WEIGHT AND MEASUREMENT OF COAL-Continued.

scales at mines required, 957.

for weighing coal, authority of inspectors over, 961, 963, 964.
seventy-five pounds to bushel in Greensburg, 955.

seventy-six pounds to bushel, 953.

standard bushel, 952.

scales to be provided by mine operator, 957.

weight of coal, 953, 954.

stone coal, eighty pounds to the bushel, 960.

ton of anthracite coal, two thousand two hundred and forty pounds, 956.
two thousand pounds to ton, 957.

violation of act regulating, penalty, 963.

weighing bituminous coal as basis for miners' wages, 957

before screening, effect and validity of act, 959, 960.

coal on railroad, 955.

weighmaster to keep account of number of pounds of coal mined by each miner, 957.
weight of anthracite coal, 956.

coal, power of corporate officers to regulate, 953, 954.

WEST BUCK MOUNTAIN COAL & IRON COMPANY.

act of incorporation, 555.

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA COAL COMPANY.

act of incorporation, 556.

WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY.

act ofincorporation, 557.

WIDOW.

action for damages defenses abrogated, 968.

agent's knowledge of injury is knowledge of employer, 975.

agreement as to compensation, 977.

approval by board, 977.

procedure for approval by board, 980.

facts as basis for compensation, board to fix amount, 979.
of acceptance of act, termination by notice, 970.

or award of compensation, modification, 980.

agricultural workers exempt from provisions of act, 993.
alien dependents, amount of compensation, 74.

amendment to constitution, 966.

amount of compensation for partial disability, 971, 972.

total disability, 971, 972.

amputation as equivalent to loss of member, 972.
annotations, 982.

appeal, bond suspends payments, 981.

entry of final judgment by court, 983.

from referee to board, grounds of, 979.

remanding case to board not proper practice, 383.

right of in procedure on claims for compensation,.77-980.

WORKMEN'S COMPHENSATION ACT-Continued.

application of act for workmen's compensation, 967.
appointment of compensation board, 984, 985.
assignment of referees to compensation districts, 985.
assumption of risk, defense abrogated, £68.

attorney general as ex officio counsel of compensation board, 992.
average daily earnings, method of determining, 984.

basis of compensation, manner of fixing, 984.

beneficiaries entitled to receive compensation, 972, 973.

board, duty and procedure as to claims for compensation, 977-980.
brothers compensation payable to, on death of injured employee, 973.
bureau, duty and procedure as to claims for compensation, 977.

of Workmen's Compensation, 984.

cash payment of sums equal to future installments permitted, 976.
child and children, payments to, in case of death of injured employee, 972.
claims for compensation barred on conditions, 975.

method and time of presenting, 975.

not assignable, 976.

legal services, approval by board, 981.

judge necessary, 981.

classification of risk and premium, filing with Commissioner of Insurance, 993.
Commonwealth divided into workmen compensation districts, 985.

compensation, basis for fixing, 984

board, administration of insurance fund, 987-991.

approval of settlement agreements, 991.

conclusiveness of findings, 983.

discretion in acertaining facts 981.

duties and powers with reference to insurance and insurance fund, 989
hearings and findings, 983,

to determine working day, 984.

commutation by board authorized, 975, 976.

procedure, 979, 980.

dependent upon notice to employer, 974.

exempt from claims of creditors, 976.

liens of execution or attachment, 978.

forfeiture of right to, 972.

judgment, lien, 980.

payments and credits, 981.

loss of different members, 971, 972.

method of payment from insurance fund, 991.
no priority over subjects or mortgages, 976.
preference against assets of employer, 976.
procedure relating to, 977-981

conclusiveness of findings of referee and board, 983.

constitutional amendment authorizing legislation as to, 966.
contract of employment as acceptance of provisions of act, 970.
contributory negligence, defense abrogated, burden of proof, 968.
death as result of injury, compensation, 972.

bases for computation of compensation, 972.

from injury, persons entitled to compensation, 972, 973.
to whom compensation .s payable under, 972, 973

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT-Continued.

employers' knowledge of injury avoids notice, 974, 975.

list of names subscribing to insurance fund, 988.
may pay a sum equal to future installments, 976.
posting notice to escape liability, 970.

right of subrogation to employee's right of action, 976.
to furnish medical and surgical aid, 972.

insure payment of compensation in insurance fund, 970,
examination of injured employee, effect of refusal, 975.

exemption as to domestic servants and agricultural workers, 993.
fees and mileage of witness, 986, 987.

fellow servant, negligence, defense abrogated, 968.
fund for insuring employers against liability, 987.
hearings and findings of compensation board, 983.

evidence not governed by technical rules, 980,
to be published, 980.

injured employee, examination, duties and rights, 975.
submission to examination, 975.

injury, application and meaning of term, 969.

by accident during course of employment, meaning, 969.
in course of employment, meaning and proof, 982
notice to employer, 974.

self-inflicted, burden of proof as to, 969,

instantaneous death of miner, period of compensation, 983.

insurance by employer required, 970.

fund, account of receipts and disbursements, 988, 989.

actuarial and statistical data available to insurance commissioner 993,
application by employer for insurance, contents of, 989, 990.

of merit rating system, 993.

approval of premium rate, withdrawal, 993.

claims against, and defenses, 991.

creation and administration, 987, 991.

expenses of organization and administration, 994.

insurance to cover payments by employer, 988.

insuring employers against liability, 87.

investment of surplus, 989.

manager appointed by compensation board, 992, 994.

matters considered in determining premiums, 988.

policy not to limit liability, 992.

premiums available for expenses of administering fund, 994.
determined by insurance board, 988.

not to be collected by suit, 992.

payable to State treasurer, 990.

rate of insurance, 987.

provisions for surplus, 988.

statement of subscribers as to employees and wages, 990.

subscriber to give notice of accident to employee, 990.
policy, contents and conditions, 992.

judgment, appeal not divested by appeal, 981.

legal services, presentation and allowance of claim for, 981, 982.

maximum and minimum, 973.

mine operator, liability for negligence of miners, 968.

negligence, mine operator, liable for negligence of miner, 968.

nonresident alien dependent, representation, 974.

notice of injury, form and requirement as to, 974, 975.

service on employer, 975.

parents, compensation payable to, on death of injured employee, 973,
dependency on son, right to compensation, 983.

partial disability, period for payment of compensation, 971, 972,

payable in periodical installments $73.

payment of compensation in periodical installments, 973.

penalty for false statement, 990.

periods when no compensation is allowed, 972.

jor payment of compensation, 971, 972.

personal injury, application and meaning of term, 969.
posting notice of intention not to pay compensation, 970.

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT-Continued.

presumption as to acceptance of provisions of act, 969.

employer's agreement to pay laborer or assistant, 969, 970.

procedure for obtaining compensation, 976-981.

referee, appointment and duties, 985.

conclusiveness of findings, 983.

duty and procedure as to claims for compensation, 977-980.
hearing by, 978.

sufficiency of finding, 983.

salaries of workmen's compensation board, 987.

schedule of compensation, 971.

seasonal employment, meaning, 974.

sisters, compensation payable to, on death of injured employee, 973.
State workmen's insurance fund, creation and administration, 987.
subrogation, employer to right of action of employee for damages, 976.
terms used in, definition and interpretation, 967, 968.

total disability, period for payment of compensation, 971, 972.
trust fund, creation, 976.

workmen's compensation board, creation and duties, 984, 985, 986, 987.
WRONGFUL DEATH.

abatement of action on death of father, 997.

act intended to provide compensation for family, 995, 996.

action against party at fault for damages, 688, 693, 714.

for damages for injuries not to abate by death, 995.
death, time for bringing, 995.

alien parents, right to sue, 997.

relatives, recovery by, 997.

beneficiary's action for damages, 678, 679.

damages compensatory only, 996.

matters considered in estimate, 996.

not enhanced by pain to the deceased, 996.
death by unlawful violence, action by widow, 995.
father's right of action, abatement on death, 997.
knowledge of danger, right of recovery, $96.

limitation of action for, 995.

lineal heirs, right of action for, 688, 693, 714.

measure of damages, pecuniary loss, 996.

mine operator's liability, 721, 722.

negligence of deceased prevents recovery, 996.

independent contractor, liability of mine operator, 997.
mine operator, liability, 678.

mining boss, liability of operator, 996.

PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO MINING LAWS.

A limited supply of the following publications of the Bureau of Mines has been printed and is available for free distribution until the edition is exhausted. Requests for all publications can not be granted, and to insure equitable distribution applicants are requested to limit their selection to publications that may be of especial interest to them. Requests for publications should be addressed to the Director, Bureau of Mines.

The Bureau of Mines issues a list showing all its publications available for free distribution as well as those obtainable only from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, on payment of the price of printing. Interested persons should apply to the Director, Bureau of Mines, for a copy of the latest list.

PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION.

BULLETIN 75. Rules and regulations for metal mines, by W. R. Ingalls and others. 1915. 296 pp., 1 fig.

BULLETIN 90. Abstracts of current decisions on mines and mining, December, 1913, to September, 1914, by J. W. Thompson. 1915. 176 pp.

BULLETIN 101. Abstracts of current decisions on mines and mining, October, 1914, to April, 1915, by J. W. Thompson. 1915. 138 pp.

BULLETIN 113. Abstracts of current decisions on mines and mining, May to September, 1915, by J. W. Thompson. 1916. 124 pp.

BULLETIN 118. Abstracts of current decisions on mines and mining, October to December, 1915, by J. W. Thompson. 1916. 74 pp.

BULLETIN 126. Abstracts of current decisions on mines and mining, January to April, 1916, by J. W. Thompson. 1916. 90 pp.

BULLETIN 172. Abstracts of current decisions on mines and mining, January to April, 1918, by J. W. Thompson. 1918. 160 pp.

BULLETIN 174. Abstracts of current decisions on mines and mining, May to September, 1918, by J. W Thompson. 1919. 138 pp.

BULLETIN 181. Abstracts of current decisions on mines and mining, January to May, 1919, by J. W. Thompson. 1919. 176 pp.

BULLETIN 183. Abstracts of current decisions on mines and mining, May to August, 1919, by J. W. Thompson. 1920. 167 pp.

TECHNICAL PAPER 138. Suggested safety rules for installing and using electrical equipment in bituminous coal mines, by H. H. Clark and C. M. Means. 1916. 36 pp. TECHNICAL PAPER 271. State mining laws on the use of electricity in and about coal mines, by L. C. Ilsley. 1920. 51 pp.

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