rules and regulations with respect to furnishing medical aid to injured workmen entitled thereto and for the payment thereof.

(2) Where in a case of emergency, or for other justifiable cause, a physician other than the one provided by the board is called in to treat the injured workman, and if the board finds there was such justifiable cause and that the charge for the services is reasonable, the cost of the service shall be paid by the board.

(3) The board may in its discretion authorize employers to furnish or provide medical aid at the expense of the board and upon terms fixed by it.

(4) Any plan for providing medical aid in force between an employer and his workmen or otherwise available to the workmen, and which in the opinion of the board, after investigation of the facts, is found on the whole to be not less efficient in the interests both of the employer and of the general body of workmen than the provisions for medical aid contained in this section, may by order of the board, subject to such conditions as the board may require, be declared to be a plan approved by the board. So long as the order of the board approving the plan is in force and unrevoked the provisions of subsection (1), (2), and (3) of this section and of subsection (1) of section 33 shall not apply to any of the workmen in any employment embraced in such plan, and during the like period the provisions of section 12 of the "Master and Servant Act shall not apply in respect of any such workmen. Upon the making of the order approving a plan under this subsection, the employer shall from time to time deduct the amount of the monthly or other periodical payment settled by the plan from the moneys earned by the respective workmen, and shall pay the same forthwith to the person entitled thereto as settled by the plan or determined by the board. If the employer fails, neglects, or refuses to make such deductions, or any of them, or to pay over the same to the person entitled thereto, the board may summarily determine the amount in arrear, and may enforce payment thereof from the employer as a debt due to the board, and for that purpose the board shall have the like powers and be entitled to the like remedies as it possesses or is entitled to in respect of assessments. Upon recovery of the amount, the board shall pay the same to the person entitled thereto.

(5) Medical aid furnished or provided under any of the preceding subsections of this section shall at all times be subject to the direction, supervision, and control of the board; and the board shall have full power and authority to contract with doctors, nurses, hospitals, and other institutions for any medical aid required, and to agree on a scale of fees or remuneration for such medical aid; and all questions as to the necessity, character, and sufficiency of any medical aid furnished or to be furnished shall be determined by the board. The fees or remuneration for medical aid furnished under this Act shall not be more than would be properly and reasonably charged the workman if himself paying, and the amount thereof shall be fixed and determined by the board, and no action for any amount larger than that fixed by the board shall lie in respect of medical aid.

(6) In the case of any workman employed as a master, mate, engineer, seaman, sailor, steward, fireman, or in any other capacity on board of any vessel on which duty has been paid or is payable for the purposes of the Sick Mariners' Fund under Part V. of the "Canada Shipping Act," being chapter 113 of the "Revised Statutes of Canada, 1906," the provisions of subsections (1) to (5) shall not apply to such workman during the period in respect of which such duty has been paid or is payable.

(7) Without in any way limiting the power of the board under this section to supervise and provide for the furnishing of medical aid in every case where the board is of the opinion that the exercise of such power is expedient, the board shall under this section, in all cases where the circumstances, in the opinion of the board, do not require the exercise of such power in order to procure prompt and efficient medical aid for the injured workman, permit medical aid to be administered, so far as the selection of a physician is concerned, by the physician who may be selected or employed by the injured workman or his em ployer, to the end that so far as possible all competent physicians without distinction may be employed and be available to injured workmen. 1916, c. 77, s. 21; 1922, c. 86, ss. 5, 6.

24. Employers in any industries in which it is deemed proper may be required by the board to maintain as may be directed by the board, such first-aid appliances and service as the board may direct, and the board may make such order respect ing the expense thereof as may be deemed just. Where any employer fails, neglects, or refuses to install such first-aid appliances and service as the board directs under this section, the board may install such first-aid appliances and service, and charge the cost thereof to the employer; and the board may enforce payment thereof, and for that purpose shall have the same powers and be entitled to the same remedies for enforcing payment as it possesses or is entitled to in respect of assessment. 1918, c. 102, s. 8; 1919, c. 93, s. 5.

