JURISDICTION.

SECTION 27. Each board shall have jurisdiction over the injuries occurring within the county for which it is appointed, or occurring to employees of residents of the county while such employees are without the Territory, or on vessels operated by residents of such county; provided, that if the principal business or occupation of the employer concerned or of the owner of the vessel is carried on in another county, the board of such other county shall have such jurisdiction.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES.

SECTION 28. The members of such boards shall serve without remuneration, except that they may be allowed their reasonable travelling and other expenses while proceeding to, attending, and returning from attendance of meetings of the board, or reasonably incurred in the discharge of their duties, which board may employ such assistance and clerical help as it may deem necessary, and fix the compensation of all persons so employed. All such salaries and expenses shall be paid out of such funds as shall be appropriated by the Legislature for the use of such boards.

RULES OF BOARD, WITNESSES, BLANKS.

SECTION 29. Each board may make rules not inconsistent with this Act for carrying out the provisions of this Act. Process and procedure under this Act shall be as summary and simple as reasonably may be. The board, or any member thereof, shall have the power to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and to examine such of the books and records of the parties to a proceeding as relate to the questions in dispute. The circuit court shall have power to enforce by proper proceedings the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the production and examination of books, papers, and records. The board shall cause to be printed and furnished free of charge to any employer or employee such blank forms as it shall deem requisite to

facilitate or promote the efficient administration of this Act. Such blanks shall also be furnished by the board to the clerk of the circuit court who shall furnish the same to any employer or employee free of charge, but subject, however, to any rules and regulations the board shall make relating thereto.

AGREEMENTS.

SECTION 30. If the employer and the injured employee reach an agreement in regard to compensation under this Act, a memorandum of the agreement shall be filed with the board and, if approved by it, thereupon the memorandum shall for all purposes be enforceable under the provisions of Section 39, unless modified as provided in Section 37.

Such agreements shall be approved by the board only when the terms conform to the provisions of this Act.

COMMITTEE OF ARBITRATION.

SECTION 31. If the compensation is not settled by agreement, either party may make an application to the board for the formation of a committee of arbitration. Such committee shall consist of three members, one of whom shall be a member of the industrial accident board, or appointed by it, who shall act as chairman. The other two members shall be named, respectively, by the parties. If a vacancy occurs it shall be filled in the same way as the original appointment.

FORMATION OF COMMITTEE.

SECTION 32. Immediately after such application the board shall designate one of its members, or a substitute, to act as chairman of the committee of arbitration, and shall request the parties to appoint their respective representatives. If within seven days after such request, or after a vacancy has occurred, either party does not appoint his representative the board shall fill the vacancy and notify the parties to that effect.

HEARINGS AND AWARDS.

SECTION 33. The committee on arbitration shall make such inquiries and investigations as it shall deem necessary. The hearings of the committee, unless otherwise agreed, shall be held in the city or town where the injury occurred if within this Territory, and the award of the committee, together with a statement of its findings of fact, rulings of law, and any other matters pertinent to the question arising before it, shall be filed with the industrial accident board of the respective county. copy of the award shall be immediately sent to the parties. Unless a claim for a review is filed by either party within ten days after the sending of the award, it shall be enforceable under the provisions of Section 39.

EXAMINATION BY PHYSICIAN.

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SECTION 34. Each industrial accident board, or any member thereof, may appoint a duly qualified impartial physician to examine the injured employee and to report. The fee for this service shall be three dollars ($3.00) and travelling expenses, but the board may allow additional reasonable amounts in extraordinary cases.

EXPENSES OF ARBITRATION AND PHYSICIANS.

SECTION 35. The fees and expenses of arbitrators under Section 33 and of physicians under Section 34 shall be paid from the funds appropriated by the Legislature for the use of the respective boards.

REVIEW OF AWARD.

SECTION 36. If an application for review is made to any board, or if the committee fails to make an award within thirty days after its formation, the board shall allow a full trial and shall make an award which shall be filed with the record of proceedings and shall state its conclusions of fact and rulings of law, and shall immediately send to the parties a copy of the award.

MODIFICATION OF AWARDS AND AGREEMENTS.

SECTION 37. On the application of any party on the ground of a change of conditions, the board may at any time, but not oftener than once in six months, review any agreement or award, and on such review may make an award ending, diminishing, or increasing the compensation previously agreed upon or awarded subject to the maximum and minimum provided in this Act, and shall state its conclusions of fact and rulings of law, and immediately send to the parties a copy of the award, but this section shall not apply to a commutation of payments under Section 18.

APPEALS FROM BOARD.

SECTION 38. An award of the board, in the absence of fraud shall be final and conclusive between the parties except as provided in Section 37, unless within ten days after a copy has been sent to the parties either party appeals to the circuit court of the circuit in which said board is located. In the County of Hawaii the circuit court shall be that of the fourth circuit. In case of every such appeal the right of a trial by jury shall be deemed to be waived unless claimed within ten days from the date such appeal is entered. Said court may by. proper rules prescribe the procedure to be followed in the case of such appeals.

The board may certify questions of law to the supreme court of the Territory for its determination.

ENFORCEMENT OF AWARD.

SECTION 39. Any party in interest may file in the circuit court in the jurisdiction of which the injury occurred a certified copy of a decision of the board awarding compensation, from which no appeal has been taken within the time allowed therefor or a certified copy of a decision of an arbitration committee awarding compensation from which no claim for review has been filed within the time allowed therefor, or a certified copy of a memorandum of agreement approved by the board, where

upon said court shall render a decree or judgment in accordance therewith and notify the parties thereof. Such decree or judgment shall have the same effect, and all proceedings in relation thereto shall thereafter be the same, as though said decree or judgment had been rendered in a suit duly heard and determined by said court, except that there shall be no appeal therefrom.

COSTS.

SECTION 40. If the committee of arbitration, industrial accident board, or any court before whom any proceedings are brought under this Act, determines that such proceedings have been brought, prosecuted, or defended without reasonable ground it may assess the whole cost of the proceedings upon the party who has so brought, prosecuted, or defended them.

GENERAL POWERS OF Board.

SECTION 41. All questions arising under this Act, if not settled by agreement of the parties interested therein with the approval of the board, shall, except as otherwise herein provided, be determined by the board. The decisions of the board shall be enforceable by the circuit court under the provisions of Section 39. There shall be a right of appeal from decisions of the board to the circuit court as provided in Section 38, but in no case shall such an appeal, either under this section or under Section 38, operate as a supersedeas or stay unless the board or the circuit court shall so order.

REVISION DECREES.

SECTION 42. The circuit court, upon the filing with it of a certified copy of a decision of the industrial accident board ending, diminishing, or increasing compensation previously awarded, shall revoke or modify its prior decree or judgment so that it will conform to said decision.

INJURIES OUTSIDE THE TERRITORY.

SECTION 43. If a workman who has been hired in this Territory receives personal injury by accident arising out of