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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
FRANCES PERKINS, Secretary

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
1SADOR LUBIN, Commissioner

BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES \
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BUREAU OF LABOR S T A T IS T IC S / • • • • J jO e 0 3 1 1
LABOR LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES SERIES

LABOR LEGISLATION
1931

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1932

Prepared by the Labor Law Information Service
CHARLES F. SHARKEY, Chief; GEORGE D. PATTERSON, Assistant

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON * 1933

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Contents
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Introduction------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Part 1.— Digests and summaries of certain classes of laws affecting labor.
Apprenticeship_________________________________________________
Vocational education-----------------------------------------------------------------Schools for employed children___________________________________
Child-labor amendment to the United States Constitution__________
Mothers’ pensions_______________________________________________
Examination, licensing, etc., of workmen—
Aviators___________________________________________________
Barbers—__________________________________________________
Beauty-parlor operators_____________________________________
Chauffeurs_________________________________________________
Electricians_____________________________ _____________ _____
Motion-picture-machine operators____________________________
Plumbers----------------------------------------------------------------------------Stationary engineers________________________________________
Vessel, etc., employees_______________________________________
Mechanics’ liens_______________________________________________
Assignment of wages—wage brokers_____________________________
Sunday labor----------------------------------------------------------------------------Legal holidays in the States and Territories______________________
Railroads—train crews--------------------------------------------------------------Bakeries and preparation, distribution, etc., of food products_______
Regulations governing laundries_________________________________
Injuries causing death, right of action for_______________________
Vocational rehabilitation—State and Federal cooperation_________
Old-age pensions________________________________________________
Pensions for indigent blind______________________________________
Protection of wages of employees, etc., of contractors_____________
Retirement of public employees__________________________________
Cooperative associations_________________________________________
Credit unions----------------------------------------------------------------------------Preference for local labor and domestic materials on public works__
Public printing to be done within the State______________________
Rates of wages of employees on public works______________________
Trade-marks of trade unions_____________________________________
Industrial police________________________________________________
Absent voters__________________________________________________
Protection of employees as members of the National Guard_______
Convict labor----------------------------------------------------------------------------Investigative commissions_______________________________________
Part 2.— Text and abridgment of labor laws.
Alabama_______________________________________________________
Alaska________________________________________________________
Arizona________________________________________________________
Arkansas----------------------------------------------------------------------------------California______________________________________________________
Colorado-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Connecticut______________________________-_____________________
Delaware______________________________________________________
Georgia-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hawaii________________________________________________________
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Ohio___________________________________________________________
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Pennsylvania___________________________________________________
Puerto Rico____________________________________________________
Rhode Island___________________________________________________
South Carolina_________________________________________________
South Dakota__________________________________________________
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BULLETIN OF THE

U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
WASHINGTON

NO. 590

OCTOBER 1933

LABOR LEGISLATION OF 1931 AND 1932

Introduction
During the years of 1931 and 1932 all of the 48 State legislatures
met in regular session. Four Territorial legislatures also met in
regular session during this period (Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Eico,
and the Philippine Islands). During this period a third session of
the Seventy-first Congress of the United States was also held in
the early part of 1931 and the Seventy-second Congress of the
United States met during 1932. Laws affecting labor either di­
rectly or indirectly were passed by all of the legislatures, State, in­
sular, and national, holding regular sessions during 1931 and 1932.
The current bulletin is primarily and essentially a supplement to
the basic bulletin (No. 370), published in 1925, entitled “ Labor
Laws of the United States with Decisions of Courts Eelating
Thereto.” This basic bulletin contains reprints, abridgments, di­
gests, and references to all labor legislation, with the exception of
workmen’s compensation laws, up to the beginning of 1925. Since the
publication of Bulletin No. 370 yearly supplements have been issued
as follows: Bulletin No. 403, Labor Legislation of 1925; No. 434, La­
bor Legislation of 1926; No. 470, Labor Legislation of 1927; No.
486, Labor Legislation of 1928; No. 528, Labor Legislation of 1929;
and No. 552, Labor Legislation of 1930. While annual supplements
have been issued since 1925, the current bulletin covers a 2-year
period, but in the main it follows the same general set-up and ar­
rangement of subject matter as the basic bulletin and also the suc­
ceeding supplements. During the 2-year period the laws which
were passed and amendments thereto pertaining in general or par­
ticularly to labor were beneficial, and it may be said that for the
most part the various labor laws were enlarged and strengthened.
Of national importance, the Congress of the United States passed
several laws of interest to labor. Of particular interest is the
Federal anti-injunction law. Agitation for the passage of this
kind of a law has had the attention of Congress for many
years. By an act of March 3, 1931 (ch. 411, 46 U.S.Stat.L. 1494).
(Congress provided for the payment of the prevailing rate oi
wages in every contract in excess of $5,000 “ in the construction, alter­
ation, and repair of any public buildings of the United States.” In
order to provide for the stabilization of employment Congress, dur­
ing the third session of the Seventy-first Congress, passed a law pro­
viding for the advance planning and regulation of the construction
of public works. This law has been designated as the “ Employ­
ment Stabilization Act of 1931 ” (ch. 117, 46 U.S.Stat.L. 1084). In




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addition to these laws passed by Congress in 1931 and 1932 the fol­
lowing legislation was accomplished—the repeal of the National
Trades Union Act of 1886, and the enactment of several laws of im­
portance to the District of Columbia including a credit union law,
an act regulating the registration of trade-marks of trade unions,
the licensing of plumbers, and a law for the protection of the wages
of employees of contractors.
Under the leadership of the Federal act providing for the pay­
ment of the prevailing rate of wages for laborers, etc., several States
adopted similar legislation, and the law in some instances was
modeled after the provisions of the Federal act (Alaska, California,
Illinois, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio, Washington, and Wisconsin).
The following States declared all antiunion contracts void—Ari­
zona, Colorado, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, and Wisconsin. Con­
tracts which are in their nature antiunion specify that neither party
to a contract may join a labor organization or any organization
of employers. Enactment of laws providing for the payment of
a pension to old and needy citizens was accomplished by the Leg­
islatures of Delaware, Idaho, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and
West Virginia. Kentucky passed a new and enlarged public em­
ployment agency law, while a new law regulating the establishment
of private employment agencies was the subject of legislation in
Arizona. Colorado ratified the Federal child labor amendment.
The Congress of the United States on January 19, 1929, passed a
Federal convict labor law. The purpose of this law was to divest
convict-made goods of their interstate character. During the bien­
nial period of legislation covered by this bulletin the Legislatures
of Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, and Penn­
sylvania took advantage of the Federal act and passed legislation
covering the sale, etc., of convict-made goods. The laws in these
States will become effective after January 19, 1934.
In Texas the legislature passed a law creating a State commis­
sion for the blind. According to the provisions of the law the com­
mission must maintain a bureau of information to assist blind per­
sons in finding employment, etc. This subject was also legislated
upon in Alabama. In this State a bureau of industrial aid for
the blind was created. In North Carolina the legislature reduced
the working hours of woman employees from 60 to 55 per week.
A new absent voting law was passed in Ehode Island. The limi­
tation of the working hours of the employees of motor carriers
was the subject of legislation in several States. While these laws
were enacted primarily for the safety of the traveling public, still
they are worthy of mention in a review of the hours of employees
in general. The following States passed such legislation—Alabama,
Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi, Nebraska, and New York.
Laws concerning group life insurance were passed in Connecticut,
North Carolina, Pennsvlvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Each of the series of labor legislation bulletins is divided into
two parts—one entitled “ Digests and Summaries of Certain Classes
of Laws Affecting Labor ” and the other 44Text and Abridgment
of Labor Laws
At the end of each bulletin a cumulative index
provides a ready reference to the laws found in this bulletin, as well
as those published in preceding bulletins.




INTRODUCTION

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The subject of workmen’s compensation has been treated sepa­
rately and published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in Bulletins
No. 423 and No. 496. Bulletin No. 423, entitled “ Workmen’s Com­
pensation Legislation of the United States and Canada as of July 1,
1926,” contains an analysis and comparison in chart form and the
text of the workmen’s compensation laws of the United States and
Canada in force at the end of 1926. In 1929 the Bureau of Labor
Statistics published a supplement to the basic bulletin bringing the
latter up to January 1929. Since the publication of this supplement
resumes of each of the succeeding years have been made showing the
principal legislative changes in the compensation laws of the various
States. These are available for distribution, and in some respects
supplement the basic volume and also the supplement thereto. The
principal amendments made to the workmen’s compensation laws
during the legislative years of 1931 and 1932 are reviewed in the
January 1932 and November 1932 issues of the Monthly Labor
Review, respectively, published by the United States Bureau of
Labor Statistics.




Part 1.—Digests and Summaries of Certain Classes of
Laws Affecting Labor
This part is a supplement to part 1 of Bulletin No. 370, and the
same general arrangement of subject matter is followed. The intro­
ductory statements found in Bulletin No. 370 continue to be appli­
cable and therefore are not here repeated.
Apprenticeship
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Oregon,.—Ch. 101. Establishes a State apprenticeship commission,
composed of the State superintendent of public instruction, State
labor commissioner, and a member of the State industrial accident
commission.
Vocational Education
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Connecticut.—Ch. 249, sec. 110a, p. 47. Amends sec. 865, Rev. Gen.
Stat. 1930, relative to establishment of trade and vocational schools
in certain towns by the State board of education.
Maine.—Ch. 216. Relates to organization of government depart­
ments. State board of vocational education is placed under the de­
partment of education. Commissioner of labor is designated a
member of such board.
New Jersey.—Ch. 274. Amends ch. 294, Acts of 1913. Relates
to the establishment of vocational schools.
New Mexico.—Ch. 54. Provides for cooperation with the Federal
Government in problems of vocational education, etc.
Pennsylvania.—No. 109. Amends sec. 1, Act. No. 92, Acts of
1913 (as amended by Act No. 250, Acts of 1925).
No. 241. Amends sec 7, Act No. 92, Acts of 1913 (as amended
by Act No. 250, Acts of 1925). Reciprocal arrangements for
training students.
Puerto Rico.—No. 28. Provides for acceptance of Federal Voca­
tional Education Act. Appropriation, $113,000. (See 1932 amend,
below.)
United States.—Ch. 404 (46 U.S.Stat.L. 1489). Federal voca­
tional act extended to Puerto Rico. Appropriation, $105,000.
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New York.—Ch. 384. Amends ch. 21, Acts of 1909 (ch. 15, Ca­
hill’s Consol.L. 1930) (as amended by ch. 140, Acts of 1910) by
adding a new article (47-a). Incorporates the act accepting Fed­
eral aid into the education law. Provisions are added relative to
the administration, etc., of the provisions of the act.
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Puerto Rico.—Act No. 29. Amends sec. 6, Act No. 28, Acts of
1931. Provision is made to defray expenses of equipment, buildings,
lands, etc., from appropriation to carry out purposes of the act.

Schools for Employed Children
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California.—Ch. 1215, sec. 5. A new chapter (2) is added to the
school code, providing for compulsory continuation education for
persons under 18 years of age.
New Jersey.—(Jh. 307. Amends sec. 2, ch. 340, Acts of 1913. A
child temporarily unemployed must attend regularly a continuation
school for a minimum of 20 hours each week.
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Louisiana.—No. 70. Authority is extended to incorporated cities
to establish part-time schools for employed children. Boys, 14 to
16 years; girls, 14 to 18 years. Minimum of 144 hours of instruction
per year. Classes to be held between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Penalties
for violations are provided.

Child-Labor Amendment to the United States Constitution
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Colorado.—H.Con.Res. No. 9 (p. 827). General assembly ratifies
the Federal amendment.

Mothers* Pensions
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Illinois.—P. 214 (sec. 338a, ch. 23, Rev. Stat. 1931). Amends
sec. 16a of an act of June 30, 1913, relative to the appropriation of
mothers’ pension funds.
Iou>a.—Ch. 73. Amends ch. 92, Acts of 1929. A tax levy (not
to exceed 1 mill) is now provided in counties having a population
of 60,000 instead of limiting it to counties with 80,000 population as
heretofore.
Maryland.—Ch. 115. Amends secs. 21 and 22, ch. 401, Acts of
1929. A mother whose husband is permanently incapacitated may
now petition for relief. The tax levy has also been increased from
*4 cent to 1 cent upon each $100 of assessed property.
Massachusetts.—Ch. 415. Amends sec. 1, ch. 118, Gen.L. 1921
(as last amended by ch. 381, Acts of 1930). The act is now applied
to mothers and their dependent children 16 years of age.
Michigan.—No. 30. Amends sec. 7, Act 6, Acts of 1907 (extra
session), as last amended by Act No. 33, Acts of 1929 (sec. 12840,
Comp.L. 1929.)
Minnesota.—Ch. 326. Amends sec. 8677, Gen. Stat. 1923. Specifies
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Missouri.—P. 284. Repeals secs. 8996-9002, Rev. Stat. 1929, and
reenacts 7 new sections, with the same numbering. Several changes
are made in the mothers’ pension law. The tax levy is now extended
to counties with a population of 350,000 to 700,000 instead of limiting
it to counties of 250,000 to 500,000 population as heretofore.
New Hampshire.—Ch. 1. This act is an extension of ch. 145, Acts,
of 1929, and gives temporary aid for dependent mothers. Appro­
priation of $75,000.
Ch. 106. Amends secs. 9 and 12, ch. 108, Pub.L. 1926 (as amended
by chs. 145 and 177, Acts of 1929) and adds a new section, 14a. The
act now provides for the payment of not more than $8 a month
per child to the parent of a motherless child.
New Mexico.—Ch. 49. Provides for the paying of mothers’
pensions.
South Dakota.—Ch. 252. Amends sec. 10023, Comp.L. 1929. The
qualifications for a pension allowance by the county are extended.
Texas.—Ch. 256. Amends art. 6228, of title 109, Rev. Civil Stat.
1925. The maximum monthly allowance for one child is increased
to $15 and for each additional child to $6.
Wisconsin.—Ch. 76. Amends subsec. 6 of sec. 48.33, Wis. Stats,
1929. Provides for the payment of $100 to cover the burial ex­
penses of a minor child.
Ch. 352. Repeals subsec. 21 of sec. 69.28; and amends subsec. 3
of sec. 48.01; subsec. 5 of sec. 48.02; subsec. 7 of sec. 48.07; para­
graphs c, d, of subsec. 5 of sec. 48.33; subsec. 1 of sec. 48.35; subsec.
2 of sec. 48.36; subsecs. 2, 4, of sec. 48.38; subsec. 3 of sec. 48.39; sec.
48.47; subsec. 2 of sec. 166.11; subsec. 2 of sec. 166.18 and sec. 322.05.
Also adds sec. 69.60 and subsec. 7 of sec. 322.04, Wis. Stats. 1929.
The amended act relates to children under the mothers’ pension law,
and to the penalties for violation of the act.
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New Jersey.—Ch. 263. Merely reenacts and enlarges the former
State mothers’ pension law.
Examination, Licensing, etc., of W orkmen
Aviators
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Alabama.—No. 152. Relates to licensing of pilots, etc. Creates a
uniform aviation law.
No. 739. Regulation, etc., of airmen. Pilot’s permit fee, $2.
Arkansas.—No. 9. Amends secs. 7 and 10, Act No. 17, Acts of 1927.
New law created which establishes a department of aeronautics.
Connecticut.—Ch. 108, p. 199. Amends sec. 3066, Rev. Gen. Stat.
1930. Fees for copies of report.
Florida.—Ch. 14642. Repeals ch. 11339, Acts of 1925. New act pro­
vides for licensing of aircraft and pilots.
Idaho.—Ch. 132. Amends sec. 6, ch. 137, Acts of 1929. Uses of
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Ch. 145. Amends sec. 3, ch. 137, Acts of 1929, and adds a new
section (2A) relating to the adoption of the principles established by
the United States Air Commerce Act of 1926.
Illinois.—P. 194 (ch. 15^, Rev. Stat. 1931). Repeals p. 85, Acts
of 1928, and reenacts a new law regulating aeronautics, etc.
Kansas.—Ch. 6. Repeals secs. 3-101 to 3-112, and secs. 74-801 and
74-802, Rev. Stat. 1923, and creates a new act regulating the use, etc.,
of aircraft.
Massachusetts.—Ch. 244. Amends secs. 40 and 46, ch. 90, Gen.L.
1921 (added by sec. 1, ch. 534, Acts of 1922). License fee of $3
is established for operators of gliders; renewal fee, $2.
Ch. 303. Amends sec. 40, ch. 90, Gen.L. 1921 (as last amended by
ch. 244, Acts of 1931). Subsequent examination fee for pilot’s license
is fixed at $5. Secs. 41 and 53, ch. 90, Gen.L. 1921 (as last amended
by ch. 388, Acts of 1928) are also amended.
Michigan.—No. 63. Repeals Act No. 138, Acts of 1927 (as amended
by Act No. 148, Acts of 1929), and provides a new act for registra­
tion, etc., of aircraft.
New Hampshire.—Ch. 36. Regulates aviation. Registration fee
of airmen, $5.
New Jersey.—Ch. 190. Establishes a department of aviation and
the licensing of aircraft and airmen.
North Dakota.—Ch. 91. Amends sec. 3, ch. 85, Acts of 1929. Adds
aircraft “ for hire ” in license requirement of act.
Ohio.—P. 122 (H.B. No. 601). Repeals and reenacts secs. 6310-38
to 6310-44, Gen. Code, 1932. Also adds several new sections (6310-45
to 6310-49) relative to added authority of the director of aeronautics.
Oklahoma.—Ch. 50 (art. 5), p. 193. A uniform law licensing air­
craft and pilots is established.
Oregon.—Ch. 218. Amends secs. 17-103,17-111, and 17-121, Code of
1930. Relates to organization, etc., of aeronautics board. The
appointment of an inspector is also provided.
Pennsylvania.—No. 277. Amends secs. 201, 301, 302, 402, 403, 404,
407, 410-412, 503, 504, 508, 601, 701, 704, 802-808, 813, 818, 1004, and
1005, Act No. 316, Acts of 1929. Aeronautics act amended. Appli­
cant must secure Federal license as a prerequisite to a State license.
Philippine Islands.—No. 3909. Requires a license for all aviators.
Tennessee.—Ch. 73. Establishes a uniform State air licensing act.
Vermont.—No. 90. Amends secs. 1, 2, 4, and 6, Act No. 79, Acts of
1929. Provides that commissioner of motor vehicles issue licenses
of airmen.
West Virginia.—Ch. 4. A board of aeronautics is established.
Licensing of air pilots is provided. License fee not to exceed $10.
‘Wyoming.—Ch. 106. Repeals secs. 1-3 and 5-8, ch. 66, Acts of
1929, and creates a new uniform State law for aeronautics.
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New Jersey.—Ch. 51. Amends the title and secs. 2 and 9, ch. 190,
Acts of 1931.
Kentucky.—Ch. 7. Repeals ch. 11, Acts of 1930, and enacts a new
act regulating aviation and licensing of airmen. Annual registration
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Louisiana.—No. 97. A uniform air licensing act is created. Air­
men licenses required. Law states that a person must have an appro­
priate existing license under Federal law.
Barbers
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Alabama.—No. 508. Regulates the licensing of barbers. Original
license fee, $15; renewal, $15.
Arizona.—Ch. 39. Repeals ch. 76, Acts of 1929, and adds art. 15 to
ch. 58, Code of 1928. Combination act for the regulation of busi­
ness of barbering and cosmetology. Schedule of fees changed in
several cases.
California.—Ch. 1116. Amends sec. 20, ch. 853, Acts of 1927.
Merely changes the terms of members of the barber examining board.
Florida.—Ch. 14650. Regulates the business of barbering.
Georgia.—No. 293 (p. 157). Amends law regulating barbering in
several respects.
Illinois.—P. 200 (ch. 16%, Rev. Stat. 1931). Amends secs. 2-8
and 10, Acts of 1909. Apprentice barbers.
Iowa.—Ch. 55. Amends secs. 2585 bl2-bl4, bl6, Code of 1931.
Additional qualifications and regulations of applicants for barbers’
license.
Massachusetts.—Ch. 418. Establishes a board of registration of
barbers. Certificate of registration, $10; annual renewal fee, $2.
Act, however, amends Gen.L., 1921, ch. 13, by adding after sec.
38 (as added by sec. 2, ch. 348, Acts of 1925) three new sections
(39-41). Chapter 112, Gen.L. 1921, is also amended by inserting
after sec. 87E (added by sec. 2, ch. 470, Acts of 1923) 14 new sec­
tions— 87F-87S.
Montana.—Ch. 18. Amends secs. 3 and 9-11, ch. 127, Acts of
1929. Apprentice qualifications are specified. Fee, $2. Board is
empowered to appoint inspectors of barber shops.
Nevada.—Ch. 22. Repeals sec. 20, ch. 331, Acts of 1929 (sec. 779,
Comp.L. 1929). Enlargement of application of act.
Ch. 207. Amends secs. 760, 763-765, 771-773, 775, and 777, Comp.
L. 1929, and adds two new sections (17a and 17b). New require­
ments for license. Makes unlawful practice without certificate of
registration.
New Mexico.—Ch. 35. Examination fee, $10; certificate, $5; re­
newal, $5; apprentice examination, $5: certificate, $5; renewal, $5.
North Carolina.—Ch. 32. Amends sec. 16, ch. 119, Acts of 1929.
Ch. 205. Amends sec. 23, ch. 119, Acts of 1929.
Ch. 323. Amends ch. 119, Acts of 1929.
Ch. 346. Amends ch. 119, Acts of 1929.
In general, the above amendments merely extend the barber act t »
other towns and counties of the State.
North Dakota.—Ch. 97. Amends sec. 3, ch. 101, Acts of 1927. No.
more than one apprentice may be employed in any one shop.
Ch. 98. Amends sec. 18, ch. 101, Acts of 1927. Prohibits use of
room for other purpose than barbering.
Ch. 99. Amends sec. 5, ch. 101, Acts of 1927. Age for certificate
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Oklahoma.—Ch. 24, art. 2, p. 36. A board of barber examiners
is created. Application fee, $5; registration fee. $3.
Pennsylvania.—No. 202. Examination fee, $5; application fee,
$2; apprentice fee, $1; annual renewal fee, $2.
South Dakota.—Ch. 209. Amends secs. 1, 4r-7, 9, 11, 14, 15, and
18 of ch. 61, Acts of 1927. Barber schools must require 1,000 hours
of instruction. Act also amended in several other respects.
Wyoming.—Ch. 67. Fees: Examination, $10; certificate, $5; ap­
prentice examination, $5; issuance of certificate, $1.
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Kentucky.—Ch. 139. Creates board of barbers and beautician
examiners. Fees: Examination, $10; issuance of certificate, $5;
apprentice examination, $5; certificate, $1; renewal of certificate of
registration, $3; and restoration of expired certificate, $5.
Louisiana.—No. 126. Amends secs. 1, 2, 9, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21 and
22, Act No. 247, Acts of 1928. Fees are increased for examination
to determine qualification. Additional rules are provided, the
violation of which constitutes a violation of the act.
Mississippi— Ch. 118. Amends ch. 131, Acts of 1930 (ch. 86, Code
of 1930). Practically a new act regulating the practice of barbering within the State.
Tthode Island.—Ch. 1892. Amends sec. 9, ch. 156, Gen.L. 1923.
Fee for certificate to engage in instruction is fixed at $5. New
and enlarged provisions for the conduct of a barbers’ school. Certifi­
cate of approval, $25; renewal fee, $25.
Ch. 1961. Amends secs. 9 (as amended by ch. 1892, Acts of 1932)
and 10, ch. 156, Gen.L. 1932. Approval of board must now be
secured before a barber school may be operated. Barber shops
may employ only one apprentice at a time.
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Alabama.—No. 558. Regulates the practice of cosmetology. Ex­
amination fee, $10.
California.—Ch. 1131. Amends secs. 2-10, 12, 12a, 13-16, and
18-21, and also adds a new section (24) to ch. 845, Acts of 1927.
License fee for hairdresser reduced from $15 to $10, and for per­
manent waving from $10 to $7.50.
Colorado.—Ch. 74. Operator’s examination fee, $5; manager or
instructor’s fee, $10; itinerant cosmetologist, $100. Renewal fees,
$3, $5, $25, respectively.
Connecticut.—Ch. 182 (p. 190). Amends secs. 2895, 2899, 2900,
and 2904, ch. 165, Rev. Gen. Stat. 1930. License fee for assistant
hairdresser reduced from $5 to $2.
Hawaii.—No. 25. Amends sec. 29, Act 145, Acts of 1929. Power
to prosecute for violations of act is no longer under the attorneygeneral.
No. 255. Amends sec. 17, Act 145, Acts of 1929. Provides for the
granting of a temporary license pending an examination to an appli­
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Michigan.—No. 176. Examination fee, $5; reexamination fee
after a second one, $5.
Montana.—Ch. 14. Amends sec. 3, ch. 104, Acts of 1929. Excep­
tions to the requirements to practice or teach cosmetology are now
omitted.
Ch. 13. Amends sec. 17, ch. 104, Acts of 1929. Penalties for viola­
tions of the act are now paid to the county treasury for benefit of the
school funds.
Nevada.—Ch. 218. State board of cosmetology is created. Ex­
amination fees: Hairdresser and cosmetician, $10; permanent wav­
ing, $7.50; electrologist, $10; and manicurist, $2.50.
Rhode Island.—Ch. 1793. Amends secs. 6, 8, and 10, ch. 765, Acts
of 1926. State examining board.
South DaHota,.—Ch. 213. Amends sec. 8, ch. 77, Acts of 1927 (as
amended by ch. 94, Acts of 1929). Educational qualifications are
raised—operator must have eighth-grade school education, and train­
ing course must be not less than 1,000 hours, instead of 600 hours as
heretofore.
Ch. 214. Amends sec. 13, ch. 77? Acts of 1927. Power given to
board to make rules, etc., governing examinations of teachers in
beauty schools.
Ch. 215. Amends sec. 7, ch. 77, Acts of 1927. Merely changes*
date, etc., of examinations.
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Rhode Island.—Ch. 1940. Amends sec. 10, ch. 765, Acts of 1926.
Merely requires the board to present its statement annually in July
to the governor, together with any recommendations.
Chauffeurs
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1931

