No. 239
SENATE
To accompany the petition of James H. Brennan for certain
amendments of the Workingmen’s Compensation Act. Joint Judiciary.
Cl)e Commontocaltt) of spassacinioetts.
In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirteen.
AN ACT
Relative to the Period of Incapacity for which Compensation may be paid for Injuries received by Certain Employees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as
follows:
Section 1. Section four of chapter seven hun-2 dred and fifty-one of the acts of the year nineteen
3 hundred and eleven is hereby amended by striking
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out, in line two, the word
weeks ”, and substitutand by striking
days,
ing therefor the word:
and
fifout, in line four, the words
weeks
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and substituting therefor the words;
and
third ”, respectively, —so as to
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read as follows:
No compensation shall be paid
under this act for any injury which does not inca
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COMPENSATION.
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[Jan. 1913.
11 pacitate the employee for a period of at least two
12 days from earning full wages, but if incapacity ex13 tends beyond the period of two days, compensation
14 shall begin on the third day after the injury.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect
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upon its