Chap. 227.-An ACT to amend and re-enact section 61 of chapter 400 of the
acts of the general assembly of 1918, page 637, commonly known as the
“workmen’s compensation law,” as last SETAE by chapter 7 of the acts
of assembly of 1926, page 7. {H B 300]

Approved March 16, 1928

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion sixty-one of chapter four hundred of the acts of the general
assembly of nineteen hundred and eighteen, page six hundred and
thirty-seven, commonly known as the workmen’s compensation
law, as last amended by chapter seven of the acts of assembly of
nineteen hundred and twenty-six, page seven, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 61. The award of the commission, as provided in section
fifty-nine, if not reviewed in due time, or an award of the commis-
sion upon such review, as provided in section sixty, shall be con-
clusive and binding as to all questions of fact. No appeal shall be
taken from the decision of one commissioner until a review of the
case has been had before the full commission, as provided in section
sixty, and an award entered by it. Appeals shall lie from such
award to the supreme court of appeals in the manner as now pro-
vided by law for appeals in equity cases from circuit and corpora-
tion courts; provided, however, that the petition for such appeal
shall be presented to the supreme court of appeals, or one of its
judges if the court be not in session, within thirty days from the
date of such award, or within thirty days after receipt of notice to
be sent by registered mail of such award. In such case the filing
with the clerk of the appellate court of ten neatly typewritten
copies of the record, duly certified by the secretary of the commis-
sion, shall be taken as a substitute for printing such record. The
secretary of the commission shall certify to the appellate court,
as a part of the record, all the findings of fact upon which the said
action appealed from was based. Cases so appealed shall be placed
upon the privileged docket of the court and be heard at the next
ensuing term thereof wherever held. The commission, of its own
motion, may certify questions of law to the supreme court of
appeals for decision and determination by the said court. In case
of an appeal from the decision of the commission, or of a certifica-
tion by said commission, of questions of law, to the supreme court
of appeals, said appeal or certification shall operate as a super-
sedeas, and no employer shall be required to make payment of the
award involved in said appeal or certification until the questions at
issue therein shall have been fully determined in accordance with
the provisions of this act.