California.—Ch. 322. Amends sec. 69, ch. 253, Acts of 1929.
Licenses expire December 31 of every second year and to be renewed
biennially.
Ch. 1026. Amends ch. 266, Acts of 1923. Repeals sec. 20 of same
act, and also amends and adds several new sections to the California
Vehicle Act.
Colorado.—Ch. 122 (part 3, p. 517 et seq.). Chauffeurs’ licenses
included in Uniform Motor Vehicle Act. Licenses continue at $2.
Delaware.—Ch. 15. Amends ch. 6 (236, sec. 199), Rev. Code,
1915, as amended by ch. 5, Acts of 1923. Fees are reduced from
$3 to $1.50.
Illinois.—P. 777 (sec. 228, ch. 121, Rev. Stat. 1931). Amends
sec. 27, Acts of 1919 (as amended by Acts of 1923 (p. 546)). De­
fines chauffeur as one engaged principally in the occupation and not
incidentally.
Indiana.—Ch. 178. Amends secs. 15-17, ch. 162, Acts of 1929.
Sec. 20 of the same act is repealed. Violations and suspension of
licenses.
Iowa.—Ch. 114. Repeals secs. 4943-4960, Code of 1927, and
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Kansas.—Ch. 80. A uniform operator’s and chauffeur’s license act
is created. Chauffeur’s license, $2.
Maine.—Ch. 255. Amends sec. 36, ch. 29, Rev. Stat. 1930. Appli­
cation fee reduced from $5 to $3, provided chauffeur does not
hold an operator’s license, but if he does hold one, the fee hereafter
is fixed at $1.50 instead of $3.
Maryland.—Ch. 498. Merely supplements State motor vehicle
code.
Michigan.—No. 91. Repeals secs. 24 and 26, Act No. 302, Acts of
1915 (secs. 4645. 4646, Comp.L. 1929) as last amended by Act
No. 287, Acts oi 1925. Also repeals Act No. 368, Acts o f 1919
(secs. 4677-4685, Comp.L. 1929). Chauffeur’s license fixed at $2.
Minnesota.—Ch. 196. Amends sec. 2, ch. 433, Acts of 1929.
Deputy registrars of motor vehicles may be appointed to conduct
examinations.
Nevada.—Ch. 164. Licensing and registration of chauffeurs act
provides that no fee shall be charged.
New York.—Ch. 306. Amends subd. 1, sec. 20, ch. 54, Acts of 1929
(sec. 20, ch. 64-a, Cahill’s Consol.L. 1930).
Oregon.—Ch. 264. Repeals secs. 55-301 to 55-308, Code of 1930,
and reenacts practically a new act. License fee fixed at $1. Annual
renewal fee, $1. Minimum age, 18 years.
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Alabama.—No. 231 (extra session). Amends sec. 9, Act No. 290,
Acts of 1923. Defines a chauffeur as an operator who directly or
indirectly receives compensation for operating a motor vehicle on
public highways. Certain exceptions are enumerated.
Louisiana.—No. 21 (p. 200). This act is a new motor vehicle law.
Powers of Louisiana Highway Commission are enlarged. License
fee fixed at $3.
Virginia.—Ch. 342 (sec. 36). This act constitutes the Motor
Vehicle Code of Virginia. Licensing fee of chauffeurs is fixed
at $5 annually.
Ch. 385. Virginia Operator’s and Chauffeur’s License Act.
Fee, $2. Applicant must be 18 years of age, beginning July 1, 1933.
Electricians
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Maryland.—Ch. 344. Adds 17 new sections (268A-268Q) to
art. 2, Code of Pub. Local Laws, 1930. Creation of board of
examiners and supervisors of electricians in Anne Arundel County.
Motion-Picture-Machine Operators
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Puerto Rico.—Act No. 36. Amends secs. 1, 3, 4, 6, 8-10, 12, and
14, and repeals secs. 5 and 11, Act No. 13, Acts of 1923. Act is
amended in several respects, and is enlarged to include expert
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Plumbers
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Alabama.—No. 628. Regulates the licensing of plumbers in coun­
ties of 100,000 population. Master plumber’s license, $15; journey­
man, $5; renewal fees $10 and $2.50, respectively.
Iowa.—Ch. 148. Amends sec. 5778, Code 1927.
Massachusetts.—Ch. 193. Amends sec. 6, ch. 142, Gen.L. 1921 (as
last amended by ch. 397, Acts of 1930). Relates to deferred renewals
of licenses.
Missouri.—P. 287. Repeals secs. 14853 and 14866, Rev. Stat. 1929,
and enacts two new sections using the same numbering. Applica­
tion of law to cover counties hereafter with 200,000 to 400,000
population.
worth Carolina.—Ch. 52. A State board of plumber examiners
is created. License fee fixed at $50.
Penmylvania.—No. 78. Amends secs. 1 and 2, Acts of 1911
(June 7), as later amended. Examination fee increased from $5
to $25.
Wisconsin.—Ch. 431. Act repeals secs. 145.01 to 145.09, Wis.
Stats. 1929, and adds 13 new sections, to be designated secs. 145.01 to
145.13. New act created relating to the licensing of plumbers, etc.
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District of Columbia.—47 U.S.Stat.L. 659. Amends secs. 3 and
4 of an act of June 18, 1898 (30 U.S.Stat.L. 477). Qualifications
for plumber’s license are extended. Fees are fixed at not less than
$10 nor more than $25 per annum.
Kentucky.—Ch. 140. Provides for registration, etc., of plumbers,
under the jurisdiction of State board of health. Fees: Examination,
master plumber, $25; certificate of registration, $25 renewal, $10;
examination, journeyman plumber, $5; registration, $5; and renewal,
$3.

Stationary Engineers
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New Jersey.—Ch. 168. Amends secs. 3-5, 7, and 12, Act No. 151,
Acts of 1919. Jurisdiction of appointment of steam-boiler inspec­
tors is vested in civil service commission. (See 1932 amend, below.)
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New Jersey.—Ch. 118. Supplements ch. 363, Acts of 1913 (as last
amended by ch. 168, Acts of 1931). Inspection of refrigerating
ilants by insurance carriers is acceptable in lieu of State inspection,
nsurance carrier is required to pay inspection fee (collected from
owner) of $1, for each annual inspection, to the State.

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Vessel, etc., Employees
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Alabama.—No. 81. A pilot commission is created, with power to
regulate pilots and fix tees.
No. 611. Vests pilot commission with authority to make rules and
regulations. Jurisdiction does not extend to harbor masters or
deputy masters
Florida.—Ch. 14820. Amends sec. 3872, Comp.Gen.L. 1927 (as
last amended by ch. 13758, Acts of 1929). Merely changes the num­
ber of pilots assigned to the several ports of the State.
Maine.—Ch. 148. Prohibits the licensing of any person under 16
years of age, as master, pilot, etc., of any vessel.
Maryland.—Ch. 27. Repeals sec. 4, art. 74, Annot. Code, 1924,
and reenacts a new law, authorizing the licensing of pilots of vessels
of 17 feet draft instead of 13 feet as heretofore.
Oregon.—Ch. 293. Amends secs. 65-301, 65-313, 65-316, and 65317, ch. 3, title 65, Code of 1930. Merely defines pilotage ground in
Coos Bay.
Mechanics’ Liens
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Alaska.—Ch. 30. Repeals sec. 705, Comp.L. 1913, and enacts a
new law providing liens to any person performing labor on personal
property.
Arizona.—Ch. 87. Amends sec. 2033, Rev. Code, 1928. Procedure.
California.—Ch. 819. Amends sec. 1186, Code Civ. Proc. Priority
of liens.
Ch. 830. Amends secs. 1184 (as amended by ch. 144, Acts of 1921),
1184d (as added by ch. 308, Acts of 1925), Code Civ. Proc. Relative
to notice and furnishing of bonds.
Illinois.—P. 667 (sec. 59a, ch. 82, Rev. Stat. 1931). Amends sec.
50a of act of March 25, 1874. Thresher’s lien may run for 8 months
instead of 4, after completion of services.
Maryland.—Ch. 142. Repeals sec. 760, art. 11, Code of Pub. Local
Laws, 1930, and reenacts new section. Act applies only to Frederick
County. Relates merely to filing time of a thresher’s lien.
Michigan.—Ch. 103. Amends sec. 4795, Comp.L. 1929. Garage
keeper’s lien for labor, etc., is extended to cover work done on an
airplane.
Montana.—Ch. 112. Amends secs. 8366, 8367, Rev. Code, 1921 (as
amended by ch. 20, Acts of 1929). Fixes amount of thresher’s lien
and time of notice.
New Jersey.—Ch. 283. Amends sec. 4, ch. 280, Acts of 1918.
Relative to laborers performing public improvements.
New Mexico.—Ch. 11. Liens on gas and oil wells, etc., including
pipe lines.
North Carolina.—Ch. 48. Liens on finishers, bleachers, etc.
North Dakota.—Ch. 176. Amends sec. 6877, Comp.L. (Supp.)
1925. Lien extended to machinist or garage keeper for repairs on
automobiles, engines, threshing or well machines.
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Ch. 177. Amends ch. 156, Acts of 1929. Procedure. Lien must
be filed within 30 days instead of 20. Threshing combines and
harvesting work now included.
Oregon.—Ch. 94. Amends sec. 51-701, Code of 1930. Fishing gear.
Ch. 111. Amends sec. 51-506, Code of 1930. Procedure. Copy of
denial must be sent by registered mail to the lien claimant.
Ch. 231. Amends sec. 51-1002, Code of 1930. Lien law extended
to include manufacture of slabwood, also storage of lumber, etc.
Puerto Rico.—No. 73. Wages earned in construction, etc., of any
improvement constitutes a lien on the property. Claim must be
made within 60 days of completion of work.
South Dakota.—Ch. 175. Amends sec. 1683, 1684, 1685, Comp.L,
1929. Liens on combines, corn huskers, shredders, silage cutters, seed
hullers.
Utah.—Ch. 5. Amends sec. 3740, Comp.L. 1917. Enforcement of
liens.
Ch. 6. Amends sec. 3736, Comp.L. 1917. Filing and recording
notice of liens.
Wisconsin.—Ch. 15. Amends sec. 289.32, Wis. Stats. 1929, and also
creates a new section (289.325). Lien to a person furnishing supplies
for performing labor upon certain property.
Ch. 140. Amends sec. 289.47, Wis. Stats. 1929. Garage keeper’s
lien extended.
Ch. 270. Creates a new section (289.025). Any money paid to a
contractor constitutes a trust fund to the amount of all claims due
for work, labor, etc.
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Louisiana.—No. 161. Lien on oil and gas, etc., wells.
New York.—Ch. 531. Amends art. 2, ch. 38, Acts of 1909 (ch.
34, Cahill’s Consol.L. 1930) by adding a new section (36-e). Mag­
istrates and justices of the peace of the county in which the improve­
ment is situated are given jurisdiction.
Ch. 532. Amends art. 2, ch. 38, Acts of 1909 (ch. 34, Cahill’s
Consol.L. 1930) by adding a new section (36-d). Requires books
and statements of funds be kept, etc.
Ch. 533. Amends art. 2, ch. 38, Acts of 1909 (ch. 34, Cahill’s
Consol.L. 1930) by adding a new section (39-c). Provides merely
for the repossession of materials not used.
Ch. 627. Amends part of sec. 2, ch. 38, Acts of 1909 (ch. 34,
Cahill’s Consol.L. 1930) (as last amended by ch. 515, Acts of 1929)
and also another part (as last amended by ch. 859, Acts of 1930),
and also adds 6 new paragraphs to such section. Also amends sec.
7, ch. 38, Acts of 1909 (as last amended by ch. 515, Acts of 1929);
adds a new section (12-a); amends subsecs. 2 and 3, sec. 13 (as last
amended by ch. 859, Acts of 1930); sec. 13 (as last amended by
ch. 859, Acts of 1930), by adding two new subdivisions (4 and 5 );
subd. 1, sec. 25 (as last amended by ch. 859, Acts of 1930); adds 2 new
sections (25-a and 25-b); and also amends sec. 36 (as last amended
by ch. 859, Acts of 1930); sec. 36-b (as last amended by ch. 859,
Acts of 1930). Amends the lien law generally.
Virginia.—Ch. 161. Amends sec. 6426, Code of 1919 (as amended
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of grounds is deemed materials furnished for improvement of such
building and permanently annexed to the freehold.
Ch. 329. Amends sec. 6438, Code of 1919 (as amended by ch. 9,
Acts of 1922). Priority of liens extended to cover foremen and
superintendents (to the extent of not more than $25 per week) of
any mining or manufacturing company.

Assignment of Wages—Wage Brokers
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Delaware.—Ch. 246. Amends ch. 100, Rev. Code, 1915 (as
amended by ch. 260, Acts of 1929). The following sections are re­
pealed and new ones substituted—3556, sec. 121; 3557, sec. 122; 3558,
sec. 123; and 3560, sec. 125, ch. 260, Acts of 1929. Small loans.
New Hampshire.—Ch. 163. Amends ch. 269, Pub.L. 1926, by
adding a new section (la) providing for the termination of licenses
on April 1, and amending sec. 6, relative to issuance of license. Also
authorizes appointment of a commission of 5 members to study the
net incomes of licensees, and the effect of the interest rate upon the
welfare of the citizenrv
Oregon.—Ch. 385. Repeals secs. 22-2601 to 22-2614, Code of 1930.
and establishes new provisions for regulating the business of loans oi
$300 or less.
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Kentucky.—Ch. 46. Amends sec. 4758a-3, Stats. 1930, by providing
penalties for violations of the act. Penalty of $50 to $200 for each
offense.
New Jersey.—Ch. 62. A new small loan ($300) act is enacted.
License fee, $200. Bond must be given. Rate of interest fixed as
2y2 percent per month. Repeals ch. 49, Acts of 1914; ch. 251, Acts
of 1928; and ch. 293, Acts of 1929.

Sunday Labor
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Alaska.—Ch. 20. Amends sec. 2021, Comp.L. 1913. Theaters
and motion-picture houses are exempt from the Sunday closing law.
Connecticut.—Ch. 155, p. 267. Amends sec. 6295, Rev. Gen. Stat.
1930. Limitation of Sunday afternoon hours is eliminated from the
law.
Delaware.—Ch. 269. Amends ch. 153, Rev. Code, 1915, by adding
at the end of 4784, sec. 4, a provision permitting certain sports to be
enjoyed in the city of Wilmington.
Maryland.—Ch. 66. Repeals sec. 472, art. 10, Code of Pub. Local
Laws, 1930, relating to Sunday hours of labor in Dorchester County.
Massachusetts.—Ch. 71. Amends sec. 17, ch. 136, Gen.L. 1921.
Commercial fishing on Sunday is forbidden.
Ch. 240. Amends sec. 6, ch. 136, Gen.L. 1921 (as last amended
by ch. 179, Acts of 1930). Authorizes the manufacture and distri­




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bution of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, acetylene, and carbon diox­
ide on Sunday. (See 1932 amend, below.)
Nebraska.—Ch. 43. Repeals sec. 28-938, Comp. Stat. 1929, and
reenacts a new section. Exempts from the Sunday hours of labor
law, cities, etc., in which public dances are supervised by municipal
authorities.
New Hampshire.—Ch. 155. Amends ch. 385, Pub.L. 1926, by
adding a new section (5-a). Provides that any city may adopt ordi­
nances permitting retail businesses, etc., to operate on Sunday.
New Mexico.—Ch. 29. Amends sec. 35-4003, Stat. 1929. Ex­
empts certain industries from the Sunday labor law.
Ohio.—P. 192 (S.B. No. 77). Amends sec. 13049, Gen. Code,
1930. Adds to list of prohibitions the exhibition of motion pic­
tures in the forenoon on Sunday.
South Carolina.—No. 47. Repeals secs. 4890-4893, vol. 3, Code
of 1922, and amends law relating to operation of railroad trains
on Sunday.
Texas.—Ch. 116. Amends art. 287, Pen. Code, 1925 (as amended
by ch. 139, Acts of 1925). Exempts operation of motion-picture
theaters from Sunday hours of labor law.
Wisconsin.—Ch. 267. Adds a new section (351.66 (1) (2)) to
Wis. Stats. 1929. Prohibits manufacture of bakery products on
Sundays in counties of 500,000 population, provided they are to be
sold on the same day.
J.R. No. 114 (p. 956). Provides for a referendum on Sunday
labor laws at election in April 1932.
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Massachusetts.—Ch. 96. Amends sec. 6, ch. 136, Gen.L. 1921 (as
last amended by ch. 240, Acts of 1931). The delivering of kosher
meat is permitted on Sunday, as well as the selling of such article.
Mississippi. Ch. 248. Amends sec. 1131, Code of 1930. Munici­
palities are authorized to prescribe the number of hours on Sunday
(not exceeding 3) during which garages and gasoline stations shall
be closed.
Virginia.—Ch. 328. Amends sec. 4570, Code of 1919, by exempt­
ing from the law the sale of gasoline or any other motor oil.
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Legal Holidays in the States and Territories
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The following States designated November 11 a legal holiday, to
be known as Armistice Day:
Indiana.—Ch. 88.
Michigan.—No. 12.
Nevada.—Ch. 60.
Wisconsin.—Ch. 17.
While Tennessee had previously declared Armistice Day a holiday,
chapter 2 imposed a duty upon the governor to proclaim such a day
be observed, and Delaware (ch. 234) provided that educational
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Alcbbwna.—No. 689 (H.J.Res., p. 820). Officially declares October
12, as a holiday, to be known as Columbus Day and Fraternal Day.
Missouri.—P. 260. April 13 (Jefferson Day) established as a
legal holiday.
Puerto Rico.—No. 3. January 6 declared an official and legal
holiday. A resolution (J.R. No. 25, p. 940) declares the anniversary
of the discovery of Puerto Rico (November 19) a holiday.
Teonas.—Ch. 8. Amends art. 4591, Rev. Civ. Stat., 1925. Desig­
nates January 19 (Lee’s birthday) as a legal holiday.
Utah.—Ch. 1. Provides that' Arbor Day, instead of being fixed
by law, shall hereafter be selected by the governor on a day between
March 1 and April 15.
United States.—46 U.S.Stat.L. 1482. Provides for a Saturday
half-holiday throughout the year for all civil-service employees of
the United States and of the District of Columbia.
Delaware.—Ch. 233. Amends ch. 78, art. 17, 2841 sec. 197, Rev.
Code, 1915. Provides merely for the observance of a holiday on
Monday whenever the day falls on a Sunday.
Alaska.—Ch. 85. Holidays falling on Sunday are to be observed
on Monday, as in the case of the above Delaware act.
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Alabama.—No. 149 (extra session). Amends act of September 29,
1919, declaring Armistice Day a legal holiday.
Kentucky.—Ch. 123. Creates June 3 (Confederate Memorial Day)
a legal holiday.
Louisiana.—No. 165. Designates certain holidays to be observed.
General election day apparently has been omitted from the list.

Railroads—Train Crews
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Wisconsin.—Ch. 304. Adds a new subsec. (4a) to sec. 192.25, Wis.
Stats. 1929. Full train crew law extended to switching engines.
Bakeries and Preparation, Distribution, etc., of Food Products
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California.—Ch. 176. Amends sec. 7, ch. 701, Acts of 1921. Re­
lates merely to the handling, sale, and return of bakery products.
Connecticut.—Ch. 141; p. 178. Adds a section to ch. 139, Rev. Gen.
Stat. 1930. Transfers jurisdiction over bake shops, etc., from the
commissioner of labor and factory inspection to the dairy and food
commissioner.
Rhode Island.—Ch. 1742. Amends the factory inspection act to
include places where food is prepared for sale. (See text of law on
p. H7.)
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Rhode Island.—Ch. 1903. Amends sec. 26, ch. 85, Gen.L. 1923 (as
amended by ch. 1570, Acts of 1 930) . Exempts vehicles used in inter­
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the bakery, and renewed every 6 months, showing that employee
is free from certain contagious diseases.
Regulations Governing Laundries
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Rhode Island.—Ch. 1767. Amends ch. 1200, Acts of 1928, by add­
ing a new section (7). Regulations may apply to the town of Bristol
upon acceptance by the council.
Injuries Causing Death, Right o f Action for
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Hawaii.—No. 16. Amends sec. 2681, Rev.L. 1925. No action is
maintainable by a dependent when a remedy is provided under the
workmen’s compensation law.
New Mexico.—Ch. 19. Amends sec. 36-101, Stat. 1929. Amount
recoverable is increased from $5,000 to $7,500 in the liability of
common carriers.
Wisconsin.—Ch. 263. Amends sec. 331.04, Wis. Stats. 1929.
Amount recoverable is increased from $10,000 to $12,500.
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Rhode Island.—Ch. 1912. Amends sec. 14 ch. 333, Gen.L. 1923.
A cause of action hereafter is made to survive the death of the person
liable for damages.
Vocational Rehabilitation— State and Federal Cooperation
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California.—Ch. 981. Act amends sec 3.515 of the school code
(p. 128) by providing that the State board of education shall direct
its vocational rehabilitation program through the director of the
board.
Illinois.—P. 221 (secs. 383, 385, 387, 388, 388a, ch. 23, Rev. Stat.
1931). Amends secs. 1, 3, 5, 6, and 8 and adds a new sec. (5a) to
Acts of 1921 (p. 11). A division for vocational rehabilitation is
established under the control of the State board for vocational
education.
New Hampshire.—Ch. 48. Affirms the acceptance of the Federal
act, which was originally accepted by ch. 18, Acts of 1925. Appro­
priation, $1,000.
Puerto Rico.—No. 27. Provides for the acceptance of Federal act.
Appropriation, $17,000.
United States.—46 U.S.Stat.L. 1489. Vocational rehabilitation
act extended to Puerto Rico. Appropriation, $15,000.
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United States.—47 U.S.Stat.L. 448. Act authorizes appropria­
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tation. One million dollars for each of fiscal years ending 1934,
1935, 1936, and 1937.
O ld-A ge P ensions
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California.—Ch. 608. Amends secs. 2, 4, 5, 13, 14, 16, 22, 23, adds
secs. 2y2 and 18^, and repeals sec. 24 ch. 530, Acts of 1929. New
considerations for determining the age of an applicant are provided.
An inmate in an institution may apply for a pension, but aid will not
begin until the applicant ceases to be an inmate.
Colorado.—Ch. 131. Amends secs. 1-3 (subd. A ) and 18, ch. 143,
Acts of 1927. The old-age pension act was made mandatory and
the age requirement was reduced from 70 to 65 years.
Delaware.—Ch. 85,1 A State old-age welfare commission was
established.
Ch. 189. The State old-age welfare commission was authorized to
erect a State welfare home.
Idaho.—Ch. 16.2
Maryland.—Ch. 114. Repeals art. 70A (Ann. Code, Supp. 1929),
and reenacts a new article. Amends original act (ch. 538, Acts
of 1927) in several respects. Administration of act is placed under
county commissioners instead of courts and in Baltimore under the
supervision of city charities.
Massachusetts.—Ch. 398. Provides for a temporary (1931 and
1932) old-age assistance tax of $1, to be levied on all male inhabitants
over 20 years of age. The commissioner of corporations and taxa­
tion is directed to consider methods for financing the old-age pension
law, and to report to the legislature by December 7, 1932. (See 1932
amend, below.)
Minnesota.—Ch. 8. Merely authorizes the transfer of county funds
to pay pensions under the act (ch. 47, Acts of 1929) whenever tax
levies are insufficient.
Ch. 72. Amends secs. 2, 8, 9, 18 (subd. 1), and 20, ch. 47, Acts of
1929
Ch. 138. Amends secs. 1, 2, 7 (subd. 1), 8-11, 12 (subd. 2), 14, 16,
18 (subd. 1), 20, and adds a new sec. (20a) ch. 47, Acts of 1929.
The board oi county commissioners is hereafter empowered to ad­
minister the old-age pension act instead of the district judges.
Missouri.—P. 385. Authorizes a proposed constitutional amend­
ment relative to granting of old-age pensions to be submitted to the
electorate in November 1932. (Amendment passed, see Acts of 1933,
p. 478.)
New Hampshire.—Ch. 165.8
New Jersey.—Ch. 219.4 (See 1932 amend, below.)
West Virginia.—Ch. 32.4
Wisconsin.—Ch. 109. Amends subsec. 2 of sec. 49.22, Wis. Stats.
1929. Provides for an alternative condition for receiving a pension,
i.e., that the applicant “was born in the United States.”
1 For analysis of act see Monthly Labor Review, April 1931, p. 86.
* For analysis of act see Monthly Labor Review, June 1931, p. 82.
* For analysis of act see Monthly Labor Review, September 1931, p. 59.
* For analysis of act see Monthly Labor Review, June 1931, p. 85.




