Safety Bulletin

The Commission may assign a claim for preliminary hearing before one or more of its members or before a duly authorized deputy or referee of the Commission. Notice of the time and place of such preliminary hearing shall be given in advance to both the claimant and the employer. Both parties may be represented at such hearing either in person or by agent or counsel. When such deputy or referee makes his report of such hearing, said report shall be referred to the Commission, and thereupon notice shall be given to the claimant and the employer of the time and place of hearing such report. Upon such hearing no additional evidence will be heard, the question for hearing. being the adoption of said deputy's or referee's report.

Rule 18.- Notice of Hearing.

The Director of Claims shall keep a record of the time of filing of all notices, applications, answers, replies,, affidavits, reports, statements, depositions, or other forms of proof, and when the proof is seemingly complete, shall set a date for the hearing of the claim and notify the parties thereof.

The proof shall be in the form of affidavits or depositions as far as possible. Oral testimony will be heard only at the preliminary hearing provided for by Rule 17 hereof.

Application for re-hearing a claim may be filed by either the claimant or employer within thirty (30) days from the date of the order and finding of the Commission complained of. Upon the filing of such application the Director of Claims shall fix a time and place for hearing the same, notifying both parties thereof. Upon the hearing of the application for re-hearing, if it appears to the Commission that substantial justice has not been done to the party, a re-hearing will be granted and the parties will be notified of the time and place of such re-hearing. If, upon the hearing of said application for re-hearing, the Commission is of the opinion that substantial justice was done the parties at the original hearing, the application for re-hearing will be denied.

Application for re-hearing must be made on forms furnished by the Commission and must be verified by the party filing the same, his agent or attorney, and must contain statements which, if true, will entitle the party making such application to a re-hearing.

Rule 21. Findings and Order of Commission.

It shall be the duty of the Director of Claims to furnish to both the claimant and the employer a certified copy of the findings of fact and order of the Commission.

Rule 22. - Bond, Filing of.

Whenever, by order of the Commission, as set forth in the findings of the fact and order, as provided for in Rule 21 hereof, an award of compensation is to be paid in periodical installments over a period of time subsequent to the date on which such order is made, the employer shall file with the Commission a surety bond conditioned on the payment

by such employer of each and every installment of compensation thus provided for.

It shall be the duty of the employer to report to the commission the payment of awards set forth by the order and findings of fact, provided for by Rule 21 hereof. Such report shall be signed by both the employer and claimant, and shall show the manner, amount and date of payment or payments.

Form for use in making such report will be furnished by the Commission.

Rule 24. Payment of Lump Sums.

The Commission may, whenever in its opinion the facts justify such procedure, order the commutation of periodical payments of compensation to one or more lump sum payments.

Upon receipt of such order, it shall be the duty of the employer to forthwith pay to the claimant a lump sum in the amount specified therein. SECTION 2. That said Rules of Procedure shall be in full force and effcet from and after the 15th day of June, 1915.

Adopted: May 29, 1917.

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