25. (1) The average earnings and earning capa city of a workman shall be determined with refer ence to the average earnings and earning capacity at the time of the accident, and may be calculated upon the daily, weekly, or monthly wages or other regular remuneration which the workman was receiving at the time of the accident, or upon the average yearly earnings of the workman for one or more years prior to the accident, or upon the prob able yearly earning capacity of the workman at the time of the accident as may appear to the board best to represent the actual loss of earnings suffered by the workman by reason of the injury, but not so as in any case to exceed the rate of two thousand dollars per year.

(2) Where the workman was at the date of the accident under twenty-one years of age, and it is established to the satisfaction of the board that under normal conditions his wages would probably increase, the fact shall be considered in arriving at his average earnings or earning capacity. 1916, c.

77. s. 22.

26. In fixing the amount of a periodical payment of compensation, regard shall be had to any payment, allowance, or benefit which the workman may receive from his employer during the period of his disability. including any pension, gratuity, or other allowance provided wholly at the expense of the employer; and any sum deducted under this section from the compensation otherwise payable may be paid to the employer out of the Accident Fund. 1916. c. 77, s. 23.

27. (1) Payments of compensation shall be made periodically at such times and in such manner and form as the board may deem advisable, and in the case of minors or persons of unsound mind, payments may be made to such persons as, in the opinion of the board, are best qualified in all the circumstances to administer such payments, whe ther or not the person to whom the payment is made is the legal guardian of such minor or person of unsound mind.

(2) The board may, in its discretion (a) commute the whole or any part of the periodical payments due or payable to the injured workman or any dependent to one or more lump sum payments to be applied as directed by the board, and may

(b) divide into periodical payments any compensation payable in a lump sum.

(3) In case of death or permanent total disability or in case of permanent partial disability where the impairment of the earning capacity of the workman exceeds ten per cent of his earning capacity at the time of the accident, no commutation of periodical payments shall be made under subsection (2) except upon the application of and at an amount agreed to by the dependent or workman entitled to such payments.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3), the board may, in its discretion, commute the periodical payments payable under clause (f) of subsection (2) of section 16 to alien dependents residing outside of Canada for a lump sum, and may apply that lump sum to or for the use and benefit of those dependents in such manner as the board may determine to be most for the advantage of the dependents. 1916, c. 77, s. 24; 1919, c. 93, s. 6.

PART I DIVSION (4).--ACCIDENT FUND AND

ASSESSMENTS

28. For the purpose of assessement in order to create and maintain a fund to be called the "Accident Fund" for the payment of the_compensation outlays, and expenses under this Part, all industries within the scope of this Part shall, subject to sections 29 and 30, be divided into the following classes:

Class 1.-Lumbering; logging; saw-mills; planing mills; manufacture of pulp and paper:

Class 3.-Coal-mining:

Class 4.-Mining (other than coal); reduction of ores and smelting; quarrying; manufacture of brick, lime, or cement:

Class 5.-Manufacture of iron and steel; manufacture, alteration, and repair of iron, steel, and metal products:

Class 6.-Manufacture of compounds, paints, chemicals. liquors, food products, glass, leather, leather goods, rubber, rubber goods, paper products, wood products, textiles, clothing; flour-milling; handling of grain; operation of steam-heating plants, cold storage plants, and elevators:

Class 7.-Construction of buildings, railways, bridges, ships, roads, sewers, irrigation-works, and aeroplanes; subaqueous construction, dredging, welldrilling, pile-driving:

Class 8.-Construction and operation of electric railways, electric light and power plants, lines, and appliances, gasworks, telegraph and telephone systems:

Class 9-Navigation, stevedoring:

Class 10.-Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Ocean Services, Limited; Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company; Kettle Valley Railway Company; Dominion Express Company; Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada, Limited; West Kootenay Power and Light Company, Limited:

