iv. The act or omission of any person in the service of the employer
done or made in obedience to the rules, bye-laws, or instructions
of the employer.

v. The negligence of any person in the service of the employer who
has the charge or control of any signal, points, locomotive engine,
or train upon a railway.

1607. Amount Recoverable.

The largest sum which a workman can recover in any of the above cases
is limited to the amount of the average earnings for _three_ years of
a person in his situation.

1608. Notice to Employer.

Notice in writing of the injury must be given to the employer, or sent
by registered post, giving the name and address of the person injured,
the date of the accident, and stating in ordinary language the cause
of the injury.

1609. Actions for Compensation to be brought in County Court.

All actions for compensation under the above Act must be brought in
the County Court, and commenced within six months of the accident, or,
in case the workman die and the action is brought by his
representatives, then within _twelve_ months from his death.

1610. Bills of Sale.

The "Bills of Sale Act," which came into operation on November 1,
1882, effects several noteworthy changes of the utmost importance. It
repeals part of the Act of 1878, which repealed the Act of 1854.

1611. What the term "Bill of Sale" includes.

The term "bill of sale" is made to include, in addition to those
assignments of personal property which were within its meaning under
the Act of 1854, "inventories of goods with receipt thereto attached;
and receipts for purchase-moneys of goods," where the goods remain in
the possession of the seller, and also an agreement to give a bill of
sale.

1612. What the term "Personal Chattels" includes.

The term "personal chattels" has also a wider meaning than under the
old law, as it includes fixtures and growing crops when separately
assigned, and trade machinery when assigned, together with an interest
in land so as to require registration.

1613. Chief Provisions of the Act.

All bills of sale made or given in consideration of any sum under L30
are void. No bill of sale executed after the Act shall be any
protection to the goods comprised therein against distress for poor
and other parochial rates.

1614. Instruments giving Powers of Distress.

Certain instruments giving pow