MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

JAMES A. LOWELL, Chairman.

AMOS T. SAUNDERS, Secretary.

MAGNUS W. ALEXANDER.

HENRY HOWARD.

JOSEPH A. PARKS.

CARROLL W. DOTEN, Chief Investigator.

CALIFORNIA

RESOLVES.

CHAPTER 120, RESOLVES OF 1910.

RESOLVES TO PROVIDE FOR A COMMISSION TO DETERMINE UPON A PLAN OF COMPENSATING EMPLOYEES FOR INJURIES RECEIVED IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT.

Resolved, That the public good requires a change in the present system of determining the compensation of employees for injuries sustained in industrial accidents, and that the commonwealth ought to provide different and more suitable relief; and,

Resolved, That the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, be authorized to appoint a commission of five persons, citizens of the commonwealth, one of whom shall be designated as chairman, for the purpose of investigating the effect of the present laws relating to the liability of employers for injuries received by employees in the course of their employment. The commission shall investigate other laws and systems in operation in other states and countries, shall correspond or confer with committees and commissions in other states considering the same subject, and shall draft an act for the compensation of employees for industrial accidents. The commission shall be provided with suitable quarters in the state house or elsewhere. It may employ all necessary clerical or other assistance and may incur such reasonable expense, including travelling expenses, and shall receive such remuneration, as may be approved by the governor and council. The commission shall report in print, the draft of the act and a compilation of the data and statistics and such other information as the commission may be possessed of as a result of its investigation and study, on or before the second Wednesday in January in the year nineteen hundred and eleven, and the powers of said commission shall terminate on that date. The total expense to be incurred under this resolve shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars. The provisions of section twenty-one of chapter three of the Revised Laws shall not apply to the appointments to be made under this resolve. [Approved June 7, 1910.

CHAPTER 66, RESOLVES OF 1911.

RESOLVE TO EXTEND THE POWERS OF THE COMMISSION APPOINTED TO

CONSIDER THE LIABILITY OF EMPLOYERS FOR INJURIES RECEIVED
BY EMPLOYEES IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT.

Resolved, That the commission which was appointed under chapter one hundred and twenty of the resolves of the year nineteen hundred and ten to determine upon a plan of compensating employees for in

juries sustained in the course of their employment is hereby continued, and is instructed to report a draft of an act on or before May twentieth, nineteen hundred and eleven. For the purpose of continuing its investigation and of collecting and compiling statistical data of accidents and other pertinent information, the said commission is continued until July first, nineteen hundred and eleven. Every employer shall hereafter, until July first, nineteen hundred and eleven, keep a correct record of all injuries, fatal or otherwise, received by his employees in the course of their employment. Within forty-eight hours, not counting Sundays and legal holidays, after the occurrence of an accident to an employee resulting in personal injury a report thereof shall be made in writing by the employer to the commission on blanks furnished for the purpose. Upon the termination of the disability of the injured employee or, if such disability extends beyond a period of sixty days, at the expiration of such period, the employer shall make a supplemental report on blanks furnished by the commission for that purpose.

The said reports shall state the name and nature of the business of the employer, the location of his establishment, the name, age, sex and occupation of the injured employee, the date and hour of the accident, the nature and cause of the injury, and such other information as may be required by the commission. The total additional expense to be incurred under this resolve shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars. [Approved April 24, 1911.

CHAPTER 110, RESOLVES OF 1911.

RESOLVE TO EXTEND THE POWERS OF THE COMMISSION APPOINTED TO CONSIDER THE LIABILITY OF EMPLOYERS FOR INJURIES RECEIVED BY EMPLOYEES IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT.

Resolved, That the commission which was appointed under chapter one hundred and twenty of the resolves of the year nineteen hundred and ten to determine upon a plan of compensating employees for injuries sustained in the course of their employment is hereby continued until the first day of July, nineteen hundred and twelve. The commission shall continue its studies and investigation, and shall collect and compile statistical data of accidents to employees, and other pertinent information, and shall report to the general court on or before May first, nineteen hundred and twelve, with drafts of such bills as it may recommend for legislation. Every employer shall hereafter, until July first, nineteen hundred and twelve, keep a record of all injuries, fatal or otherwise, received by his employees in the course of their employment; and within forty-eight hours, not counting Sundays and legal holidays, after the occurrence of an accident resulting in personal injury to an employee a report thereof shall be made in writing by the employer to the commission on blanks furnished for the purpose. Upon the termination of the disability of the injured employee or, if such disability extends beyond a period of sixty days, at the expiration of that period, the em