Class 11.--Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company; The Grand Trunk Pacific Coast Steamship Company, Limited; The Grand Trunk Pacific Telegraph Company; The Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company, Limited:

Class 12.-Canadian Northern Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Northern Steamships, Limited; Canadian Government Merchant Marine, Limited; Canadian Northern Telegraph Company; Great North Western Telegraph Company of Canada; Canadian National Express Company:

Class 13.-The Crown in right of the province: Class 14.-Municipalities:

Class 15-Fishing; whaling; canning or packing of fish; kelp-collecting: oyster-cultivation; manufacture of fish oil or fertilizer:

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Class 16.-Manufacture of explosives, fireworks, fuse, or nitrogen products:

Class 17.-Teaming; warehousing and storage; auto transportation; operation of coal or wood yards; retail lumber yards; wholesaling:

Class 18.-The Great Northern Railway Company; The American Railway Express Company. 1916, c. 77, s. 25; 1918, c. 102, s. 9 (altered in accordance with orders made by board).

29. (1) The board may

(a) create new classes in addition to those mentioned in section 28:

(b) consolidate or rearrange from time to time any of the existing classes; and may (c) withdraw from a class any industry included therein and transfer it wholly or in part to any other class, or form it into a separate class.

(2) In case of any rearrangement of the classes, or the withdrawal of an industry from any class, the board may make such adjustment and disposition of the funds, reserves, and accounts of the classes affected as may be deemed just and expedient. 1916, c. 77, s. 26; 1922, c. 86, s. 7.

30. The board shall assign every industry within the scope of this Part to its proper class; and where any industry includes several departments assignable to different classes, the board may either assign such industry to the class of its principal or chief department, or may, for the purpose of this Part, divide such industry into two or more departments, assigning each of such departments to its proper class. 1916, c. 77, s. 27.

31. (1) Every employer shall keep at all times at some place in the province, of the location of which he has given notice to the board, complete and accurate particulars of his payrolls, and shall whenever he becomes an employer within the meaning of this Part, and at such other times as may be required by the regulations or by the board, cause to be furnished to the board an estimate of the probable amount of the payroll of each of his industries within the scope of this Part for the year next following, together with such further and other information as may be required by the board; and every employer shall, at or after the close of each calendar year, and at such other times as may be required by the board, furnish certified copies or reports of his payrolls, verified by statutory declaration; and in case of failure, neglect, or refusal on the part of the employer to furnish the estimate of the probable amount of his payroll, or the certified copies or reports of his payrolls, or the other information required by this subsection, the board shall have power to make its own estimate of such payrolls, and to make its assessment and levy on that estimate, and the employer shall be bound thereby.

(2) In computing the amount of the payroll of any industry for the purpose of assessment, regard shall be had only to such portion of the payroll as represents workmen and employment within the scope of this Part; and where the wages of any workman exceed the rate of two thousand dollars per year, a deduction shall be made in respect of the excess.

(3) If an employer does not comply with the provisions of subsection (1), or if any statement made in pursuance of its provisions is not a true and accurate statement of any of the matters required to be set forth in it, the employer for every such non-compliance and for every such statement shall be guilty of an offence against this Part. 1916, c. 77, s. 28: 1922, c. 86, s. 8.

32. (1) For the purpose of creating and maintaining an adequate accident fund, the board shall every year assess and levy upon and collect from the employers in each class by an assessment or by assessments made from time to time rated upon

the payroll, or in such other manner as the board may deem proper, sufficient funds according to an estimate to be made by the board:

(a) To provide in connection with section 33 a special fund to meet the cost of medical aid;

(b) To meet all other amounts payable from the accident fund under this Part during the

year:

(c) To provide a reserve by way of a contingent fund in aid of industries or classes which may become depleted or extinguished; (d) To provide in each year capitalized reserves sufficient to meet the periodical payments of compensation accruing in future years in respect of all accidents which occur during the year; and

(e) To provide a reserve fund to be used to meet the loss arising from any disaster or other circumstance which, in the opinion of the board, would unfairly burden the employers in any class.

