(d) Ascendants in a direct line are entitled during life, and brothers and sisters until 16 years of age, to a total annuity of 20 per cent., equally distributed. The total annuities payable shall not exceed 60 per cent. of the earnings of the insured persons. Compensation for accident. (a) Free medical attendance, medicine, surgical apparatus, and necessary travel- (b) Indemnity for loss of time payable beginning with third day after the acci- ment. (d) When medical treatment if instituted may reasonably be expected to improve the earning capacity of the persons, the annuity may be replaced by such treatment payable in the same manner as loss of time and hospital treat(e) A lump-sum payment not exceeding in value an annuity for 3 years may be made to any person in whose condition no reasonable improvement may be expected from medical treatment, and who will probably recover his capacity for labor. Revision of compensation. Revision of annuity may be had at any time within 3 years from its establishing, provided the degree of disability undergoes any essential change. After that time revision may be had only at the expiration of the sixth and ninth years. Insurance. Compulsory in a National fund against accidents, occupational and nonoccupational; and voluntary insurance of all persons 14 years of age and over, and heads of establishments who have themselves and their laborers insured, may insure such other persons against accidents for which they are civilly responsible. Security of payments. Under Government control. Settlement of disputes. Cantonal courts decide in the first instance subject to appeal to the Federal Insurance Court. Read THE WEEKLY UNDERWRITER For Workmen's Compensation Information No other publication in the world has a more highly developed FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE THE WEEKLY UNDERWRITER 80 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACTS CALIFORNIA INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION.-A. J. Pillsbury, chairman; Will J. French, Meyer Lissner. H. L. White, Secretary, 525 Market street, San Francisco. Chris. M. Bradley, Counsel. COLORADO INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.-Hiram E. Hilts, A. Newton Parrish, George W. Densmore, State Capitol, Denver, Col.; J. A. Warren, secretary. CONNECTICUT COMPENSATION_COMMISSIONERS.-Frederic M. Williams, Fifth District, chairman, Waterbury; Edward T. Buckingham, Fourth District, secretary, Bridgeport; George B. Chandler, First District, Hartford; Dr. James J. Donohue, Second District, Norwich; George E. Beers, Third District, New Haven. HAWAII INDUSTRIAL BOARDS.-City and County of Honolulu, A. J. Campbell, chairman, Honolulu; County of Kauai, L. D. Timmons, chairman, Lihue, Kauai; County of Maui, Wm. A. McKay, chairman, Wailuku, Maui; County of Hawaii, H. B. Elliot, chairman, Hilo, Hawaii. IDAHO INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT BOARD.- Members not yet appointed. Law effective, as to the State fund, on July 1, 1917; as to the balance of the law, on January 1, 1918. ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL BOARD.-J. B. Vaughn, chairman; Peter Angsten, Robert Eadie. W. V. Conley, secretary, City Hall Square Bldg., Chicago. INDIANA INDUSTRIAL BOARD.-Edgar A. Perkins, Charles R. Hughes, Samuel R. Artman. Howe S. Landers, secretary, State Capitol, Indianapolis. IOWA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONER.- A. B. Funk. Ralph Young, secretary, Des Moines. KANSAS COMMISSIONER OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY.-P. J. McBride, Topeka. KENTUCKY WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION BOARD.-Richard C. P. Thomas, first district; Judge S. W. Hager, second district; R. C. Caldwell, third district; chairman, Alexander Gilmour, secretary, Frankfort. LOUISIANA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONER EX OFFICIO.- Wm. F. Millsaps, Secretary of State, Baton Rouge, La. MAINE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION.-Eben F. Littlefield, chairman; Erastus J. Carter, Roscoe A. Eddy. Harry H. Thurlough, secretary, State Capitol, Augusta. MARYLAND INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION.- John M. Reifsnider, chairman; Charles D. Wagaman, James Higgins. Howard C. Hill, secretary, Equitable Bldg., Baltimore. MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT BOARD.