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Ch. 239. Amends subsec. 2 of sec. 49.20; subsec. 1 of sec. 49.23;
sec. 49.26; subsec. 2, of sec. 49.37; and adds a new subsection (4) to
sec. 49.37 of Wis. Stats. 1929.
After July 1, 1933, the old-age pension law shall apply to all
counties. Inmates of institutions may apply for a pension but no
aid shall be granted until released from such institution.
Wyoming.—Ch. 35. The counties are authorized to raise pension
funds by the levy of a tax (not to exceed y2 mill) on the assessed
valuation of property.
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Massachusetts.—Ch. 259. Amends secs. 1 and 8, ch. 398, Acts of
1931; also amends ch. 118A, Gen.L. 1921 (as inserted by sec. 1, ch.
402, Acts of 1930). Extends the tax on male citizens through 1933,
and also provides for reimbursement of tax moneys to cities, etc.
New Jersey.—Ch. 262. Amends sec. 14, ch. 219, Acts of 1931. Re­
lates to nature and kind of investments of surplus funds, also limita­
tions as to investments.
Pensions for Indigent Blind
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Arkansas.—No. 158. Provides for the pensioning of indigent blind
citizens of the State. Financed by taxing businesses engaged in
operating billiard and pool tables.
Protection of Wages o f Employees, etc., o f Contractors
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Hawaii.—No. 163. Amends secs. 161, 1478, and 2679, Rev.L. 1925.
Public buildings and works.
Illinois.—P. 385 (secs. 15, 16, ch. 29, Rev. Stat. 1931). Con­
tractors are required to give bond on public construction projects
for the payment of labor, etc.
Indiana.—Ch. 168. Amends secs. 1 and 2. Acts of 1911 {March
4) (as amended by ch. 44, Acts of 1925). Act enlarged to include
assessment districts.
Iowa.—Ch. 208. Amends sec. 10299, Code of 1927 (as amended by
ch. 244, Acts of 1929), also secs. 10306, 10312, 10313, Code of 1927.
Relates to action on contractor’s bond.
Kansas.—Ch. 227. Act amends sec. 1, ch. 198, Acts of 1925. Bond
made applicable to subcontractors furnishing labor, etc.
Minnesota.—Ch. 229. Amends sec. 9700. Gen. Stat. 1923. Requires
that bonds must cover cost of enforcing terms of the bond, and
attorneys’ fees.
Montana.—Ch. 20. Requires that contractors must furnish bonds.
Nevada.—Ch. 208. Original contractor is made liable for labor
indebtedness incurred by any subcontractor. (See text of law on
P- 82-)

Ch. 212. Provides for registration of contractors on public works
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New Jersey.—Ch. 318. Amends sec. 3, ch. 75, Acts of 1918. Pro­
cedure relative to filing of a claim. Action may be brought now
against a surety within 80 days instead of 60 days as heretofore.
North Dakota.—Ch. 100. Amends sec. 6832, Rev. Code, 1913
(Supp.). Bond enlarged to cover supplies used for machinery and
motor-power equipment.
Ch. 223. Relates to enforcement of subcontractor’s claims.
Oregon.—Ch. 280. Amends 67-1101, Code of 1930. Claim on
bond must be filed within 6 months instead of 1 year.
Pennsylvania.—The subject of the protection of wages of em­
ployees of contractors received attention in this State by the follow­
ing acts: No. 130 (sec. 617b), No. 144 (sec. 2408h), No. 145 (cl. 54,
sec. 1202), No. 146 (sec. 564), No. 293, No. 294, No. 317 (sec. 1905),
No. 321, No. 331 (sec. 1804), and No. 353 (sec. 3).
Philippine Islands.—No. 3688. Act provides for the protection of
persons furnishing labor, etc., on the construction of public works.
Wyoming.—Ch. 73 (secs. 74, 75). Amends secs. 4887 and 4888.
Comp. Stat. 1920. Act is clarified relative to securing of contractors
bonds on irrigation works.
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District of Columbia.—47 U.S.Stat.L. 608. Provides that con­
tractors awarded a contract for public buildings, etc., for the District
of Columbia must give bond for the protection of persons furnishing
labor and materials.
New Jersey.—Ch. 142. Amends ch. 75, Acts of 1918 (as amended
by ch. 110, Acts of 1920). Act is enlarged to cover fuels, oils, imple­
ments, or machinery, etc., furnished in the construction of public
buildings or works.
Virginia.—Ch. 275. Provides that funds paid by the owner to a
general contractor shall be used for the purpose of paying persons
performing labor upon such construction. Penalties for violations
are provided.
Retirement of Public Employees
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California.—Ch. 700. Establishes a contributory retirement sys­
tem for State employees.
Ch. 811. Amends ch. 373, Acts of 1919 (as amended), by adding
a new section (3y2). County employees are excluded from partici­
pating in other pension systems.
Colorado.—Ch. 157. A retirement plan optional for employees
already employed, but compulsory for future employees is estab­
lished,
Hawaii.—No. 172. Provides for the payment of balance of a pen­
sion upon death of the pensioner.
No. 219. Prior service credits are extended to employees who
were in military, coast guard, or public health service between April
5,1917, and July 2,1920.
Illinois.—P. 306 (ch. 24, Rev. Stat. 1931). Amends secs. 11, 39,
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and (56%). Municipal employees in cities exceeding 200,000 popu­
lation.
P. 856 (ch. 24, p. 631, Rev. Stat. 1931}. Repeals act of 1911 (ch. 24,
p. 538, Rev. Stat. 1917). Act extending a pension system to mu­
nicipal employees in cities^ etc., of 100,000 population is repealed,
except as to any rights which accrued prior to the effective date of
this act.
Kansas.—Ch. 124. A retirement system is established for public
employees in cities of 50,000 to 90,000 population.
Maine.—Ch. 274. Amends secs. 20 and 21, ch. 158, Rev. Stat.
1930. State retirement act was liberalized, so as to include officers
as well as employees. A person 70 years of age with 20 years’ good
record may be retired, as may also any official recommended by the
governor and council.
Massachusetts.—Ch. 378. Amends sec. 1, ch. 32, Gen.L. 1921 (as
amended by ch. 341, Acts of 1922); also amends sec. 5, ch. 32 (as
last amended by sec. 3, ch. 335, Acts of 1930), by adding a new
paragraph providing for rights and benefits of members while re­
ceiving workmen’s compensation payments from the State. The
amending act further amends the definition of “ continuous service ”
under the State retirement act, by providing that a period of ab­
sence while receiving other benefits shall not break the continuity
of service.
Minnesota.—Ch. 244. Amends ch. 522, Acts of 1919. Authorizes
the payment of pension to a surviving spouse of a deceased public
employee of certain cities.
Ch. 307. A retirement system for county employees, and employees
of cities of the first, second, or third class, and employees in villages
of 7,000 population is established.
Ch. 351. Amends ch. 191, Acts of 1929. The retirement act in­
cludes a State employee employed in any capacity.
New Jersey.—Ch. 369. Amends ch. 109, Acts of 1921 (as last
amended by chs. 170 and 261, Acts of 1924). State employees who
om the retirement system
, subd. 3, ch. 15, Acts of
1909 (ch. 8, Cahill’s ConsoLL. 1930) as added by ch. 765, Acts of
1921 (as amended by ch. 684, Acts of 1926). Age minimum reduced
from 50 to 45, by which an employee discontinued from service after
20 years may be paid an additional amount of pension. (See 1932
amend, below, chs. 98 and 454.)
Ch. 131. Amends sec. 53, subd. 5. ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8,
Cahill’s ConsoLL. 1930) as added oy ch. 741, Acts of 1920 (as
amended by ch. 139, Acts of 1930). Act merely changes the date
relative to prior service. (See 1932 amend, below.)
Ch. 193. Amends ch. 15, art. 4, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8, Cahill’s Consol.
L. 1930) by adding a new section (68-a). Relative to optional
retirement before the age of 60. (See 1932 amend, below.)
A member may retire at 55 provided an increased contribution is
made to the fund.
Ch. 239. Amends sec. 63, subd. 1, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8,
Cahill’s Consol.L. 1930) as added by ch. 741, Acts of 1920 (as
amended by ch. 684, Acts of 1926). Provides for superannuation
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Ch. 258. Amends ch. 466 (sec. 1703-a), Acts of 1901, as added by
ch. 786, Acts of 1928 (as amended by cn. 753, Acts of 1930). Ex­
tension of time for entry into the system (New York City employees)
with credit for prior service. (See 1932 amend, below.)
Ch. 260. Amends ch. 466 (sec. 1092, subd. h), Acts of 1901 (as
added by ch. 303, Acts of 1917 and as amended by ch. 658, Acts
of 1930). Relative to prior service credit and retirement allowance
under New York City teachers’ retirement system.
Ch. 261. Amends ch. 466 (sec. 1092, sub. par. (b) of par. 1, of
subd. M ), Acts of 1901 (as amended by ch. 303, Acts of 1917).
Pension (New York City teachers) allowance is based on 1 per­
cent of the average salary for each year of service, whenever a con­
tributor has rendered less than 20 years’ service at date of retirement.
Ch. 299. Amends ch. 21 (sec. 1109M), Acts of 1909 (ch. 16, Cahill’s
ConsoLL. 1909) (as amended by ch. 140, Acts of 1910, and as added
by ch. 503, Acts of 1920). Act also amends ch. 15 (sec. 73), Acts of
1909 (ch. 8, Cahill’s ConsoLL. 1930) as added by ch. 592, Acts of
1922 (as amended by ch. 684, Acts of 1926). Transfer of contribu­
tions between various retirement systems is regulated.
Ch. 334. Amends sec. 52-c, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8, Cahill’s
ConsoLL. 1930), as added by ch. 713, Acts of 1928 (as amended by
chs. 713, 714, Acts of 1930); amends subd. 3, sec. 57, ch. 15, Acts of
1909, as added by ch. 741, Acts of 1920 (as last amended by ch. 14,
Acts of 1929); amends subd. 2, sec. 62, ch. 15, Acts of 1909, as added
by ch. 741, Acts of 1920 (as last amended by ch. 138, Acts of 1930);
amends sec. 65-b of ch. 15, Acts of 1909, as added by ch. 684, Acts of
1926 (as amended by ch. 578, Acts of 1927); amends sec. 76, ch. 15,
Acts of 1909, as added by ch. 591, Acts of 1922 (as last amended by
ch. 140, Acts of 1930). Membership in the retirement system is
extended to clerks or secretaries of congressmen. Salaried employees
of the legislature and appointees of the governor are exem pt from
compulsory retirement. (See 1932 amend, below, chs. 8 and 10.)
Ch. 389. Amends ch. 15 (sec. 67), Acts of 1909 (ch. 8, Cahill’s
ConsoLL. 1930) as added by ch. 741, Acts of 1920 (as last amended
by ch. 421, Acts of 1929). Modifies the application of the retirement
system in total disability cases or death by extending to members
tne right to treatment in accordance with the workmen’s compensa­
tion law, in addition to any annuity granted under the civil-service
law. Act applies to both State and municipal employees. (See 1932
amend, below.)
Ch. 393. Amends sec. 52, subd. 1, par. (f), ch. 15, Acts of 1909
(ch. 8, Cahill’s ConsoLL. 1930) as added by ch. 141, Acts of 1930.
Merely extends time of joining the retirement system, for one with
prior service.
Ch. 400. Amends ch. 15, art. 4, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8, Cahill’s
ConsoLL. 1930), as added by ch. 741, Acts of 1920, by adding a
new section (63a). Provides for an elected optional benefit to a
beneficiary of a member with 45 years’ service, who died before the
time specified in the notice for his retirement.
Ch. 424. Amends sec. 76, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8, Cahill’s
ConsoLL. 1930), as added by ch. 591, Acts of 1922 (as last amended
by ch. 140, Acts of 1930). Merely relates to prior service credits.
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Ch. 483. Amends sec. 52c, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8, Cahill’s
Consol.L. 1930) as added by ch. 713, Acts of 1928 (as last amended
by ch. 334, Acts of 1931). Act extended to referees in bankruptcy.
Ch. 546. Amends sec. 1709, ch. 466, Acts of 1901 (as last amended
by ch. 655, Acts of 1930). Act regulates annuity, pension, etc.,
rights of employees involuntarily separated from city service.
Ch. 549. Amends ch. 466, Acts of 1901, by adding a new section
(1091a). Relates to certificates for prior service.
Ch. 564. Amends sec. 1710, subd. 3, ch. 466, Acts of 1901 (as last
amended by ch. 656, Acts of 1930). Merely extends the time for
members to elect to retire at 55 years of age.
Ch. 760. Amends sec. 1092, ch. 466, Acts of 1901 (as amended by
ch. 303, Acts of 1917), by adding a new definition to be known as
definition (18-a). Average salary of a member retiring after 45
years’ service is defined.
Pennsylvania.—No. 167. Amends clauses 6, 7, 9 and 10, of sec. 1,
Act No. 331, Acts of 1923 (as last amended by Act No. 565, Acts
of 1929). Clerks and secretaries employed by judges are included
in the retirement act. Section 8 of the act (as amended by Act No.
565, Acts of 1929) is further amended by adding a new clause (9),
relative to a transfer from one class to another. Clause 2 of sec. 11
of the act (as last amended by Act No. 565, Acts of 1929) extends
the time for reentering the retirement system from 5 to 7 years.
No. 184. Amends sec. 3, Act No. 259, Acts of 1915 (as amended
by Act No. 106, Acts of 1925). Any person employed by a city of
the second class more than 20 years shall be allowed a deduction
of 1 year from the age fixed for retirement for each 5-year period
of service in excess of 20 years. Section 4 of act (as amended by
Act No. 64, Acts of 1927). Amount of retirement, etc.
United States.—Ch. 375.® (46 U.S.Stat.L. 1471). Retirement
act for employees of Panama Canal and Panama R.R. Co., on the
Isthmus of Panama.
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Hawaii.—Act No. 50. Amends sec. 4, Act No. 251, Laws of 1927
(as amended by Act No. 182, Laws of 1929). Maintenance of pen­
sion fund.
Illinois.—P. 9 (fourth special session). Act amends law relating
to retirement of employees in cities with a population exceeding
200,000.
Massachusetts.—Ch. 268. Amends sec. 3, par. (4), ch. 32, Gen.L.
1921 (as amended by sec. 2, ch. 341, Acts of 1922). Increases cash
value of full maintenance from $5 to $7 per week, and extends such
to any position in any division of the State service.
New Jersey.—Ch. 259. Merely prohibits the receiving of pensions,
etc., while holding public office.
New York.—Ch. 6. Amends sec. 67, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8,
Cahill’s Consol.L. 1930), as added by ch. 741, Acts of 1920 (as last
amended by ch. 389, Acts of 1931). Clarifies the application of other
members of the State retirement system equally with State employees
and makes a retroactive provision relative to deductions for medical
treatment or care.
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Ch. 7. Amends subd. 5, sec. 53, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8, Cahill’s
Consol.L. 1930) as added by ch. 741, Acts of 1920 (as last amended
by ch. 131, Acts of 1931). Act extends until January 1, 1933, the
time for joining the service with prior service credit.
Ch. 8. Amends subd. 2, sec. 62, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8, Cahill’s
ConsoLL. 1930) as added, by ch. 741, Acts of 1920 (as last amended
by ch. 334, Acts of 1931). Exempts a chaplain of a county penal
institution who has served for 30 continuous years.
Ch. 9. Amends subd. 1, sec. 58, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8, Cahill’s
ConsoLL. 1930) as added by ch. 741, Acts of 1920 (as last amended
by ch. 705, Acts of 1923). Allows the withdrawal of additional
amounts of members in service upon approval of the comptroller.
Ch. 10. Amends sec. 65-b, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8, Cahill’s
ConsoLL. 1909) as added by ch. 684, Acts of 1926 (as last amended
by ch. 334, Acts of 1931). (See also ch. 45, Acts of 1932). Allows
payment of the ordinary death benefit to a beneficiary in the form of
an annuity.
Ch. 11. Amends sec. 68-a, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8, Cahill’s
ConsoLL. 1930) as added by ch. 193, Acts of 1931. Merely extends
to January 1, 1933, the time for electing to retire at 55.
Ch. 20. Amends subd. 1, sec. 61, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8, Ca­
hill’s ConsoLL. 1930) as added by ch. 741, Acts of 1920 (as last
amended by ch. 557, Acts of 1928). Permits a member who has left
the State service, and withdrawn his deposits, to redeposit such
amount upon reentry and thus acquire his prior status, subject, how­
ever, to continuance in service at least 5 years after last day of reentry
into service.
Ch. 45. Amends subd. 2, sec. 61, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8, Ca­
hill’s ConsoLL. 1930) as added by ch. 741, Acts of 1920 (as amended
by ch. 705, Acts of 1923). Permits the payment of accumulated
contributions of a member of the retirement system to his beneficiary
in the form of an annuity.
Ch. 66. Amends art. 4, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8, Cahill’s ConsoLL.
1930), as renumbered art. 5, ch. 741, Acts of 1920, and is renum­
bered art. 8 of such chapter. A new article (6) is also inserted. Act
merely codifies certain former retirement laws together with the
State system as part of the civil-service law.
Ch. 94. Amends art. 4, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8, Cahill’s ConsoLL.
1930). as added by ch. 741, Acts of 1920, by adding a new section
(63-b). Act provides for benefits in the case of employees in the
State senate.
Ch. 98. Amends subd. 3, sec. 61, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8, Ca­
hill’s ConsoLL. 1930), as added by ch. 365, Acts of 1921 (as last
amended by ch. 130, Acts of 1931). Merely conditions the privileges
relating to discontinued service upon freedom from delinquency as
well as from fault.
Ch. 256. Amends subd. 6, sec. 61, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch.. 8,
Cahill’s ConsoLL. 1930), as added by ch. 534, Acts of 1928. Per­
mits member service as to borrowing privileges, in a local plan,
to count as a basis for the borrowing.
Ch. 283. Amends sec. 65, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8, Cahill’s
ConsoLL. 1930), as added by ch. 619, Acts of 1924 (as last amended
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department of corrections on the same basis relative to accident
disability retirement allowance.
Ch. 389. Amends sec. 1703-a of New York City charter, as reen­
acted by ch. 466, Acts of 1901, as added by ch. 786, Acts of 1928
(as last amended by ch. 258, Acts of 1931). Merely extends the
time for joining system, with prior service credit, until July 1, 1932.
Ch. 43y. Amends par. 2, subd. 1, sec. 1146, of New York City
charter (as reenacted by ch. 466, Acts of 1901), as added by ch.
584, Acts of 1918. Allows 2 years’ additional service to employees
of Hunters College; none allowed, however, upon reaching 76 years
of age.
Ch. 438. Amends sec. 1146 of New York City charter (as reen­
acted by ch. 466, Acts of 1901), as added by ch. 584, Acts of 1918,
by adding a new definition (14-a). Defines and regulates the aver­
age salary of certain retiring members—for those compelled to
retire after January 1, 1931, and February 1, 1934, average salary
shall mean the average annual salary.
Ch. 454. Amends subd. 3, sec. 61, ch. 15, Acts of 1909 (ch. 8
Cahill’s ConsoLL. 1930), as added by ch. 365, Acts of 1921 (as last
amended by ch. 130, Acts of 1931). Relates to members 45 years of
age discontinued from service after 20 years. This act amends the
same section as ch. 98, except that the provision as to delinquency
is not contained in ch. 454.
Cooperative Associations
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New York.—Ch. 286. Amends sec. 116, ch. 231, Acts of 1926 (ch.
10-a, Cahill’s ConsoLL. 1930). Relates to voting by members of the
association.
Ch. 350. Repeals secs. 76 and 94 of ch. 231, Acts of 1926 (ch. 77,
Cahill’s ConsoLL. 1930). Amends such chapter by adding two new
sections (22 and 23). Provides for the voluntary dissolution of a
cooperative association and places jurisdiction in the supreme court.
North Carolina.—Cr. 447. Amends sec. 5242, Consol. Stat. 1919
(as amended by ch. 179, Acts of 1925), and also sec. 5248. Relates to
qualifications of members in cooperative associations. Forbids asso­
ciation dealing in products of nonmembers.
North Dakota.—Ch. 108. Amends sec. 4609al7, Supplement (1925)
to Comp. Laws, 1913.
Ch. 109. Amends sec. 4609al0, Rev. Code, 1913-25 (Supp.).
South Dakota.—Ch. 103. Amends sec. 8845, Comp.L. 1929. Re­
lates to notice to stockholders of investment of capital.
Ch. 104. Amends sec. 8844, Comp.L. 1929. Relates to number of
shares each stockholder may own.
Wisconsin.—Ch. 18. Amends sec. 348.411, Wis. Stat. 1929. Merely
relates to misrepresentation of the standing of cooperative associa­
tions.
Ch. 218. Amends subsecs. (5) and (7) and creates a new subsec.
(9) of sec. 185.08, Wis. Stats. 1929. Also renumbers subsec. (9) to
be subsec. (10). Procedure. Filing of contracts by register of
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New York.—Ch. 383. Amends articles 1-4 and 6-8 of ch. 231,
Acts of 1926 (ch. 10-a, Cahill’s Consol.L., 1930).

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Arkansas.—No. 161. Provides for the organization, operation,
and supervision of credit unions.
California.—Ch. 965. Amends sec. 1, ch. 36, Acts of 1927. Merely
a minor addition to the section on incorporation of credit unions.
Colorado.—Ch. 80. Provides for the organization, etc., of credit
unions.
Maine.—Ch. 11 (p. 337) (new act). The Federal Employees’
Credit Union of Maine is hereby incorporated.
New York.—Ch. 341. Amends sec. 451, ch. 369, Acts of 1914 (ch. 3,
Cahill’s ConsoLL. 1930) as amended by ch. 325, Acts of 1929; sec. 453
(as last amended by ch. 198, Acts of 1930) ; sec. 454 (as last amended
by ch. 360, Acts of 1930); sec. 454a (as added by ch. 701, Acts of
1923); sec. 457 (as last amended by ch. 383, Acts of 1925); adds a new
section (457a) after sec. 457 (providing for a reserve for bad debts);
also amends secs. 458; 459; sec. 464 (as last amended by ch. 701, Acts
of 1923) by adding a new subdivision (3 ); sec. 465 (as last amended
by ch. 324, Acts of 1929); sec. 467 (as last amended by ch. 701, Acts
of 1923); secs. 468, 469 (as last amended by ch. 701, Acts of 1923);
secs. 470 and 471 (as last amended by ch. 323, Acts of 1929). All of
these sections are amended by increasing the general powers of
credit unions, and making restrictions relating to shares, loans, and
deposits.
Ohio.—P. 581 (H.B. No. 139). Provides for the incorporation, etc.,
of credit unions.
Tennessee.—Ch. 67. Amends secs. 7, 8, 15, and 25, ch. 68, Acts
of 1923, by prohibiting the sale of union shares at a premium to any
member. The maximum entrance fee is fixed at $25, and the exami­
nation fee is fixed by the banking department.
West Virginia.—Ch. 14. Provides for the incorporation, etc., of
credit unions. (Original act passed in 1925, ch. 36.)
Wisconsin.—Ch. 306. Amends sec. 186.04 of Wis. Stats. 1929.
Provides that credit unions shall pay only the actual cost of exami­
nation and not to exceed the fees prescribed in the section (215.312)
relating to building and loan associations.
Ch. 450. Amends secs. 186.04 (as amended by ch. 306, Acts of
1931), 186.09, 186.12, Wis. Stats. 1929, and also adds secs. 186.20,
186.21, and subsec. (3) of sec. 20.53. Provides an annual fee of $5
for first year and $10 for second year. Fees for the first two years
are in lieu of all charges including those for the cost of supervision
and examination. Application for loan by member of the credit
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District of Columbia.—47 U.S.Stat.L. 326. Provides for the in­
corporation of credit unions within the District of Columbia.
New York.—Ch. 421. Amends subd. 2, sec. 454-a, ch. 369, Acts
of 1914 (ch. 3, Cahill’s Consol.L. 1930). as added by ch. 701, Acts
of 1923 (as amended by ch. 341, Acts oi 1931). Amends, in minor
part, the maximum liability of a person to a credit union.
Rhode Island.—Ch. 1913. Amends sec. 10, ch. 267, Gen.L. 1923.
The powers of the executive officers of a credit union are enlarged
so that they may borrow money for the credit union, and upon ap­
proval by the bank commissioner may pledge securities of the union.