(2) Assessments may be made in such manner and form and by such procedure as the board may deem adequate and expedient, and may be general as applicable to any class or sub-class, or special as applicable to any industry or part or department of an industry.

(3) Assessments may, wherever it is deemed expedient, be collected in half-yearly, quarterly, or monthly instalments. or otherwise; and where it appears that the funds in any class are sufficient for the time being. any instalment may be abated or its collection deferred.

(4) In case the estimated assessments in any class prove insufficient, the board may make such further assessments and levies as may be necessary, or the board may temporarily advance the amount of any deficiency out of any reserve provided for that purpose, and add such amount to any subsequent assessments.

(5) The board shall give notice to cach employer of the amount of each assessment due from time to time in respect of his industry and the time when the same is payable. The notice may be sent by post to the employer, and shall be deemed to be given to him on the day on which the notice is posted. 1916, c. 77, s. 29.

33. (1) Every employer who is required to contribute to the Accident Fund by way of assessment under this Part is hereby authorized aud required to retain from the moneys earned by each workman in his employment the sum of one cent for each day or part of day the worknian is employed as a contribution toward the cost of inedical aid, and to pay the sum so retained to the board from time to time at the time each assessment is due and payable by the employer, and at such other times as the board may direct.

(2) The moneys received by the board under subsection (1) shall form part of the Accident Fund, and shall constitute a special fund to be used only in defraying the cost of medical aid. Such additional amounts as are required from time to time to meet the cost of medical aid shall be provided by the board by assessment upon employers generally in all industries within the scope of this Part, except in respect of employments embraced in any plan for providing medical aid approved by the board under subsection (4) of section 23. For the purpose of levying and collecting assessments under this subsection, the board may charge the additional amounts required to meet the cost of medical aid against the funds to the credit of the several classes in such a manner as, on the annual adjustment of assessments under this Part, will result in a general assessment of such additional amounts upon those employers only who are liable to assessment under this subsection.

(3) In the case of any workman employed as a master, mate, engineer, seaman, sailor, steward, fireman, or in any other capacity on board of any vessel on which duty has been paid for the purposes of the Sick Mariners' Fund under Part V of the "Canada Shipping Act," being chapter 113 of the "Revised Statutes of Canada, 1906," the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall not apply to such workman during the period in respect of which such duty has been paid or is payable. 1916, c. 77, s. 39; 1918, c. 102, s. 10; 1919, c. 93, s. 7.

34. To assist in defraying the expenses incurred in the administration of this Part, such annual sum as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may direct, not exceeding fifty. thousand dollars, shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund to the board to form part of the Accident Fund. 1916, c. 77, s. 31.

35. The board shall establish such sub-classifications, differentials, and proportions in the rates as between the different kinds of employment in the same class as may be deemed just; and where in the opinion of the board any particular industry is shown to be so circumstanced or conducted that the hazard differs from the average of the class or sub-class to which the industry is assigned, the board shall confer or impose upon such industry a special rate. differential. or assessment to correspond with the relative hazard of that industry; and for such purpose may adopt a system of schedule rating in such a manner as to take account of the peculiar hazard of the individual plant or undertaking of each employer. 1916, c. 77, s. 32.

36. (1) Where an employer engages in any of the industries within the scope of this Part and has not been assessed in respect of it. the board, if it is of opinion that the industry is to be carried on only temporarily, may require the employer to pay or to give security for the payment to the board of a sum sufficient to pay the assessment for which the employer would be liable if the industry had been in existence when the last preceding assessment was made.

(2) Every employer who makes default in complying with any requirement of the board under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence against this Part. 1916, c. 77, s. 33.

37. (1) If any assessment or part thereof is not duly paid in accordance with the terms of the assessment and levy, the board shall have a right of action against the defaulting employer in respect of the amount unpaid, together with costs of such

action.

