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No., 283.
A. SUPPLEMENT
plbjriffAin ;tiieiicbuiije: of' employment; establishihgaan elective s_c_h_e_d__u_le!_b_U__c_o__m_p_e_n_i_a_t_ib__n;. .provid_i_n_g. procedure;, for the*tdetermmiinnaafttionnn noff'' liability;aannild.McommnpAennMsafithionn. fltihtteMrieivuwnlodve.r*; Bannfjd pre scribing penalties;" as reenaeted and amended,.; providing for the payment-of compensation to volunteer firemen or their
dependents.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania hereby enacts .as. follows:
-Word,'"employe" Section 1. In addition to those persons included with-
toilnolna* membera-of
urthedefinition of the word''-employe":as defined in
voluntoerr/flra. oompentra- of eltte;'borongli,
section-..pne. hundred and four of the act, approved the second.day: of-June; one thousand .nine hundred and fif
Incorporated
!*%;>. anfi- -
teen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred thirty-six), en
tavnulps,.. (or titled, as amended "An act defining the liability of an
.parpoMo"of the employer to .pay damages , for injuries received by an
employe, in the coiurse of employment; establishing an
elective schedule of compensation; providing, procedure
for the. determination of liability. and compensation
thereunder; and.prescribing penalties," as last reen
acted and amended at the regular legislative session of
one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, there shall
be included all members of volunteer fire companies of
the various cities, boroughs, incorporated towns, and
townships, who shall be and are hereby declared to be
"employes" of such cities, boroughs, incorporated
towns, townships, for all the purposes of said act, and
Compeautlon toi shall be entitled to receive compensation in case of in
Injuries while engaged aa
juries received while actually engaged as firemen or
firemen or going while going to or returning from any fire which the
to or returning from fire.
fire companies of which they are members shall have
attended.
When effective
Section 2. This act shall become effective ten days
after final enactment.
AppbOved--The 21st day of June, A. D. 1939.
ARTHUR H. JAMES
No. 284
AN ACT
Defining the liability of an employer to pay damages for occupa tional disease contracted by an employe arising out of and in the course of employment; establishing an elective schedule of compensation; providing procedure for the determination of liability and compensation thereunder; imposing duties on the Department of Labor and Industry, the Workmen's Com-
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