Preferences for Local Labor and Domestic Materials on Public
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Alaska.—H.J.Res. No. 4 (p. 264). All contracts must contain
provision for use of Alaskan labor.
H.J.Res. No. 7 (p. 266). Preference must be given to resident
dealers and Alaskan business houses in materials for use of
Territory.
Arizona.—Ch. 4. Amends sec. 1353, Rev. Code, 1928 (as amended
by ch. 85, Acts of 1929). Public officer violating law governing
employment on public works, in addition to a penalty, is hereafter
to be removed from office.
Ch. 31. Amends sec. 1352, Rev- Code, 1928 (as amended by ch.
85, Acts of 1929), and adds a new section (1352a). Citizenship
in State required for public employment as laborers and mechanics.
Ch. 105 (p. 493). An initiative and referendum provision passed
by vote of people amending sec. 10 of art. 18 o f the State con­
stitution directing the employment only of citizens of the United
States.
California.—Ch. 632. Amends the Political Code, by adding a
new section (3236). Preferences for materials produced in State,
provided the price does not exceed more than 5 percent the lowest
price of materials produced elsewhere.
Con. Res. No. 12 (ch. 59), p. 3113. Merely requests publicity to
sec. 3247 of the Political Code, urging residents of the State to
give preference to goods, etc., produced in California.
Connecticut.—Ch. 290, p. 253. Act adds a new section to ch. 279,
Rev. Gen. Stat. 1930. Preference for citizens of the State, otherwise
to citizens of the United States. Penalty for violations, $100.
Florida.—H.Con.Res. No. 7 (p. 1027). Preference for citizens
and residents of the State in appointments to State offices.
Georgia.—Res. No. 10 (p. 1060). Preference for Georgia products
by all State departments.
Indiana.—Ch. 91. Preference for coal mined in the State. Pen­
alty for violations, $i00.
Iowa.—Ch. 20. Repeals sec. 1171-b3, Code, 1927, and enacts that
preference be given to Iowa domestic labor in public works con­
struction.
Louisiana.—H.Con.Res. No. 4 (special session). Resolution merely
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No. 116, Acts of 1928, to prohibit employment of nonresident laborers
in the construction of State highways.
Massachusetts.—Ch. 125. Amends sec. 19, ch. 31, Gen.L. 1921.
Preference for appointments to be given citizens of the State.
Ch. 228. Amends sec. 22, ch. 7, Gfen.L. 1921 (as amended by ch.
446, Acts of 1924) by adding a new clause (17). Preference for
purchase of materials manufactured and sold in the State.
Ch. 316. Merely a temporary provision requiring the certifica­
tion of laborers with dependents. Limited to 3 months’ employ­
ment. (See 1932 amend, below.)
Ch. 377. Amends sec. 26, ch. 149, Gen.L. 1921. Preference for
veterans and .citizens in construction of public works is extended
to cover the repair and alteration of any public works.
Michigan.—No. 66. Amends sec. 1, Act 205, Acts of 1897 (as last
amended by Act No. 88, Acts of 1923) [sec. 900, Comp.L. 1929].
Preference act is extended to include ex-soldiers in public employ­
ments.
Minnesota.—Ch. 347. Veterans’ preference law is extended for
appointments of all State employees.
New Jersey.—Ch. 27. Preference for citizens. Terms must be
written into contracts.
Ch. 402 (special session). Amends ch. 27, Acts of 1931. Citizen
defined as one who has resided and been domiciled continuously for
a period of 1 year in the State. (See 1932 amend, below.)
New Mexico.—Ch. 20. Requires that 85 percent of the employees
be residents of the State.
North Dakota.—Ch. 154. Certain preference to resident North
Dakota bidders on road and bridge work.
Ch. 205 (sec. 10). Preference for residents of the State in con­
struction of new capitol building, to be completed by January 1,
1936. Preference also to contractors in business in the State 1 year
prior to act.
Rhode Islamd.—Ch. 1752. Employment preference extended to
citizens of the State and of the United States.
South Carolina.—No. 154 (J.Res.). All paving contracts for
State highway commission must require that not less than 85 percent
of the laborers employed be residents of the State.
Texas.—S.Con.Res. No. 10 (p. 73) (second session). Preference
for the employment of Texas labor, etc., in highway construction.
Vermont.—No. 69. Preference for Vermont labor and trucks
owned and registered in the State on highway construction.
Wisconsin.—Ch. 22 (p. 36). Creation of unemployment relief
commission. All contracts must provide that workmen be residents
of the State for at least 5 years prior to employment.
Wyoming.—Ch. 50. Preference for Wyoming products.
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Massachusetts.—Ch. 183. Amends ch. 316, Acts of 1931. Merely
extends preference established in 1931 (ch. 316) to May 15, 1933, in
the classified labor service to persons with dependents.
Mississippi.—Ch. 317. Provides that only persons who have actu­
ally resided in the State for 2 years shall be employed on public
buildings or works.
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Ch. 330. Provides for the use of local materials in all public con­
struction work.
New Jersey.—Ch. 226. Amends ch. 27, Acts of 1931 (as amended
by ch. 402, Acts of 1931). Act is enlarged so as to include subcon­
tractors within the act.
Virginia.—Ch. 235. Authority given to State highway commis­
sioner, whenever an unemployed surplus of citizens is available in
the State, to employ such citizens in the construction, etc., of roads,
etc.

Public Printing to be Done Within the State
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Florida.—Ch. 14824. Amends sec. 1305, Rev. Gen. Stat. (sec. 1981,
Comp.Gen.L. 1927).
Oregon.—Ch. 213. Provides that printing, etc., must be performed
within the State, unless the work cannot be performed or the price
exceeds that usually charged to private individuals. When per­
formed out of the State all contracts must contain provisions rela­
tive to hours of labor, etc.

Rates of Wages of Employees on Public Works
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Pvjerto Rico.—No. 31. Contractors must pay wages weekly in law­
ful money of the United States.
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Hawaii.—Act No. 36. Amends sec. 178, Rev.L. 1925 (amended
last by Act No. 86, Laws of 1929), by fixing the minimum daily
rate at $2.50 instead of $3 as heretofore.
Indiana.—Ch. 60 (special session). Provides that a bidder must
submit the hourly wage to be paid laborers on State highway work,
and which must not be less than hourly wage paid by State highway
commission for common labor. Wage specification becomes a part
of the contract.
New York.—Ch. 472. Amends ch. 50, Acts of 1921 (ch. 32,
Cahill’s ConsoLL. 1930), by adding three new sections (220-a, 220-b,
and 220-c). A disbursing officer must require a contractor to file a
statement as to the amount owing to a laborer. The proper officer
may withhold the amount owed and pay it directly to the laborers
in satisfaction of their claims.

Trade-Marks of Trade Unions
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1931

Rhode Island.—Ch. 1747. Amends ch. 223, Gen.L. 1923. Trade­
mark law is extended to include any corporation, copartnership,
or firm. Filing fee for application is increased from $1 to $10,




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1932

District of Columbia.—47 U.S.Stat.L. 50. Authorizes associations
of employees in the District of Columbia to adopt a device to desig­
nate the products of labor.
Industrial Police
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New Jersey.—Ch. 89. Amends sec. 4, p. 369, Comp. Stat. 1910 (as
amended by ch. 153, Acts of 1922). A copy of application for rail­
road police must hereafter be filed in the omce of the superintendent
of State police instead of the office of secretary of State as here­
tofore.
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1932

Virginia.—Ch. 4. Amends Code of 1919, by adding a new section
(2072-a) providing for the appointment of special police officers on
toll-bridge properties.
Absent Voters
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1931

Alaska.—Ch. 89. Permits absentee voting.
California.—Ch. 785. Amends secs. 1357 (as amended by ch. 362,
Acts of 1927), 1358,1359 (as amended by ch. 150, Acts of 1929), 1360
(as amended by ch. 283, Acts of 1923), 1361 (as amended by ch. 770,
Acts of 1929) , and 1362 (as amended by ch. 195, Acts of 1927).
Michigan.—'So. 126. Amends secs. 30.32, ch. 7, pt. 4, Act No. 351,
Acts of 1925 (secs. 3087, 3089, Comp.L. 1929). Ballots are to be
safeguarded by proper officials.
No. 200 (sec. 3136, p. 343). Form of application, etc.
No. 282. Amends secs. 8-10, ch. 10, pt. 4, of Act No. 351, Acts of
1925 (secs. 3141-3143, Comp.L. 1929). Instructions to absent voters,
etc.
New York.—Ch. 272. Amends subd. 1 and 4, sec. 153a, ch. 588, Acts
of 1922 (ch. 16, Cahill’s ConsoLL. 1930) as last amended by ch. 390,
Acts of 1930, relative to registration in general. A new section
(153b) was added to follow sec. 153a, ch. 588, Acts of 1922, providing
for registration of absentee veterans. Sections 154,167-169,175-179,
and 183, ch. 588, Acts of 1922 (ch. 16, Cahill’s ConsoLL. 1930) as
last amended by ch. 815, Acts of 1928, was also amended relative
to registration proofs, etc., of absentee voters as well as subd. 1 of
sec. 331 of the same chapter.
Ch. 386. Amends sec. 120, ch. 588, Acts of 1922 (ch. 16, Cahill’s
ConsoLL. 1930) as amended by ch. 446, Acts of 1924. Ballot, etc.,
for use of absent voter.
North Carolina.—Ch. 15. Act repeals secs. 5960, 5962-5968, Consol.
Stat. 1919. Absentee ballot law applicable to Buncombe County.
North Dakota.—Ch. 136. Amends secs. 992, 993, 996, Comp.L.
1913, and repeals sec. 995. A physically disabled person may now
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Ohio.—P. 694 et seq. (S.B. No. 320). The election code was
amended in many respects. A person must be absent more than 10
miles from the voting precinct before he is qualified to vote under
the absent voting law.
Texas.—Ch. 105. Amends art. 2956, 3108 and 3115, Rev. Civ. Stat.
1925.
Vermont.—No. 3. Amends sec. 13, No. 2, Acts of 1927, by pro­
viding a penalty for making false statements in securing absentee
ballots.
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Mississippi.—Ch. 292. Act repeals secs. 6288-6301, Code of 1930.
Absent voting law is hereby repealed.
New York.—Ch. 569. Amends subd. 1, sec. 118, ch. 588, Acts of
1922 (ch. 16, Cahill’s ConsoLL. 1930) as amended by ch. 446, Acts
of 1924. Act relates to qualifications of a voter for absentee voter’s
ballots.
Rhode Island.—Ch. 1863. Provides for absentee voting.
Protection of Employees as Members of the National Guard
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Ohio.—P. 152 (H.B. No. 479). Amends sec. 5265, Gen. Code, 1930.
Act forbids discrimination against members in the Ohio naval
militia.
Convict Labor
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1931

Alabama.—No. 228. Permits county officers to use convict labor,
etc., for improvement of school grounds under control of county
boards of education.
California.—Ch. 270. Amends secs. 1 and 2, ch. 637, Acts of 1927,
by specifying that the sale of jute bags may be made to consumers
only from October 1 to April 1 of each year.
Colorado.—Chs. 133 and 134. Provides for the employment of
prisoners on certain State highways.
Georgia.—No. 6, sec. 11, p. 123 (extra session). Provides for man­
ufacture of automobile license tags and road signs at new prison
farm.
No. 8, sec. 11, p. 90 (extra session). Provides for a sales tax of 15
percent on all convict-made goods sold in the State. Goods must
be marked “ convict made.”
Hawaii.—Act 125. Amends secs. 1514-1516, 1518, 1519, 1523, 1526
(as amended 1925, Act 100), 1527, and 1528, Rev.L. 1925, and repeals
secs. 1524 and 1525 of the same Revised Laws. The law relating to
prisons and the labor by prisoners is amended in several respects.
Illinois.—P. 730 (sec. 84a, ch. 108, Rev. Stat. 1931). Amends sec.
12a of an act approved May 11,1903, by providing for the furnishing
of limestone, etc,, made by convict labor to anyone applying for
same.
P. 727 (secs. 83, 86-88, ch. 108, Rev. Stat. 1931). Amends secs. 11,
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adds 3 new sections (11a, lib, and 16a), regulating the employment
of convicts in several respects. After January 19, 1934, it will be
unlawful to sell, etc., convict goods made in other States.
Maine.—Ch. 221. Merely declares the policy relative to Federal
convict labor law. The importation of such goods is forbidden
after January 19, 1934.
Michigan.—No. 277. Provides for the closing of the cement indus­
try (operated as a prison industry) after June 30, 1934.
Minnesota.—Ch. 340. Merely limits the price of agricultural
machinery and binding twine sold during the calendar years 1931
and 1932.
Montana.—Ch. 196. Provides for the use of labor of prisoners in
the manufacture of brick.
Nebraska.—Ch. 22. Provides for the manufacture of automobile
number plates, road markers, etc., at State penitentiary or State
reformatory.
Nevada.—Ch. 221. Provides for the manufacture of automobile
license plates, road signs, etc. Appropriation, $17,000.
New Jersey.—Ch. 235. Provides that after January 1, 1932, goods
made in prisons outside of the State are not to be sold in the State.
Penalties for violations are provided—$50 to $500, or imprisonment
of not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days or both.
North Carolina.—Ch. 302. Amends sec. 1297 (17) (31), Consol.
Stat. 1919. Authorizes sentencing prisoners to work upon streets
in municipalities and public works of counties.
North Dakota.—Con. Res. (p. 557). The use of convict labor out­
side of institution is forbidden whenever such labor deprives a
person of the right of free labor.
Ohio.—P. 191 (S.B. No. 267). Amends sec. 1224-1, Gen.Code, 1930,
by providing for the distribution of prison-made paving bricks
among highway divisions of the State.
Permsylvania.—No. 308. Takes advantage of Federal act, and
prohibits the sale in Pennsylvania of goods manufactured by con­
victs outside of State. For violations of act a penalty of $500 or
1 year imprisonment or both is provided. Act becomes effective
on January 19, 1934.
No. 99. Merely authorizes prison inspectors to sell prison-made
goods in counties of the first class.
South Carolina.—Acts No. 191 (p. 261), No. 254 (p. 350), and No.
445 (p. 814) provide for employment of convicts on public works
in Berkley, Allendale, and Jasper counties respectively.
Wyoming.—Ch. 75. Establishes a penitentiary farm.
Ch. 78. Jurisdiction over such farm is granted to the prison
commission.
Ch. 90. Forbids the selling, etc., of products of such farm under
the various systems.
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Alabama.—No. 169 (extra session). Act authorizes the use, hiring,
or letting of convicts in constructing of drains, etc.
Massachusetts.—Ch. 252. Amends ch. 127, Gen.L. 1921, by adding
a new section (67-a). Regulates the sale of prison-made goods.
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convict-made goods of their interstate character. The Massachusetts
act becomes effective on January 20, 1934.
Virginia.—Ch. 133. Repeals ch. 511, Acts of 1928, relative to the
manufacture of motor-vehicle license plates, etc., by prison labor.
Ch. 145. Act authorizes the State prison board to enter into agree­
ments for the employment of convicts on public works, etc.
Investigative Commissions
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Alaska.—Ch. 69. Committee of five to investigate methods, etc.,
for the care of dependent children. Appropriation, $500.
Ch. 74. Commission created to investigate cost of constructing
permanent home for Alaska pioneer men. Appropriation, $2,500.
California.—Ch. 61. A commission of five members is created
to study the problem of unemployment. Appropriation, $50,000.
Illinois.—P. 921 (H.J.R. No. 34). A committee of six appointed
to study system of State use of prison labor, particularly the systems
in New York, Ohio, Massachusetts, and District of Columbia.
P. 916 (S.J.R. No 24). Commission on child-welfare legislation
is continued. Original appointment made in 1929 (p. 780),
S.J.R. No. 23.
P. 156. A commission of nine members appointed to investigate
the methods and conditions of mining with special reference to the
safety of human lives and property and the conservation of coal de­
posits; appropriation, $12,000.
P. 152. A commission of seven members to study poverty and de­
pendency in old age. Appropriation, $25,000.
P. 45. A commission of nine members appointed to investigate
the feasibility of establishing a State institution in or near Chicago,
to train citizens in the skilled trades. Appropriation, $2,000.
Maine.—Ch. 117 (Resolve, p. 624). A committee of five appointed
to consider the subject of old-age pensions. I f found practicable,
authority is given to draft an act and present the same to the next
session of the legislature.
Maryland.—J.R. No. 19 (p. 1428). A commission of not more
than five authorized to be appointed by the governor to investigate
the labor situation, etc.
Massachusetts.—Ch. 1 (Resolve p. 755). Extension of time
granted for report of the special commission to consider entire State
retirement system.
Ch. 58 (Resolve p. 779). A special commission of seven members
appointed to investigate the operation of the minimum-wage law.
Ch. 64 (Resolve p. 781). A special commission of five or more
members created to collect and publish information on methods of
regularization and stabilization of business and employment.
Minnesota.—Ch. 5. The State industrial commission is authorized
to make a study of labor and employment conditions.
New Hampshire.—Ch. 156. A prison industry commission con­
sisting of the governor and six other members appointed. Commis­
sion shall investigate a plan for the installation in the State prison
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$200,000. The purpose of the order is to anticipate and meet any
emergency that may arise because of loss of contract for the employ­
ment of prisoners.
New Jersey.—J.R. No. 9 (p. 1265). A commission of five mem­
bers appointed for the purpose of inquiring into the subject of
the regulation of the small loan business, including the proper rate
to be charged, etc. Report must be made to the legislatureJ.R. No. 4 (p. 1260). The legislative commission appointed to
investigate and study the employment of migratory children in
New Jersey in 1930 is continued. Appropriation, $2,000Ch. 261. Creates a migrant welfare commission of seven members
to investigate conditions among migrants in farming, technical
labor, domestic and other service, and to propose constructive ways
for meeting the problems resulting from the migrant population of
the State. Report must be made to the governor. Appropriation,
$15,000.
North Dakota.—Ch. 208. Act creates an industrial survey com­
mission (governor, secretary of State, and attorney general) to
study the State’s natural resources and agricultural production
trends promising industrial development. Appropriation, $10,000.
Ohio.—P. 882 (S.J.R. No. 32). Provides for the appointment
of a commission of nine to investigate the practicability and ad­
visability of setting up unemployment reserves to provide against
the risk of unemployment, and to recommend form of legislation.
Appropriation, $15,000.
P. 8 (H.B. No. 12). Creates a commission of seven to recommend
changes in the laws relating to coal mines and mining. Appro­
priation, $500.
Oklahoma.—H.C.R. No. 6 (p. 374). A committee of three house
members and three senate members to investigate the causes of
coal-mine disasters; also to recommend preventive legislation.
Oregon.—Ch. 151. A commission oi: three citizens is authorized
to be appointed to study old-age pensions, old-age insurance, and
unemployment insurance. Appropriation, $1,500.
Tennessee.—H.J.R. No. 22 (p. 435). A committee of five author­
ized to make an investigation of conditions at Brushy Mountain,
where convicts are employed in coal mines.
S.J.R. No. 15 (p. 504). A committee of four authorized to be
appointed to investigate labor conditions in the mines, factories,
and industries of the State.
H.J.R. No. 14 (p. 431). A committee of 13 authorized to be
appointed to investigate the unemployment situation, the condition
and needs of the unemployed, etc., and recommend measures tend­
ing to prevent the recurrence of such conditions.
Texas.—Sen. Con. Res. No. 14 (second called session, p. 75).
Creates legislative unemployment committee to make survey of
existing conditions and report same to the legislature.
Utah.—H.J.R. No. 3 Provides for the appointment of a committee
to make a survey of conditions of unemployment.
Vermont.—Act No. 293 (J.R.). Provides for a commission of five,
including the governor and the commissioner of public welfare, to
study the problem of the employment of State prisoners and the
disposition of convict-made goods upon the effective date of the
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West Virginia.—S.C.R. No. 6 (p. 362). A committee of nine
legislators appointed to investigate conditions at the State peniten­
tiary ? including the employment of labor.
Wisconsin.—S.R. No. 61 (p. 944). A committee of five authorized
to investigate the feasibility of manufacturing farm machinery in
the State prison. Report to be made to the legislature.
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Massachusetts.—Ch. 30. (Resolve, p. 468.) Department of labor
directed to investigate the extension of l-day’s-rest-in-7 law to cer­
tain employees now exempt. Report on first Wednesday in
December 1932.
Ch. 31. (Resolve, p. 468.) Investigation by commissioner of pub­
lic welfare relative to advisability of reducing minimum age of per­
sons entitled to old-age assistance.
Ch. 34. (Resolve, p. 469.) Department of labor authorized to in­
vestigate the advisability of establishing a standard of wages pay­
able by contractors on public works, and to include the wage rates
in specifications for bids by contractors.
New York.—Ch. 22. Amends sec. 4, ch. 825, Acts of 1930. The
commission appointed in 1930 relative to expansion of prison indus­
tries must report the result of its study and investigation.
South Carolina.—No. 1076 (J.Res.). The State board of health
is authorized to investigate the effects of labor in textile mills, using
a “ stretch-out system.” Findings of fact to be reported to general
assembly in January 1933. Appropriation, $1,000.
United States.—47 U.S.Stat.L. 65. A joint resolution (Pub. Res.
No. 13) authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to make
an investigation as to the possibility of establishing a 6-hour day for
railway employees.




Part 2.—Text and Abridgment of Labor Laws
(The text of the laws has been punctuated in accordance with the rules for
punctuation laid down by the Government Printing Office for Government pub­
lications and does not follow in all cases the official State editions.)
ALABAMA
ACTS OF 1931
A ct No. 273 (p. 314).—Hours of labor—Bus drivers
Section 15. Eight hours.—It shall be unlawful for any motor transportation
company, its officers or agents, subject to this act, to require or permit any
driver to be or remain on duty for a longer period than 8 consecutive hours, or
where service is not continuous, to be on duty more than 8 hours in a spread
of 12 hours. When one driver is relieved, he shall not be permitted or required
to again go on duty until he has had 8 hours off duty, except; (a) The second
trip can be completed with an aggregate of not to exceed 8 hours on duty for
both trips, and (6) The second trip can be completed within 12 hours of the time
he first went on duty for the first trip. These limits shall not be exceeded,
except in cases of accident or unforeseen emergency a driver may remain on
duty not to exceed 10 hours in a spread of 14 hours or for such time as will
enable him to complete his regular run.
Approved June 19, 1931.
[Act No. 159, Acts of 1932 (extra session) extends the same regulations
regarding hours of labor to cover contract carriers and common carriers by
motor vehicle not subject to the provisions of the 1931 act. The act requires
that the period of release from duty shall be given at such place (not in or on a
motor vehicle) and under such circumstances that rest and relaxation from
the strain of the duties of the employment may be obtained.]
A ct No. 356 (p. 412).—Employment of children—General provisions
[This act amends secs. 3506 and 3507, Code of 1923, so as to read as follows:]
Section 3506. Application for certificates.—The person authorized to issue
employment certificates shall not issue such certificates unless the child ac­
companied by his parent or guardian or person standing in parental relation
thereto, has personally made application to him therefor, and until he has
received, examined, approved, and filed the following papers duly executed:
(1) A written statement of the person, firm, or corporation into whose service
the child is about to enter that he intends to employ the child, which state­
ment shall give the nature of the occupation for which the child is to be em­
ployed. (2) A school record signed by the principal or teacher of the school last
attended by said child, stating such child has completed the fourth grade of the
elementary course of study of the public school or its equivalent. On and
after September 1, 1924, a school record showing the completion of the fifth
grade or its equivalent shall be required and on and after September 1, 1926, a
school record showing the completion of the sixth grade or its equivalent shall
be required. On and after September 1, 1932, a school record showing the
completion of the seventh grade or its equivalent shall be required, and on
and after September 1, 1934, a school record showing the completion of the
eighth grade or its equivalent shall be required. The school record shall state
the age and date of birth of the child as shown on the records of the school,
and the name and address of the parent, guardian, or custodian. In case such
school record cannot be obtained, then the officer authorized to issue employ­
ment certificates shall examine the child to determine whether he can meet
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ting forth the result of such examination. (3) One of the following evidences
of age, showing the child to be 14 years of age or over, to be required in the
order herein designated; (a) Duly attested transcript of the birth record of
said child, filed according to law with any officer charged with the duty of
recording births; (&) or a duly attested transcript of certificate of baptism
showing the date of birth and place of baptism of such child; (c) or a life
insurance policy which must have been in force for at least one year; (<J) or
a bona fide contemporary Bible record of birth; (e) or a passport or certifi­
cate of arrival in the United States showing the age of the child; ( f ) or in
case the officer authorized to issue such certificates is satisfied that none of
the above proofs of age can be produced and the parent, guardian, or cus­
todian shall make affidavit that none of the above proofs of age can be pro­
duced by him, other evidence of age, as an affidavit of age sworn to by the
parent, guardian, or custodian of such child, the officer authorized to issue
employment certificates being empowered by this chapter to take such affi­
davits of age, accompanied by a certificate of physical age of such child,
signed by a public health or public school physician may be accepted; but a
school record, or parent’s, guardian’s, or custodian’s affidavit, certificate, or
other written statement of age alone shall not be accepted. (4) A statement
duly signed and dated by a county health officer or a public school physician
showing that he has personally examined the child, and that in his opinion
the child is 14 years of age or over, is of good physical development for a
child of his age, is of sound health, and is physically qualified to perform
the work at which he is to be employed. Proof of physical age and physical
fitness shall be based on uniform standards prescribed by the Alabama State
board of health, and the blanks and forms to be used for such examination
shall be approved by the Alabama State board of health. In counties where
there are neither county health officers nor public school physicians, tli«
examinations hereinbefore required shall be made by regularly licensed physi­
cians authorized in writing by the chairman of the county board of health.
Seo. 3507. Vacation certificates.—The officer issuing employment certificates
shall have the authority and is empowered to issue age certificates to children
16 years of age or over, and vacation certificates to children 14 years of age
or over, and special employment certificates to boys 12 years of age or over
to work in business offices, mercantile establishments, in and about dairies, or as
caddies on golf links, during vacation when the public schools of the city or
town in which the child resides are not in session, in the same manner and
upon the same proofs of age as hereinbefore required for employment certifi­
cates, school records being waived. Age, vacation, and special employment
certificates shall be different in form and color from the regular employment
certificates. The officer issuing employment certificates shall also have author­
ity to issue out-of-school certificates to children 14 years of age or over to work
before or after school and on Saturday in the same manner as hereinbefore
provided for the issuance of employment certificates, except that the educa­
tional requirement shall be regular school attendance and school work satis­
factory to the principal of the school attended by the child. The out-of-school
certificate shall be different in form and color from any of the other certificates
provided for, and shall not be valid for the employment of any child for more
than 4 hours on any school day or 28 hours during any school week. An
out-of-school certificate shall be revoked or suspended either by the issuing
officer or any person charged with the enforcement of laws regulating the
employment of children in case the child’s school record is not satisfactory
to the principal of the school attended by the child.
Approved July 6, 1931.
Act No. 525 (p. 636).—Payment of wages—Public-service corporations
Section 1. Biweekly pay.—Every public-service corporation engaged in trans­
portation doing business in this State, employing as many as 50 or more
employees, shall be required to make full payment to employees for services
performed as often as once every 2 weeks, or twice during each calendar month,
and such payment or settlement shall include all amounts due for labor or
services performed up to not less than 15 days previous to the time of payment.
Sec. 2. Violations.-—Any public-service corporation engaged in transportation
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thereof shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $250 for each offense, and
each day’s violation against each employee shall constitute a separate offense.
Approved July 22, 1931.
ALASKA
ACTS OF 1931
Chapter 68.—Employment on public works—Prevailing rate of wages
Section 1. Rate of wage.—Every contractor or subcontractor performing
work on any public construction within the Territory of Alaska shall pay not
less than the prevailing rate of wages for work of a similar nature in the
region In which the work is done.
Sec. 2. Subcontracts.—All subcontracts performed on any public construc­
tion shall be, or may be, reduced to a basis of day labor for the purpose of
determining whether or not such subcontractor or contractors have been paid
at not less than the prevailing scale of wage.
Sec. 3. Determination of wage.—The territorial board of road commissioners
for the Territory of Alaska is hereby given the authority to say what con­
stitutes the prevailing wage; determine whether or not this law is being
violated, and, should this law be violated, the attorney general shall, when so
instructed by the territorial board of road commissioners for the Territory of
Alaska, take immediate steps to enforce the provisions of this act.
Sec. 4. Schedule.—All contractors or subcontractors coming under the purview
of this act shall, before the tenth day of each month, file with the territorial
board of road commissioners, a schedule for the previous month, setting forth
in detail the number of men employed, and wages paid on such work, and fur­
nish such other information as the territorial board of road commissioners
for the Territory of Alaska may request.
Sec. 5. Validity of act.—Should any part of this act be declared invalid, it
shall not invalidate the remainder of the act.
Sec. 6. Effective date.—An emergency is hereby declared, and this act shall
be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage and approval.
Approved April 29, 1931.
ARIZONA
ACTS OF 1931
C hapter

