveling

13

expenses shall be allo,Ycd and taxed, as costs. 'l'h e hearing shall be conducted upon the ·

14

statement au d r eport fil ed by the employer, and such formal claims as may be presented

15

and filed witlt t he clerk of the district court by or on behalf of the injured workman.

16

If the employer, in his r eport of the injury, alleges that the injury was due solely to

17

the culpable negligence of the injured employe, or that the claim for compensation is one

18

not coming within the provisions of this chapter, then a jury may be demanded by eith-

19

er party and the cause shall be tried, as a court proceeding. If a jury is demanded, it

20

may be selected from names drawn from the five mile limit jury box, as in civil cases,

21

at any time in term time or vacation unless a regular jury panel be in attendance at

22

the court on the date any such hearing may occur., 'l'he 'taking of evidence shall 9e

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'l'he official court reporter of the district court shall attend the hearing and make a

25

stenographic report of the evidence without cost to either party. The court or judge

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~ • summary,

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• •• If there be a dispute, as to the

giving a full opportm1ity to all parties to develop the facts fully.

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shall direct the county and prosecuting attorn ey, or other competent at torney appoint-

2

ed by the court to conduct the examination of witnesses on behalf of the injured work-

3

man, and it shall be the duty of said attorucy to appear and perform such service with-

4

out expense to either party. The employer may appear in person or by counsel and

5

introduce evidence at the same hearing, N o costs shall be taxed by t he clerk except

6

fe es for wit nesses, who may be subpoenaeu. and who shall be allowed the same fe es,

7

for attendance and mileage, as is fixed by law in civil actions, and jury costs shall also

8

be taxed, All snch costs shall be paid from the accident fund, if the verdict and judg-

9

meut be in fav or of the employer_; but if against the employer then he shall pay t he

10

costs.

11

suant to the verdict of the j ury, if a j·ury be ca lled, ancl i !' no jury be called, the cour t

12

or judge shall r ender a d ecision upon t he facts an cl Ia-w of the case pmsuaut to the pro-

13

visions of t his chapter, and make an order all owing or disallowing co mpensation, as the

14

law and the evidence may warrant. I n any proceeding Lefore a court or judge, as afore-

15

said, the court or judge shall have authority to appoint a duly qualified impartial physi-

16

cian to ex:amine the injured employe and give testimony. The f ee for such service shall

17

be .five dollars ($5.00), unless otherwise order ed by the court, with mileage allowance, as

18

is allowed to other witnesses, which shall be taxed as costs, and paid as other witness

19

fees are paid. The employer or employe may, at his own exp ense, also appoint a quali-

20

fi.ed physician, who may attend and be present at any such examination of an injured

21

employe and give testimony at such hearing or investigation.

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At the conclusion of the h earing·, t he comt shall enter an orclcr pur- ·

That Section 124-117, Wyoming Revised Statutes, _1931, as a.mended and

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re-enacted by Chapter 129 ~f Session Laws of Wyoming, 1933, be amended and re-enacted

24

to read as follows:

25

Section 124-117. Every emp'loyer who shall engage fo any of the extr0rhazat·do11,9 oc-

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cnpations deft.med in thiv; act shall, at the time of commencing such employment pay to

2

the State Treasure1·, foi· credit upon the acconnt of siwh employer in the industrial ac-

3

ciclcnt fu,nd, an initial S'!/,m of fifty dollars ($50.00)! Every employer engaged in any of

4

the occupations herein defined as extra-hazardous, is hereby required to pay into the state

5

treasury for the benefit of the industrial accident fund a sum of money equal to one and

6

one-half per cent. ( ll/z % ) of the money earned by each of his employcs engaged in such

7

extra-hazardous employment during each calendar mouth of such employment. Such paJ~-

8

meut shall be so made on or before the 15th day of the month following the month for

9

which such payments are computed and paid.

10

monthly contributions as above provided u nless his account, after making the herein-

11

after specified deduct ions therefrom, shall equal full two per cent. (2%) of his annual

12

payroll computed by multiplying his current month's payroll of workmen engaged in ex-

13

tra-1.iazardous employment by twelve and shall likewise be not less than three thousand dol-

14

lars ($3,000.00 ) ; provided, liowever, that any employer whose account is overdrawn shall

15

be required to pay monthly a sum of money (including the payments as above specified)

16

equal to four per cent. ( 4%) of the money earned by each of his employes engaged in such

17

extra-hazardous employment during each calendar month of such employment until such

18

overdraft shall be paid.

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Each employer shall continue to make

Such employer shall not be compelled to contribute when bis

contributions in the fund, after making deductions as aforesaid, shall equal two per cent.

20

(2%) of his annual payroll, and shall likewise be not less than three thousand dollars

21

($3,000.00).

22

In addition to the other payments required by this section to be paid into the indus-

23

trial accident fund, every employer engaged in any of the occupations herein defined as

24

extra-hazardous shall make a payment to be known as a '' service and policing charge.',

25

Such service and policing charge shall be paid by the employer into the state treasury for

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the benefit of the indi.1strial accident fund and shall not be credited to the balance of the

2

• employer contributing. The amount of balance in the industrial accident fund to the

3

employer 's cr edit shall not relieve him of his duty and liability ·to pay the service and

4

policing charge ; provided, however, that no employer who pays for any calendar month

5

four per cent. ( 4o/o ) of the moneys earned by each of his employes engaged in such ex-

6

tra-hazardous employment during such cale11cla1· month shall be compelled to p ~ y a

7

service and policing char ge for such month.

8

T~e ser ~i~c and, p~lic~~ ch~r ge shall be computed on,- the mpnthly premium y.aid} !

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' t i"e (indivJdua1 employer into the' state treasm&lt;y for' the benefit o.f t he industrial acci:

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dent fund during each cal endar month, or on the premium which the employer w o u 1 d

11

haYe been r equir ed to p ay had n ot the amount of the employer's balance relieved him

12

from the payment of a premium.

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The amount of the service and policing charge shall be determined according to
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2

90.01 to

100.00 ··············· .. •...................................... j 35.00

3

100.01 to

150.00 .......................................................... 40.00 Z. ;i .. ·-

4

150,01 to

200.00 .......................................................... 45.00

5

200.01 to

300.00 .............. ............................................

6

300.01 to

400.00 .......................................................... 60.00 '/(! :.,

7

400.01 to

500.00 .................................... ·..................... 75.00 'f o. ";:_

8

500.01 to

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1,000:0-1- ·-w·-·'1.;·500.00 ................ .......................................... 1501Jrr

11

1,500.01

to

2,000.00 .............. ............................................ 175.00

12

2,000.01 to

3,000.00 ..........................................•................ 200.00

13

3,000.01

to

4,000.00 ...................................., ......., ............. J?,25.00

14

4,000.01

t o 5,000.00 .......................................................... 250.00

15

Over 5,000.01 .................................................................................... 300.00 ;"

16

Provided, however, in that the expense of the administration of this chapter and o.f

17

making the collections herein fixed, is greater as to non-resident employers engaged in

18
19

20

21

22
23
24
25

extra-hazardous occupations, than such expense obtains to such employers bona .fide domiciled within the state of Wyoming, the service and policing charge, up on the monthly

premium paid by non-resident employers engaged in extra-hazardous occupations, shall
be double the foregoing schedule, as th.e same applies to resident employers engaged in
extra-hazardous occupations.
"Non-resident" employers of extra-hazardous occupations shall .give bond or other
security in the. sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00), to be approved by the state treasurer or his deputies, before starting the work. .The co,ntract of said bond or other se-

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curity shall be conditioned that the said employer will faithfully perform all the du-

2

ties imposed by this act upon employers engaged in extra-hazardous occupations and

3

prompt ly pay iuto the state treasury, at the time and in the manner set forth in Section

4

124-117 of the Revised Statutes of Wyoming, 1931, and all acts amendatory or in aid

5

thereof, the sums of money required to be paid by employers in e::-..'tra-haza.rdous occupa-

6

tious. And to this end, " non-resident" employers engaged in extra-hazardous occupa,.

7

tions are hereby r equired, before starting work, and from time to time after such work

8

has been started, to r epor t t o the state treasurer the nature and pr ogress of such work,

9

1.he location of the same and the n umber of ClllJ)loyes engaged in and upon the work

10

and likely to be so engaged fo r the next thir ty (30) day giving such fur ther and detailed

11

information as the state treas urer may r easonably c1emanc1. The willful failure or neg-

12

ligence on the part of any " n on-r esideut" employer of extr a-hazardous occupations to

13

give said security, to make the reports, and/ or to furnish the information required by

14

this section, shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, such employer shall be pun-

15

ished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more than five thou- ·

16

sand dollars ($5,000.00), recoverable with costs in any court of competent jurisdiction.

17

Provided, however, that "non-resident" employers of =.exltra -ihazardous ,occupations

18

shall not be required to give bond or other security for any payment or payments re-

19

quired of them for the "service and policing charge" required by this section. And the

20

requirement of this section that "non-resident" employers of extra-hazardous occupa-

21

tions shall give bond or other security, shall not apply to '' service and policing charges,,

22

herein provided.

23

The term "non-resident" employers of extra-hazardous occupations, in this connec-

24

l;ion, shall be construed as an employer of labor engaged in extra-haz'a rdous occupations,

25

who for the previous twelve months has not been a continuous contributor to the com-

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pensatiou fund as in this chapter provided, and who has not been r,

2

domiciled in, or a resident of the State of Wyoming continuously for the preceding

3

twelve months nex.t prior to engaging in the business of an "employer of labor in extra-

4

hazardom, occupation ''.

5

quired by this chapter, for twelve consecutive mon ths immediately prior to the com-

6

mencement within this state of the occupa !·ion, t he r equirement to pay double the serv-

7

ice ancl police charge shall cease.

l)

bona fide

Wh en any such employer, shall contribute to said fund as re-

8

F or the purp ose of encouraging car e on the part of t he employers and thus decreas-

9

ing accidents to employes, and to the end that each employer shall compensate all in-

10

jmies to the work men of such employer and not those of other employers, the state

11

t reasurer shall keep a separate account for each employer so contributing to said fund

12

and shall charge against the account of each employer all warrants paid from the in-

13

dustrial accideut fund:

14

(a )

As awards for injuries t o employes o.l' such employer;

15

(b )

In payment of medical and surgical supplies aud medical or hospital attend-

16

17
18

ance of an employe of such employer;
( c)

In payment for investigations of accidents of such employer, or in payment of

investigations of injuries to his employes;

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20

(d)

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In payment of witness fees and other co~ts,1n cases wherein an order of aw~d

is granted to the employe of such employer.

21

Section 5. That Section 124-120, Wyoming Revised Statutes, 1931, as amended and

22

re-enacted by Chapter 129 of Session Laws of Wyoming, 1933, be amended and re-en-

23

acted to read as follows:

24

Section 124-120. Each employe, who shall be injured in any of the extra-hazardous

25

employments as herein defined, or the dependent family of any such injured work-

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man, .who may die as the result of such injuries, except in case of injuries due solely

2

to the culpable negligence of such injured employe, shall receive out of the industrial

3

accident fun d, compensation in accordance with the following schedule, and •Such

4

right and payment shall be in lieu of and take the place of any and all rights of action
I

5

against any employer contributing, as required by this chapter, · to the industrial ac-

6

cident fund i11 fa vor of any person or persons by reason of any such injuries or death.

7

(a)

" P ermanent par tial disability " means t he loss of eith er 6ne foot, one leg, one

8

hand, one arm, one eye, or the sight of one eye, one or more fingers, one or more toes, and

9

dislo cation where the ligaments are severed, or any other in jm y known to surgery to be

10

permanent partial disability. For any p ermanent JJartial disability hereinafter specifically

11

desc ribed, i-esulting from an :injury, the workman shall r eceive a lump sum as follows:

12

For the loss of a t humb ................................ ... ........................ ........... $337.50

13

For the the loss of a first :finger..........................................................

300.00

14

For the loss of a second finger. ...........................................................

225.00

15

For the loss of a third finger..............................................................

225.00

16

For the loss of a fourth finger ........................................... _ __,__

225.00

17

For the loss of a palm (metacarpal bone)......................................

900.00

18

19
20

For the loss of a hand.......................................................................... 1500.00
For the loss of an arm at or below elbow .......................................... 1800.00
For the loss of an arm above elbow.................................................. 2000.00

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For anky-losis (total st~s&amp; of) or contractures (d_ue to scars or injuries) which

22

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make th;Afingc~s more than useless, the same amounts apply to such finger or fingers

23

(not thumb) as given above.

24

'l'hc loss of a third or distal phalange of the thumb shall be considered to be equal

25

to the loss of one-half of such thumb; the loss of the more than one-half such thumb

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2
3

:-hall be considered to be equal to the loss of the whole thumb.
Th e loss of a t hird or distal phalange of any finger shall be considered to be equal
to th e loss of two-thirds of such finger.

4

The loss of more than t he middle and distal phalanges of any finger shall be consid-

5

er ecl to be equal to the loss of the wh ole fi nger ; provided, however, that in no case

6

shall the amount r ccciYed fo r more than on e fi nget" exceed the amount in this schedule

7

fo r the loss of a hand.

8

l&lt;""'or th e l oss of a gr eat toe .................................................................. $200.00

9

For th e loss of one of the toes other than grea t toe.................... 150.00

10

11
12
13

The loss of more than two-thirds of any toe hall be consider ed equal to the loss of
the whole to e.
'l'hc loss of lcs than two-thirds of any toe shall be considered equal to the loss of
oue-lwlf of the toe.

14

F or the lo s of a foo t... .............................. -.................................... $°1,200.00

15

For the loss of a leg belo,s; t he lmee ............................................

1,500.00

16

For the loss of a leg above t he kne e ............................................

1,800.00

19
20

21

ery case of permanent partial disability the amount allowed for the injury shall be paid

22

in monthly installments at the rate of fifty dollars ($50.00) per month if the workman
't ~,

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23

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li e unmarried a t t he time of the injury, and at the rate of sixty dollars ($60.00) per
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at the time of the

24

month if the workman has a wife with whom_l1e_is,1i.ving

25

injury; provided, however, that the .court making such award shall retain jurisdiction

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o.f the same until said· award shall have be en .fully paid, with power to m o di f y or
n
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1

1

2

change the conditio~,of the in urecl workman, and ~shall have p&amp;\ver at any time dur-

3

ing said period, upon application and hear iHg, with notice to the employer, and a show-

4 ·

ing of the necessity therefor, to order all ot· any pat-t o.f the unpaid balance of the award

5

to be paid to the injured workman in a lump sum.
"Permane11t total disability" meaus tlie loss of both legs or both arms, total

(b)

6
7

loss of eyesight, paralysis or other cond it.i ons p ermanently in capacitating the workman

8

from pcrformillg any work at any gainful occupation. Where there has been a previ·./ (
• /

9

ous-f1isa bility,

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as th e loss of ouc e .:c, or the sight t her eof, one haud, one foot,

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or any other previous permaueu9.1cusability ,
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11

12
13

permauent total disability results from the injury the workman shall receive the sum

14

of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00), but in every such ease the amount allowed for the

15

injury shall be paid in monthly installments at the rate of fifty dollars ($50.00) per

16

month if the workman be unmarried at the time of the injury, and at the rate of sixty

17

dollars ($60.00), per month if the workman has a wife with...w.h~~,;_,f e~isJiving, ~'

18

at the time of the injury; provided, howev er, that the court making such award shall

19

retain jurisdiction of the same µntil said a ward~!?,hall have been fully paid,_with pow-

20

or to modify or change the amount of the a ward to conform to any change in the cond!-

21

tion of the iujured workman, and shall have power at any time during said period, upon

22

npplieation and hearing, with notice to the employer, and a showing of the necessity

23

therefor, to order all or any part of the unp11id balauee of the award to be paid to the

24

injured workman as a lump sum; provided that if the workman shall di'c 1 ·
'
eavmg an ·uu-

25

paid balance of the award, then such unpaid balance shall be returned to the industrial.•

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accident fund and be credited to the employer's balance. If the w o r km a n suffering

2

such permanent total disability have a boy or boys under sixteen (.J.et years of age, or•

3

girl or girls under eighteen (18) years of a gr., the guardian of such child or children ap-

4

pointed as hereinafter provi ded, shall r ece i \·e fo r the use and benefit of said child or

5

ch ildren, a lump sum of one hm1 dred and t 11·e11ty d ollars ($120.00) p er year for each

6

boy under sixteen (·J:-6')' years u ntil the time when eacli of said boys shall become six 0

7

teen E·l6-} years o.f age, and a lump um of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120.00 per

8

year for each girl under eight een (1 ) years of age until the time when each of said

9

girls sha ll become eighteen (18) years of age; provided, that the aggregate ·1 ump

10

su.in paid to said guardian shall in no case exceed fom· thousand dollars ($4,000.00),

11

aJ1d any arnl all awards made on account o C any such child or ch ildren, shall be dis- •

12

hursed u11der a proper gua rd ia nship to be created by the court or judge making such ·

13

award.

14

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" Temp orary total disability " mea ns an injury which, though it may result

15

or do es r esult in a permanent total or partial disability, temporaril;r incapacjtates the in-

16

jmed person from performing any work al. any gainful occupation for· the time, but '

17

from which injury such person may recover by medical or surgical treatment and be

18

able to resume work.

19

of the injury, he shall receive ~he sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) per month, so long as

20

tlie total disability shall continue.

21

at the time of the injury, he shall receive sixty dollars ($60.00) pe:r month, and if he

"'

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"

In such case, if the workman be unmarried at the time

If he have a wife w i ~ h v m g= •'/;

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22

Jiave a boy or boys ·under sixteen ~ ) years of age or girl or girls under eighteen (18)

23

years of age,

24

dollars ($7.50) per month, but the total monthly payments shall, not exceed ninety dol-

25

lars ($90.00) per month. No compensation, except the expense of medical attention, .

or both he shall receive for each

, :,

seven and one-half.

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shall be allowed f or the first seven (7) days of disability, unless the incapacity extends

2

beyond the period of twenty-one (21) clays, in which case the compensation shall run

3

froi:n the time of the injury. .As soon as r ecovery is so complete that the earning pow-

8

shall r eceive on] y one-thir d of the sum above fixed for boys 1mder sixteen (J-6) years

9

of age and girls un der eighteen (18) years of age.

I]

10

• (d)

In all cases of temporary tota l di ·aLility, permanent partial disability and

11

permanen t total disn bility, th e expense of med ical at.tclltion nud of ca re in hospital of

12 .

th e iujurcd workman shall be paid from date of aid injury, t he expense of medical treat-

13

ment not t o exc eed one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) in any case and the expense

14 .

of ca re in hospital uot to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) in any case,

15

unless. under general arrangement t he workman is ent itled to medical attention and

16

care in hospital, or the employer furnishes adequate and proper medical attention and

17

hospital facilities to his employes; provided, however, tliat no bill or fee for medical

18

attention or care in hospital shall be allowed or paid without notice to the employer

19

and a hearing if requested by said employer. The state treasurer shall have the power

20

to establish a schedule fixing tile fees for which all medical, surgical, hospital or oth-

21

er legalized forms of treatment rendered to employes under this section shall be com-

22

pensated.