-Frank J. Donahue, Boston; Chester E. Gleason, Pittsfield; David T. Dickinson, Cambridge; Thomas F. Boyle, Boston; Joseph A. Parks, Fall River. Robert E. Grandfield, secretary, 1 Beacon street, Boston. MICHIGAN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT BOARD.- Thomas B. Gloster, chairman, Detroit, James A. Kennedy, Sault Ste. Marie; Claude S. Carney, Kalamazoo, Gilbert W. Dickson, secretary, Lansing. MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.-Wm. F. Houk, commissioner; John P. Gardiner, assistant commissioner; Don D. Lescohier, chief statistician, Old Capitol Bldg., St. Paul. MONTANA INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT BOARD.-A. E. Spriggs, chairman; Wm. Keating, State auditor; W. J. Swindlehurst, commissioner of labor. A. G. McNaught, secretary, Helena. ཀསྨཱབཱ A Vasilauta in a ducet tue are entitled during life, and brothers and sisters weck2 Advideva medvine, surgical apparatus, and necessary travel ミ WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACTS CALIFORNIA INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION.-A. J. Pillsbury, chairman; Will J. French, Meyer Lissner. H. L. White, Secretary, 525 Market street, San Francisco. Chris. M. Bradley, Counsel. COLORADO_INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.-Hiram E. Hilts, A. Newton Parrish, George W. Densmore, State Capitol, Denver, Col.; J. A. Warren, secretary. CONNECTICUT COMPENSATION COMMISSIONERS.- Frederic M. Williams, Fifth District, chairman, Waterbury; Edward T. Buckingham, Fourth District, secretary, Bridgeport; George B. Chandler, First District, Hartford; Dr. James J. Donohue, Second District, Norwich; George E. Beers, Third District, New Haven. HAWAII INDUSTRIAL BOARDS.-City and County of Honolulu, A. J. Campbell, chairman, Honolulu; County of Kauai, L. D. Timmons, chairman, Lihue, Kauai; County of Maui, Wm. A. McKay, chairman, Wailuku, Maui; County of Hawaii, H. B. Elliot, chairman, Hilo, Hawaii. IDAHO INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT BOARD.- Members not yet appointed. Law effective, as to the State fund, on July 1, 1917; as to the balance of the law, on January 1, 1918. ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL BOARD.-J. B. Vaughn, chairman; Peter Angsten, Robert Eadie. W. V. Conley, secretary, City Hall Square Bldg., Chicago. INDIANA INDUSTRIAL BOARD.-Edgar A. Perkins, Charles R. Hughes, Samuel R. Artman. Howe S. Landers, secretary, State Capitol, Indianapolis. IOWA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONER.- A. B. Funk. Ralph Young, secretary, Des Moines. KANSAS COMMISSIONER OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY.-P. J. McBride, Topeka. KENTUCKY WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION BOARD.-Richard C. P. Thomas, first district; Judge S. W. Hager, second district; R. C. Caldwell, third district; chairman, Alexander Gilmour, secretary, Frankfort. LOUISIANA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONER EX OFFICIO.- Wm. F. Millsaps, Secretary of State, Baton Rouge, La. MAINE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION.-Eben F. Littlefield, chairman; Erastus J. Carter, Roscoe A. Eddy. Harry H. Thurlough, secretary, State Capitol, Augusta. MARYLAND INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION.- John M. Reifsnider, chairman; Charles D. Wagaman, James Higgins. Howard C. Hill, secretary, Equitable Bldg., Baltimore. MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT BOARD.-Frank J. Donahue, Boston; Chester E. Gleason, Pittsfield; David T. Dickinson, Cambridge; Thomas F. Boyle, Boston; Joseph A. Parks, Fall River. Robert E. Grandfield, secretary, 1 Beacon street, Boston. MICHIGAN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT BOARD. Thomas B. Gloster, chairman, Detroit, James A. Kennedy, Sault Ste. Marie; Claude S. Carney, Kalamazoo, Gilbert W. Dickson, secretary, Lansing. MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.-Wm. F. Houk, commissioner; John P. Gardiner, assistant commissioner; Don D. Lescohier, chief statistician, Old Capitol Bldg., St. Paul. MONTANA INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT BOARD.-A. E. Spriggs, chairman; Wm. Keating, State auditor; W. J. Swindlehurst, commissioner of labor. A. G. McNaught, secretary, Helena. State Officials Administering Workmen's Compensation Acts—(C't'd) NEBRASKA LABOR COMMISSIONER.- The Governor, ex officio; F. M. Coffey, deputy, Omaha. NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.