14.—Employment of women—Hours of labor

[This act amends sec. 1381, Rev. Code, 1928, so as to read as follows:]
Section 1381. Eight hours’ work.—No employer, employing females in any
labor other than domestic work, shall employ or suffer any female to work
more than 8 hours in any one day nor more than 48 hours in any one week,
the 8 hours to be performed in a period not to exceed 13 consecutive hours,
and every employer shall provide 1 full day of rest a week for all females
in his employ. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit,
an adult woman who has in any one week been employed for not to exceed
6 hours a day, from being employed for 7 days in such week; nor apply to
females employed in telephone or telegraph offices or exchanges, or in railroad
yard offices, in which not more than three females are employed; nor to female
nurses; and in relation to hours of employment, shall not apply to or affect
females engaged in harvesting, curing, canning or drying any variety of perish­
able fruit or vegetables, during such periods as may be necessary to harvest,
cure, can or dry said fruit or vegetables in order to save the same from spoil­
ing. Every employer shall post in a conspicuous place in every room where
females are employed, a printed notice stating the hours of commencing and
stopping work, the time allowed for meals and the maximum number of
hours any female employee is permitted to work in any one day, and the employ­
ment of any female at any time other than in conformity with the posted
hours of labor shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.
Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than $25 or by imprisonment
for not less than 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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Chapter 19.—Antiunion contracts
[This act amends sec. 1360, Rev. Code, 1928, by adding a new paragraph
(sec. 1360a), so as to read as follows:]
Section 1360a. Restrictive right of employees, etc.—Every undertaking
or promise hereafter made, whether written or oral, express or implied, con­
stituting or contained in either: (1) A contract or agreement of hiring or em­
ployment between any employer and any employee or prospective employee,
whereby (a) either party to such contract or agreement undertakes or promises
not to join, become or remain, a member of any labor organization or of any
organization of employers, or (b) either party to such contract or agreement
undertakes or promises that he will withdraw from the employment relation in
the event that he joins, becomes or remains, a member of any labor organization
or of any organization of employers; or (2) in a contract or agreement for the
sale of agricultural, horticultural, or dairy products between a producer of
such products and a distributor or purchaser thereof, whereby either party
to such contract or agreement undertakes or promises not to join, become
or remain a member of any cooperative association organized under chapter
13, Revised Code, 1928, or of any trade association of the producers, dis­
tributors or purchasers of such products, is hereby declared to be contrary to
public policy and wholly void and shall not afford any bases for the granting
of legal or equitable relief by any court.
Approved February 26, 1931.
Chapter 27.—Mine regulations
[This act amends secs. 2293 and 2302, Rev. Code, 1928, regulating the equip­
ment and operation of hoists. The maximum speed at which men may be
hoisted or lowered into a mine has been increased from 800 to 1,500 feet per
minute. The signal code was also changed in several particulars.]
Approved March 3, 1931.
C hapter

31.—Employment on public works—AUens

[This act amends sec. 1352, Rev. Code, 1928 (as amended 1929, ch. 85) and
also creates a new section (1352a) so as to read as follows:]
Section 1352. Aliens not to be employed.—No person not a citizen or ward
of the United States shall be employed upon or in connection with any State,
county or municipal works or employment: Provided, That nothing herein
shall be construed to prevent the working of prisoners by the State or by any
county or municipality thereof on street or road work or other public work.
Seo. 1352a. Citizenship requirement.—No mechanic or laborer not a bona
fide resident citizen of the State for one year shall be employed upon or in
connection with any State, county or municipal works or employment: Pro­
vided, That in the event mechanics or laborers qualified as herein provided
are not available at the location of any such works or employment, the con­
tractor, superintendent, or other person in charge thereof shall in writing notify
the governor, board of supervisors, mayor, or executive head or heads of the
political subdivision for which such work is being done, of such fact, and if a
sufficient number of mechanics and laborers qualified as in this act provided,
do not appear at the scene of such works and apply for employment within
72 hours of the time of the receipt of such notice, it shall be lawful to employ
mechanics or laborers who are not qualified to supply the deficiency.
Approved March 3, 1931.
Chapter 52.—Employment of labor—Relatives in public offlces
[This act amends sec. 1352, Rev. Code, 1928, by adding a new paragraph (sec.
1352b) so as to read as follows:
Section 1352b. Unlawful employment of relatives, when.—It shall be un­
lawful for any executive, legislative, ministerial, or judicial officer to appoint
or vote for the appointment of any person related to him by affinity or consan­
guinity within the third degree, to any clerkship, office, position, employment
or duty in any department of the State, district, county, city or municipal
government of which such executive, legislative, ministerial, or judicial officer
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is to be paid out of the public funds or fees of such office, or to appoint, vote
for, or agree to appoint, or to work for, suggest, arrange, or be a party to the
appointment of any person in consideration of the appointment of a person
related to him as aforesaid. Any executive, legislative, ministerial, or judi­
cial officer who shall violate any provision of this article, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor involving official misconduct, and shall be punished
by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000. The designation execu­
tive, legislative, ministerial, or judicial officer includes: All officials of the
State of Arizona, or of any county or incorporated city within the State,
holding office either by election or appointment, and all the heads of the
departments of State, county or incorporated cities, public school trustees,
officers and boards or managers of the State university and its several branches,
and State colleges.
Approved March 9, 1931.
Chapter

54.—Payment of wages

[This act amends sec. 4877, Rev. Code, 1928, so as to read as follows:]
4877. Discharged employee, etc., payment in lawful money,
violation.—Whenever an employee quits the service, or is discharged there­
from, he shall be paid whatever wages are due him, in lawful money of the
United States, or by check of even date, on a bank, and said wages shall be
paid at once. Every employer, including the State and its political subdivi­
sions, shall pay any wages or compensation due an employee in lawful money
of the United *States, or negotiable bank check payable on demand, and dated
not later than the day upon which said check is given, said check to be drawn
upon some bank or banker located and carrying on business in this State,
and not otherwise. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine for each
offense. Such fines and costs shall become a judgment against the real or
personal property of the defendant, but payment may not be enforced by
imprisonment.
Approved March 10, 1931.
S e c t io n

Ch apter

112.—Employment offices, private

[This act creates a private employment agency law, by adding to chapter 24,
Rev. Code, 1928, a new article—Article 6. “ Employment agents ”—so as to
read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 1. Definition.—The term “ employment agent ” shall mean and include
all persons, firms, corporations, or associations which, for a fee, commission, or
charge, furnish to persons seeking employment information enabling or tending
to enable such persons to secure the same, or which furnish employers seeking
laborers or other help of any kind, information enabling or tending to enable
such employers to secure such help, or which keep a register of persons seeking
employment or help as aforesaid, whether such agents conduct their operations
at a fixed place of business, on the streets or as transients, and also whether
such operations constitute the principal business of such agents or only a side
line or an incident to another business; but this term shall not include any
employer who procures help for himself only, or an employee of such an
employer who procures help for him and does not act in a similar capacity for
any other employer.
Sec. 2. Misrepresentations.—No person, firm, association, or corporation, or
any employee or agent thereof, shall make any false statement to any person,
furnishing or seeking employment, knowing the same to be false, in regard
to any employment, work, or situation, its nature, location, duration, wages
or salary attached thereto, or the circumstances surrounding the said employ­
ment, work, or situation. No employment agent shall offer or hold himself out
as in a position to secure or furnish employment without having an order
therefor from an employer; and no employment agent shall misrepresent any
other material matter in connection with any employment, work, or situa­
tion he may offer or hold himself out in a position to secure.
Sec. 3. Inquiry as to truth.—Every employment agent shall assure himself
beyond a reasonable doubt that any representations whatsoever, whether
spoken, written, or advertised in printed form, which he makes with regard to
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seek such employment, work, or situation, are true and cover all the material
facts affecting the employment in question.
Sec. 4. Fee splitting.—No employment agent nor any employee or agent thereof,
shall divide or offer to divide, or share directly or indirectly, any fee, charge,
or compensation received from any applicant for employment, with any em­
ployer, superintendent, manager, foreman, or any other person who hires help
or to whom help is furnished by an employment agent; and it shall be unlawful
for any employer, superintendent, manager, foreman, or any other person who
hires help to receive any compensation or any valuable consideration from any
applicant for employment or from any employment agent for giving employ­
ment to said applicant or to any employees furnished by said employment agent.
Sec. 5. License.—No person, firm, corporation, or association shall engage in
the business of an employment agent for profit, or receive any fee, charge,
commission, or other compensation, directly or indirectly, for services as an
employment agent without first having obtained a license from the Industrial
Commission of Arizona and executing a bond as hereinafter provided. Said
license shall constitute a license from this State to operate as an employment
agent for compensation and shall not be transferable to any other person or
persons whatever, or inure to the benefit of any person other than the licensee.
Sec. 6. Application.—Application for the foregoing license shall be made to
the industrial commission and shall be accompanied by a bond in due form to
the State of Arizona for the penal sum of $1,000 issued by a surety company
licensed to do business in this State to be approved by the industrial commission,
conditioned that the agent will conform to and not violate any of the duties,
terms, conditions, or requirements of this act.
Sec. 7. Fees.—Each such license shall expire on June 30, next following the
date of issue and may be renewed annually. The fee for such license or renewal
shall be as follows: One percent on the first $5,000 of the- fees, charges, com­
missions, or other compensation actually received during the life of the
license or renewal by an employment agent for service as such; three-fourths
of 1 percent on the second $5,000 of such receipts; and one-half of 1 per­
cent of all such receipts in excess of $10,000: Provided, That in no event shall
such fee be less than $25, nor more than $150. The minimum fee shall be paid
before a license or renewal thereof is issued. Each employment agent to whom
a license has been issued as required herein shall file with the industrial
commission within the first 10 days of July in each year, a verified statement
showing the actual fees, charges, commission, or other compensation received by
him for services as such agent during the preceding year and with such
statement shall pay the balance, if any, of such license fee due the State.
Such fees shall be paid to the industrial commission, and shall be paid by
it into the general fund of the State treasury within one week of receipt.
Sec. 8. Authority of commission.—The industrial commission is vested with
the power and jurisdiction to have such supervision of every employment agent
as may be necessary adequately to enforce and administer all laws, and lawful
orders designed to prevent fraud, misrepresentation, false statements, or other
unauthorized acts of such employment agent.
Sec. 9. Visitorial power of commission.—Any commissioner or deputy of the
commission may enter any employment office or the place of business of any
employment agent for the purpose of collecting facts and statistics, examining
the records or registers kept by such employment agent and bringing to the
attention of such agent any law or any order of the commission, or any failure
on the part of such employment agent to comply therewith. No employment
agent shall refuse to admit any commissioner or deputy of the commission to
his place of business.
Sec. 10. Inquisition.—Any employment agent receiving from the commission
any blanks calling for information required by it to carry out the provisions
of this act, with directions to fill the same, shall cause the same to be properly
filled out so as to answer fully and correctly each question therein propounded,
and in case he is unable to answer any question, he shall give a good and
sufficient reason for such failure, and said answer shall be verified by two
witnesses, and returned to the commission at its offices within the period fixed
by the commission.
Sec. 11. Schedule of fees.—Every applicant for a license to engage in the
business of an employment agent shall file with the commission, within a time
fixed by the commission, a schedule of the fees or charges made by such em­
ployment agent both to applicants for employment and for help for any services
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in any manner, affect the fees charged or to be charged for any service. No
license shall be issued to such applicant unless such fees and such rules or regu­
lations are reasonable. Such fees and such rules or regulations may be changed
only with the approval of the industrial commission and when changed shall
be filed with said commission. It shall be unlawful for any employment agent
to charge, demand, collect, or receive a greater compensation for any service
performed by him than is specified in the schedule filed with the commission,
and no employment agent shall charge a registration fee without permission
from the industrial commission.
S e c . 12. Receipts.—It shall be the duty of every licensed person conducting
an employment agency to give every applicant for employment from whom a
fee shall be received a receipt in which shall be stated the name and address
of such employment agency, the name and address of the person to whom the
applicant is sent for employment, the name of the applicant, the date, the
amount of fee, the kind of work or service to be performed, the general con­
ditions of employment, including among other things the rate of wages or
compensation, whether or not board and lodging is to be furnished, the hours
of employment, the cost of transportation and whether or not it is to be paid
by the employer, the time of such service, if definite and if indefinite to be so
stated, and the name of the person authorizing the hiring of such applicant.
There shall be printed on the face of the receipt in prominent type the fol­
lowing: “ This agency is licensed by the Industrial Commission of the State
of Arizona.,, All receipts shall be made and numbered in original and dupli­
cate. The original shall be given to the applicant paying the fee and the
duplicate shall be kept on file at the employment agency. The receipts used
by such licensed agents shall be approved by the industrial commission.
Sec. 13. Return vf fee.—No such licensed person shall send out any appli­
cant for employment without having obtained either orally or in writing a
bona fide order therefor. In case the applicant paying such fee fails to ob­
tain employment such licensed agent shall repay the amount of said fee to such
applicant upon demand being made therefor; in cases where the applicant pay­
ing such fee is sent beyond the limits of the city in which the employment
agency is located, and the applicant fails to receive employment, such licensed
agent shall repay in addition to the said fee any actual expenses incurred in
going to and returning from any place where such applicant has been sent:
Provided, That where the applicant is employed and the employment lasts less
than 7 days, or the total paid in wages is less than $25, by reason of the dis­
charge of applicant, the employment agent shall return to said applicant only
the fee paid by such applicant to the employment agent.
S e c . 14. Revocation of license.—It shall be the duty of the industrial com­
mission, and it shall have power, jurisdiction, and authority to issue licenses
to employment agents, and to refuse to issue such license, whenever after
due investigation, the commission or a majority of the members thereof finds
that the character of the applicant makes him unfit to be an employment agent,
or when the premises for conducting the business of an employment agent
is found upon investigation to be unfit for such use, or whenever, upon in­
vestigation by the commission it is found and determined that the number of
licensed employment agents, or that the employment agency operated by the
United States, by the State or by the municipality, or by two or more thereof
jointly, in the community in which the applicant for a permit proposes to
operate is sufficient to supply the needs of employers and employees. Any
such license granted by the commission may also be revoked by it upon due
notice to the holder of said license, and upon due cause shown. Failure to
comply with the duties, terms, conditions, or provisions of this act, or with
any lawful orders of the commission, shall be deemed due cause to revoke
such license.
Sec. 15. Records, etc.—The commission shall have the power, jurisdiction,
and authority to fix and order such reasonable rules for the conduct of the
business of any employment agent as may be necessary adequately to carry
out the provisions of this act, and to ascertain and fix reasonable classifica­
tions of employments or positions. It may prescribe the form of books, regis­
ters or records to be kept by the employment agent, the receipts or copies
of contracts to be handed to persons referred to employment, the reports
to be made to the commission, the refunds to be made to applicants who
failed to secure employment; and it may order any other measures reasonably
necessary to protect the public, or persons seeking employment, or employees
seeking help, against fraud, misrepresentation, or any other unauthorized act
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Sec. 16. Local city clerks to aid.—The clerk of every city and town in
which there is no licensed or public employment agency as provided in
section 5 of this act, may solicit, receive and record applications of persons
seeking employment for any period of time, and of persons desiring to employ
labor, and every employer shall pay to any such clerk 25 cents for each time
he assists in furnishing such labor. The clerk of every city and town, serving
under the terms of this act, shall, on or before the first day of each month,
report all replacements made by him to the industrial commission, to be by
them compiled as part of the general employment statistics of the State.
Sec. 17. Violations.—Any person who violates any of the provisions of the
foregoing sections of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $300, or
imprisoned in the State prison for not more than 6 months, or both such fine
and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
Approved March 23, 1931.
Chapter 6 (first special session).—Hours of labor—Bus drivers
Section 1. Hours regulated.—Any person operating as driver, or requiring
or permitting another to operate a motor vehicle as driver or for the transporta­
tion of passengers or property for hire, when such operator has been on duty in
any capacity for a longer period than 12 hours in any 24-hour period, except
in case of emergency where life or property is in imminent danger, but in
any event in excess of 15 hours, whether or not such tour of duty be wholly
within this State or partly within this State and party without, is guilty of
a misdemeanor.
Approved January 9, 1932.
ARKANSAS
ACTS OF 1931
Chapter 58.—Employment of women
[This act amends sec. 7102, Crawford & Moses* Digest (1915), by providing
that the provisions of the hours of labor law shall not apply to females employed
by railroad companies whose hours of service are regulated by Federal laws.]
Approved February 25, 1931.
CALIFORNIA
ACTS OF 1931
Chapter 156.—Hours of labor—Railroad employees
[This act adds a new section (2545a) to the Political Code as follows:]
Section 2545a. Overtime.—When any trainman or engineman employed on
any railroad under the control of the State board of harbor commissioners
works more than 8 hours in any 24 hours, as the employee of such railroad,
he shall receive one and one half times as much compensation for every hour
more than 8 as he does for each hour of the first 8.
Approved April 15, 1931.
Chapter 396.—Wages of laborers on public works
[This act repeals an act of 1897 (p. 90) entitled “An act fixing the minimum
rate of compensation for labor on public work.” ]
Approved May 25, 1931.
Chapter 397.—Labor and public works—Prevailing rate of wages
Section 1. Wage rate.—Not less than the general prevailing rate of
per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the
work is performed, and not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem
wages for legal holiday and overtime work, shall be paid to all laborers, work­
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by or on behalf of any county, city and county, city, town, district or other
political subdivision of the said State, engaged in the construction of public
works, exclusive of maintenance work. Laborers, workmen, and mechanics,
employed by contractors or subcontractors in the execution of any contract
or contracts for public works with the State of California, or any officer or
public body thereof, or in the execution of any contract or contracts for public
works with any county, city and county, city, town, township, district, or other
political subdivision of said State, or any officer or public body thereof, shall
be deemed to be employed upon public works.
Sec. 2. Determination of rate.—The public body awarding any contract for
public work on behalf of the State of California, or on behalf of any county,
city and county, city, town, township, district or other political subdivision
thereof, or otherwise undertaking any public works, shall ascertain the general
prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which the work is to be
performed, for each craft or type of workman or mechanic needed to execute
the contract, and shall specify in the call for bids for said contract and in the
contract itself, what the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the
said locality is for each craft or type of workman needed to execute the con­
tract, also the general prevailing rate for legal holiday and overtime work, and
it shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded
and upon any subcontractor under him, to pay not less than the said specified
rates to all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by them in the execu­
tion of the contract. The contractor shall forfeit as a penalty to the State or
political subdivision, district, or municipality on whose behalf the contract is
made or awarded, $10 for each laborer, workman, or mechanic employed, for
each calendar day, or portion thereof, such laborer, workman, or mechanic is
paid less than the said stipulated rates for any work done under said contract, by
him, or by any subcontractor under him, and the said public body awarding the
contract shall cause to be inserted in the contract a stipulation to this effect. It
shall be the duty of such public body awarding the contract, and its officers
and agents, to take cognizance of complaints of all violations of the provisions
of this act committed in the course of the execution of the contract, and when
making payments to the contractor of moneys becoming due under said con­
tract, to withhold and retain therefrom all sums and amounts which shall have
been forfeited pursuant to the herein said stipulation and the terms of this act:
Provided, however, That no sum shall be so withheld, retained, or forfeited,
except from the final payment, without a full investigation by either the divi­
sion of labor statistics and law enforcement of the State department of indus­
trial relations or by said awarding body: And provided further, That in all
cases of contracts with assessment or improvement districts where full pay­
ment is made in the form of a single warrant, or other evidence of full pay­
ment, after completion and acceptance of the work, the awarding body shall
accept from the contractor in cash a sum equal to, and in lieu of, any amount
required to be withheld, retained, or forfeited under the provisions of this sec­
tion, and said awarding body shall then release the final warrant or payment
in full. It shall be lawful for any contractor to withhold from any subcon­
tractor under him sufficient sums to cover any penalties withheld from him by
the awarding body on account of the said subcontractor’s failure to comply
with the terms of this act, and if payment has already been made to him the
contractor may recover from him the amount of the penalty or forfeiture in a
suit at law.
Seo. 3. Records to be kept.—The contractor and each subcontractor shall
keep, or cause to be kept, an accurate record showing the names and occupa­
tions of all laborers, wqrkmen and mechanics employed by him, in connection
with the said public work, and showing also the actual per diem wages paid
to each of such workers, which record shall be open at all reasonable hours to
the inspection of the public body awarding the contract, its officers and agents,
and to the chief of the division of labor statistics and law enforcement of the
State department of industrial relations, his deputies and agents.
Seo. 4. Definitions.—Construction work done for irrigation, utility, reclama
tion, improvement and other districts, or other public agency or agencies, public
officer or body, as well as street, sewer and other improvement work done
under the direction and supervision or by the authority of any officer or public
body of the State, or of any political subdivision, district or municipality
thereof, whether such political subdivision, district or municipality thereof
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operates under a freeholders’ charter heretofore or hereafter approved or not,
also any construction or repair work done under contract, and paid for in whole
or in part out of public funds, other than work done directly by any public
utility company pursuant to order of the railroad commission or other public
authority, whether or not done under public supervision or direction, or paid
for wholly or in part out of public funds, shall be held to be “ public works ”
within the meaning of this act. The term “ localit y in which the work is per­
formed ” shall be held to mean the city and county, county or counties in which
the building, highway, road, excavation, or other structure, project, develop­
ment or improvement is situated in all cases in which the contract is awarded
by the State, or any public body thereof, and shall be held to mean the limits
of the county, city and county, city, town, township, district, or other political
subdivisions on whose behalf the contract is awarded in all other cases. The
term “ general prevailing rate of per diem wages ” shall be the rate determined
upon as such rate by the public body awarding the contract, or authorizing
the work, whose decision in the matter shall be final. Nothing in this act,
however, shall be construed to prohibit the payment to any laborer, workman
or mechanic employed on any public work as aforesaid of more than the said
general prevailing rate of wages, nor shall anything in this act be construed to
permit any overtime work in violation of section 653c of the Penal Code.
Sec. 5. Violations.—Any officer, agent, or representative of the State of
California, or of any political subdivision, district, or municipality thereof,
who willfully shall violate, or omit to comply with, any of the provisions of
this act, and any contractor or subcontractor, or agent or representative thereof,
doing public work as aforesaid, who shall neglect to keep, or cause to be
kept, an accurate record of the names, occupation, and actual wages paid to
each laborer, workman, and mechanic employed by him in connection with the
said public work or who shall refuse to allow access to same at any
reasonable hour to any person authorized to inspect same under this act,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a
fine of not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment for not exceeding 6 months, or
by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
S e c . 6. Constitutionality.—If any section, sentence, clause or part of this act,
is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
remaining portions of this act. The legislature hereby declares that it would
have passed this act, and each section, sentence, clause or part thereof, irrespec­
tive of the fact that one or more sections, sentences, clauses, or parts be
declared unconstitutional.
Approved May 25, 1931.
C hapter