(2) Where default is made in the payment of any assessment, or any part of it, the board may issue its certificate stating that the assessment was made, the amount remaining unpaid on account of it, and the person by whom it was payable, and such certificate, or a copy of it certified by the secretary under the seal of the board to be a true copy, may be filed with any district registrar of the Supreme Court, or with the registrar of any county court, and when so filed shall become an order of that court and may be enforced as a judgment of the court against such person for the amount mentioned in the certificate. 1916, c. 77, s. 34.

38. Where an employer makes default in the payment of an assessment, and an execution issued upon a judgment entered with respect to the assessnient is returned with a certificate from a sheriff or his deputy that he was unable to wholly satisfy the same, and where the judgment debtor continues to carry on an industry within the scope of this Part in which workmen are employed, any judge of the Supreme Court, upon an application made on behalf of the board by motion in Chambers, with

out the issue of any writ or the commencement of any action, may restrain the judgment debtor from carrying on any industry within the scope of this Part until the amount due on the execution, and all assessments made by the board, and the costs of the application are paid. 1922, c. 86, s. 9.

39. The board shall have the like powers and be entitled to the like remedies of enforcing payment of any sum which an employer is required to pay to the board under subsection (1) of section 33 as it possesses or is entitled to in respect of assessments. 1916, c. 77, s. 35.

40. (1) If any sum which an employer is required to pay to the board under subsection (1) of section 33 or if any assessment levied under any provision of this Part is not paid at the time when it becomes payable, the defaulting employer shall be liable to pay and shall pay as a penalty for his default such a percentage upon the amount unpaid as may be prescribed by the regulations or may be determined by the board. and the penalty shall be added to the amount of the assessment and become a part thereof.

(2) Any employer who refuses or neglect to make or transmit any pay-roll return or other statement required to be furnished by him under the provision of subsection (1) of section 31. or who refuses or neglects to pay any assessment, or the provisional amount of any assessment, or any instalment or part thereof, shall, in addition to any penalty or other liability to which he may be subject. pay to the board the full amount or capitalized value, as determined by the board. of the compensation payable in respect of any accident to a workman in his employ which happens during the period of such default. and the payment of such amount may be enforced in the same manner as the payment of an assessment may be enforced.

(3) The board, if satisfied that such default was excusable, may in any case relieve such employer in whole or in part from liability under this section. 1916. c. 77, s. 36; 1922, c. 86. s. 10.

41. Where an accident causing injury to a workman in respect of which compensation is payable has occurred, and where. in the opinion of the board, the accident was due entirely to the failure of the employer to comply with the directions of the board. or with the regulations made under this Part, the board may levy and collect from the employer as a contribution to the Accident Fund a sum of money not exceeding one-half the amount of the compensation payable in respect of the injury, and not exceeding in any case three hundred dollars, and the payment of such sum may be enforced in the same manner as the payment of an assessment may be enforced. 1922. c. 86, s. 11.

42. Separate accounts shall be kept of the amounts collected and expended in respect of each class and of each fund set aside by way of reserve or as a special fund for any purpose, but for the purpose of paying compensation the accident fund shall, nevertheless, be deemed one and indivisible. 1916, c. 77, s. 37.

43. (1) On or before the first day of March in each year the amount of the assessment for the preceding calendar year shall be adjusted upon the actual requirements of the class and upon the correctly ascertained payroll of each industry, and the employer shall forthwith make up and pay to the board any deficiency, or the board shall refund to the employer any surplus, or credit the same upon the succeeding assessment as the case may require.

(2) Where in any industry a change of ownership or employership has occurred, the board may levy any part of such deficiency on either or any of the successive owners or employers, or pay or credit to any one or more of the owners such surplus as the case may require, but as between or amongst the successive owners the assessments in respect of 86938-434

such employment shall, in the absence of an agreement between the respective owners or employers determining the same, be apportionable, as nearly as may be, in accordance with the proportions of the payrolls of the respective periods of ownership or employership. 1916, c. 77, s. 38.

