THE CUBA REVIEW 



Article Seventh: The wroof to which A'-ficie 33 of the Law refers, that is to say, the proof 

 of having insuied his workmen in some dulj^ authorized organization and that said company 

 assures or guarantees to the insured the compensation which in that article is provided for, 

 should be made by the employers or their representatives and by the heads of firms and 

 industries, before the Municipal Judge of the place where the work is being performed and 

 before the Judge of the First Instance of the said Municipal District. 



The captains, ship owners or consignees of ships who are employers within the meaning of 

 this law. shall furnish said proof to the Municipal Judge of the district wherein is situated the 

 port in which the said ship is registered and to the Judge of the First Instance wlio has super- 

 vision of the said Municipal Judge. 



Article Eighth: The approval by the Government of the by-Laws of insurance companies 

 which such companies are required to obtain before they can carry on this kind of business, 

 shall be given by the Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce and Labor, and this same office shall 

 be in charge of the inspection and supervision of .?aid companies in accordance with the powers 

 conferred upon it by the Executive Law and especially by the Presidential Decree No. 1123 of 

 the year 1909. 



Article NinOi: The insurance companies or associations desiring to devote themselves to 

 this kind of insurance, described in the Workmen's Compensation Act, should provide security 

 in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), official currency, either in cash or in 

 mortgage bonds of the state, which amount shall guarantee the immediate com])liance of the 

 obligations of said companies as insurers. This security shall be entirely distinct from those 

 which have previously been furnished or wnich ma}' hereafter be furnished by them in accord- 

 ance with other laws of the Cuban state, and it shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary 

 of the Treasury, through the office of the Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce and Labor and 

 it shall be at the disposal of the said Department of Agriculture, Comnierce and Labor, which 

 department, whenever a Judge officially notifies it that he has ordered an insurance company 

 to pay a certain sum, shall demand of said company that it make the said payment ordered by 

 the Judge within a pericd of forty-eight hours, counted from the time of receiving the notifica- 

 tion, and if such payment is not made said company shall communicate with the office of the 

 Secretary of the Treasury, so that if the security- is in cash the amount asked for by the Judge 

 shall be sent immediately and if the security is in bonds those necessary to produce the amount 

 asked for by the Judge shall be sold. 



Article Tenth: Once the office of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Com- 

 merce and Labor has obtained the money asked for by the Judge, it shall proceed to send it 

 without delay to the said Judge, and it shall make written demand on the same day and do 

 whatever it deems convenient, so that the insurance company will accordirgly incresse its 

 security, granting it a reasonable time in which to do so, and if said insurance company 

 shouldneglect todoso with in the said pericd, the Department of Agriculture, Comimerce and 

 Labor shall declare cancelled every contract entered into with that company, communicating 

 this through the proper channels to all the judges of the First Instance of the Republic, 

 so that they in turn may communicate it to the employers, who in accordance with the Registers 

 of each court, appear to have contracted with the company whose authority has been revoked, 

 informing them that from that moment the employers shall alone and directly l:»e respon- 

 sible for the accidents occuring in the course of the work until they have contracted with 

 another insurance company which has complied with the legal requirements. 



Article Eleventh: The same obligations and formalities prescribed in the preceding articles 

 in regard to insurance companies now existing in Cuba, shall be understood to be applicable to 

 companies hereafter organized for the purpose of insuring against accidents occurirg in the 

 course of employment, and likewise to domestic comjpanies and to foreign companies. 



Article Tiveljth: The mutual companies Avhich may be organized for the purpose of ajipor- 

 tioning among its members the amount of the losses suffered by any of said members and with 

 out participation directly or indirectly in any surxjlus, shall be subject to the following regula- 

 tions: 



First: That they must be organized by more than five employers, who must prove that they 

 are such to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce and Labor, by exhibiting 