398.—Employment of aliens on public works

1. Employment of aliens prohibited.—No person, firm, partnership,
association, or corporation, or agent thereof, doing any work as a contractor
or subcontractor, upon any public work being done for or under the authority of
the State, or any officer or department thereof, or for or under the authority
of any county, city and county, city, town, township, district, or any other
political subdivision thereof, or any officer or department thereof, shall know­
ingly employ or cause or allow to be employed thereon any alien, except in
cases of extraordinary emergency caused by fire, flood, or danger to life or
property, or except to work upon public, military, or naval defenses or works in
time of war: Provided, however, That within 30 days after any alien is per­
mitted to work thereon due to such an extraordinary emergency, the contractor
doing the work, or his duly authorized agent, shall file with the officer or public
body awarding the contract a report, verified by his oath, setting forth the
nature of the said emergency and containing the name of the said alien and
each date he was permitted to work, and failure to file the said report within
the said time shall be prima-facie evidence that no such extraordinary emer­
gency existed. Such contractor and each subcontractor shall also keep, or
cause to be kept, an accurate record showing the names and citizenship of all
workers employed by him, in connection with the said public work, which
record shall be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection of the officer or
public body awarding the contract, his or its deputies and agents, and to the
chief of the division of labor statistics and law enforcement of the State
department of industrial relations, his deputies and agents.
Sec. 2. Violations by contractor.—The contractor to whom such contract for
public work is awarded shall forfeit as a penalty to the State or county, city
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and county, city, town, township, district, or other political subdivision on
whose behalf the contract is made or awarded, $10 for each alien knowingly
employed in the execution of said contract, by him, or by any subcontractor
under him, upon any of the public works, or upon any work herein mentioned,
for each calendar day, or portion thereof, during which such alien is permitted
or required to labor in violation of the provisions of this act, and the officer
or public body awarding the contract shall cause to be inserted in the contract
a provision to this effect. It shall be the duty of such officer or public body to
take cognizance of all violations of the provisions of this act committed in the
course of the execution of said contract, and when making payments to the
contractor of moneys becoming due him under said contract, to withhold and
retain therefrom all sums and amounts which shall have been forfeited pur­
suant to the herein said stipulation and the terms of this act: Provided, hmvever, That no sum shall be so withheld, retained, or forfeited, except from the
final payment, without a full investigation by either the division of labor sta­
tistics and law enforcement of the State department of industrial relations or
by said awarding body: And provided further, That in all cases of contracts
with assessment or improvement districts where the full payment is made in
the form of a single warrant, or other evidence of full payment, after the
completion and acceptance of the work, the awarding body shall accept from
the contractor in cash a sum equal to, and in lieu of, any amount required to
be withheld or retained under the provisions of this section, and said awarding
body shall then release the final warrant or payment in full. It shall be lawful
for any contractor to withhold from any subcontractor under him sufficient
sums to cover any penalties withheld from him by the awarding body on
account of the said subcontractor’s failure to comply with the terms of this act,
and if payment has already been made to him the contractor may recover from
him the amount of the penalty or forfeiture in a suit at law.
Seo. 3. Definitions.—Work done for irrigation, utility, reclamation, improve­
ment and other districts, or other public agency or agencies, public officer
or body, as well as street, sewer, and other improvement work done under
the direction and supervision or by the authority of any officer or public
body of the State, or of any political subdivision or district thereof, whether
such political subdivision or district operates under a freeholder’s charter
heretofore or hereafter approved or not, other than work done directly by
any public utility company, pursuant to order of the railroad commission
or other public authority, whether or not done under public supervision or
direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds, shall be held to
be “ public work ” within the meaning of this act.
The term “ alien” as used herein means any person who is not a born
or fully naturalized citizen of the United States.
Seo. 4. Violations by public official.—Any officer, agent, or representative of
the State of California or of any political subdivision or district thereof,
who shall violate, or omit to comply with, any of the provisions of this
act, and any contractor or subcontractor, or agent or representative thereof,
doing public work as aforesaid, who shall neglect to keep, or cause to be
kept, an accurate record of the names and citizenship of the workers employed
by him, in connection with the said public work, or who shall refuse to allow
access to the same at any reasonable hour to any person authorized to inspect
same under this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon con­
viction be punished by a fine of not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment for
not exceeding 6 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discre­
tion of the court.
Sec. 5. Constitutionality.—If any section, sentence, clause, or part of this
act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect
the remaining portions of this act. The legislature hereby declares that it
would have passed this act, and each section, sentence, clause, or part thereof,
irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, sentences, clauses, or parts
be declared unconstitutional.
Approved May 25, 1931.
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424.—Factory, etc., regulations—Dyeing a/nd cleaning establishments

[Act amends secs. 1-6, ch. 880, Acts of 1927, relating to fire hazards in clothescleaning establishments.]
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425.—Factory, etc,, regulations—Dyeing and cleaning establishments

[This act provides for the construction, regulation, etc., of cleaning and dye­
ing shops. Act provides also for the registration and licensing of persons
engaged in such business.]
Approved May 28, 1931.
C hapter

597.—Department of industrial relations

[This act amends sec. 364a, ch. 604, Acts of 1921 (as amended 1927, ch. 596)
so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 364a. Agencies created.—For the purpose of administration, the de­
partment shall be forthwith organized by the director, subject to the approval
of the governor, in such manner as he shall deem necessary properly to segre­
gate and conduct the work of the department. The work of the department is
hereby divided into at least five divisions, to be known respectively as the
division of industrial accidents and safety, the division of immigration and
housing, the division of State employment agencies, the division of labor statis­
tics and law enforcement, and the division of industrial welfare. Bach divi­
sion, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, shall be in charge of a
chief, who shall be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of the governor
and shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the governor, not to exceed
$5,000 per annum. The chief of each division before entering upon the duties
of his office shall execute an official bond to the State of California in the penal
sum of $10,000 conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties.
Approved June 4, 1931.
C hapter

824.—Bureau of labor statistics

[This act amends sec. 7, Act No. 1828, Code of 1906 (as last amended by ch.
231, Acts of 1929), so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 7 . Collection of wages; entry.—The commissioner and his repre­
sentatives duly authorized by him in writing, shall have the power and author­
ity to take assignments of wage claims and incidental expense accounts and
advances, mechanics’ and other liens of workers, claims based on “ stop orders ”
for wages and on bonds for labor, claims for damages for misrepresentation of
conditions of employment, claims against employment agencies or their bonds­
men, claims for unreturned bond money of workers and claims for penalties
for nonpayment of wages, without being bound by any of the technical rules
with reference to the validity of such assignments, such as the rule requiring
the consent of the husband or wife of a married claimant, the filing of a lien
for record before it is assigned, or the assigning of a claim for penalty after
the said claim has been incurred, and to prosecute actions for the collection
of wages, penalties, and such other demands of persons who, in the judgment
of the commissioner or his said representative, are financially unable to employ
counsel, in cases in which, in the judgment of the commissioner, or his said
representative such claims are valid and enforceable in the courts; to file pre­
ferred claims, mechanics’ liens and other liens of workers in the name of the
said commissioner, or his said representative, or in the names of the said
workers, whenever the facts have been investigated by the commissioner or his
said representative and found to support the claims which must be alleged in the
preferred claim or lien filed in all cases where same is filed in the name of
the commissioner or his said representative; to join various claimants in one
preferred claim or lien as well as to list them with the data regarding their
claims in an exhibit and join them, in case of suit, in one cause of action in
all cases where no valid reason exists for making separate causes of action
for each individual worker; to issue subpenas, to compel the attendance of
witnesses and parties and the production of books, papers and records, and
to administer oaths and to examine witnesses under oath, and to take the
verification or proof of instruments of writing and to take depositions and
affidavits for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act and all
other acts now or hereafter placed in the bureau for enforcement. When civil
action is brought by the commissioner, or his duly authorized representative,
no court costs of any nature shall be payable by the said commissioner, or
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requested by said commissioner, or his said representative, to serve the sum­
mons in the said action upon any person, firm, association, or corporation within
his jurisdiction or levy an attachment, garnishment, or execution in the said
action upon any money or property of any defendant within his jurisdiction,
shall do so without costs to the said commissioner, or his said representative,
except for keeper’s fees, mileage fees, and storage charges: Provided, however,
That he must specify when such summons or other process is returned, what
costs he would ordinarily have been entitled to for such service, and such
costs and the other regular court costs that would have accrued were the
action not an official action shall be made a part of any judgment recovered
by the said commissioner, or his said representative, and shall be paid by
him if sufficient money is collected by him to cover same over and above
the wages or other demands actually due the claimants on whose behalf he
sued and not otherwise.
The commissioner shall have a seal inscribed “ Department of Industrial Re­
lations—State of California ” and all courts shall take judicial notice of such
seal. Obedience to subpenas issued by the commissioner or his duly authorized
representatives shall be enforced by the courts in any county or city and county
and it shall be a misdemeanor offense to willfully ignore said subpenas: Pro­
vided, That the said subpenas do not call for an appearance at a distance
greater than 25 miles.
The commissioner and his representatives shall have free access to all places
and works of labor, and any principal, owner, operator, manager, superin­
tendent, or lessee of any mine, mill, ranch, factory, hospital, office, laundry,
place of amusement, restaurant, hotel, workshop, manufacturing, mechanical
or mercantile establishment, construction camp or other place of labor, or any
agent or employee of such principal, owner, operator, manager, superintendent,
or lessee, who shall refuse to said commissioner, or his duly authorized rep­
resentative, admission therein, or who shall, when requested by him, willfully
neglect or refuse to furnish him any statistics or information pertaining to
his lawful duties, which may be in his possession or under the control of said
principal, owner, operator, lessee, superintendent, or manager, or agent thereof,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not more than
$200.
Approved June 12, 1931.
Chapter 827.—Private employment agencies
[This act amends sec. 4, ch. 282, Acts of 1913 (as last amended by ch. 333,
Acts of 1927) so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 4 . Investigations, licenses, etc.—Upon receipt of an application for a
license the commissioner of labor may cause an investigation to be made as to
the character and responsibility of the applicant and of the premises designated
in such application as the place in which it is proposed to conduct such agency.
The commissioner of labor or his deputies may administer oaths, subpena
witnesses, and take testimony in respect to matters contained in such applica­
tion and in respect to complaints of any character against the applicant for
such license and upon proper hearing may refuse to grant a license. Each ap­
plication shall be granted or refused within 30 days from date of filing. No
license shall be granted to a person to conduct the business of an employment
agency in rooms used for living purposes, or where boarders or lodgers are kept,
or where meals are served, or where persons sleep, or in connection with a
building or premises where intoxicating liquors are sold or consumed, or in con­
nection with pool halls or soft-drink parlors. No license shall be granted to a
person whose license has be6n revoked within 3 years from the date of applica­
tion. Each license shall run to and including the 31st day of March next fol­
lowing the date thereof and no longer, unless sooner revoked by the commis­
sioner of labor, and may be renewed each year upon the filing of an application
for renewal, renewed bond and the payment of the annual license fee, but the
commissioner may, if he chooses, demand that a new application and bond be
submitted.
The commissioner of labor shall have the power and authority to revoke or
suspend any license when it is shown that the licensee or his agent has violated
or failed to comply with any of the provisions of this act, or when such
licensee has ceased to be of good moral character, or when the conditions under
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licensee or his agent has violated or has willfully and knowingly aided or
abetted any person, firm, company, or corporation in the violation of any provi­
sion or in the failure to comply with any requirement of section 3664aa of the
Political Code or of section 50^4 of the public utilities act; nothing in this act
contained, however, shall interfere with the right of employers to arrange with
such licensees for the transportation of laborers to their prospective places of
employment. Before revoking or suspending any license the commissioner shall
notify in writing the holder of such license of the charges against him and afford
an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel in reference thereto. The
commissioner or his deputies may administer oaths, subpena witnesses and
take testimony at the hearing and shall not be bound by the technical rules of
evidence in conducting such a hearing. Obedience to the subpenas issued by
the commissioner of labor or his deputies shall be enforced by the courts in
any county or city and county. The rulings of the commissioner shall be pre­
sumed to be prima facie reasonable, and his findings of fact shall, in the absence
of fraud, be conclusive and shall be set aside by the courts only on the following
grounds:
1. That the commissioner of labor acted without or in excess of his powers.
2. That the determination was procured by fraud.
The decision of the commissioner of labor either refusing, suspending, or
revoking a license under this act shall be subject to review in accordance with
the provisions of chapter 1 of title 1 of part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
pertaining to writs of review or certiorari, at any time within 30 days after
notice of same is given to the party affected thereby.
Approved June 12, 1931.
C h a p t e r 8 6 4 . —Stock

for employees, etc., of corporations

[This act repeals ch. 34, Acts of 1921, relative to the issuance of stock to
employees of corporations.]
Approved June 12, 1931.
Chapter

8 7 8 . —Times

of payment of wages

[This act amends the title of ch. 202, Acts of 1919, and also secs. 7 and 8 of
the same chapter. Secs. 7 and 8 are amended so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 7. Enforcement.—It shall be the duty of the commissioner of the
bureau of labor statistics to inquire diligently for any violations of this act,
and to institute the actions for penalties provided for in section 4 hereof, as
well as actions for penalties under section 5 hereof in such cases as he may
deem proper, and to enforce generally the provisions of this act.
Sec. 8. Prosecutions.—Nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit
the authority of the district attorney of any county or city and county, or the
prosecuting attorney of any city, to prosecute actions, both civil and criminal,
for such violations of this act as may come to his knowledge, or to enforce the
provisions hereof independently and without specific direction of the commmis
sioner of the bureau of labor statistics or to limit the right of any wage
claimant to sue directly or through an assignee for any wages or penalty due
him or her under the provisions of this act.
Approved June 15, 1931.
Chapter 978.—Department of industrial relations
[This act amends sec. 364c of ch. 604, Acts of. 1921 (as last amended by
ch. 410, Acts of 1927) so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 3 6 4 c . Division of industrial welfare.—In the division of industrial
welfare there is hereby created a commission to be known as the industrial
welfare commission to consist of five members, at least one of whom shall be a
woman. The members of said commission shall be appointed by the governor.
Except as herein provided, the term of oflice of such members shall be four
years and they shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of their
successors. The terms of the members of the commission in office when this
amendment takes effect shall expire as follows: One member, September 1 5 ,
1 9 3 1 ; one member, January 1 5 , 1 9 3 2 ; two members, January 1 5 , 1 9 3 3 ; one
member, January 1 5 , 1 9 3 4 . Such terms shall expire in the same relative order
as to such members as the terms for which they hold office before this amend­
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same day shall determine their relative order by lot. The terms commencing
September 15, 1931, shall expire January 15, 1935. Vacancies occurring under
the provisions of this section shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired
term.
One of the members may be appointed chief of the division of industrial
welfare. The members shall receive no compensation for their services as
members but shall receive their actual necessary expenses incurred in the per­
formance of their duties. The department of industrial relations shall succeed
to and is hereby vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities,
and jurisdiction heretofore vested in the division of industrial welfare of the
department of labor and industrial relations or in the industrial welfare com­
mission which was established by an act entitled “An act regulating the
employment of women and minors and establishing an industrial welfare com­
mission to investigate and deal with such employment, including the minimum
wage; providing for an appropriation therefor and fixing a penalty for viola­
tions of this act ”, approved May 26, 1913, insofar as such duties, powers,
purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction pertain to the fixing of minimum
wages or the maximum hours of work or the standard conditions of labor for
women or minors, and such duties shall be administered through the division
of industrial welfare.
Approved June 15, 1931.
Chapter 979.—Department of industrial relations
[This act amends sec. 364b of ch. 604, Acts of 1921 (as last amended by
ch. 440, Acts of 1927) so as to read as follows:]
Section 364b. Division of industrial accidents and safety.—The division of
industrial accidents and safety shall be under the control of a governing body
composed of the industrial accident commission, which commission is hereby
continued in existence. The members of the industrial accident commission
shall be appointed by the governor. Except as herein provided, the term of
office of such members shall be four years and they shall hold office until the
appointment and qualification of their successors. The terms of the members
of the commission in office when this amendment takes effect shall expire
as follows: One member, September 15, 1931; one member, January 15, 1933;
one member, January 15, 1934. Such terms shall expire in the same relative
order as to such members as the terms for which they hold office before this
amendment takes effect, except that members whose terms would have expired
on the same day shall determine their relative order by lot. The term com­
mencing September 15,1931, shall expire January 15, 1935. Vacancies occurring
under the provisions of this section shall be filled by appointment for the
unexpired term. Each member shall receive a salary of $5,000 per annum.
The department of industrial relations shall succeed to and is hereby vested
with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of
the industrial accident commission and of the division of workmen’s compen­
sation, insurance, and safety of the department of labor and industrial relations
and of the several members, officers, deputies, and employees of such com­
mission and of such division which pertain to the administration or enforce­
ment of the compensation provisions of the workmen’s compensation, insurance,
and safety act of 1917 and of all acts amendatory thereof or supplemental
thereto, including the power, duty, and jurisdiction to ascertain, determine,
award, adjudge, or disallow compensation under the workmen’s compensation,
insurance, and safety acts or any or either thereof, and all such thereof which
pertain to the administration or enforcement of the safety provisions of the
workmen’s compensation, insurance, and safety act of 1917 and of all acts
amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, including the power, duty, and
jurisdiction, at any time and from time to time, to adopt, amend, or repeal
orders, rules, regulations, direction, requirements, or standards of safety, and
such duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction shall be admin­
istered through the division of industrial accidents and safety.
Approved June 15, 1931.
Chapter 1047.—Payment of wages
[This act amends ch. 202, Acts of 1919, by adding a new section (5a) so as
to read as follows:]
Section 5a. Wage dispute.—In case of a dispute over wages, the employer
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or parts of wages, conceded by him to be due, leaving to the worker all remedies
he or she might otherwise be entitled to as to any balance he or she may
claim.
Approved June 19, 1931.
Chapter 1090.—Payment of wages
[This act amends sec. 3, ch. 202, Acts of 1919, so as to read as follows:]
Section 3. Scope of act.—The wages or compensation subject to the provisions
of this act shall include all amounts for labor or service performed by employees
of every description, whether the amount is fixed or ascertained by the
standard of time, task, piece, commission basis, or other method of calculating
the same, or whether the labor or service is performed under contract, sub­
contract, partnership, subpartnership, station plan, or other agreement for the
performance of labor or service: Provided, That the labor or service to be paid
for is performed personally by the person demanding payment. Nothing con­
tained in this act shall in any way limit or prohibit the payment of wages
or compensation at more frequent intervals, or in greater amounts, or in full
when or before due, but no provision of this act can in any way be contravened
or set aside by a private agreement, whether written, oral or implied.
Approved June 19, 1931.
Chapter 1144.—Hours of labor on public works
[This act amends sec. 653c, Penal Code (as last amended by ch. 793, Acts of
1929) so as to read as follows:]
Section 653c. Limit of 8 hours a day.—The time of service of any laborer,
workman, or mechanic employed upon any of the public works of the State
of California, or of any political subdivision or district thereof, or upon
work done for or by the authority of said State, or any county, city and county,
city, town, township, district, or any other political subdivision thereof, whether
said work is done by contract or otherwise, is hereby limited and restricted to
8 hours during any one calendar day; and it shall be unlawful for any officer
or agent of saicl State, or of any political subdivision or district thereof, or for
any contractor or subcontractor doing work under contract upon any public
works aforesaid, who employs, or who directs or controls the work of any
laborer, workman, or mechanic employed as herein aforesaid, to require or per­
mit such laborer, workman, or mechanic to labor more than 8 hours during any
one calendar day, except in cases of extraordinary emergency, caused by fire,
flood, or danger to life or property or except to work upon public military or
naval defenses or works in time of war: Provided, however, That within 30
days after any employee is permitted to work over 8 hours in one calendar
day due to such an extraordinary emergency, the contractor doing the work,
or his duly authorized agent, shall file with the officer, board, or commission
awarding the contract a report, verified by his oath, setting forth the nature
of the said emergency, which report shall contain the name of the said
worker, and the hours worked by him on the said day, and failure to file the
said report within the said time shall be prima facie evidence that no extraor­
dinary emergency existed. Such contractor and each subcontractor shall also
keep an accurate record showing the names and actual hours worked of all
workers employed by him, in connection with the said public work, which
record shall be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection of the officer,
board, or commission awarding the contract, or their deputies or agents, and
to the chief of the division of labor statistics and law enforcement of the
department of industrial relations, his deputies or agents.
Any officer or agent of the State of California, or of any political subdivision
or district thereof, making or awarding as such officer or agent any contract,
the execution of which involves or may involve the employment of any
laborer, workman, or mechanic upon any of the public works, or upon any
work herein mentioned, shall cause to be inserted therein a stipulation which
shall provide that the contractor to whom said contract is awarded shall
forfeit as a penalty, to the State or political subdivision or district in whose
behalf the contract is made and awarded, $10 for each laborer, workman, or
mechanic employed, in the execution of said contract, by him, or by any sub­
contractor under him, upon any of the public works, or upon any work herein
mentioned, for each calendar day during which such laborer, workman, or
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provisions of this section, and it shall be the duty of such officer or agent to take
cognizance of all violations of the provisions of this section committed in the
course of the execution of said contract, and to report the same to the repre­
sentative of the State or political subdivision or district, party to the con­
tract, authorized to pay to the contractor moneys becoming due to him under
said contract, and said representative, when making payments of moneys
thus due, shall withhold and retain therefrom all sums and amounts which
shall have been forfeited pursuant to the herein said stipulation and the terms
of this act: Provided, however, That no sum shall be so withheld, retained,
or forfeited, except from the final payment, without a full investigation by
either the division of labor statistics and law enforcement of the State depart­
ment of industrial relations or by said awarding body: And provided, further,
That in all cases of contracts with assessment or improvement districts where
the full payment is made in the form of a single warrant, or other evidence of
full payment, after the completion and acceptance of the work the awarding
body shall accept from the contractor in cash a sum equal to, and in lieu of,
any amount required to be withheld or retained under the provisions of this
section, and said awarding body shall then release the final warrant f>r pay­
ment in full. It shall be lawful for any contractor to withhold from any
subcontractor under him sufficient sums to cover any penalties withheld from
him by the awarding body on account of the said subcontractor’s failure to
comply with the terms of this act, and if payment has already been made to him
the contractor may recover from him the amount of the penalty or forfeiture
in a suit at law.
Any officer, agent, or representative of the State of California, or of any
political subdivision or district thereof, who shall violate, or omit to comply
with, any of the provisions of this section, and any contractor or subcontractor,
or agent or representative thereof, doing public work as aforesaid, who shall
neglect to keep an accurate record of the names and actual hours worked by
the workers employed by him, in connection with the said public work, or who
shall refuse to allow access to same at any reasonable hour to any person
authorized to inspect same under this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall upon conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or by
imprisonment for not exceeding 6 months, or by both such fine and imprison­
ment, in the discretion of the court.
Work done for irrigation, utility, reclamation and improvement districts,
and other districts of this type, as well as street, sewer, and other improvement
work done under the direction and supervision of the State, or of any political
subdivision or district thereof, whether such political subdivision or district
operates under a freeholders’ charter heretofore or hereafter approved or not,
shall be held to come under the provisions of this section: Provided, however,
That nothing in this section shall apply to the operation of the irrigation or
drainage system of any irrigation or reclamation district.
Approved June 19, 1931.
COLORADO
ACTS OF 1931
Chapter 50.— Inspection of steam "boilers
[This act amends secs. 5482 and 5485, Comp.L. 1921 (as amended by ch.
69, Acts of 1927) by fixing the fees for inspection of cast-iron heating boilers
at $2.50. For all other boilers 500 pounds pressure per square inch and under,
$5; and for more than 500 pounds pressure, $10.]
Approved May 21, 1931.
C h a p te r

61.—Mine regulations— Coal mines

[This act amends secs. 3441, 3455 (as amended by ch. 134, sec. 7, Acts of
1925), 3465, 3466, 3478 (as amended by ch. 134, sec. 15, Acts of 1925),
3480, 3481, 3482 (as amended by ch. 129, Acts of 1927, and ch. 68, sec. 18, Acts
of 1929), 3503 (as amended by ch. 68, sec. 5, Acts of 1929), 3558 (as amended
by ch. 129, sec. 24, Acts of 1927), 3587 (as amended by ch. 68, sec. 15, Acts of
1929), 3589, 3592, 3605, par. b (as amended by ch. 134, sec. 27, Acts of 1925),
Comp.L., 1921, relating to inspectors of coal mines, mine safety, ventilation,
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112.—Antiunion contracts

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Section 1. Restrictive rights of employers, etc.—Every undertaking or promise
hereafter made, whether written or oral, express or implied, constituting, or
contained in, any contract or agreement of hiring or employment between any
individual, firm, company, association, or corporation, and any employee, or
prospective employee of the same whereby (a) either party to such contract
or agreement undertakes or promises not to join, become, or remain a member
of any labor organization or of any organization of employers, or (b) either
party to such contract or agreement undertakes or promises that he will with­
draw from the employment relation in the event that he joins, becomes, re­
mains, a member of any labor organization or of any organization of employers,
is hereby declared to be contrary to public policy and wholly void.
Approved April 21, 1931.
Ch apter

115.—Mine regulations—Metal mines

[This act amends secs. 3390-3392, 3394, 3395, 3404, 3411, 3428, and 3429,
Comp.L. 1921, relating to inspection of metal mines, and the safety of miners.]
Approved May 22, 1931.
C hapter

