964 WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. [ART. 101
ties to be entitled to compensation under this article, certificates of
attending physician, if attended by a physician, and such other proof
as may be required by the rules of the Commission.
1914, ch. 800, sec. 39.
40. The Commission shall make or cause to be made such investiga-
tion of any claim as it deems necessary, and upon application of either
party, shall order a hearing and within thirty days after a claim for
compensation is submitted under this section, or such hearing closed,
shall make or deny an award, determining such claim for compensa-
tion, and file the same in the office of the Commission, together with a
statement of its conclusions of fact and rulings of law. The Commis-
sion may, if it deems proper, on the written application of any party in
interest, or on its own motion, require the claimant to appear before
an arbitration committee appointed by it and consisting of one repre-
sentative of employes, one representative of employers, and either a
member of the Commission or a person specially deputized by the
Commission to act as chairman, before which the evidence in regard
to the claim shall be adduced and by which it shall be considered and
reported upon with the right of either party to appeal to the Commis-
sion from the finding of said arbitration committee on all questions of
law and fact.
If changes of circumstances .warrant an increase or rearrangement
of compensation, like application shall be made. No increase or rear-
rangement shall be operative for any period prior to application there-
for.
1914, ch. 800, sec. 40.
41. Any person who shall knowingly secure or attempt to secure
larger compensation or compensation for a longer term than he is enti-
tled to, or knowingly secure or attempt to secure compensation when
he is not entitled to any, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars or
imprisoned not exceeding twelve months, or both, in the discretion of
the Court, and shall from and after such conviction, cease to receive
any compensation.
1914, ch. 800, sec. 41.
42. Any employe entitled to receive compensation under this article-
is required, if requested by the Commission to submit himself for med-
ical examination at a time and from time to time at a place reasonably
convenient for the employe and as may be provided by the rules of
the Commission. If the employe refuse to submit to any such exami-
nation, or obstructs the same, his right to compensation shall be sus-
pended until such examination has taken place, and no compensation
shall be payable during or for account of such period.
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