- John J. Mullin, chairman, Carson City; H. A. Lemmon, William E. Wallace. NEW JERSEY WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION BUREAU.- Lewis E. Bryant, Labor Commissioner; W. E. Stubbs, secretary, Trenton; George T. Jaeger, Harry J. Goas, referees. NEW YORK INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.-Commissioners.-Chairman, John Mitchell, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; Louis Wiard, Batavia; Henry D. Sayer, Richmond Hill; Edward P. Lyon, Brooklyn; James M. Lynch, Syracuse; secretary, C. D. O'Connell (acting); chief counsel, Robert W. Bonynge. Deputy Commissioners.-1st, James L. Gernon; 2nd, Wm. C. Archer; 3d, Frank B. Thorn. Industrial Council (advisory).— J. M. Wainwright, Rye, chairman; Edward J. Barcalo, Buffalo; John C. Clark, Buffalo; Carleton A. Chase, Syracuse; Richard H. Curran, Rochester; G. E. Emmons, Schenectady; James P. Holland, New York City; Richard C. Stofer, Norwich; Thomas M. Gafney, Syracuse; Melinda Scott, New York City; Irving T. Bush, New York City; Henry D. Sayer, Secretary. COMMISSIONERS' ASSIGNMENTS.-Chairman Mitchell: Compensation, claims, agreements, awards, payments. Commissioner Wiard: Industrial code, mediation and arbitration, statistics and information. Commissioner Sayer: Employment, industries and immigration, investments. Commissioner Lynch: Inspections, printing, fire hazards, boilers and explosives. Commissioner Lyon: State fund, self-insurance, legal. ALBANY.-State Capitol, Fifth Floor: General offices of the State Industrial Commission; office of Assistant Secretary; office of Third Deputy Commissioner; Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration; Bureau of Fire Hazards, Boilers and Explosives; Bureau of Statistics and Information; Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration; Bureau of Fire Hazards, Boilers and Explosives; Bureau of Factory and Mercantile Inspection; Supervising Inspector, District No. 6; Division of Industrial Hygiene; Subdivision of Engineering. Deputy Commissioner in charge of Compensation Law; The State Fund. 44 Chapel Street: State Employment Bureau, Third Judicial District. NEW YORK CITY.-230 Fifth Avenue: Executive Offices, State Industrial Commission; office of the Secretary; administrative offices of Workmen's Compensation Bureau; State Insurance Fund; Counsel to the Commission; Actuary of State Insurance Fund; Accounting Division; Compensation Hearing Room; Medical Examiners for Compensation Bureau; offices of First Deputy Commissioner; Administrative Division, Bureau of Factory Inspection; Supervising Inspectors of Districts Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; Division of Mercantile Inspection; Division of Home-work Inspection; Bureau of Industrial Code; Division of Industrial Hygiene; Branch Bureau of Statistics and Information; Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration; Director State Employment Bureau; Bureau of Industries and Immigration. Brooklyn, N. Y., 44 Court Street: Deputy Commissioner in charge of Compensation Law. Brooklyn, N. Y., 262 Fulton Street.-State Employment Bureau, Second Judicial District. UTICA.-114 White Building: Division of Inspection, Supervising District No. 7. SYRACUSE.-600-602 Cahill Block: Branch office State Industrial Commission, office of Deputy Commissioner in charge of Compensation Law. Griffin Building, 120 W. Jefferson Street: State Employment Bureau, Fifth Judicial District. ROCHESTER.-Trust Building, 25 Exchange Street: Branch office State Industrial Commission; Deputy Commissioner in charge of Compensation Law; Division of Inspection, Supervising District No. 8. 120 St. Paul Street: State Employment Bureau, Seventh Judicial District. BUFFALO.-Iroquois Building: Branch office State Industrial Commission; Deputy Commissioner in charge of Compensation Law; Division of Inspection, Supervising District No. 9. Morgan Building: Bureau of Industries and Immigration. 219 Franklin Street: State Employment Bureau, Eighth Judicial District. OHIO INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.- Wallace D. Yaple, chairman; Herbert L. Eliot, T. J. Duffy. Geo. L. Stoughton, secretary, Columbus. OKLAHOMA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.—A. A. McDonald, W. C. Jackson, W. L. Blessing. W. L. Melton, secretary, Oklahoma City. OREGON STATE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION.Marshall, chairman; Harvey Beckwith, Carle Abrams. chairman; William A. |