WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION LAW. 293
Provided, however, that if there are no dependents and the de-
ceased employee leaves sufficient estate to pay same, all ex-
penses of last sickness and burial shall be paid by said estate
and not by the employer or insurance company or Commis-
sion out of the State Accident Fund, as the case may be. The
Commission shall have full power to adopt rules and regula-
tions with respect to furnishing medical, nurse, hospital serv-
ices and medicine to injured employees entitled thereto and
for the payment therefor.
SEC. 37. Notice of an injury for which compensation is
payable under this Act shall be given to the employer within
ten days after the accident, and also in case of the death of
the employee resulting from such injury, within thirty days
after such death. Such notice may be in writing, and con-
tain the name and address of the employee, and state in
ordinary language the time, place, nature and cause of the in-
jury and. be signed by him or by a person on his behalf, or
in case of death, by any one or more of his dependents, or by
a person on their behalf. The failure to give such notice,
unless excused by the Commission either on the ground that
notice for some sufficient reason could not have been given, or
on the ground that the State Accident Fund, insurance com-
pany or employer, as the case may be, has not been prejudiced
thereby, shall be a bar to any claim under this Act.
Whenever an accident occurs to any employee it shall be
the duty of the employer to at once report such accident and
•the injury resulting therefrom to the Commission, and also to
any local representative of the Commission. Such report shall
state (a) the time, cause and nature of the accident and in-
juries, and the probable duration of the injury resulting
therefrom; (b) whether the accident arose out of or in the
course of the injured person's employment; (c) any other
matters the rules and regulations of the Commission may
prescribe.
SEC. 38. Where an employee is entitled to compensation
under this Act he shall file with the Commission his applica-
tion within thirty days together with the certificate of the
physician, if any, who attended him.
Where death results from injury the parties entitled to
compensation under this Act or someone in their behalf, shall
make application for the same to the Commission, which appli-
cation must be accompanied with proof of death and proof
of relationship showing the parties to be entitled to compensa-
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