Each physician or surgeon attending a workman injured while engaged in

23

extra-hazardous occupation shall file with the clerk of the court of the county within

2.4

·. which such injury occured and with the state treasurer, under rules to be prescribed

25

by the state treaS'urer, a full and complete report fully describing the nature of the in-

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1

juries to such workman; provided, that such report shall not be required unless the dis-

-2

ability r esulting fro m such injury lasts through the day o~· the injury requires medical

3

services other th an t he ordinar.Y first aid treatment.

Any physician or surgeon failing

to file any r eport as her ein provided sh~ll be punished by a fine of not more than fifty
5

dollars ($50.00),

6

paid not to exceed l wo hundred fifty dollars ($250. 00 ) in any case, unless other arrange-

7

men ts exist between employer and employe under agreement ;

8

ft

(1)

Where death results from an injury t he expense of bu.r ial shall be

But if the workman leaves a wi d ow or invalid widower, to whom he or sµ e
I

9

h:.is been r egularly married by a marriage duly solemnized by a legal ceremony,

10

such surviving spouse shall r eceive the sum of t wo thousand dollars ($2,000.00), but in

11

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• mont h1 y msta
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11 ments at the rate of forty-five
eyery,.,
case the sa1'cl a war cl s1ia11 b e pai'd m

12

dollars ($4.5.00) per u10nth ;

13

am1rcl may upon applic ation and hearing, with notice to the employer and a showii_1g

14

of t he necessity therefor, order all or any part of the unpaid balance of the ·award to be

15

paid to the surviving spouse as a lump sum. If the surviving spouse shall re-marry be-

16

fore all of said a.ward has been paid, then he or she shall only be entitled · to receive the

17

sum of two hundred and seventy dollars ($270.00) out of the unpaid balance of said

18

a ward, and further payment shall cease, and any balance of the a ward shall revert to

19

the dependent children, if any there be; and if there be no dependent children the un-

20

paid -balance of such award shall r eturn to the general fund and the same shall be cred-

21

ited to th e employer 's balance; if the surviving spouse shall die before all of said award

22

has been paid, then the unpaid balance shall revert to the dependent children, if any;

23

if no dependent children, then such balance shall revert to the general fund and be cred-

24

ited to the employer's balance; provided, in any case, where the surviving spouse shall

25

remarry or die before all of the award has been paid, the remaining balance shall be

,))

pro vided, however, t hat t he court making such

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• lump sum paid ·to said guardian shall ·in no case eX'.ceed three thousand, six hundred

2

dollars ($3,600.00). In all cases where' an order of compensation is made on account of

3

boys under sixteen (-±tr) yea rs of age, or girls under eighteen (18) years of age, or both,

4

or to persons incompetent, said fund shall be disbursed under a prop er guardianship to

5

be created by the court or judge making such an order.

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(2)

6

If the injured wo rkman clie d11ring the per focl of temporary total disability and

7

aftei: rece1'.ving comp ensation thei-ef or, as h erein provi'.clecl, and his death be shou:n to

8

have resull ecl fi·om such foj1iries, the widou; am.cl th e gnardian of the workman's boys
,, rr'

fj-

9

'll'll.de1· si:ctcen ('1:o'J y ears of age and girls 1111cler eighteen (18) years of age shall be en-

10

t-itlecl to an. award beca11se of the clcath of the woi·lcman as herein provided, but the total

11

amount of payments in excess of two thousand,.fow· h1indred dollars ($2,400.00) re-

12

cciv ed by the infured worlc nian cluring such di ability . amd prior to his death shall be ·

13

p;-oportionately clednctccl from, the amounts herein provided to be paid to · the -surviving

If
14

widow and the gnard1·an of the ii·orkman's boys under sixteen (,--16') years of .age and girls

15

wncler eighteen (18) years of age.
(3)

16
17
18
19

If any workman d·ie within one yeai· f1·01n the date of receiving an award for

pei•nia.nent partial di,sability and his death be shown to have 1·esulted from the injuries
/01·

which the a.ward was granted, the widow and the gua,rdia1~ of the workman's boys
_,,..
Jl

under sixteen (-1:(Jj- years of age, and girls under eighteen (18) years of age shall be en-

20

titled to an awai·d because of the death of the workman as he 1· ein provided, b1it the

21

amonnt of the payments i·eceived by the injitrecl workman pi·ior to his death shali oe· propoi·-

22

tionately deducted from the amount herein provided to be paid to the surviving widow and

11'

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the gitardian of the workman's boy$ undei· sixteen (;1,8) yea1·s of age and girls itnder

24

eighteen (18) years of age.

25

( 4)

If any workman die within two years from, the date of receiving an award /01·

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pennanent pcw:titzl disabi1ity G/11,d his death be shown to have resulted from his injuries,

2

the w·idow of said wo1'kman shall be entitled to an award beca11se of the death of the

3

wo1·lcman as herein p1·ovided, biit the amonn t of the p(JJIJments received. by the injitred

4

workman in excess of two thousand dolla;rs ($2,000.00) p1·-ior to his death shall be ded1tct-

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5

ed f roni the amount of he1· award.

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6

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(5)

If the workman leaves no widow, or widower, or boy itnder the age of ~xte-en

7

I
(.J.6-}- yem·s, or ' girl 1mdcr the age of eighteen (18) y ears, b1it leaves a parent or parents

8

w1·viving, such surviving parent or parents, if livi·11g in th e United States, shall 1·eceive

9

a lnmp sw1n of fi,ft een lmnclred dollars ($1,500. 00) • proviclecl, a parent o1' p·arents, who are

10

depend ents (1//td who are non-resident aliens, shall r eceive a l'ltmp sum of one-third of

11

fifteen lmnclrecl dollars ($1,500.00).

12

Section 6. 'l'hat Section 124-124, Wyom ing Revised Statutes, 1931, as amended and

13

r ~-cnuctccl. by Chapter 129 of Session Laws of Wyoming, 1933, be amended and re-

14 .

enacted to read as follows:

15

Section 124-124. No money paid or payable under this chapter out of the indus-

16

trial accident fund shall, prior to issuance and delivery of the warrant therefor, be capable

17

of being assigned, charged nor ever be taken in execution or by garnishment.

18
19

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Any such assignment, attachment, garnishment or charge shall be void.
Section 7.

This .A.ct shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

20

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22

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23
24

25

S. F. No: 37-Page 22

�That lin~ 9, page 11, b e stricken and that th ere be ins0rted in lieu
th 0r 0 of t~0 f?llowing:
Over J 750 .00 --------------------------------- ; 150.00.
That line s 10 to 15 inclusive , pag e 11, b o stricken.
Page 13, line 19, followin g the vrords "and othe r costs" insert the
words "as her e in prov i d~d".
Page 14, l in . :. 21, s u o ll th e word "stiffness" correctly.
Fag s 14, li n e 22, i m...mcdiat c ly followi ng the words "ma k e the" insert
tho word s ttf ing r or", and strike the word s "mor0 than".
Page 1 5 , l i ne s 17 an d 1 8 , inse rt th e f ol l o wing p a ragraph: ·,;in any
c a s e wh c r o a ny omp lo ycc s uffe rs a n a c c id e nt unde r the t e rms of this
a ct, a nd wh o lo s e s any p,i rt of the bo dy wh ich ca n be replaced by
a rt i f ic i al mea n s , su ch .::,mp lo yc c , i n addi tion to th0 be n e fits of this
act, sh all he e n t i t l ed to a n a r t i fic ia l r e pla ceme nt there of in an
a.mount no t to ex cee d one hun dred a n d fif ty ( ~,150.00) dollars.
Pa ge 1 5 , linG. 20 , c or rect t he s p e ll i n g of' t he word "be'~.
PagG 15, l i n e 24 , s tri ke ou t t h o wor ds "with whom he is living'!.
Pag G 1 6 , l ine 2 , i rnmcd i ate l y ,r~ cedi n g t he word "condition"·, insert
the w.ords " amount o f a ward t o c on for m to any change in the '~.
Page 16, l i n 0 9 , ins e rt immc dia t c ly p rio r to th e; . word "disability",
the words "p e rma ne nt pa r tial".
Pag(:; 1 6 , line 1 0 , ins e rt th e word "pa rti a l" b ot\.ccm the words "permanent" and · ".disab ility"; and strike out the words "pcrccm tagc of
disability" and ins -.- rt in lie u th er e of the word "award".
Page 16, line 11, striko out the word "porccntago 11 and insert in lieu
th e r e of t he word " c:..mount •~.
Page 1 6 , line 12, strike out thE.; words, "previous disability as it
existed at time of subs e q_uGnt injury", and insert in lieu thereof
the words, "award pa.id for such previous permanent partial disability''.
Pag0 16, line 17, strike out the words "with whom he is living".
Page 16, line 19, strike out th &lt;:., l0tter ,, s" on th;;:; word "awards".
...
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Page 17, line 20, strike out the words lt',\Ti th uhorn.1. h . .:. is li ving •
Page 18, line 4, strike out all words aft er vrnrd "but 11 to the end. of
the sen t c nco in line 7, c.nd insert in lie u thereof, "in no case where
c01.npons&amp;tion is avm rd0 d for p ermanent partial disability or -permanent
total disability, shall th e r e bs dcc1uctcd the refrom any amount awarded
and paid, on account of tempora ry total disability. 11
Page 19, l inc. 11, insert the vrord "such II bet\ ·sen the words "ovcry"
and "casc 1' .
Page 22, _line.: 1, strike out the iiW Td

th ~:; r e of the word "total"··

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:partial" and ins.:.;rt in liou

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Strike the; words and figures "sixt~c:n ( 16)" wherever the same appear
in the bill in reference to the ag8 of boys, and insert in lieu
thereof, tho words and figures "oightecn (18)", said words and figures
ap~s aring on th6 followihg page s arid lines:
Page 5, lines 17 and 24.
Page 17, lines 2, G, . 7, and 22.
P2..gc 18, line 8.
Pae;0 20, linos 4, 1 6 , 18, 21, and 22.
Pago 21, lines 3, 9, 14, 19, and 23.
Page 22, lin es 6 and 7.
(Signe d)

R.H. Sanders
Chairman

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F Gbruary 6, 1935

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(yuno ndmonts to Standing Commi t t ,:.:: Re;p o r t

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· -s cna te Fil e ·No• 37 •

standing
th e lins s 9 to 15, p age 11 st rick e~ bytthcd
· and that
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4 ~ 6 a nd 7 b e re1nsGr c
commi t tcc Report, p a g e 2, 1 in c
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th -:; charg.:: s in thos e line s b e ame nd ed 0. s follows·
I move th a t

Ame n dme nt to the a me ndment of S t a nding Connnitt co :
line s s tricken b ~ r e s tor Gd to r ead ~s follows:
Thc.t th o line g strik0 ') 125.00 and inse rt ~\pl 75.00"
P ago 11, line 10 s t rilm ~? 150. 00 and insert " ,.250. 00"
Po. 6 0 11,
,
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t 17 5 0 0
d •
rt 11 ,l rz 5 0 0 0 "
line
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str
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P o.g;:,. 11, line 1 2 , strike ~ 200. 00 a n d inse rt 11 ",t'
:::iOO. 00
Page 11, 1 inc 13 strika ~? 2 25 . 0 0 a nd inse rt " i 700. 00"
11 r· goo 00"
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line
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strike
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nd
insert
"4,
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1000.
00"
Pa ge 11,

- BSenat e. File No. 37.

FcbrU£try 6, 1935

Mr. Pre s id ent:
I move th&lt;'--t an £.t ddi t i onc l pc.~r a gr c ph b e a dded on ps.gc 4, line 20,:
us follo ws:
" ( g-1) "Dude r a nching " for the purpo se of this chap tor is def incd
and me a ns a rcnch conducte d primar i ly for the accommodation and entert a inment of gue sts for monctnry consid e r ntion; ''
Also - on page 2, line 9, c1ftc r tho word "opera. tion" insert the
words "Dude Ranching,"
February 5, 1935.
~t r. Chcirmc.n:
I move tho.t ScnCTte File No. 37 be amended as follows:

After the period in line 21, pn.gc 8, c.dd the following:
"Where
c.:.n 2.wc.rd of compensC': tion h r., s b e en me.de in fe.vor of r:n injured employee, 2.n ,.pplic1:.tion ro.c y be ma de to thG court by either po. rty, t .n~
time r:.fter one yc,:r from the dr- te of the e.wc,.rd, for [, modificr.. tion of
the c.mount of th o e.-vr.1·d, on tho ground of incrccse or docrE.r.sc. of inc r.p a city duG solely to the injury, or upon the ground of nistnkG or
fr c.ud."
Sen:. tc File No. 37.
Lin::: 2, of the ti tlc of th,.:, i:&gt;rintcd 'oill :;.ft.er the fi. g,ur.:::;s
11
11 124-106-7, 11
insert ''Section 124-112,
Section 7 of the bill oc ch i·.ngc d. to rc ~.d. Section 8.
Mr. Ch,.- innr: h:
I !Ilovc th,-~t Senc. t o File No. 3? bo ,'.'. mended by inserting '.'~ft-.::.r
Section 6 tho following:
section 7. Th:.:.t Section 124-112, if,iyom"l.ng Revised str.tut;.;s, 1931,
be a ..'TI.c nd .:.. d 2..nd r 0 -1...nc-. ctcd to rG c. d r\ s follo-vrn:

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• d t occurs c c.using injury to
S&lt;:.ction 124-112: Whene ver ' ·~ ,: cci r.~~c.~zr.rdous ' employme nts ~o~incd
e.ny w&lt;?rlcmcm cnge g~d i;1,_:::i.ny ~f t~e, c~tr • f tho employe r o. nd the inJurcd
by this cheptc r, l t sn , 1~ b 0 t~"' au Y ? , c h '.., lf of th.: inj urc d
employ,:, or someone on.his bch,,l~, 0 ~ J.n ~- ,'::from th\:.: injury, within
c..mployc' s dcpcnden ts' l f ho b e killca _or i c ~ .
hG {'' c.ren t
o dr. s t hvrc. r'.ftcr to mc.lrn r e port.of su~h ••,ccid__,n~ c.,nd __t 0 ·.-P~
2injur~ rosul ting th er e from o.nd to f il c s .: n d report ~n the !f l~v of
the clerl&lt; of the district court . o~ t hs county ~vh,~; e~g s:1c_h c.. cc~d c n~
occurred whi ch rc-oort sh,.. 1 1 st :·:t c . PROVIDED, H0, 1..... V1~,, THAT LACK OF
SAif NCTI C:. BY THE INJURED El.TLOYKE SHALL NOT BAR PROCE EDINGS IF •
THE EMF LOYER HAD ACTUAL NOTL·E OR KN0'1JLEDGE OF 'FE-IE IN JURY·
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(1) The nr.mc of the injure d worlanc~n cmd the time, cr.. usc a nd
ne.tur c of th e c, ccidc nt a. nd the injury; r .lso whe ther the injury hns
tisr.blcd the workmo.n from continuing the p c rf orm2.nc e of his dutic s;
(2) Whether tho 2-. ccidcmt occurre d while the worlana n wc.s cngF.:.gcd
in the duti es of his employment, 1:, nd gr ew out of the employment;

(3) The n r, tur c of the employm ent n nd the dutie s [,nd bow long
tho workm.c.n h2.s b Gen c n gnge d in the service of such employer;
(4) Wheth er the o.ccidc nt wo s or we s not duo solely to the culpable nc_gligencc of the injured employe ,:-.nd if so, e. st;;.tomcnt of the
f c-. cts;
(5) VJhcthcr the injured workmc'..n is ma rried or single; whether
he hr-.s c-. dc::pcndent frrnily, c,nd if so, th e n ~,mes of the persons comprising such dependent f 2mi l y e. nd th0 ir pl a ce of residence;
( 6) ·,11.cthcr the injured worlmr.:n int ends to cl r::. im co:mpensr.tion
under this ch~ptcr.
Sc.id employer's report of uc cidcn t w8Y be m'.'. de upon r-, printed
form pre p a red by thG st~:tc trG:.surcr for· such purposes, rand shr:11
be verified r., s plc c. d.ings in civil 2.ctions. Wilful fa.ilurc or
nGglcct, on the pc:-.rt of r ny e:r.iploycr whos0 business or occupc.tion
is one cnuracr'. tcd c: nd defined herein as being extrc.-h~~. zc·. rdous, to
report c..cC;idents c c. using injury to ~my of his employcs, shc'.ll be c.
misdc:mcc.nor r.. nd upon conviction such employer shr:ll be punished by
o. fine of not exce e ding Five Hundr0d ( -l'i,500. 00) dollr..rs.
The injured employc's report of u ccidont m~y be made upon a printed form pr0pnrcd by the st~te treGsurcr for th~t purpose. No order
or ewe.rd for compcns,:tion shell be me.de unless, in e.ddition to the
reports of 2..ccidcnt, :-:c.n c:pplicotion or clc:.im for c.wc-.rd is filed by the
injured workrrfiln, or someone on his bohalf, or in Cf.1.so of de e.th of the
injured worlanan, by his dGpcndents or someone in their behalf, v-iith
the clerk of the district court in the count,y whore.in such accidents
occurred, within ONE T.-~.AR :1ftcr the do.y of which the injury occurred..
Ncithar the reports of ~ccidonts nor cnything the rein cont~inGd. shall
cons ti tut G c~ cl:;.im for compcmsn ti on. The employe' s clri.im for compcnsc. t ion mc.y be mncmded c. t r.:. ny timo b e fore r.n originP,l order of :J.wc.rd.
h.r· s been .mE:.dc in order the, t tho worlano.n mny correctly set out the ne.t'"'
urc of his injury.

�·s. F . No. 36

Introduced by .iVIr. Edward T. Lazear

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li'OR
AN AC'i' to arueml and re-enact Section 124-10:l:, 1\" yum ing Revised Statu tes, 1931, and
~ection J 24-106-7, Section 124-117, Sectio n 12-:1:-120, aud Section 124-124, Wyoming
RcYise 1 Statutes, 1931, as amended and re-enacted by Chapter 129; Session Laws of
W~·omiu g, rna3, :\Jl relating to th e defi nition of extra-hazardous 6cc:mpations, and
to eorn pensatiou fo r inj uries or death resulting from injuries to workmen in accitlc11 t:1 oceu riug m cxtra-haza1·dous employments, aud providing for judicial invest igations of such iuj uries, and making of compensation awards to such workmen,
aud their dependent families, providing fo r payments by employers into the industt-ial accideut fund, and r equiring non-resident employers iu extra-hazardous occupations to give security for faithf~l compliance with the compen~!;JiQJ!....law-; ·and - ·
making the failure so to do a misdemeanor, and prescribing its penalty.

Jan. 21, 1935.

Introduced, Read first time, ~{eferred to Committee No. 1, Delivered

to Printing Committee No. 19.

