CHAPTER 368, LAWS OF 1911, PAGE 763.

A Supplement to an act entitled "An act prescribing the liability of an employer to make compensation for injuries received by an employe in the course of employment, establishing an elective schedule of compensation, and regulating procedure for the determination of liability and compensation thereunder," approved April fourth, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

Contracts Presumed to Continue.

1. Every contract of hiring, verbal, written or implied from circumstances, now in operation or made or implied prior to the time limited for the act to which this act is a supplement to take effect, shall, after this act takes effect, be presumed to continue subject to the provisions of Section II. of the act to which this act is a supplement, unless, either party shall, prior to the accident in writing, notify the other party to such contract that the provisions of Section II. of the act to which this act is a supplement are not intended to apply. Effective.

2. This act shall take effect on the fourth day of July next succeeding its passage and approval.

Approved May 2, 1911.

This act does not impair obligation of contracts.

Sexton v. Newark Dist. Tel. Co., 84 N. J. L. 85, 86 Atl. 451, 86 N. J. L. 701, 91 Atl. 1070.

Troth v. Millville Bottle Works, 86 N. J. L. 558, 91 Atl. 1031, 89 N. J. L. 219, 98 Atl. 435.

CHAPTER 156, LAWS OF 1912, PAGE 225.

An Act requiring reports of industrial accidents to be made to the Department of Labor.

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

1. Upon the happening of any accident in any employment of labor in this State, the result of which shall be to prevent the injured person or persons from resuming work within two weeks after the happening thereof, the employer of such injured person or persons shall report, in writing, to the Commissioner of Labor the time, place and cause of the said accident, as nearly as the same may be fairly ascertained, the extent of injuries received and such other facts as the Commissioner of Labor may, by rule or regulation, require. In case of injury not producing death, such report shall be filed within four weeks after the happening of such injury. In case of injury producing death, report shall be filed within two weeks thereafter. Such reports may be forwarded by mail, postage prepaid.

2. All companies engaged in casualty insurance business within the State of New Jersey shall furnish to the Commissioner of Labor a full and complete report of all accidents to the employes of any person, firm or corporation insured by them, which prevents such injured person or persons from resuming work within two weeks after the happening of such injury, or which results in death. In case of injury not producing death, such report shall be filed within four weeks after such injuries have been reported to such insurance company, or such insurance company has otherwise gained knowledge

thereof. In case of injury producing death, such report shall be filed within two weeks after such death has been reported to such insurance company, or such insurance company has otherwise gained knowledge thereof. Such reports shall state the time, place and cause of injury, as nearly as the same may be ascertained, and the extent thereof, and such other and further information as the Commissioner of Labor may, by rule or regulation, require. Such notice may be sent by mail, postage prepaid.

3. The reports filed with the Commissioner of Labor, in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall not be made public, and shall not be opened to inspection unless, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Labor, some public interest shall so require, and such reports shall not be used as evidence against any employer in any suit or action at law brought by any employe for the recovery of damages, but such reports shall always be at the service and use of the Employers' Liability Commission. Reports filed in accordance with this act shall be in lieu of all other reports required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of an act entitled "An act creating the Employers' Liability Commission and prescribing its powers and duties, and requiring reports to be made by the employers of labor upon the operations of the Employers' Liability Law for the information of said commission," approved April twenty-seventh, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and shall be considered to be compliance with the terms of the last-mentioned act.

4. Any corporation, firm or person violating any of the provisions of this act shall for each offense be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars, to be recovered in an action

of debt, brought by the Commissioner of Labor, in the name of the State of New Jersey. Each failure to report shall be regarded as a separate offense.

5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 26, 1912.

CHAPTER 316, LAWS OF 1912, PAGE 555.

An Act requiring the clerks of Courts of Common Pleas to file with the Commissioner of Labor copies of orders made by the judges of such courts upon matters arising under the provisions of an act entitled "An act prescribing the liability of an employer to make compensation for injuries received by an employe in the course of employment, establishing an elective schedule of compensation, and regulating procedure for the determination of liability and compensation thereunder," approved April fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven.

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

1. The clerk of each of the Courts of Common Pleas in this State whenever any order is filed by the judge of such court making a decision upon any matter arising under the provisions of an act entitled "An act prescribing the liability of an employer to make compensation for injuries received by an employe in the course of employment, establishing an elective schedule of compensation, and regulating procedure for the determination of liability and compensation thereunder," approved April fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall forthwith forward to the Commissioner of Labor of the State of New Jersey a copy of the said order, which need not be certified, without any charge being made therefor.

2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved April 1, 1912.