Pennsylvania Act 1917-359 — WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION, RELATING TO

Act text

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION, RELATING TO
                 Act of Jul. 18, 1917, P.L. 1083, No. 359             Cl. 77
                                  AN ACT

     Requiring all persons contracting with the Commonwealth, or any
        department or officer thereof, or any municipal corporation,
        division or subdivision of the Commonwealth, to accept the
        provisions of the State Workmen's Compensation Act, and to
        insure the said contractor's liability thereunder, or secure
        an exemption from insurance in accordance with the terms of
        the said act in respect to such contract.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 2101(11) of Act 331 of 1931
            provided that Act 359 is repealed insofar as it relates
            to townships of the second class.
        Compiler's Note:  Section 3501(13) of Act 331 of 1931
            provided that Act 359 is repealed insofar as it relates
            to townships of the first class.
        Compiler's Note:  Section 4701 of Act 317 of 1931 provided
            that Act 359 is repealed insofar as it relates to third
            class cities.
        Compiler's Note:  Section 3501 of Act 336 of 1927 provided
            that Act 359 is repealed insofar as it relates to
            boroughs.
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That all contracts executed
     by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or any officer or bureau or
     department thereof, on behalf of the said Commonwealth, or by
     any municipality, or any officer or bureau or board thereof, or
     by any municipal division or subdivision of the Commonwealth,
     which contracts shall involve the construction or doing of any
     work involving the employment of labor, shall contain a
     provision that the contractor shall accept, in so far as the
     work covered by any such contract is concerned, the provisions
     of the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1915, and any supplements
     or amendments thereto which may hereafter be passed, and that
     the said contractor will insure his liability thereunder, or
     file with the Commonwealth, or the municipal corporation or
     board with whom the contract is made, a certificate of exemption
     from insurance from the Bureau of Workmen's Compensation of the
     Department of Labor and Industry.
        Section 2.  Every officer of the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania, or any bureau or department thereof, or of any
     municipality, or any bureau or department thereof, or any
     municipal division or subdivision of this Commonwealth, who
     shall sign, on behalf of the said Commonwealth or any
     municipality thereof, or any municipal division or subdivision
     thereof, any contract requiring in its performance the
     employment of labor, shall require, before the said contract
     shall be signed, proof that the said contractor with whom the
     contract is made shall have accepted the Workmen's Compensation
     Act of 1915, and any supplements or amendments thereto which may
     be hereafter passed, and proof that the said contractor has
     insured his liability thereunder in accordance with the terms of
     the said act, or that the said contractor has had issued to him
     a certificate of exemption from insurance from the Bureau of
     Workmen's Compensation of the Department of Labor and Industry.
        Section 3.  Any contract executed in violation of the
     provisions of this act shall be null and void.
        Section 4.  All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith
     are hereby repealed.