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B~ -lt Enacted by' the Legislature of the State of Wyo.ming:

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Section 1. 'l'hat Section 124-104, Wyoming Revisec:l Statutes, 1931, be amended and
re-enacted to read as follows :

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•Section 124-104 . . The extra-hazardous occupations to which t his chapter is upplica-

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ble a m as follows:

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chinery is used; fo undries, blast furnaces, mines, oil \\·ells, oil retiueries, gasoline filling

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stations and bulk oil stations, gas works, natural gas plauts, water works, reduction

5

works, breweries, elevators, dredges, excavations, tra nsfer compa ni es, ge11eral teaming,

6

general trucking, ditch rider of irrigation tl istri ·ts. sme lters, powder works, laundries

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operated by power, kitch en employ ees (and waiters, whose employment reqnircs them to

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go fo and from k1'.-tchens) of hotels, restaurants . and baker ies

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giueeriug works, loggiu g, lumber y ~rds, lumlwrin g antl sa w mill opcratio11s,

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street and intei-urban railroads not engaged in iutcrslale commcrc •, building:; bell.lg co11-

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strncted , repaired, mov ed or deinolish.ed, pai nri ng 01w ratio 11s , 1clcphonc, telegraph, elec-

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tric ligh t or p o"·er plants or lines, steam hea tin g or pow er plau ts, railroads uot engaged

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in interstate commet·ce, bridge building, t he oe cupatious of city or town firemen and

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city or to\\·n policemen, and all employme nt-; wh erei11 a process requiring the use of

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any dangerous explosives or inflammable materia ls is canied on, which is conducted for

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the purpose of business trade or gain, each of which employment is hereby determined

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to be extra-hazardous and iu which, from the uature, conditious or meaus of prosecu-

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tion of the work thet·ein required risks to the life aud limb of the workmen engaged

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therein are inherent, necessary or substantially unavoidable.

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apply in auy case where the ll.ljury occurred before this chapter takes effect, and to all

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rights which have accrued by reason of any such iu,iury, prior to the taking effect of

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this chapter, shall be saved the remedies no,Y ex:istlllg therefor.

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Section 2.

Factories, garages, mills, printing plants aud workshops where ma-

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, quarries, en~

'l'his chapter shall not

That Section 124-~06-7, Wyo~niug _R~,~se_d E;tatute~, 1931, as amended

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and re-enacted by Chapter 129 of Session Laws of Wyoming, 1933, be amended and re-

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enacted to read as follows:

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Section 124-106-7. In this 'c hapter unless the ·context otherwise requires:

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(a)

" Factorie.s " mean any· pr\:l'mises "wherein power is q.sed in manufacturing, mak-

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ing. al te riu g, adap ting,- orname11 t il1g, finishing, repairing, or renovating, any. article for

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t he purpose o[ trade or gain, or the business .ca rried on therciu, including expressly any

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llril:k ya rd, meat packmg hous e, fo undry, s melter, or r r&lt;&gt;duction works, lime-burning

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µlu11t, stucco plant, steam heaimg plant , eb·lri&lt;· li1,:,ht iu g or power plant, including all

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works lll or directly connected with the co ns trn ctiou, inst allation, operation, alteration,

8

• l't• morn l or r cpnir of ,,ires, ca bles, switchb oard:; or appa ratus used .for the transmission

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.of ckctrie current, and ,,atcr power pt:rnt , including- tower and standpipes, power plant,

10

bla st furn aces, pa per mill, printing plant, flon r mill , gla ss fa ctory, cement plant, artifi-

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eia l gw, pla ul, mac hine or repa ir shop, oil p la nt, oi l refinery plant and chemical manu-

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faduri11g pla nt;

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(b )

' ·'\Vo1·k shop " wr ans any ,vn r d, p lnnt, premises, room or place where powe.1'

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drirnu mue:hi1H•ry rn empluycrl aud manual labor-is exorcised by way of trade or gain;

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or otlwrn·ise iJwidenta l to t he process of making, altering,. repairing, printing or orna.:

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ment iu g-, finish il1g or ada pting for sale or otherwise any article or part of -article, over;

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whi ch premisrs, room or place the employel' of the person working therein has the rigl~t·

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of acct'SS or control;

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(e)

" l\Iill" means a11y ·pla-nt; premises, room . or place where· machinery is used,

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any pro&lt;.'ess of machinery, changing, altering or repniriug any article or commodity for

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sale. or othc&gt;1·wise together with the yards -and premises which are. a part of the plant

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including elevators, "'nrchouses and bunker;;, suw 1nill, sash factory or other work in

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th e lumb('1: .iudu(:ltry;

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(d )· "lHiue" means any opening in the earth for the purpose of extracting iron,

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oil, coal, or other minerals and all underground workings, slopes, drifts, shafts, galler-

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irs, wells 1111d t 1mucls, and other ways, cuts and openings connected therewith, includ-

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illg those in the course of being opened, suuk or driven, and includes all the appul'tc-

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nant structures 0 1· machinery at or abont the openings of the mine, and any adjoining

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adjnceut work IJlace whet·e the material fr om a mii1 e is prepared fo r use or shipment ;

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(c )

"Quarry " mea ns an.r place, not n miu e, wh ere stone, sla.te, . clay, saud, gravel

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or other so lid material is dug or otherwise r c111 0\·ed from the earth fo r the purpose -of

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trade or bargain or of the employer's trade or I.m sincss;

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(f )

'' Building Work· , mean an:r wor k in 1. It c N 'C •tio11, construction, extension,

decoratiou , nlteratio11 , repair or demolition or a1 1y Jrn ilding or strnctura l appurtewmces;
(g)

' Rugine ering work " means any 1r o l' k iu ih,• con ,tr uct ioa, alteration, t'Xten-

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sio11 . repair 01· llemolition of a railway (as hcrf'iHlJ&lt;'forc l1cfined ) brid gP, jett,v, dike,

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dam , rcsetToir, nnd ergrouncl conduit , ewe1·, oil or ga s well, nil tank, gas ta nk, water

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tank or towPr, or auy caisson '\York in artifi cially compressed air, ally \\·ork iu dredg ing,

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,\·ork ou log or lumber rafts or booms; pile driving, moYing 1.mildings, moving safes, or

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rn layillg, r&lt;&gt;pairin g or r emovin g und ergromid pip e~ aud co1111ectio11s; the erection, in-

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stalling, l'epairing, or r emoving of boilers, f m·na ces, engiues and power machinery (in-

17

eluding belting and other connections) ; and a.11y wo1·k III gi-ar1ing ot· excavating whc1'c

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shoring 1s necessary or power machinery or blasting powder, dynamite or other high

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explosive is in use (excluding mining and quarrying);

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(h)

" Employer " includes any municipality, county, person, or body of persons,

corporate or incorporate, and the legal representatives of a deceased employer or the
receivt&gt;r or a trustee of a person, corporation, a.ssociation or partnership.
(i)

''Workman'' means any person who hns entered into the employment of or

works umlcr contract of service or apprenticeship with an employer, except a person

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whose employment is purely casual and not for the purpose of the employer~s trade or

2

business, or those engaged in clerical work, and not subject to the hazards . of the busi-

3

ness, or one holding an official position. The term "workman" shall include "employe"

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•and the t erm "employe " shall include "workman" and each shall include the singular

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and plural of both sexes. Any reference to a workman who has been injured shall whe~e

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the workman is dead, incl_ude a r eference t o his " dependent family" _- as hereinafter de-

7

fined , or t o his legal representative, or whe re the workman is a minor or incompetent,

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to his guardian or 11ext friend.

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' ' Dependent families" as used in t his chapter means such m ·em b er s of the

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w·orkman 's family as ,,·ere wholly or 'i n par t actually dependent upon· the workman for

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suppor t at t he tim e of t he injury ; if it be shown that the spouse wilfully deserted the

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wor kman without fa ult on t he part of the · workman, such spouse will not be regarded

13

as a dependent in any degree. No spouse shall ·be entitled to the benefits of this chap·-

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tcr 01· iufi'ueuce any award made hereunder unless he oi· she shall ·have been married to :

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the workman by a marriage duly solemnized by a legal ceremony, at the time of the

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injury.

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(k)

"Child or children" means the immediate offspring or legally adopted chil{i

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.or children of the injured workman, boys under sixteen years of age and girls under

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eighteen years of ·agc (and ovel' said age,· if physically or mentally incapacitated from

20

earning) and shall also include legitimate children of the injured workman born after

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his death or injury. · ·In other cases, questions of family dependency in whole or in

22

part shall be determined in accordance with the £act, as the case may be, at th e time

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of the injury; the foregoing definition of "d~pendent families" shall not include any

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of the persons named, who are aliens residing beyond the jurisdiction of the United

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States of .America, except a surviving widow, or boys under sixteen (16) years of age

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or -girls under eighteen (18) years of age, .o r parent or parents, and as to such non-resi-.

2

dent aliens the rate of compensation shall not exceed tllirty-three and one third per cent

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(33 1/ 3%) of the rates of compensation herein provided.

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(1)

The words "injnries s·ustained in extra-ha.zarclm1s employment", as used in this

5

chapter shall incl·nde death 1·es1iUing from inj ury, anrl 1·nJnries to e1nployes, as a remit

6

of thefr employment and while at work -in 01· about the premises occnpied, nsed 01· con-

7

tr.olled by the einpZ.Oyer, a11d inj1!1"ies occ11ri"in_q else. where wh-ile at work in places where

8

thei1- e1nployer's b1tsiness requires their p1·es e11cc and subjects them to extrn,-hazardous

9

cZ.nties incident to the b11.svness, biit shall no i' i11cl11dc 1"njuries of t he envploye occ·n rring

10

whil.e on h-is wa.y to a.ssume the cfoties of l i s crnploy nwnt 01· afte,· leaving such d1ities,

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the p1·oximate ca use of which i°nj'l.l,ry is not the employer's negligence.

