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SIXTIETH coNGREss. sim. 1. cn. 22.6. 1908. 557 ment, leaving a widow, or a child or children under sixteen years of age, or a dependent parent, such widow and child or children and de endent parent shall be entitled to receive, in such portions and undldr such regulations as the Secretary of Commerce and Labor may prescribe, the Regulations. same amount, for the remainder of the said year, that said artisan or laborer would be entitled to receive as if such employee were alive and continued to be employed: That if the widow shall die Pmmp. at my time during the said year her portion of said amount shall be ciil°E?€€i€§s£Z”S$C adde to the amount to be paid to the remaining beneficiaries under §,°,;f°° "i**°"’* P°*· the provisions of this section, if there be any. ' Sec. 3. That whenever an accident occurs to any employee embraced R°P°'°“ °* *’·l“'i°¤· within the terms of the first section of this Act, and which results in death or a probable incapacity for work, it shall be the dut of the official superior of such employee to at once report such accident and the injury resulting therefrom to the head of his Bureau or independent office, and his report shall be immediately communicated through regular official channels to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. ummm, 0,,,,,),,,,,, Such report shall state, iirstathe time, cause, and nature of the accident ` and irhjury and thezlprobable uration of the injury resulting therefrom; secon whether e accident arose out of or in the course of the injured person’s employment; third, whether the accident was due to negligence or misconduct on the part of the employee injured; fourth, any other matters required by such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Commerce and Labor magl prescribe. The head of each Department or independent office sha ave power, however, to charge a special official wit the du? of making such reports. Sec. 4. That in the case o any accident which shall result in death, “j,“{,‘}*’hYj:mm°d i" the persons entitled to compensation under this Act or their legal re —` resentatives shall, within ninety days after such death, file with the 'rimelimir. Secretary of Commerce and Labor an affidavit setting forth their relationship to the deceased and the ground of their c aim for com- ' pensation under the provisions of this Act. This shall be accompanied c,§’,}fY°*°*”“'° °°”*”‘ by the certificate of the attending physician setting forth the fact and _ amqnvit in cnse of cause of death, or the nonfiroduction of the certi cate shall be satis- mm"' factorily accounted for. n the case of incapacity for work lasting more than fifteen days, the injured party desiring to take the benefit of this Act shall, within a reasonable period after the expiration of such time, file with his official superior, to be forwarded through regular official channels to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, igorjwnrn or ¤¤1d¤— an affidavit settin forth the grounds of his claim for compensation, V ‘°°‘ to be accompaniecg by a certificate of the attending physician as to the cause and nature of the injury and probable duration of the incapacity, or the non roduction of the certificate shall be satisfactorily accounted for. lf the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall find ,,,,{’,§,§‘{{,§’,{"‘"’*' "°‘“‘ from the report and affidavit or other evidence produced by the claimant or his or her legal representatives, or from such additional investigation as the Secretary of Commerce and Labor may direct, that a claim for compensation is established under this Act, the compensation to be paid shall ble; deltergggned as ppcgided under gioct and a roved for ment the retary o ommerce an r. pgmc. 5. Thaltadhe emplbyyee shall, whenever and as often as required ,,,,°{f"”°’1 °"“‘”"" by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, at least once in six months, submit to medical examination, to be provided and paid for under the direction of the Secretary, and if suc employee refuses to submit to ,D§‘_$*“** °°"°°“”*‘ or obstructs such examination his or her right to compensation shall be lost for the period covered by the continuance of such refusal or obstruction. _ Sec. 6. That payments under this Act are only to be made to the c,f,§,$g{{["° *’°"°”· beneficiaries or their legal representatives other than assignees, and shall not be subject to the claims of creditors. 80893-von 35, yr 1—09——37