Pennsylvania Act 1919-441 — WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT, ADMINISTRATION PROVIDED FOR

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WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT, ADMINISTRATION PROVIDED FOR
                 Act of Jul. 21, 1919, P.L. 1077, No. 441             Cl. 77
                                  AN ACT

     To provide for the administration of the Workmen's Compensation
        Act of one thousand nine hundred fifteen by creating the
        Bureau of Workmen's Compensation of the Department of Labor
        and Industry; providing for the establishment of the
        Workmen's Compensation Board to have charge of such bureau;
        authorizing the division of the Commonwealth into workmen's
        compensation districts, and the appointment of workmen's
        compensation referees; defining the powers and duties of the
        Commissioner of Labor and Industry, the Bureau of Workmen's
        Compensation, the Workmen's Compensation Board, the workmen's
        compensation referees and the factory inspectors of the
        Department of Labor and Industry, in enforcing the said act;
        and fixing the salaries of the members of the Workmen's
        Compensation Board, the workmen's compensation referees, and
        certain of their employes and assistants; and repealing
        certain acts.

        Section 1.  (1 repealed Feb. 8, 1972, P.L.23, No.11)
        Section 2.  The Bureau of Workmen's Compensation of the
     Department of Labor and Industry is hereby created.
        Section 3.  (3 repealed Feb. 8, 1972, P.L.23, No.11)
        Section 4.  (4 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 5.  (5 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 6.  (6 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 7.  (7 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 8.  (8 repealed Feb. 8, 1972, P.L.23, No.11)
        Section 9.  (9 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 10.  (10 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 11.  (11 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274))
        Section 12.  (12 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 13.  (13 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 14.  (14 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 15.  (15 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 16.  (16 repealed Feb. 8, 1972, P.L.23, No.11)
        Section 17.  (17 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 18.  (18 repealed Feb. 8, 1972, P.L.23, No.11)
        Section 19.  (19 repealed Feb. 8, 1972, P.L.23, No.11)
        Section 20.  (20 repealed Feb. 8, 1972, P.L.23, No.11)
        Section 21.  (21 repealed Feb. 8, 1972, P.L.23, No.11)
        Section 22.  (22 repealed Feb. 8, 1972, P.L.23, No.11)
        Section 23.  The secretary, assistant secretary, referee,
     director, or assistant director of workmen's compensation, and
     clerks to the referees are hereby directed to administer,
     without charge, any oaths required by any workmen's compensation
     act now in force or which may hereafter be enacted, and to take,
     without charge, affidavits of any party to any paper, document,
     or petition, which is by such act required to be attested.
        The bureau, upon request of any party to a compensation
     agreement or to any proceedings taken before the board or a
     referee, shall, without charge, issue to such party or parties a
     certified copy of any compensation agreement approved by the
     board, or any award or disallowance of compensation, or of any
     action taken by the board upon such agreement or award or
     disallowance of compensation, or of the receipts of payments of
     compensation filed with the bureau; and the bureau may, without
     charge, issue a certified copy of any other paper contained in
     the record of such proceedings to any party or parties thereto,
     if the board shall so direct.
        The board may issue to any other person, upon the order of
     the board, a certified copy of any compensation agreement, or of
     the record of any proceedings taken before the board or referee,
     or of any document contained in such record, upon payment of
     such fee as the board may determine to be adequate to provide
     for the expenses of making such copy. All certified copies of
     any document on file with the bureau or part of the record of
     any proceedings taken before the board or referee shall be
     certified by the chairman of the board, and attested by the
     secretary.
        Section 24.  (24 repealed Feb. 8, 1972, P.L.23, No.11)
        Section 25.  (25 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 26.  (26 repealed Feb. 8, 1972, P.L.23, No.11)
        Section 27.  That the act, approved the second day of June,
     one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven
     hundred and fifty-eight), entitled "An act to provide for the
     administration of the Workmen's Compensation Act of one thousand
     nine hundred and fifteen by creating the Bureau of Workmen's
     Compensation of the Department of Labor and Industry; providing
     for the establishment of a Workmen's Compensation Board to have
     charge of such bureau; authorizing the division of the
     Commonwealth into workmen's compensation districts, and the
     appointment of workmen's compensation referees; defining the
     powers and duties of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, the
     Bureau of Workmen's Compensation, the Workmen's Compensation
     Board, the workmen's compensation referees and the factory
     inspectors of the Department of Labor and Industry, in enforcing
     the said act; and fixing the salaries of the members of the
     Workmen's Compensation Board, the workmen's compensation
     referees, and certain of their employes and assistants," also
     the act, approved the twentieth day of April, one thousand nine
     hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, ninety-three), entitled
     "An act to amend section fifteen and part of section twenty-nine
     of an act, approved the second day of June, one thousand nine
     hundred and fifteen, entitled 'An act to provide for the
     administration of the Workmen's Compensation Act of one thousand
     nine hundred and fifteen by creating the Bureau of Workmen's
     Compensation of the Department of Labor and Industry; providing
     for the establishment of a Workmen's Compensation Board to have
     charge of such bureau; authorizing the division of the
     Commonwealth into workmen's compensation districts, and the
     appointment of workmen's compensation referees; defining the
     powers and duties of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, the
     Bureau of Workmen's Compensation, the Workmen's Compensation
     Board, the workmen's compensation referees, and the factory
     inspector of the Department of Labor and Industry, in enforcing
     the said act; and fixing the salaries of the members of the
     Workmen's Compensation Board, the workmen's compensation
     referees, and certain of their employes and assistants,'" are
     hereby repealed.
        All other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are
     hereby repealed.
        Section 28.  This act shall take effect the first day of
     June, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.