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(rn)

Th e words "1"nj-nry ancl personal injury" shall not i11cl11de tnjm·y ca1tsed by

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the wilf'nl act of a thircl person dfrected against an cmploye for reasons personal to, such ·

14

cmploye, or beca1tse of his em.ploynicnt ; nor a dis ease, c:1:cept as it shall directly resitlt f'rorri

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an injnry incitrred in the employment;

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(n)

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ing wages.

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21

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"Invalid" means one who is physically or rnentally incapacitated from earn-

Section 3. That Section 124-117, Wyoming Revised Statutes, 1931, as amended and
re.enacted by Chapte1· 129 of Session Laws of Wyoming, 1933, be amended and re-enacted
to read as follows:
Section 124-117. Every employer who shall engage in any of the extra-hazardous occupations dcfinecl in this act sha.ZZ, at the time of c01nmencing s1wh einployment pay to

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the State Treasurer, for credit upon the account of s1tch employer in the indic.striaZ ac-

24

cident fiind, an initiat s1i1n of fifty doUars ($50.00). Every employer engaged in any of

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the occupations herein defined as extra-hazardous, is hereby required to pay into the state

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treasury for the benefit of the industrial accident fund a sum of mon~y equal to one and

2

one-half per cent (1%%) of the money earned by each of his employes engaged in such

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extra-hazardous employment during each calendar month of such ·employment. Such pay-

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ment shall be so made on or before the 15th day of the month following the m o ii.th for

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which such payments are computed and. paid.

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monthly contributions as above provided unless his account, after making the he1'. einafter

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specified deductions th erefrom, shall equal full two_per cent (2%) of his annual payroll

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computed by multiplying his current month's payroll of workmen, engaged in extra-haz-

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ardous employment by twelve and shall likew i e be not less thau three thousand dollai's

10

($3,000.00) provided, however, that any employer whose account is overdrawn shall be

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r equired to pa.y monthly a sum of money (i ncluding the payments -as above specified)_

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equal to four per cent (4%) of the money earned by each of his employes engaged in such_ •

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extra-hazardous employment during each ca lendar mont h of such employment until suqh

14

overdraft. shall be paid.

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contributions in the fund, after making de ductions as aforesaid, shall equal two per

16

cent. (2 % ) of his annual payroll, and shall likewise be not less than three thousand dol•

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lars ($3,000.00).

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Each employer shall continue to _make

Such employer shall not be compelled to contribute when his;

In addition to the other payments required by this section •to be paid into the industrial accident fund, every employer engaged in any of the occupations herein defined

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as extra-hazardous shall make a payment to be known as a "service and policing charge"._

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Such service and policing charge shall be paid by the employer into the state treasu17

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for the benefit of the industrial accident fund and shall not be credited to the balance of

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the employer contributing. The amount of balance in the industrial accident fund to

24

the employer's credit shall not relieve him of his duty and liability to pay the service and

25

..
f
any calendar month
po11cmg charge; provided, however, that no employer who pays or

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1

four per cent. of the moneys earned by each of his employes engaged in such extra-haz.

2

ardous employment during such calendar month shall be compelled to pay a service . and

3

policing charge for such month.

4

The service and policing charge shall be computed on the monthly premium paid by

5

the individual employer iuto the' state treasury for the benefit of the industrial accident

6

fw.1d durin g each calendar mout h, or on the premium which t he employer would have

7

been r equired to pay ha d uot t he amount of the employe1: 's balance r elieved him from

8

t he payment of a pr emium.

9

Th e amount of the service and policii1g chal'ge shall be determined according to the

10

fo llowing schedule:

11

Wher e the monthly payment

Service and P olicing Charg·e

12

is less than

for month

13

10.00

14

10.01 to

20.00 ....... •............................................................................

3.00

15

20.01 to

30.00....................................................................................

5.00 •

16

30.01 to

40.00..................- ................................................................

7.50

17

40.01 to

50.00 ......................... ·.......................................................... . 10.00

50.01 to

60.00 ..........................................................,.........................

15.00

60.01 to

70.00....................................................................................

20.00 .

70.01 to

80.00.................................................................................... 25.00

80.01 to

90.00 .................................................................................... 30.00

18

19
20
21
22

23

24

25

....................................................................................$ 2.00

90.01 to 100.00................................................................................... . 35.00
100.01 to

150.00....................................................................................

40.00

150.01 to

200.00....................................................................................

45.00

200.01 to 300.00....- - - · · · · .. ···...................................................... 50.00

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300.01 to

400.00....................................................................................

60.00

2

400.01 to

500.00....................................................................................

75.00

3

500.01 to

750.00.................................................................................... 100.00

4

750.01 to 1000.00 .................................................................................... 125.00

5

1000.01 to 1500.00 .................................................................................... 150.00

6

1500.01 to 2000.00 ................................. ... ...... ,......................................... 175.00

7

2000.01 to 3000.00 .................................... ................................................ 200.00

8

3000.01 to 4000.00 .................................................................................... 225.00

9

4000.01 to 5000.00 .................................................................................... 250.00

10

Over 5000.00 ..........................................................-.......................... 300.00

11

Provided, howeY"r, in that tlie expense of tb e administration of this chapter and of

12

making the collec tions herein fi xed, is greater as to non.resident employers engaged in ex-

13

tr:i-lwzardo us oc ·upations, than such expense obtains t o such employers bona fide domi-

14

cilecl ,ri tbin the .~tate of Wyomiug, t he service and policing charge, upon the monthly

15

premium paid by non-resident employers engaged in extra-hazardous occupations, shall

16

be double the foregoing schedule, as the same applies to resident employers engaged in

l7

e:i,i_ ra-hazardous occupations.

18
,19

" Non-resident " employers of extra-hazardous occupations shall give bond or other
scc1:1rity in the :mm of ffve hundred dollars Uli500.00), to be approved by the state treas-

20

urer or his deputies, before starting the work.

The contract of said bond or other se-

21

curity shall be conditioned that the said employer will faithfully perform all the du•

22

ties imposed by this act upon .employers engaged

23

promptly pay into the state treasury, at the time and in the manner set forth in Section

24

124-117 of the Revised Statutes of Wyoming, 1931, and all acts amendatory or in aid

25

thereof, the sums of money required to be paid by employers in extra.-hazard0 us occupa-

in extra-hazardous occupations and

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tions.

2

tions are hereby required, before starting work, and from time to time after such work

3

has been sta rted, to report to the state t r easurer the nature and progress of such work,

4

the location of the same and the number of employes engaged in and upon the work and

5

likely to be so engag·ed for the next thirty ( 30) da ys giving such further and detailed

6

information as the state t reasnrer may reasonably demaHd. 'l'be willful failure or neg-

7

ligence on the part of any " non-r esident" employer of extra-ha zardous occupations to give

8

said security, t o make th e r eports, and/ or t o furn ish the information required by t his

9

section, shall be a misdemeanor, an d upon conYic ion, such employer shall be punished by

10

a fine of not less t han five hundred dollru:s (:i;500.00 ) or more tbau fiv e thousand dollars

11

($5,000.00 ), recoverable with costs in any court of competent jur isdiction. Provided, how-

12

ever, that " non-resident" employers of ertra-ha zan1ous occupat.ions shall not be r equir~d

13

to give bond or other security for any paym ent oi- payments required of them for . the

14

" service and policing charge" required by t hjs section.

15

section t!Jat " non-resident" employers of ex tra-haza rdous occupations shall give bond 01•

16

other security, shall not apply to "service and policing charges" herein provided.

17

18
19
20

21

.And to this· end, "non-resident" employers engaged in extra-hazardous occupa-

And the requirements of this

'l'he term "non-resident" employers of extra-hazardous occupations, in this eonnec·tion, shall be construed as an employer of: labor engaged in extra - hazardous occupa
tions, who for the previous twelve months has not been a continuous contributor to the
compensation fund as in this chapter provided, and who has uot been

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fide domiciled i.11, or a resident of the State of Wyoming continuously for the preceding
twelve months next prior to engaging in the business of an "employer of labor in extra-

22
23

hazardous occupation".

vVhen any such employer shall contribute to said fund as re-

24

quired by this chapter, for twelve consecutive months immediately prior to the com-

25

mencement within ·this state of the occupation, the requirement to pay double the serv-

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ice and police charge shall cease.

2

For the purpose of encouraging care on the part of the employers and thus decreas-

3

ing accidents to employes, and to the end that each employer shall compensate all in-

4

j uries to the workmen of such employer and not those of other employers, ·. the st[l.te '

5

treasurcl· shall keep a separate account for each employer so contributing to -saiµ fu:p.d

6

and shall charge against the account of each employer all .warrants paid from the in-

7

dustrial accident fund;

8

(a)

\..s cnrnnls for iDjuries to employes of such employer;

9

( b)

In payment of meclical and surgical supplies and medical or hospital attend-

10

11
12
13

14

ance of an cmployc of such employer;
(c)

fu p[l.yment for inYcstigations of accidents of such employer, or in payment

of investigation of mjlll"ies to bis employes;
(cl )

In payment of w·tness fees in cases wherein an order of award, is grantedao

the employe of such employer.