44. Where any work within the scope of this Part is performed under contract for any municipal corporation, or for any board or commission having the management of any work or service operated for a municipal corporation, and assessment in respect of the work may be paid by the corporation, board, or commission, as the case may be, and the amount of the assessment may be deducted from any moneys due the contractor in respect of such work. 1916, c. 77, s. 39.

45. (1) Where any work within the scope of this Part is undertaken for any person by a contractor both the contractor and the person for whom the work is undertaken shall be liable for the amount of any assessment in respect thereof, and the assessment may be levied upon and collected from either of them, or partly from one and partly from the other; but in the absence of any term in the contract to the contrary the contractor shall, as between himself and the person for whom the work is performed, be primarily liable for the amount of such assessment.

(2) Where any work within the scope of this Part is performed under sub-contract, both the contractor and the sub-contractor shall be liable for the amount of the assessments in respect of the work; and the assessments may be levied upon and collected from either, or partly from one and partly from the other; but in the absence of any term in the sub-contract to the contrary the sub-contractor shall, as between himself and the contractor, be primarily liable for such assess

ments.

(3) Where any contractor or sub-contractor who is executing any work in or for the purposes of an industry within the scope of this Part carried on by another person (in this subsection referred to as the "principal ") is not assessed with respect to the work so executed, the workmen of the contractor or sub-contractor may in the discretion of the board be deemed workmen of the principal with respect to the industry so carried on by him. 1916, c. 77, s. 40; 1922, c. 86, s. 12.

46. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act, the amount due to the board by an employer upon any assessment made under this Act, or in respect of any amount which the employer is required to pay to the board under any of its provisions, or upon any judgment therefor, shall have priority over all liens, charges, or mortgages of every person, whenever created or to be created, with respect to the property, real, personal, or mixed, used in or in connection with or produced in or by the industry with respect to which the employer was assessed or the amount became payable, excepting liens for wages due to workmen by their employer. 1922, c. 86, s. 13.

PART I, DIVISION (5).-PROCEDURE AND

MISCELLANEOUS

47. (1) In every case of injury to a workman by accident in any industry within the scope of this Part, it shall be the duty of the workman, or in case of his death the duty of a dependent, as soon as practicable after the happening of the accident, to give notice thereof to the employer. The notice shall be in writing and contain the name and address of the workman, and state in ordinary language the nature and cause of the injury and the time when and place where the accident occurred, and shall be signed by the injured workman or some person on his behalf, or, in case of death, by any one or more of his dependents or by a person on their behalf.

(2) In the case of an industrial disease, the employer to whom notice of death, disablement, or suspension from employment is to be given shall be the employer who last employed the workman in the employment to the nature of which the disease was due.

(3) The notice may be served upon the employer, or upon any one employer if there are more employers than one, or upon any officer or agent of the corporation if the employer is a corporation, or upon any agent of the employer in charge of the business in the place where the injury occurred, by delivering the same to the person upon whom it is to be served, or leaving it at his residence or place of business, or by sending it by registered mail addressed to him at his last-known residence or place of business.

(4) The failure to give any notice required by virtue of this section, unless excused by the board either on the ground

(a) that notice for some sufficient reason could not have been given; or

(b) that the employer or his superintendent or agent in charge of the work where the accident happened had knowledge of the injury; or

(c) that the board is of opinion that the claim is a just one and ought to be allowed, shall be a bar to any claim for compensation under this Part. 1916, c. 77, s. 42.

