FOREST SERVICE. 169 



ACT MARCH 11, 1912, c. 57. An act to nmond an act out itlod " An act granting 

 to certain employees of the United States the rlpht to receive compensation 

 for Injuries sustained In the course of their euiployment." approved May 

 thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight. (37 Stat. 74.) 



Compensation of employees of Forest Service for injuries sustained in course 

 of employment. 



That the provisions of the Act approved May thirtieth, nineteen 

 hundred and eight, entitled "An Act panting to certain employees 

 of the United States the right to receive from it compensation for 

 injuries sustained in the course of their employment," shall, in 

 addition to the classes of persons therein designated, be held to apply 

 to any artisan, laborer, or other employee engaged in any hazardous 

 work under the Bureau of Mines or the Forestry Service of the 

 United States : Provided^ That this Act shall not be held to embrace 

 any case arising prior to its passage. 



Act March 11. 1912. c. 57, 37 Stat. 74. 



Act May 30, 1908, c. 236, mentioned in this act, is set forth below. 



ACT MAY 30, 1D08, c. 236. An act granting to certain employees of the United 

 States the right to receive from it compensation for injuries sustained In 



the course of their empKiyniont. (35 Stat. VwQ.) 



Compensation to certain Government employees engaged in hazardous work, 

 for injuries sustained in course of employment. 



That Tvhen. on or after August first, nineteen hundred and eight, 

 any person employed by the United States as an artisan or laborer 

 in any of its manufacturing establishments, arsenals, or navy-yards, 

 or in the construction of river and harbor or fortification work or in 

 hazardous employment on construction work in the reclamation of 

 arid lands or the management and control of the same, or in hazard- 

 ous employment under the Isthmian Canal Commission, is injured 

 in the course of such employment, such employee shall be entitled to 

 receive for one year thereafter, unless such employee, in the opinion 

 of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, be sooner able to resume 

 work, the same pay as if he continued to be employed, such pay- 

 ment to be made under such regulations as the Secretary of Com- 

 merce and Labor may prescribe: Provided. That no compen^^ation 

 shall be paid under this Act where the injury is due to the negligence 

 or misconduct of the employee injured, nor unless said injury shall 

 continue for more than fifteen days. All questions of nejrligence 

 or misconduct shall be determined by the Secretary of Commerce 

 and Labor. 



Act May 30, 1908, c. 236. s. 1. 35 Stat. 556. 



In addition to the classes of employees designated in this section the 

 provisions qf this act are made applicable to artisans, laborers, or other 

 employees engaeed in hazardous work under the Forest Service, by act 

 March 11, 1912, c. 57, 37 Stat. 74. set forth above. 



Compensation to widows, etc., of employees dying from injuries received in 

 course of employment. 



Sec. 2. That if any artisan or laborer so employed shall die during 

 the said year by reason of such injury received in the course of such 

 employment, leaving a widow, or a "child or children under sixteen 

 years oi age, or a dependent parent, such widow and child or chil- 

 dren and dependent parent shall be entitled to receive, in such por- 

 tions and under such regulations as the Secretary of Commerce and 

 Labor may prescribe, the same amount, for the remainder of the 