15

Section 4. That Section 124-120, Revised Statutes of Wyoming, 1931, as amended

16

and re-enacted b • Chapter 129 of Session Laws of Wyoming, 1933, be . amended and re-

17

enacted t o read as follows :

18

Section 124-120. Each employe, who shall be injured in any of the extra-hazardoqs

19

employments as herein defined, or the· dependent family of any such injured workmen,

20

who may die as the result of such injuries, except in case of injuries due solely to the

21

culpable negligence of such injured employe, shall receive out of the industrial acci,

22

dent fund, compensation in accordance with the following schedule, and such payment

23

24
25

shall be in lie-u of and take the place of . any and all rights of action against any eni·
ployer contributing, as required by this chapter, to the industrial accident fund in fa•
vor of any person or persons by reason of any such injuries or dea th •

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(a)

"Permanent partia·l disability" means the loss of either one foot, one.leg, one

2

hand, one ·arm, oue eye, or the sight of one eye, one or more fingers, one or more toes,

3

and dislocation where the ligaments are severed, or any other injury known to surgery

•4

to be permanent partial disability. For any permanent partial disability hei;einafter

5

specifically describ ed, resulting from an injury,. the workman shall receive

6

an aw ard as follows:

7

For the loss of a thumb..........................................................................$337 .50

8

For the loss of a first finger .................................................................. 300.00

i~

For t he loss of a second finger .......... .................................................... 225.00·
10

F or the loss of a t hir d finger .............................. .'................................ 225.00

11

J?or t he l oss of a fo m tll finger .............................................................. 225.00

12

For t he loss of a palm (metacarpal bone ) ...................................... 900.00

13

For the loss of a hand .............................. .............. ..............................1,500.00

14

For the loss of au arm at or below elbow .................................. 1,800.00

15

For the loss of an arm. above elbow .............................................. 2,000.00

16

For anky-losis (total. stiffness of) or contractures (due to scars or injuries) which

17

make the fingers more than useless, _the same amounts apply to such finger or fingers

18

(not thumb) as given above.

19

20

The loss of a third or distal phalange of the thumb shall be considered to be equal
to the loss of one-half of such thumb; the loss of the more than one-half of such thumb
shall -be considered to be equal to the loss of the whole thumb.

22

The loss of a third or distal pha~ange of any finger shall be com;idered to be et1ual
to the loss of two-thirds of such finger.

24

25

The loss ~.f more than the middle and distal phalange of auy finger shall be consid-

ered to be equal

to the loss of the whole finger; provided, however, that in no case shall

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the amount received for more than one finger exceed the .amount in this schedule for

2

the loss of a hand.

3

For the loss of a great toe ....................................................................$200.00

4

li'os the loss of one of t he toes other than great toe ...................... 150.00

5

-

6

7
8

-

'The loss of more than two-thirds of any toe shall be considered equal ·to the loss
of t he whole toe.
Tl1e loss of less than two-thirds of any toe shall be consider ed equal to the loss
of oue-half of the to e.

9

For th e loss of a fo ot ........................................................................ $1,200.00

10

For the loss of a leg below t he knee................................................ 1,500.00

11

For the loss of a leg above the knee ................................................ 1,800.00

12

For the loss of au eye or the sight thereof ........ ........................ 1,800.00

13

For any other iujury . known to surgery to be perma~ent partial disability, the

14

\\" orkman shall re ceive a sum iu the amo'Lmt proportional to the ext~nt of such perma~

15

u ent partial disability based as near as may be upon tlie foregoing schedule.

0

16

In every case of permanent partial disability the amount allowed for the injui·y

17

shall be paid in monthly installments at the rate of fifty dollars ($50.00) per month if

18

the workman be unmarried at the time of the injury, and at the rate of sixty dollars

19

($60.00) per month if the workman has a wife with whom he is living and in good faith

20

contributing to her support at the time of the injury; provided, however, that the

21

court' making such award shall retain jurisdiction of the same until said award shall

22

h ave b een f ully paid, with power to modify
. or change t h e amoun t of the award to con•

23

form to any change in the condition of the injured workman, and shall have power at

24

any time during said period, upon application and hearing, with notice to th e employ-

25

er, and a showing of the necessity therefor, to order all or any part of th6 unpaid bal-

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ance of the award to· .be paid to the injured workman as a lump sum. Where there has

2

been a p·revious disability 01· inj1iry, as the loss of one eye or the sight thereof, one luvnd,

3

on-e foot', or wny othei· prevfou.s permanent disability or injiiry, the pei·centage of disabi"f,.

4:

ity for a subsequent foj11.r y shall be dctenninecl by clcd·ncting therefi·om the percentage

5

of the prev ious disab-ility m· in.jnry.

6

(b)

"Permanent total disa bility" means the loss of both legs or both arms, total

7

loss of eyesight, paralysis or other conditions permanently incapacitating the workman

8

from performing any work at any gainful occupation. Where there has been a previous

9

disability or injur y, as tlie l oss of one eye, or the sight thereof, one hand, one foot, or

10

any otl1er previous p ct'manent disability or iujury, the percentage of disability for a

11

subser1ueut injury sh all be cletermined by dedu cting ther efrom the percentage of the

12

previous disabilitj or injLu·y, as it existed a t the time of the subsequent injury. When

13

permanent total disability results from the injury the workman shall r eceive the sum

14:

of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00), but in every such case the amount allowed for

15

the injury shall be paid in monthly installments at the rate of fifty dollars ($50.00)

16

per month if the workman be unmarried at the time of the injury, and at the rate of

17

sixty dollars ($60.00) per month if the workman has a wife with whom he is living and

18

19
20

21

in good faith contributing to her support at the time of the injury; provided, however,
that the court making such award shall retain jurisdiction of the same until said awards
shall have been fully paid, with power to modify or change the amount of the award

to conform to any change in the condition of the injured workman, and shall have
power at any time during said period, upon application -and hearing, "ith notiee to

23

the employer, and a showing of the necessity therefor, to order all or any part o.f the
balance of the award to be paid to the injured workman as a lump smn., pro-

24

U npaid

25

vided, that if the workman shall die leaving an unpaid balance of the award, then

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such unpaid balance shall be returned to the industrial accitlent fund and be credited

2

to the employer's balance. If the workman suffering such permanent total disability

3

have a boy or boys under sixteen (16) years of age, or girl or girls under eighteen

4

(18 ) years of age, the guan1ian of such child or children, appointed as.hereinafter pro-

5

videcl, shall r eceive for the use and benefi t of said child or .children, a lump sum of

6

one hu ndred and twenty dollars ($120.00 ) p er year for · each boy under sixteen (16)

7

years unt il the time when each of said boys shall become sixteen (16) yearn of age,

8

allCl a lump um of one hundred antl twenty dollars ($120.00) per year for each girl

9

imder eighteen (18 ) years of age until t he time when each of said girls shall become

10

eighteen (18) years of age ; provided, that t.h e aggregate lump sum paid to said guardian

11

shall in uo case cxceeu four thousan d dollars ($4,000.00 ), aud any ancl all awa;·ds made

12

on account of any such child or children, shall lJe disbursed under a proper guard-

13

ianship to be crcatetl by the court or judge maki11g such award.

14

( c)

" Temporary t otal disability" means an injury wµich, though it may result

15

01· does r esult iu

16

iujured person from performing any ·work at any gainful occupation for the time, but

17

from which injury such p el'son may recover by medical or surgical treatment and be

18

able to resume work; provided, how ever, that when such i:p.j'q.ry does result in

19

permanent

20

ability" shall be limited to the time

21

&lt;lcfinitcly p1·ogrcssive a1id improvement in the ernploye's condition i".s clearly discoverable.

22

ln case of tcinpomry total disabil-ity, if the workman be unmarried at the time of the

23

24
25

a p ermanent total or partial disability, temporarily incapacitates the

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partial disability, then and in that case, "temporary total dis"'

"

&lt;:)

diwing which the process of healing is

injury, he shall receive the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) per month, so long as the total
disability shall continue. If he have a wife with whom he is living and in good faith
contributing to her support at the time of the injury, he shall receive sixty dollars

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($60.00) per month, and if he have a boy or boys under sixteen (16) years of age, or a

2

girl or girls under eighteen (18) years of age, and in good faith supportiug, or both,

3

he shall r eceive for each so supported, seven and one-half dollars ($7.50) per month,

4

but the total monthly payment shall not exceed ninety dollars ($90.00) -per month.

5

No compcnsatio11, except the expense of medical attention, shall be allowed for the first

6

seven (7) day:, of disability, unless t he incap acity ex tends beyond the period of tweuty-

7

one (21) days, in " ·hi ch case the compensation shall run from the tim e of the injury.

8

As soon as recovery is so complet e that the earning po wer o.C the workman at any kind

9

of work i - r estored, the payments shall cca;-;c, but in no case shall t he total payments

10

maJc in s uch cas •s exceed in the aggregate th lump sum amount herein specified to bo

11

paid an injUl'cd workman fo r iujuries cau ing l crmanent total disability. 1\ heu the

12

workman has no11-resident alien children whom he is in good faith supporting, he shall

l3

r ceeivc only one-third of the sum above fixed for boys under sixteen (16) years of age

14

and girls under eighteen (18) years of age.