170.—Wage-claims court

S e c t i o n 1.—Wage-claims court established.—There is hereby created and
established in each of the several counties of this State, a court of inferior juris­
diction, to be known as the wage-claims court. The justices of the peace in
their several counties and precincts shall sit as judges of said courts and exer­
cise the jurisdiction hereby conferred, in all cases arising under the provisions
of this act.
Seo. 2. Jurisdiction.—The wage-claims court shall have and exercise jurisdic­
tion in all cases of claims of money due for wages or salary earned, or for
work and labor performed, upon any contract of employment, express or im­
plied, where the amount claimed, exclusive of interest and costs, does not exceed
the sum of $100. All actions arising under the provisions of this act shall be
brought in the county where the defendant resides, or where the work or labor,
or some part thereof, was performed: Provided, That no action shall be brought
in said court by the assignee of any such claim, or upon an assigned claim.
Seic. 3. Procedure.—Actions shall be commenced in the wage-claims court,
under the provisions of this act, by the claimant, or by the personal representa­
tive of a deceased claimant, who shall make an affidavit in substantially the
following form :
State

of

C olorado,

County of_______ ss:
IN THE WAGE-CLAIMS COURT
B efore_______________ , J. P.
A. B., plaintiff, v. C. D., defendant
AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIM
A. B. being first duly sworn, upon oath deposes and says: That C. D., whose
post-office address i s _______________ street,________________ , Colo., is justly
indebted to him in the sum o f ___________ dollars and ____________ cents
($_______ ) for salary or wages earned or for work and labor performed at
_________ , between-------------- 19------- a n d ----------------19------- , and that there
are no set-offs or counterclaims existing in favor of the defendant and against
the plaintiff, except----------------------------------Subscribed and sworn to before me th is _________ day o f __________ A.D.
19____
Justice of the Peace.
Upon the filing of such affidavit and the payment of a docket fee of $1, which
fee shall cover all costs and charges in said court, to and including the entry
of judgment, the justice of the peace in whose court the action has been com­




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menced shall docket said cause in a book to be kept by him for that purpose,
and shall issue an order upon the defendant named in the affidavit to appear
before him upon a day certain which shall not be less than 5 or more than 10
days from the date of filing the said affidavit, and show cause, if any he may
have, why judgment should not be entered against him for the amount claimed
in the affidavit. Such order shall be in substantially the following form:
State of Colorado,
County of_______ ss:
IN THE WAGE-CLAIMS COURT
B efore----------------------- - J. P.
A. B. plaintiff

C. D., defendant

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

The people of the State of Colorado, to C. D., greetings:
You are hereby ordered to appear before_______________ , J. P., sitting as
a judge of the wage-claims court in and for the county o f _________________ ,
State of Colorado, at his office a t ______________ in the city o f _______________
county aforesaid, at ___________ a.m., p.m. on the ___________ day of
___________ A.D. 19------ , and show cause if any you may have, why judgment
should not be entered against you and in favor of A. B. for the sum of
_______________ ! dollars a n d ----------------------- cents ($________ ) for wages or
salary or work and labor performed, as more fully appears from the affidavit
of the said A. B. filed herein, a true copy of which is attached hereto and served
herewith.
Dated a t _______________ this------------------ day o f ____________ A.D. 19_____
----------------------------------- P.,
Judge.
Such affidavit and order may be printed upon a single sheet of paper, and
so arranged that a carbon copy thereof may conveniently be made.
Sec. 4. Service.—A true copy of the affidavit and order mentioned in the
preceding section may be served upon the defendant personally by the justice
of the peace, by the plaintiff, or by any constable of the county, who shall
make an affidavit of such service, stating the time and place thereof.
Seo. 5. Hearing.—Upon the day set for the hearing of the said claim,
if the defendant fail to appear at the time and place stated in said order, he
having been duly served therewith, as provided in the preceding section, the
judge shall enter judgment for the amount proven to be due the plaintiff,
together with interest at the rate of 8 percent per annum from the time said
claim became due, and for costs. If both parties appear, the judge shall hear
their testimony, and such other witnesses as they shall produce, together with
such other evidence as may be offered in support of the respective claims of
the parties, and shall enter such judgment as the justice of the case shall
require: Provided, That interest and costs shall be allowed in all cases where
the judgment is for the plaintiff. No continuance shall be granted or allowed
in such court except for good cause shown. No formal pleading other than the
affidavit and order herein provided for shall be necessary, and the hearings
in such court shall be informal, with the sole object of dispensing speedy justice
between the parties.
Sec. 6. Appeal.—If the judgment be against the defendant he shall pay the
same forthwith, and in default of such payment, execution may issue as in
the justice courts. If either party be dissatisfied, he shall be allowed an
appeal to the county court of the proper county: Provided, That he shall upon
the entry of judgment against him, then and there give notice of appeal to the
county court, and pay to the justice of the peace the sum of $1.50 to cover the
cost of a transcript of such judgment, and shall within 5 days from the entry of
such judgment, pay to the clerk of the county court in cash, an amount suffi­
cient to pay said judgment in full, together with all costs in the county court,
and shall within 5 days after docketing said cause in the county court, give
notice to the plaintiff that he will within 48 hours from the service of such notice,
appear in the county court and ask that the said cause be set for trial.
Upon the payment to the said justice of the peace of the cost of a transcript
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county court of the proper county a complete transcript of all the proceedings
before him.
Sec. 7. Appeals disposed of immediately.—It shall be the duty of the county
court to dispose of all such appeals with all convenient speed, and if the de­
fendant shall fail to docket said cause in the county court and to pay in the
sums as provided in the preceding section within the time therein provided, the
county court shall dismiss said appeal. If the judgment in the county court
shall be for the plaintiff, the court shall order the clerk to pay the amount
thereof to the plaintiff. If the judgment of the county court be for the defend­
ant, he shall have judgment for his costs.
Sec. 8. Fees.—After judgment the justice of the peace shall issue such process
and shall be entitled to collect such fees and charges as are allowed by law in
justice courts for like services, and no others.
Sec. 9. Supplies.—The board of county commissioners of each of the several
counties in this State shall furnish to the justices of the peace a reasonable
supply of blanks and forms, docket book, and other supplies necessary for the use
of such justice when sitting as a wage-claims court
Approved April 21, 1931.
CONNECTICUT
ACTS OF 1931
C h a p te r

142 (p. 23).—Group life insurance

[This act merely permits any municipality to arrange for the purchase of
group life insurance for its employees.]
C hapter

145 (p. 173).—Reports of occupational diseases

[This act amends sec. 2423, Gen. Stat. 1930, so as to read as follows:]
Section 2423. Duty of physicians.—Each physician having knowledge of any
person whom he believes to be suffering from poisoning from lead, phosphorus,
arsenic, brass, wood alcohol or mercury or their compounds, or from anthrax,
or from compressed-air illness or any other disease, contracted as a result of
the nature of the employment of such person, shall, within 48 hours, mail to
the State department of health, a report, stating the name, address, and occu­
pation of such patient, the name, address, and business of his employer, the
nature of the disease and such other information as may reasonably be required
by said department. The department shall prepare and furnish to the physi­
cians of this State suitable blanks for the reports herein required. No report
made pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be admissible as evidence
of 'the facts therein stated in any action at law or in any action under the
workmen’s compensation act against any employer of such diseased person.
Any physician who shall fail to send any report herein required or who shall
fail to send the same within the time specified herein shall be liable to the
State for a penalty of not more than $10, recoverable by civil action in the
name of the State by said department. For each such report the physician
making the same shall receive a fee of 50 cents, to be paid by the State
department of health as a part of its office expenses. The State department of
health is authorized to investigate and to make recommendations for the elim­
ination or prevention of occupational diseases which have been reported to
it or which shall be reported to it in accordance with the provisions of this
section. Said department is also authorized to study and provide advice in
regard to conditions that may be suspected of causing occupational diseases:
Provided, Information obtained upon investigations made in accordance with
the provisions of this section shall not be admissible as evidence in any action
at law or in any action under the workmen’s compensation act.
DELAWARE
ACTS OF 1931
Chapter 238.—Employment of children—General provisions
[This act amends ch. 90, 3171, sec. 71, Rev. Code (as amended by ch. 232,
Acts of 1917), so as to read as follows:]
3171, Sec. 71. Canneries.—The provisions of this act shall not apply to any
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work in any establishment used for the purpose of canning or preserving or
preparation for canning or preserving perishable fruits and vegetables. The
burden of proving said child’s age to be 14 years and over shall be on the
parent, who shall be required, by the labor commission, to present documentary
proof of same to its satisfaction.
Approved March 16, 1981.
GEORGIA
ACTS OF 1931
A ct No. 298 (art. 13, p. 42).—Department of industrial relations
[This act affects a reorganization of the State government. Article 13 pro­
vides for the creation of a department of industrial relations as follows:]
Section 101. Department created.—There is hereby created a department of
industrial relations under the control and management of three directors, of
whom the chairman shall be the commissioner of commerce and labor, which
office is hereby specifically retained. The remaining members of said depart­
ment shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent
of the senate.
Sec. 102. Term of office.—The terms of office of the present industrial com­
missioners heretofore appointed by the governor shall terminate with the effec­
tive date of this act. The two present industrial commissioners serving under
appointment shall be directors of the said department of industrial relations
and shall serve as such until the time when their present respective appoint­
ments as industrial commissioners would expire under said appointments, at
which time their terms of office as such directors shall expire. The governor
shall appoint their successors for terms of 4 years each, which shall be the
term of office of such directors thereafter.
Sec. 103. Chairman.—The chairman of said department, to wit: the commis­
sioner of commerce and labor, shall be elected as now provided by law.
Sec. 104. Qualifications.—No more than one of the directors appointed by the
governor shall be a person who on account of his previous vocation, employ­
ment, or affiliation shall be classified as a representative of employers, and
not more than one of such appointees shall be a person who on account of his
present vocation, employment, or affiliation, shall be classed as a representative
of employees. Each of the appointees by the governor as directors of said
department shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office, and shall
not hold any position of trust or profit, or be engaged in any occupation or
business interfering or inconsistent with his duties as such director.
Sec. 105. Salary.—The two directors appointed under the terms of this act
shall each receive a salary of $4,000 per annum, payable monthly. The chair­
man shall receive as salary per annum the amount of his present compensation,
to be in full of fees, perquisites, or other emoluments.
Sec. 106. Offices abolished, etc.—The department of commerce and labor,
established by an act approved August 21, 1911 (see Acts of 1911, p. 133), is
hereby abolished with the respective offices therein provided, except that of
commissioner of commerce and labor, whose powers, duties, and functions are
hereby transferred to the department of industrial relations.
Sec. 107. Same.—The office of factory inspector, provided in an act approved
Au??ust 19, 1916 (see Acts of 1916, p. 113), is hereby abolished.
Seo. 108. Same.—So much of the Georgia workmen’s compensation act ap­
proved August 17, 1920, creating an industrial commission (see Acts of 1920, p.
193 et seq.), is hereby abolished, and all the powers, duties, and functions
thereof are hereby transferred to and vested in the directors of the department
of industrial relations.
Sec. 109. Employment of assistants.—The chairman of the department of
industrial relations is hereby empowered to employ such assistants and cleri­
cal help to aid in the discharge of the powers, duties, and functions hereby
imposed on the department as may be necessary: Provided, That the expense
thereof shall have been provided in the appropriation enacted for the support
of said department.
Approved August 28, 1931.
A ct No. 246 (p. 182).—Exemption of pension from garnishment
Section 1. Amount exempt.—The sum of $15 per week shall be exempt from
process of garnishment out of all pensions paid by former employers to retired
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of their former employers, but receiving a bona fide pension from such former
employers by a reason of previous employment, predicated upon length of
service, old age, disability, or other like causes.
Approved August 27, 1931.
A ct No. 243 (p. 199).—Hours of labor—Bus drivers
[This act provides for the regulation of motor common carriers. The hours
of duty for drivers is limited as follows:]
S e c t i o n 2 5 . Hours of duty.—It shall be unlawful for any motor common car­
rier, its officers or agents, subject to this act to require or permit any driver
to be or remain on duty for a longer period than 10 consecutive hours; and
whenever any such driver shall have been continuously on duty for 10 hours,
he shall be relieved and not required or permitted to go on duty until he has
had at least 10 consecutive hours off duty, except that in cases of unforeseen
emergency a driver may remain on duty not in excess of 12 hours or for
such time as will enable him to complete his regular run.
Approved August 27, 1931.
HAWAII
ACTS OF 1931
No. 68.—Garnishment of wages
[This act amends sec. 2826, Rev.L. 1925 (as last amended by Act No. 96,
Acts of 1927) relating to the process when garnishee has places of business in
more than one judicial district.]
Approved April 13, 1931.
No. 97.—Department of immigration, labort and statistics
[This act abolished the former department of immigration, labor, and sta­
tistics, and all powers and duties heretofore exercised by such department are
transferred to the secretary of the Territory. Ch. 58, Rev.L. 1925, inconsistent
with this law, is thereby repealed.]
Approved April 18, 1931.
ILLINOIS
ACTS OF 19311
Free public employment offices
(Page 569)

[This act amends sec. 53, ch. 48, Rev. Stat. 1917, p. 1424 (as amended 1921,
p. 443), so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 53 [173]. Number of offices.—The department of labor is authorized
to establish and maintain free employment offices, for the purpose of receiving
applications of persons seeking employment and applications of persons seeking
to employ labor, as follows: One in each city, village, or incorporated town of
not less than 25,000 population; one in two or more contiguous cities, villages,
or incorporated towns having an aggregate or combined population of not less
than 25,000 ; and in each city containing a population of 1,000,000 or over, one
central office with as many departments as would be practical to handle the
various classes of labor, and such branch offices not to exceed 5 at any one
time, the location of branch offices to be approved by the governor. Such offices
shall be designated and known as Illinois free employment offices.
Approved July 7, 1931.
Private employment offices
(Page 569)

[This act amends secs. 67a, 67c, 67d, and 67g, ch. 48, Rev. Stat. 1917, p. 1429,
so as to read as follows:]
1 These acts have been incorporated in the Illinois Revised Statutes, 1931.
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Section 67a [187]. Licenses, etc.—It shall be the duty of the department of
labor, and it shall have power, jurisdiction and authority to issue licenses to
employment agents, except non-fee-charging employment agents or agencies and
to refuse to issue such licenses whenever, after due investigation, the depart­
ment of labor finds that the character of the applicant makes him unfit to be
an employment agent, or when the premises proposed to be used for conducting
the business of an employment agency is found upon investigation to be unfit
for such use. Any such license granted by the department of labor may also
be revoked by it upon due notice to the holder of said license, and upon due
cause shown and hearing thereon. Failure to comply with the duties, terms,
conditions, or provisions required by any law of this State with reference to
employment agencies, or with any lawful order of the department of labor,
shall be deemed due cause to revoke such license.
The department of labor shall have power, jurisdiction, and authority to fix
and order such reasonable rules for the conduct of the business of employment
agencies as may be necessary adequately to carry out the laws relating to
employment agencies.
No person shall open, keep, or carry on any employment agency in the State
of Illinois unless every such person shall procure a license therefor from the
department of labor. Any person who shall open or conduct any such agency
without first procuring such license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall
be punishable by a fine of not less than $50 and not exceeding $200, or on failure
to pay such fine, by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months, or both,
at the discretion of the court. The fee for said licenses in cities having a
population of 50,000 or over shall be $50 annually, and a fee of $25 annually in
all cities containing less than 50,000 population.
Every license shall contain the name of the person licensed, a designation
of the city, street, and number of the house in which the person licensed is
authorized to carry on the said employment agency, and the number and date of
such license. Such license shall not be valid to protect any place other than
that designated in the license unless consent is first obtained from the depart­
ment of labor, and until the written consent of the surety or sureties on the
bond required to be filed by section 2 of this act to such transfer, be filed with
the original bond. No such agency shall be located on premises where intoxicat­
ing liquors are sold. The application for such license shall be filed with the
department of labor not less than one week prior to the granting of said
license and the department of labor shall act upon such application within 30
days from the time of application. The license shall run for 1 year from the
date thereof and no longer, unless sooner revoked by the department of labor.
Such application shall be posted in the office of the department of labor, from
the date of filing thereof, and until such application is acted upon; and before
any license shall be granted, notice of such application shall be published on
8 distinct days by the department of labor in some daily newspaper of general
circulation throughout the county within which the applicant desires to locate
such agency.
Seo. 6 7 c [189]. Registers, etc.—It shall be the duty of every such licensed
person to keep a register in which shall be entered in the English language
the date of every accepted application for employment, name, and address of
the applicant to whom employment is offered or promised, written name and
address of the person to whom applicant is sent for employment and amount
of the fee received. Such licensed person shall also enter in a separate regis­
ter, in the English language, the name and address of every accepted applicant
for help, the date of such application, the kind of help requested, the names of
the persons sent, with the designation of the one employed, the amount of the
fee received and the rates of wages agreed upon. The aforesaid register of
applicants for employment and for help shall be open during office hours to
inspection by the department of labor, and its duly qualified agents.
No such licensed person, or his employees shall knowingly make any false
entries in such register. It shall be the duty of such licensed persons who
employ agents or solicitors to provide each of said employees with a suitable
badge, containing said licensed person’s name, and address of such agency and
number of such license, and shall file with the department of labor the name
of each such employee.
Seo. 67d [190]. Fees.—A registration fee not to exceed $2 may be charged
by such licensed agency when such agency shall be at actual expense in adver­
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cant. In all such cases a complete record of such references and all registra­
tions shall be kept on file, which record shall, during all business hours, be
open for the inspection of the department of labor. For such registration fee
a receipt shall be given to said applicant for help or employment, giving name
of such applicant, date of payment and character of position or help applied
for. Said registration fee shall be returned to the said applicants on demand,
after 30 clays and within 60 days from the date of the receipt, less the amount
that has been actually expended by said licensed agency for said applicant, and
an itemized account of such expenditures shall be presented to said applicant
on request at the time of returning the unused portion of such r e g i s t r a t i o n
fee, provided no position has been furnished by said licensed agency to said
applicant.
No licensed person or persons shall, as a condition to registering or obtain­
ing employment for such applicant, require such applicant to subscribe to any
publication, or (except in case of applicants for positions paying salaries of
$2,400 or more per annum) to any postal card service, letter service, or ad­
vertisement, or exact any other fees, compensation, or reward other than the
registration fee aforesaid and a further fee, the amount of which shall be
agreed upon between such applicant and such licensed person, to be payable
at such time as may be agreed upon in writing, but the further fee aforesaid
shall not be received by such licensed person before the applicant has been
tendered a position by such licensed person. In the event the position so
tendered is not accepted by or given such applicant, said licensed person shall
refund all fees paid by said applicant, other than the registration fees afore­
said, within 3 days after demand is made therefor. No such licensed person
shall send out any applicant for employment without having obtained a bona
fide order therefor, and if it shall appear that no employment of the kind
applied for existed at the place where the said applicant was directed, said
licensed person shall refund to such applicant on demand any sum paid or
deposited by said applicant for transportation in going to and returning
from said place and all fees paid by said applicant.
In addition to the receipts herein provided to be given for registration fees,
it shall be the duty of such licensed person to give to every applicant for em­
ployment from whom other fee or fees shall be received, an additional receipt
in which shall be stated the name of such applicant, the date, and amount
of such other fees; and to every applicant for help from whom other fee or
fees shall be received, an additional receipt stating the name and address of
said applicant, the date and amount of such other fee or fees, and the kind
of help to be provided. All receipts shall have printed on the back thereof
in the English language the address of the principal and nearest branch
offices of the department of labor and such other reasonable information as the
department may deem proper.
Every such licensed person shall give to every applicant for employment
a card or printed paper containing the name of the applicant, the name
and address of such employment agency, and the written name and address
of the person to whom the applicant is sent for employment. If an employee
furnished fails to remain 1 week in a situation, through no fault of the
employer, a new employee shall be furnished to the applicant for help, if he
so elects, or three fifths of all fees paid returned within 4 days after demand:
Provided, Said applicant for help notifies said licensed person within 3 days
of the failure of the applicant to accept the position [or] the applicant’s dis­
charge for cause. If the employee is discharged within 1 week without said em­
ployee’s faultr another position shall be furnished or three fifths of all fees
returned to the applicant for employment. No licensed person shall require
any person who has applied for and/or obtained a position through such
licensed person to sign any note authorizing a confession of judgment.
Every such licensed person shall post in a conspicuous place in each room
of such agency sections 3 [189], 4 [190], and 5 [191] of this act, which shall
be printed in the English language. Such printed matter shall also contain
the address of the principal and nearest branch offices of the department of
labor and such other reasonable information as the department may deem
proper, and shall be furnished by department of labor.
Every such licensed person shall furnish the department of labor, under
rules to be prescribed by such department, monthly statements showing the
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Sec. 67g [193]. Definitions.—Any person, firm, or corporation, who for hire or
with a view to profit, shall undertake to secure employment or help, or through
the medium of card, circular, pamphlet, or any medium whatsoever, or through
the display of a sign or bulletin, offer to secure employment or help or give
information as to where employment or help may be secured, shall be deemed
a private employment agent and be subject to the provisions of this act: Pro­
vided, That charitable institutions are not included. The term “ fee ” as used in
this act, means money or a promise to pay money. The term “ fee ” also means
and includes the excess of money received by any such licensed person over
what he has paid for transportation, transfer of baggage, or lodging for any
applicant for employment. The term “ fe e ” , as used in this act, also means
and includes the difference between the amount of money received by any
person who furnishes employees or performers for any entertainment, exhibition,
or performance, and the amount paid by the said person to the employees or
performers whom he hires to give such entertainments, exhibition, or per­
formance. The term “ privilege ”, as used in this act, means and includes the
furnishing of food, supplies, tools, or shelter to contract laborers, commonly
known as “ commissary privileges.”
Approved July 8, 1931.
Employment on public works—Prevailing wage rate
(Page 573)

[This act was declared unconstitutional by the Illinois Supreme Court in the
case of Mayhew v. Nelson (178 N.E. 921). For complete law see Monthly Labor
Review, February 1932, pp. 312, 313. (See also ch. 48, secs. 39a-39f, Rev.
Stat. 1931.)]
Factory, etc., regulations—Washrooms
(Page 575)

[This act amends sec. 184, ch. 48, Rev. Stat. 1917, p. 1474, so as to provide
as follows:]
Section 184 [98]. Who to provide washrooms.—Every owner or operator of
a coal mine, steel mill, foundry, machine shop, railroad, or other like business
in which employees become covered with grease, smoke, dust, grime, and per­
spiration to such extent that to remain in such condition after leaving their
work without washing and cleansing their bodies and changing their clothing,
will endanger their health or make their condition offensive to the public, shall
provide and maintain a suitable and sanitary washroom at a convenient place
where employees are required to report for duty or are relieved from duty, in or
adjacent to such mine, mill, foundry, shop, railroad, or other place of employ­
ment for the use of such employees.
Approved July 7, 1931.
Exemption of wages from garnishment
(Page 615)

[This act amends sec. 12, ch. 62, Rev. Stat. 1917, p. 1616, so as to read as
follows:]
Section 12 [12]. Adverse claim.—If such claimant appears, he may be ad­
mitted as a party to the suit, so far as respects his title to the property in ques­
tion, and may upon 10 days’ notice of the claim of such claimant to such prop­
erty, stating the amount and character thereof, being served upon the garnishee
allege and prove any facts showing the right of such claimant to the possession
of such property and such allegations shall be tried and determined in the
manner hereinbefore provided. In case it appears that all or any part of such
goods, chattels, choses in action, credits, or effects are the property of such
claimant, and such claimant is then entitled to the possession thereof, the court
shall order the delivery thereof to such claimant. If such person shall fail to
appear after having been served with notice in the manner directed, he shall
nevertheless be concluded by the judgment in regard to his claim.
Approved June 27, 1931.
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Exemption of wages from garnishment
(Page 616)

[This act amends sec. 14, ch. 67, Rev. Stat. 1917 (as amended 1923, p. 413),
by exempting $20 from garnishment instead of $15. (See also ch. 62, sec. 14.
Rev. Stat 1931.)]
Approved July 9, 1931.
Exemption of wages from garnishment
(Page 617)

[This act amends sec. 34a, ch. 62, p. 1619, Rev. Stat. 1917, so as to provide
as follows:]
Section 34a [32]. Outside earnings.—The wages or salary for services of an
employee earned out of this State and payable out of this State shall be exempt
from attachment or garnishment in all cases where the cause of action arose
out of this State unless the principal defendant in the attachment or garnish­
ment suit is personally served with process; and if the writ of attachment or
garnishment is not personally served on the principal defendant the court,
justice of the peace, or police magistrate issuing the writ of attachment or
garnishment shall not entertain jurisdiction of the cause but shall dismiss the
suit at the cost of the plaintiff.
Approved July 2, 1931.
Department of labor, etc.
(Page 878)

[This act amends sec. 6, ch. 24%, p. 597, Rev. Stat. 1917, so as to provide as
follows:]
Section 6 [6] (as amended 1921, p. 340). Boards.—Advisory and nonexecu­
tive boards in the respective departments are created as follows: * * *
In the department of labor:
A board of Illinois free employment office advisors, composed of five persons.
A board of local Illinois free employment office advisors for each free employ­
ment office, composed of five persons on each local board. * * *
Approved June 29, 1931.
(Page 880)

[This act amends sec. 43, ch. 24%, p. 608, Rev. Stat. 1917, so as to provide as
follows:]
Section 43 [43]. Powers of department of labor.—The department of labor
shall have power:
1. To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the commis­
sioners of labor, the secretary, other officers and employees of said commis­
sioners of labor.
2. To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the superin­
tendents and assistant superintendents of free employment offices, general
advisory board of free employment offices, local advisory boards of free employ­
ment offices, and other officers and employees of free employment offices.
3. To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the chief
inspector of private employment agencies, inspectors of private employment
agencies, their subordinate officers and employees.
4. To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the chief factory
inspector, assistant chief factory inspector, deputy factory inspector, and all
other officers and employees of the State factory inspection service.
5. To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the State
board of arbitration and conciliation, its officers and employees.
6. To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the industrial
board, its officers and employees.
7. To foster, promote, and develop the welfare of wage earners.
8. To improve working conditions.
9. To advance opportunities for profitable employment.
10. To collect, collate, assort, systematize, and report statistical details
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industrial, social, educational and sanitary conditions, and to the permanent
prosperity of the manufacturing and productive industries.
11. To collect, collate, assort, systematize, and report statistical details of
the manufacturing industries and commerce of the State.
12. To acquire and diffuse useful information on subjects connected with
labor in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word.
13. To acquire and diffuse among the people useful information concerning
the means of promoting the material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity
of laboring men and women.
14. To acquire information and report upon the general conditions so far as
production is concerned, of the leading industries of the State.
15. To acquire and diffuse information as to the conditions of employment,
and such other facts as may be deemed of value to the industrial interests of
the State.
16. To acquire and diffuse information in relation to the prevention of
accidents, occupational diseases, and other related subjects.
For the exercise of the powers vested in the department of labor by para­
graphs numbered 10 to 16, inclusive, of this section, there shall be a division of
statistics and research, which, in the performance of such duties, shall super­
vise, direct, set up, and approve methods and standards of collecting, preparing,
compiling, and reporting all material for statistical use in all divisions of the
department of labor.
In the performance of such duties the division of statistics and research shall
have free and unhindered access to all records of all divisions of the depart­
ment of labor, for the purpose of collecting, collating, assorting, tabulating,
classifying, systematizing, reporting, and diffusing statistical and other informa­
tion as provided by paragraphs numbered 10 to 16, inclusive, of this section.
Approved May 26, 1931.
IOWA
ACTS OF 1931
Chapter 122.—Hours of labor—Bus drivers
S e c t i o n 1. Limitation of hours.—No person shall operate a commercial motor
vehicle for hire for more than a period of 16 hours out of any period of 24
hours upon the public highways of this State.
Sec. 2. Same.—No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall
require or permit any employee or person to drive or operate any commercial
motor vehicle upon the public highways of this State for a period in excess of
16 hours out of any period of 24 hours.
Sec. 3. Violations.—Any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction, may be fined not less than $25 nor more than $100.
Approved April 25, 1931.

