26 LAWS APPLICABLE TO THE NATIONAL FOEESTS. 



duty 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 communi- 

 cated through regular official channels to the Secretary of Commerce 

 and Labor. Such report shall state, first, the time, cause, and nature 

 of the accident and injury and the probable duration of the injury 

 resulting therefrom ; second, whether the 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 may pre- 

 scribe. The head of each department or independent office shall have 

 power, however, to charge a special official with the duty of making 

 such reports. 



Affidavits in case of death. 



Sec. 4. That in the case of any accident which shall result in death 

 the persons entitled to compensation under this act or their legal 

 representatives shall, within ninety days after such death, file with 

 the Secretary of Commerce and Labor an affidavit setting forth their 

 relationship to the deceased and the ground of their claim for com- 

 pensation under the provisions of this act. This shall be accompanied 

 by the certificate of the attending physician setting forth the fact 

 and cause of death, or the nonproduction of the certificate shall be 

 satisfactorily accounted for. In 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 expira- 

 tion of such time, file with his official superior, to be forwarded 

 through regular official channels to the Secretary of Commerce and 

 Labor, an affidavit setting forth the grounds of his claim for com- 

 pensation, to be accompanied by a certificate of the attending physi- 

 cian as to the cause and nature of the injury and probable duration 

 of the incapacity, or the nonproduction of the certificate shall be sat- 

 isfactorily accounted for. If 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 addi- 

 tional 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 be determined as provided under this 

 act and approved for payment by the Secretary of Commerce and 

 Labor. 

 Medical examinations. 



Sec. 5. That the employee shall, whenever, and as often as required 

 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 such employee refuses to submit to 

 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. 

 Payment to beneficiaries. 



Sec. 6. That payments under this act are only to be made to the 

 beneficiaries or their legal representatives other than assignees, and 

 shall not be subject to the claims of creditors. 