15

( cl)

Iu all cases of temporary total disability, permanent partial disability and

16

permanent total disability, the expense of medical attention and of care Ill hospital of

17

the injured workman shall be paid from elate of said injury, the expense of medical

18

treatment uot io exceed 011c hunclred and fifty dollars ($150.00) in any case and the ex-

19

pcnsc of care in hospital not to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) in any

20

case, unless •under general arrangement the workman is entitled to medical attention

21

and care iu hospital, or the employer furnishes adequate aud prope1· medical attention

22

and hospl· tal facilities to his cmployes i provided, however that no b'll
1

23

ical attention or care in hospital shall be allowed or paid without notice to th

24

er and a hearing if requested by said employer. The state treasurer shall have tl

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f

or ee for med1
c emp oy1c pow-

25

er to establish a schedule -fixing the fees for which all medical, surgical, -hospital or

s. F. No. 36-Page 16

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other legalized forms of treatment rendered to cmployes under this section shall be

2

compensated. Each physician or surgeon attending ,a workman injured while engaged

3

in extra-hazardous occupation shall :file with the clerk of the court of the county with-

4

in whi ch such injury occurred and with the state treasurer, under rules to be pre-

5

scrib ed by t he state treasurer; a full and complete r eport · fully .describing the nature

6

of the injuries to such workman ; provided, that such report shall not be required

7

unl ess th e disability r esulting fr om such injur y lasts through the day or the injury re-

8

&lt;1uires medical services other than the ordinary first aid treatment. Any physician or

9

surgeon fa iling to file any. repor t as herein provided shall be punished by a fine of not

10

more ihau fifty doll ars ($5 0.00) . ·where d eath r esults fr om an injury the expense of

11

burial sball 'ue paid not to exceed two hundred and :fifty dollars ($250.00) in any case,

12

rml ess other arrangements exist between employer . and employe under agreement. .

13

(1)

Dut if t he workman leaves a widow or invalid widower, to whom he or she

14

has beeu regul arly ma rried by a marriage duly solemnized by .a legal ceremony, provicl- •

l5

ed, it shall n ot be made to appear that the surviving spouse w~s at the time of the work-

16

man 's death separated fro m such spouse by

17

such surviving spouse shall receive the sum of two tho-usancl dollars ($2,000.00), but

18

in every such case the said award shall be paid in monthly installments at the rate

19

of forty-five dollars ($45.00) per month, upon proof made to the state treasurer that

20

such surviving

21

award is in favor of an invalid widower, then and in that case, proof must be made

22

to the state treasurer·, befo"e
... any monthly installm en t 1·s paid' that the said widower

23

is still an invalid. Provided, however, that the court making such award may upon ap-

24

P ica ion and hearing, with notice to the employer and a showing o1 t e nee s

25

f

r t·

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the famlt of the siirviving spouse,

spouse is still living and has not re-married. In ease the

h

e sity there-

d
b aid to the survivor, or er all or any part of the unpaid balance of the award to e P

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ing spouse as ~ lump sum. If the surviving spouse shall re-marry before all of said

2

award has been paid, then he or she shall only be entitled to receive the sum of two

3

huudred and seventy dollars ($270.00) out of t he unpaid balance of said award, and

4

fur ther payment shall cease, and auy 1.Jalance of the award shall r evert to the de-

5

pendent children, if auy t her e I.Jc ; and if th er e be no d ep endent childr en the _unpaid

6

balance of 1:mch award shall r eturn to t he general fuud and th e same shall be credited

7

t o the employe r 's balauce; if t he surviving spouse shall die be.fore all of said award

8

bas been paid, then the uupaicl balance shall r evert to tlle dependent children, if any;

9

if no dependent ehlldrcn, then such balanc e shall r evert to th e general fu nd and be

10

cr edited to the employer's bala11ce; provided, in any case, where the sur viving spouse

11

sllnll r e-marry or uic befor e all of the award llas been paid, the r emaining balance shall'

12

lie paid to t he surviving de.pendent chllclren in t he followin g manner ; in ascer taining

13

the amount to be paid to each surviving child in t he case of niale children, the age of
such male child shall be figur ed from the time of the death or re-marriage of such sur-

15

viving spouse w1til such male child attains the age of sixteen (16) y ears and in the

16

case of female children, the time shall be figured from the time of the death or re-

17

marriage of such surviving spouse until such female child attains the age of eighteen

18

(18) years, and the unpaid balance of such award shall be clivi&lt;le&lt;l in each instance

19

by the number of months between such periods of time. In case of the death of any

20

of such surviving children, the portion of such award made payable to such child by

21

shall be divided among the surviving · chi'ldr·en pro rata ; provided,
tlle teI·ms 1.er·eoc
u
1.

22

further, that if all of the surviviug children should die before the unpaid balance o£
the award is entirely distributed, then the remaining ·undistributed portion of such

24

award shall revert to the general fund and be credited to the employer's balance;

25

provided, further, that if it be shown that the surviving spouse wilfully deserted de-

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ceased without fault upon the part of the deceased, _such surviving spouse shall not be

2

regarded as a ·dependent . in any degree, but in such case the right of boys under six-

3

t een (16) years of age and girls under eighteen (18) years of age to compensation shall

4

not be defeated. If said workman leaves a surviving ' boy or boys under sixteen (16)

5

ye~irs of age or girl or girls under ei ghteen (18) years of age, the guardian of such

6

chikl or childreu appointed as hereinafter provi ded, shall receive for the use and

7

benefit of said child or children, a lump sum of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120.00)

8

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yea r for each smviving boy u11der si:x: tecn (16) years ,of age un til the time when

9

• each oE said surviving bovs shall become sixteen (16) years of age, and a lump sum

10

of one lnm drccl ancl twenty tlollars ($120.00 ) per year fo r each surviving girl under

11

eigllteen (18 ) year · of age until the time when each of said surviving girls shall become

12

eigl1~ccn (18) years of age ; p r ovided, that t he aggregate lump snm 'paid to said guardian

13

shall i u no case exceed t hr ee tho usand, six: hundred dollars ($3,600.'00). In all cases ·

14

" ·here an or der of compensation is made on accoun t of -b?YS under sixteen (16) years

15

of i1ge, or g·irls under eighteen (18) year s of age, or both, or to per'sons incompetent,

16

said fund shall be disbursed under a proper guardianship to be created by the court or

17

judge making such an order.

18

(2)

If the injnrcd worlcnian die during the ver-iod of temporary total disability wnd

19

after 1·eceiving compensation theref01·, as herein provided, ·and his death be shown to have

20

resitltccl frorn siwh 1'.njiwies, the widow and the g11ardi(lln of the workrna1i's boys muler (16)

21

years of a.ge and girls mider eighteen {18) years of age shall be entitled to an a;wa,rd be-

22

. provided,
.
cait.se of the death of the workm,an as herein
b1tt t'M t 0 tal (llmount of payments

23

in excess of two thousand, foiw hundred dollars {$2,400.00) received by the inj10'ed wor1,-

24

1na.n during snch disabil;ity a,nd prior to his.-death shall be ptop01·tio11,0,tely dediic-ted from

25

th e airnownts he1·ein provide&lt;]; to be paiid to the s'!trviving wiilow and the g·ita1·dian of th e

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workman's boys nnder sixteen (16) years of age and gfrls under eighteen (18) years of age.

2

(3) If any woi·kman die within one year from the &lt;late of receiving an award for per-

3

manent partial disability and his death be shotv1i -to have resnlted from the injiiries f 01·

4

which the a.ward was gr&lt;11ited, the widow and the g·uardian of the workman's boys iinde,· six-

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t een (16) y ears of age, and girls under eighteen (18) yemrs of age shall be entitled to an

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a;wardi because of the death of t he workman as here·in p1·oufrleiL, bnt the amount of the

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payments received by t he i11.j,u,red workman prior to his clcath shall be propo1'tionately

S

d ednctecl f1·01n the amonnts herein providecl to be paicl to the snruiving widow and the

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gual'dia.n of t he workman 's boys 1mde1· sixte en (16) y cai·s of age and girls imder eighteen

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(18) yea.rs of age.

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( 4)

If any workmwn die withvn, two y ears from the elate of receiving an awa;rd fo1·

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pennane·nt total disability and his decifh be shown to ha ve res11lted, fro m his injiiries,

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th e wiclow of said worknian shall be entille cl fo cm awarcl because of the death of the

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workman as herein provided,, bitt the ammmt of the vayments received by the injii1·ed

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workman in excess of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) prior to lllis death shall be de-

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ducted from the amonnt of her award;.

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(5)

If the workrnan lea;ucs no widow, or widowc1·,. or boy itnder the age of sixteen

,(16) years, or g-irl mider the age of eighteen (18) yea1·s, but leaves a pm·ent or parents
sii.rviving, siich surviving parent or parents, if living in the United, States and actually
dependent ii.pan hint for s1ippo-rl, shall receive fifty per cent of the avemgc monthly s1ipport actiially received by snch parent or parents from the w01·lrnw,n during the twelve

21
(12) m01iths next p1·eceding the ocwrrencc of ~he injiwy, to be paid in monthly in-

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stallments as the co1irl mat1J fix, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) in any one month,

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b·1tt in no case sltalZ the award ea;ceed the su.ni of one thotts(J//1,d, five hundred dollm·s ($1,-

500.00).

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Section 5. That Section 124-124, Wyoming Revised Statutes, 1931, (amended in Chap-

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ter 129 of Session Laws of Wyoming, 1933, but not expressed in the title of said Chap-

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ter) be amended and re-enacted to read as follows :

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Sect ion 124-124. No money paid or payable under this chapter out of the industrial

5

accid ent fund shall, prior to issuance and delivery of the warrant therefor, be capable of

6

being a ·signed, charged nor ever be _taken in execution or ·by garnishment, 01· shall the

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same pass to any other person, by opemtion of law, e:ccept as permitted by subdivision

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( 1) of varagraph (d) of S ection 124-120, R evisecl S tafates of 1-f' yomin g, 1931, _Any such

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assignment , attacl1ment, gar nishment or charge shall be void.

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Section 6. This a.ct shall be in full force and effect from and af ter its passage.

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