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434 GENERAL LAWS.
employment. Within eight days after the occurrence of an accident resulting
in a personal injury to an employee, a report thereof shall he
made in writing to the Industrial Accident Board on blanks to be procured
from the board for that purpose. Upon the termination of the
disability of the injured employee, or if such disability extends beyond
a period of sixty days, the employer shall make a supplemental report
upon blanks to be procured for that purpose. The said report shall contain
the name and nature of the the business of the employer, the location
of the establishment, the name, age, sex and occupation of the injured
employee, and shall state the date and hour of the accident, and the
nature and cause of injury, and such other information as the board may
require. Any employer failing or refusing to make any such report
within the time herein provided, or failing or refusing to give to said
board any information demanded by said board relating to any injury
to an employee which information is in the possession of, or could have
been ascertained by the employer by the use of reasonable dilligence shall
be liable for and shall pay to the State of Texas a penalty of not more
than one thousand ($1000) dollars for each and every offense, the same
to be recovered in a suit to be instituted and prosecuted by the Attorney'
General, or under his direction, either in the district court of Travis
county, or in the county in which any defendant resides at the option of
the said Attorney General.
Part III.
SECTION 1. The "Texas Employers' Insurance Association" is hereby
created a body corporate with the powers provided in this Act and with
all the general corporate powers incident thereto.
SEC. 2. The Governor shall appoint a board of directors of the
Association consisting of twelve members, who shall serve for a term of
one year, or until their successors are elected by ballot by the subscribers
at such time and for such term as the by-laws shall provide.
SEC. 3. Until the first meeting of the subscribers, the board of
directors shall have and exercise all of the powers of the subscribers, and
mav adopt by-laws not not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
which shall be in effect until amended or repealed by the subscribers.
SEC. 4. The board of directors shall annually choose by ballot a
president who shall be a member of the board, a secretary, a treasurer
and such other officers as the by-laws may provide.
SEC. 5. Seven or more of the directors shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business. Vacancies in any office may be filled in
such manner as the by-laws shall provide.
SEC. 6. Any employer of labor in the State may become a subscriber
excepting as provided in Part I, Section 2 of this Act.
SEC. 7. The board of directors shall, within thirty days of the
subscription of twenty-five employers call the first meeting of the subscribers
by a notice in writing, mailed to each subscriber at his residence
or place of business not less than ten days before the date fixed for the
meeting.
* SEC. 8. In any meeting of the subscribers each subscriber shall
have one vote, and if a subscriber has five hundred employees to whom
the Association is bound to pay compensation, he shall be entitled to two
votes, and he shall be entitled to one additional vote for each additional
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1913-1914 [Volume 16], book, 1914; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth10838/m1/444/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .