CHAPTER 299

An Act to amend and reenact § 65-90, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to agreement to pay compensation under the Work-
men’s Compensation Act.

[H 651]

Approved March 15, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 65-90, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 65-90. If after ten days from the date of injury, or at any time in
case of death, the employer and the injured employee or his dependents
reach an agreement in regard to compensation or in compromise of a claim
for compensation under this Act, a memorandum of the agreement in the
form prescribed by the Industrial Commission shall be filed with the Com-
mission for approval, and if approved, the same shall be binding, and an
award of compensation entered upon such agreement shall be for all pur-
poses enforceable by the court’s decree as elsewhere provided in this Act,
and if not approved, the same shall be void. Such agreement may be
approved only when the Commission, or * any member thereof, is clearly
of the opinion that the best interests of the employee or his dependents
will be served thereby; and approval of such agreement shall bind infant
or incompetent dependents affected thereby. Any agreement entered into
during the pendency of an appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeals shall
be effective only with the approval of the Commission as herein provided.