48. (1) In case of accident to a workman in his employment, it shall be the duty of every employer, within three days after its occurrence, to report the accident and the injury resulting therefrom to the board, and also to any local representative of the board at the place where the accident occurred. The report shall be in writing, and .state

(a) the name and address of the workman and the nature of the industry in which he was employed:

(b) the time when and place where the accident occurred:

(c) the cause and nature of the accident and injury:

(d) the name and address of the physician by whom the workman was or is attended for the injury; and

(e) any other particulars required by the regulations;

and may be made by mailing copies thereof addressed to the board and to the local representative at their usual addresses respectively.

(2) It shall be the duty of the employer to make such further and other reports respecting the accident and workman as may be required by the board.

(3) The failure to make any report required by virtue of this section, unless excused by the board on the ground that the report for some sufficient reason could not have been made, shall constitute an offence against this Part. 1916, c. 77, s. 43.

49. (1) Where a workman or dependent is entitled to compensation under this Part, he shall file with the board an application for the compensation, together with the certificate of the physician who attended the workman (if any), and such further or other proofs of his claim as may be required by the regulations or by the board. (2) Unless application for the compensation is filed

(a) within one year after the day upon which the injury occurred; or

(b) in case the applicant is a dependent, then within one year after the death,no compensation in respect of any injury shall be payable under this Part. 1916, c. 77, s. 44.

50. It shall be the duty of every physician attending or consulted upon any case of injury

to a workman by accident or alleged case of injury to a workman by accident in any industry within the scope of this Part:

(a) To furnish from time to time such reports in respect of the injury in such form as may be required by the regulations or by the board; and

(b) To give all reasonable and necessary infor mation, advice, and assistance to the injured workman and his dependents in making application for compensation, and in furnishing in connection therewith such certifi cates and proofs as may be required, without charge to the workman. 1916, c. 77, s. 45; 1922, c. 86, s. 14.

51. (1) Every workman who applies for or is in receipt of compensation under this Part, if requested by the board, shall submit himself to medical examination in accordance with the regu lations at a place reasonably convenient for the workman to be fixed by the board. If the workman fails to submit himself to the examination, or obstructs the same, his right to compensation shall be suspended until the examination has taken place, and no compensation shall be payable during the period of such suspension.

(2) If an injured workman persists in unsani tary or injurious practices which tend to imperil or retard his recovery, or refuses to submit to such medical or surgical treatment as in the opinion of the board, based upon independent expert medical or surgical advice is reasonably essential to promote his recovery, the board may, in its dis cretion, reduce or suspend the compensation of such workman. 1916, c. 77, s. 46.

52. The board may from time to time require such proof of the existence and condition of any dependents in receipt of compensation payments as may be deemed necessary by the board, and pending the receipt of such proof may withhold further payments. 1916, c. 77, s. 47.

53. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Minister of Finance shall be custodian of all moneys and securities belonging to the Accident Fund, and the province shall be liable for the safekeeping thereof. AH moneys belonging to the Accident Fund collected or received by the board shall be delivered to the Minister of Finance, or may be deposited to his credit in such banks throughout the provinces as he may designate, and all moneys so delivered or deposited shall be credited by the Minister of Finance to the Acci dent Fund, and shall be accounted for as part of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the province. No moneys collected or received on account of the Accident Fund shall be expended or paid out without first passing into the provincial treasury and being drawn therefrom as provided in this Part. In like manner all securities belonging to the Accident Fund shall be delivered to the Minister of Finance and held by him until_otherwise disposed of for the purposes of this Part.

(2) The board shall submit each month to the Comptroller-General an estimate of the amount necessary to meet the current disbursements from the Accident Fund during the succeeding calendar month, and, when the estimate is approved by the Comptroller-General, the Minister of Finance is directed to pay the amount thereof to the board. At the end of each calendar month the board shall account to the Comptroller-General for all moneys so received, furnishing proper vouchers therefor.

(3) The board shall cause all moneys in the Accident Fund in excess of current requirements to be invested and reinvested in any securities which are under the "Trustee Act" a proper investment for trust funds. The board shall from time to time submit to the Comptroller-General an estimate of the amount required by it for invest ment, which estimate shall be accompanied by a