THE FARMERS IN CONTROL 



prosperity of the state depends in a large measure 

 upon the well-being of its wage- workers, and, therefore, 

 for workmen injured in hazardous employments, and 

 their families and dependents, sure and certain relief 

 is hereby provided regardless of questions of fault and 

 to the exclusion of every other remedy. 



The acts create the Workmen's Compensa- 

 tion Bureau and the Workmen's Compensa- 

 tion Fund. The Fund is obtained by a levy 

 upon employers, who are to be classified by 

 the Bureau according to the degree of danger 

 that attends each employment. The amount 

 of the tax the employer pays is proportioned 

 to this degree of danger. 



When an employed person sustains any in- 

 jury in his or her employment the Bureau is 

 to furnish at once whatever medical or sur- 

 gical aid may be required. For the first 

 seven days thereafter the injured person is 

 entitled to no compensation unless the dis- 

 ability is prolonged beyond seven days, when 

 compensation begins from the date of the 

 accident. If the disability is total the Bu- 

 reau pays to the injured person a weekly 

 compensation equal to 66^ per cent, of his 

 w r eekly wages, so long as that disability lasts. 

 If the disability is not total and not per- 

 manent, the compensation is arranged on the 

 basis of 662/^ per cent, of his weekly wages, 

 to be paid on the following scale: 



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