KANSAS
ACTS OF 1931
Chapter 214.—Hours of labor on public works,—Wages
[This act amends sec. 44-201, Rev. Stat. 1923, so as to read as follows:]
44t-201. Current rate of wages; 8-hour day.—“ The current rate of
per diem wages ” for the intents and purposes of this act shall be the rate of
wage paid in the locality as hereinafter defined to the greater number of
workmen, laborers, or mechanics in the same trade, occupation, or work of a
similar nature. In the event that it be determined that there is not a greater
number in the same trade, occupation, or on similar work paid at the same
rate, then the average rate paid to such laborers, workmen, or mechanics in
the same trade, occupation, or work shall be the current rate. The “ locality ”
for the purpose of this act shall be the county wherein the physical work is
being performed: Provided, That where cities of the first or second class are
located in said counties, each such city shall be considered a locality. Eight
hours shall constitute a day’s work for all laborers or other persons employed
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by or on behalf of the State of Kansas or any municipality of said State,
except in cases of extraordinary emergency which may arise, in time of war, or
in cases where it may be necessary to work more than 8 hours per calendar
day for the protection of property or human life. Laborers or other persons so
employed, working to exceed 8 hours per calendar day, shnll be paid on the
basis of 8 hours constituting a day’s work. Not less than the current rate of
per diem wages in the locality where the work is performed shall be paid to
laborers or other persons so employed. And laborers and other persons em­
ployed by contractors or subcontractors in the execution of any contract or
contracts with the State of Kansas or any municipality thereof shall be deemed
to be employed by or on behalf of the State or such municipality so far as
the hours of work and compensation herein provided are concerned. That the
contracts hereafter made by or on behalf of the State of Kansas or by or on
behalf of any county, city, township, or other municipality of said State with
any corporation, person, or persons which may involve the employment of
laborers, workmen, or mechanics shall contain a stipulation that no laborer,
workmen, or mechanic in the employ of the contractor, subcontractor, or other
person doing or contracting to do t>c whole or a part of the work contemplated
by the contract shall be permitted or required to work more than 8 hours in
any one calendar day except in cases of extraordinary emergency (as defined
in this act) ; such contracts shall contain a provision that each laborer, work­
man, or mechanic employed by such contractor, subcontractor, or other person
about or upon such public work shall be paid the wages herein provided.
Approved March 16, 1931.
C hapter

215.—Payment of wages— Semimonthly pay day

[This act amends secs. 44-301, 44-304, and repeals sec. 44-303, Rev. Stat.
1923, so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 44-301. Duty of corporation.—All corporations doing business in this
State shall pay to their employees the wages earned by such employees, and
all such wages shall be due and payable and shall be paid by such corporations
as often as semimonthly: Provided, That this act shall not apply to any State
or municipal corporations.
Seo. 44-303. [Repealed.]
Sec. 44-304. Recovery by employee.—Any employee may recover all such pen­
alties that may, by violations of section 44-302 of the Revised Statutes for 1923,
accrue to him at any time within 6 months succeeding such default or delay
in the payment of such wages.
Approved March 16, 1931.
Chapter 216.—Private employment offices
[This act amends sec. 44-407, Rev. Stat. 1923, so as to read as follows:]
Section 44-407. Fees.—Where a registration fee is charged for receiving or
filing applications for employment or help, said fee shall in no case exceed the
sum of $1, unless the salary or wages shall be more than $3 per day, in which
case a fee of not more than $2 may be charged, for which a duplicate receipt
shall be given (one copy to be kept by the employee and the other for the
employer), in which shall be stated the name and address of the applicant, the
date of such application, the amount of the fee, and the nature of the work to
be done or the situation to be procured. In case the said applicant shall not
obtain a situation or employment through such licensed agency within 3 days
after registration as aforesaid, then said licensed agency shall forthwith repay
and return to such applicant, upon demand being made therefor, the full amount
of the fee paid or delivered by said applicant to such licensed agency: Provided,
That said employment agency shall make no additional charge for their service
rendered other than the fees set out above.
Approved March 17, 1931.
Chapter 282.—Mine regulations—Mine examining board
[This act amends sec. 74-2101, Rev. Stat. 1923, so as to read as follows:]
Section 74-2101. Board.—Immediately after the passage of this act there
shall be appointed by the governor, a board of three examiners to serve until
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term of 4 years. One of said board shall be a practical coal miner, who has had
at least 5 years’ experience as miner in the coal mines of Kansas. One shall
be an operator of coal mines in the State of Kansas, or representative thereof.
The third shall be a citizen of good standing in the State of Kansas. The
members of the examining board shall be paid out of the coal mine examiner’s
fund, upon vouchers to be approved by the president of said board, the sum of
$5 per day for each day of actual service, and their necessary expenses.
Approved March 16, 1931.
KENTUCKY
ACTS OF 1932
Chapter 31.—Free public employment offices
Section 1. Establishment of employment service.—In order to provide an em­
ployment service for men, women, and minors seeking employment; for
employers seeking employees; to stabilize employment; to cooperate with
cou n ts, municipalities, school, and the United States Employment Service;
for the extension of vocational guidance to minors and aid to the physically
handicapped, there is hereby established in the department of labor a “ Ken­
tucky Employment Service ” ; and
S e c . 2 . Duties.—It shall be the duty of the chief officer of the department of
labor, and he is hereby empowered, subject to the advice and consent to the
commissioner of agriculture, labor, and statistics:
(а) To establish and conduct employment offices in the State where such
offices are deemed advisable.
(б) To ascertain and make known the opportunities for employment.
(c) To create and maintain such divisions of the employment service as will
best serve the public welfare.
(d) To cooperate with existing State and Federal agencies in extending voca­
tional guidance to minors seeking employment.
(e) To render especial assistance to physically handicapped persons seeking
employment, to help them become self-supporting and aid in the support of their
dependents.
(f ) To cooperate with county agricultural agents and farmers’ agencies to
ascertain needs of labor and mobilization and distribution of labor among the
agricultural classes.
(g) To devise and adopt the most efficient means to avoid unemployment.
(h) To establish relations with employers and organizations for the purpose
of supplying demands for labor, for the stabilizing and prevention of unem­
ployment.
(i ) To make public through newspapers and other media information as to
employment available.
(j) To investigate economic developments, the extent and causes of unem­
ployment and remedial projects advanced by agencies, private or governmental
for the purpose of preparing for the general assembly facts which may make
further legislation desirable.
(h) To collect, collate, and publish statistical and other information from
all sources considered pertinent to the work within the employment service
jurisdiction and shall use this data in the publication and dissemination of
changing social and economic conditions that might adversely affect employers,
employees, and the general public.
(I) To correlate the functions of the employment service with private and
public agencies such as the United States Employment Service, the United
States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Red Cross, the Rehabilitation Service,
war veteran organizations, county and municipal welfare agencies and such
other organizations of similar function and intent in order that the Kentucky
Employment Service shall be utilized as a central base or focal point as a
survey agency, alleviation and distribution point for the relief of distress
among workers and the public in times of economic depression or an emergency.
(m) To enter into agreement with the governing authorities of any county
or municipality in the State for such period of time as may be deemed ad­
visable for the purpose of establishing and maintaining local employment
offices.
(n) To enter into agreement with the governing authorities of any school
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(o) To enter into agreement with the United States Employment Service,
or such bureau of the United States Department of Labor designated or may
hereafter be authorized by the United States Congress for the purpose of
securing financial and other aid from the United States Government for the
establishment and maintenance of a public employment service in Kentucky.
(p) To appoint advisory committees to assist in conducting an efficient
employment service.
( q) To accept and solicit moneys for the Kentucky Employment Service
from private sources not incompatible to the welfare and efficiency of the pro­
visions of this act and the Kentucky Employment Service, and all such moneys
collected shall be accounted for to the State auditor and credited to the account
and use of said employment service.
Seo. 3. Fees prohibited.—No fee, charge, or other perquisite shall be accepted
or exacted for any service rendered applicant-worker or employer by said
employment service.
C h a p t e r 4 4 . —Payment

of toages in scrip, etc.

Section 1. Issuance of scrip, etc.—Any person, firm, or corporation engaged
in any trade or business, either directly or indirectly, may issue, sell, give,
or deliver, upon the request of any employee of such person, firm, or corpora­
tion, to such employee as a medium of credit, in payment for labor performed
or for labor to be performed, nontransferable scrip, tokens, drafts, orders, or
coupons, payable and redeemable in merchandise only by the employee to whom
issued: Provided, That the issuance of any such nontransferable scrip, tokens,
drafts, orders, or coupons by any such person, firm, or corporation shall be
construed, taken, and held in all courts and places to be a promise to pay by
the person, firm, or corporation issuing same to the employee to whom issued,
in lawful money of the United States or check, upon demand and surrender by
said employee of such scrip or any unused portion thereof, at such regular
settlement day or pay day when the same would have been due in cash had
not the said order, scrip, or token been issued.
Any person, firm, or corporation failing and refusing to pay the employee to
whom is issued such nontransferable scrip, tokens, drafts, orders, or coupons or
any unused portion of the same, for which labor has been performed on their
regular settlement day or pay day, shall be deemed guilty of a misde­
meanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than $20
nor more than $50, and for a second or a subsequent offense shall be fined not
less than $25 nor more than $100.
All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.
Chapter 98.—Bureau of mines
[This act provides for the safe development and operation of certain minerals.
The duties of the department of mines are specified in relation to the location,
etc., of oil and gas wells, and also the operation of coal mines in the vicinity
of such wells.]
LOUISIANA
ACTS OF 1932
No. 167.—Employment of toomen and children
[This act amends the title and secs. 1, 2, and 23 of Act 301, Acts of 1908 (as
amended 1912, Act 61; 1914, Act 133; 1926, Act 176; and Act 238; respectively)
so as to read as follows:]
Section 1. Age ttnut.—From and after the passage of this act it shall be
unlawful for a person, agent, firm, company, copartnership, or corporation to
require or permit, or suffer or employ any child under the age of 14 years to
labor or work in any mill, factory, mine, packing house, manufacturing estab­
lishment, workshop, laundry, millinery or dressmaking stores or mercantile
establishments, or hotel, or restaurants or in any theater or concert hall or
in or about any place of amusement where intoxicating liquors are made or sold,
or in any bowling alley, bootblaeking establishment, freight or passenger
elevators or in the transmission or distribution of messages, whether telegraph
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whatsoever: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not affect Act 176
of 1908.
The provisions of this act shall not apply to agricultural pursuits. Any vio­
lation of this act shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more than
$50 or by imprisonment in the parish jail (parish prison in New Orleans) for
not less than 10 days or more than 6 months, or both, at the discretion of the
court.
Seo. 2. Certificates.—The superintendent of public schools in the various par­
ishes of the State of Louisiana (with the exception of the Parish of Orleans)
and in the Parish of Orleans the factory inspector appointed by the mayor
of the city of New Orleans with the consent of the commission council acting
in conjunction with the board of health and school board of the parish, shall
have full power to issue age and employment certificates to minors over 14
years and under 16 years of age, seeking employment in any of the occupations
enumerated in section 1 of this act in any part of this State: Provided, how­
ever, That the superintendent of public schools in any parish, wherein a city
of more than 30,000 inhabitants is situated, may designate a representative in
such city to act for said superintendent of public schools and may vest in said
representative full powers to issue age and employment certificates within such
city.
Such age and employment certificate shall be issued by such officers upon appli­
cation duly made in person by such minor, accompanied by his or her parent
or guardian, or a person standing in parental relation to such minor, and
after having received, filed and approved the following papers duly executed,
to wit:
(a) A written statement duly signed by the person, firm, or corporation into
whose service the child is about to enter, setting forth that it is the intention
of the signer to employ the child, and stating the nature of the occupation in
which the child is to be employed.
(&) One of the following proofs of age, showing the child to be above 14
years:
1. A duly attested transcript of the birth record of said child filed according
to law with any officer charged with the duty of recording births. Or if such
proof of age cannot be produced,
2. A duly attested transcript of certificate of baptism, showing the date of
birth and place of baptism of such child. Or if neither of the above proofs of
age can be produced,
3. A bona fide contemporaneous Bible record of the birth of such child. Or
if none of the above proofs of age can be produced.
4. A passport of [or] certificate of arrival in the United States showing the
age of such child. Of if none of the above proofs of age can be produced,
5. A life insurance policy covering the life of such child and showing the age
thereof, dated at least 2 years prior to the date of application for such age and
employment certificate. Or if none of the above proofs of age can be produced,
6. An affidavit duly executed by the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child,
setting forth the age of such child.
(c) A written statement of the parish health officer or public-school physician
that the child is physically qualified to perform the work at which he or she
is about to be employed: Provided, however, That where any physical defeet
exists, temporary work permits may be issued for a period not exceeding 1
month, during which period if such defect be corrected, such child shall be reexamined and if his or her condition then be found to be suitable a permanent
work certificate may be issued.
(d) A certificate from the superintendent of public schools or the principal of
a duly constituted private, denominational, or parochial school, indicating that
the child has completed the sixth grade as established by the curriculum of the
public school or has had 8 years of schooling: Provided, however, That where
such child has been instructed at home in the common-school branches, proof
that such instruction is the equivalent of the education hereinabove required
shall be established by the presentation of a certificate from the parish superin­
tendent of schools, or his duly constituted representative: Provided further,
That in all parishes other than the Parish of Orleans, the years of schooling
certified to under the terms of this paragraph shall be the same as the minimum
years of schooling fixed by the laws regulating the compulsory education of
children in such parishes.
Sec. 23. Appointment of inspectors, etc.—In the city of New Orleans the
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shall appoint a factory inspector, a vocational counselor, and a safety engi­
neer, any or all of whom may be male or female persons, whose duties shall
be to see that the regulations of this act are observed, and also to prosecute
all persons who violate the same.
The salaries or compensation of the factory inspector, vocational counselor,
and safety engineer shall be fixed by the commission council and paid by the
city of New Orleans.
The factory inspector provided for by this law shall have general supervi­
sion and authority to enforce all the provisions of this law, with the added
authority to supervise and direct the work of any and all subordinates or
assisting official named or employed to enforce the provisions of this law.
The vocational counselor provided for herein shall possess those qualifications
which are required to be possessed by a vocational guidance counselor as estab­
lished in the department of vocational guidance in the public-school system in
the city of New Orleans. It shall be the duty of the vocational counselor pro­
vided for herein:
(a) To interview all children who may apply for work certificates, with a
view to ascertaining the reasons why said child or children are discontinuing
attendance at school and seeking employment instead, and to endeavor to dis­
suade such child or children from discontinuing attendance at school where the
conditions surrounding the home life of said child or children do not warrant
their seeking employment.
(&) To advise all applicants applying for work certificates concerning the
employment that they should en.er in view of their individual training, apti­
tudes, and physical fitness in respect to the character of work for which they
are best suited.
(c) To advise all applicants for work certificates respecting the continuance
of their further education or vocational training, in order to enable them to
progress more efficiently in the occupation in which they contemplate engaging.
The safety engineer shall be a person who shall possess the necessary tech­
nical education, coupled with a practical experience of at least 5 years, in
order to be thoroughly familiar with the structural arrangements in buildings
and places, and the manner of operation of mechanical and electrical equip­
ment contained herein which may prove unsafe or dangerous to persons who
operate same, or who by reason of their employment may come in close con­
tact with such mechanical or electrical equipment while same is being operated.
It shall be the duty of the safety engineer to inspect all places and buildings
wherein persons are employed where employment is regulated by the provi­
sions of this law to see to it that the provisions of this law regarding the
means of safety and comfort for the employees are followed out, and that due
precautions are taken in order that such mechanical or electrical equipment is
so arranged, guarded, or protected as to reduce to the minimum the hazard
or injury to the persons employed in or about such mechanical or electrical
equipment, to the end of preventing the injury or death to such persons who
may operate same or who by reason by their employment may come in close
contact wilh such mechanical or electrical equipment.
That whenever the safety engineer shall find any condition in such places
or buildings where persons are employed, whose employment is regulated
by the provisions of this law, or where the conditions surrounding any me­
chanical or electrical equipment shall constitute a hazardous condition to the
person or persons who may operate the same, or to persons who, by reason
of their employment, may come in close contact with such mechanical or elec­
tric equipment he shall report same at once in writing to the factory inspector
and it shall be the duty of the factory inspector to at once notify in writing
the person, firm, or corporation owning or operating such mechanical or elec­
trical equipment to correct or remove the condition which renders such
mechanical or electrical equipment hazardous and £ive such person, firm, or
corporation, 10 days in which to comply with such order and upon the failure
to do so the factory inspector is authorized to prefer an affidavit against the
owner or operator of such defective, dangerous or unsafe mechanical or elec­
trical equipment and upon conviction, such owner or operator shall be punished
by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $50 or by imprisonment in the
parish jail (or in the parish prison in the city of New Orleans) for not less
than 10 days nor more than 6 months, or both, at the discretion of the court.
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No. 181.—Garnishment of wages
[This act relates merely to the procedure for the garnishment of wages,
salaries, etc.]
Approved July 14, 1932.
No. 183.—Exemption of wages from garnishment
[This act amends sec. 1, Act 79, Acts of 1876 (as amended 1918, Act 184) so
as to read as follows:]
Section 1. Wages, etc., exempt when.—* * * In the case of all other
laborers, wage earners, artisans, mechanics, engineers, firemen, carpenters,
bricklayers, secretaries, bookkeepers, clerks, employees on a commission basis,
or employees of any nature or kind whatever, whether skilled or unskilled,
80 percent of the wage, salary, commission, or other compensation thereof can­
not be seized or garnisheed, but only 20 percent of such compensation shall
be subject to such seizure or garnishment, and in no case shall the seizure
or garnishment infringe upon a minimum of $60 per month of such salary,
wage, commission, or other compensation, which said $60 per month shall
always be exempt.
Approved July 14, 1932.
MAINE
ACTS OF 1931
Chapter 144.—Employment of women and children
[This act amends secs. 21 and 23, ch. 54, Rev. Stat. 1930, so as to read as
follows:]
Section 21. Work time.—No female shall be employed in any workshop,
factory, manufacturing, or mechanical establishment more than 9 hours in
any one day; except when a different apportionment of the hours of labor is
made for the sole purpose of making a shorter day’s work for one day of the
week; and in no case shall the hours of labor exceed 54 in a week. And no
minor under 16 years of age shall be employed in any of the said establish­
ments or occupations more than 8 hours in any one day.
Sec. 23. Hours of labor in mercantile establishments, offices, etc.—No male
minor under 16 years of age and no female shall be employed in any telephone
exchange employing more than three operators or in any mercantile establish­
ment, store, restaurant, laundry, telegraph office, or by any express or trans­
portation company in the State of Maine more than 54 hours in any one week.
The provisions of this section shall not apply between the seventeenth day of
December and the 24th day of December, both inclusive, and shall not apply
during the 8 days prior to Easter Sunday to persons employed in millinery
shops or stores. In cases of emergency in which there is danger to property,
life, public safety, or public health and in cases of extraordinary public require­
ment the provisions of sections 21 to 27, inclusive, shall not apply to employers
engaged in public service.
Approved April 1, 1931.
Chapter 158.—Inspection of steam boilers
[This act amends ch. 54, Rev. Stat. 1930, by adding secs. 50, 51, 52, and 53,
so as to read as follows:]
Seotton 50. Use of condemned boilers.—No steam boiler or unfired steampressure vessel that has been condemned for further use in this or any other
State by an authorized boiler inspector employed by an insurance company
or by an inspector authorized to inspect boilers by a State or the Federal
Government shall be operated in this State.
Whoever operates a boiler in violation of this section shall be punished by
a fine of not less than $100.
Sec. 51. Same, to be stamped.—Every steam boiler or unfired steam-pressure
vessel so condemned in this State shall be stamped in the following manner,
“ X X X Me. ” , and the department of labor and industry shall immediately be
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The stamp “ X XX Me.” , placed on condemned boilers shall be made across
the registration mark or number of the boiler, or if the boiler has no registra­
tion mark or number, a stamp shall be placed in the location of this mark as
determined by the rules of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
boiler code.
The stamping shall be done with individual letters, driven into the plate so far
as to thoroughly cancel any previous registration and shall be made with letters
at least three eighths of an inch high.
Any person who obliterates such condemnation mark shall be punished by a
fine of not less than $100.
The laws and regulations of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
boiler code shall be used in all mathematical computations necessary to deter­
mine the safety of a boiler.
Sec. 52. Registration of boilers.—On and after September 1, 1931, no steam
boiler or unfired steam-pressure vessel subjected to a pressure of over 15
pounds to the square inch shall be operated in this State unless such boiler
or unfired steam-pressure vessel shall have been registered in the office of the
State department of labor and industry, upon blanks to be furnished by said
department upon request, such blanks to contain information regarding
maker’s name, type of construction, date of construction, age, location, and
when last inspected, and such other information as may be required by said
department.
Whoever fails to so register any steam boiler or unfired steam-pressure
vessel shall be punished by a fine of $10.
In case a boiler or unfired steam-pressure vessel, subject to the provisions
of this section, is moved from one location to another, notice shall be given
the department of labor of such removal and of the new location in which
the boiler is to be set up.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to boilers subject to Federal
inspection and control, or to boilers used in steamboats, or those under the
control of the public utilities commission, or boilers used in automotive
vehicles.
Sec. 53. Inspection reports.—In case a boiler is insured and inspected by a
duly accredited insurance company licensed to do business in this State, a
copy of the record of each internal inspection of such boiler shall be filed
with the department of labor and industry.
Approved April 2, 1931.
Chapter 164.—Work in compressed air
[This act regulates work in compressed-air employment. The complete law
was reproduced in the Monthly Labor Review, June 1931, p. 92.]
Approved April 2, 1931.
Chapter 165.—Employment of children
[This act amends secs. 18 and 19 of ch. 54, Rev. Stat. 1930, so as to read as
follows:]
Section 18. Age.—No child under 14 years of age shall be employed, per­
mitted, or suffered to work in, about, or in connection with any manufacturing
or mechanical establishment, bowling alley, or pool room. Except as herein­
after provided, no child under 15 years of age shall be employed, permitted,
or suffered to work at any business or service for hire whatever during the
hours that the public schools of the town or city in which he resides are in
session. No minor under 16 years of age shall be employed in any theater or
moving-picture house as usher or attendant nor in or about a projection booth.
Sec. 19. Work permits.—No minor between the ages of 14 and 16 years shall
be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any of the aforementioned occu­
pations unless the person, firm, or corporation employing such child procures
and keeps on file accessible to any attendance officer, factory inspector, or other
authorized officer charged with the enforcement of sections 18 to 36, both
inclusive, of this chapter, a work permit issued to said child by the superin­
tendent of schools of the city or town in which the child resides, or by some
person authorized by him in writing. The person authorized to issue a work
permit shall not issue such permit until such child has furnished such issuing
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that the child can read and write correctly simple sentences in the English
language and that he has satisfactorily completed the studies covered in the
grades of the elementary public schools, or their equivalent; in case such cer­
tificate cannot be obtained, then the officer issuing the work permit shall
examine such child to determine whether he can meet the educational standard
specified and shall file in his office a statement setting forth the result of such
examination; nor until he has received, examined, approved, and filed satis­
factory evidence of age showing that the child is 14 years old or upwards; such
evidence shall consist of a certified copy of the town clerk’s record of the birth
of said child, or a certified copy of his baptismal record, showing the date of
his birth and place of baptism, or a passport showing the date of birth. In the
event of the minor being unable to produce the evidence heretofore mentioned,
and the person authorized to issue the work permit being satisfied of that fact,
the said work permit may be issued on other documentary evidence of age satis­
factory to the person authorized to issue the work permit, provided said docu­
mentary evidence has been approved by the State commissioner of labor. The
superintendent of schools, or the person authorized to issue such work permit,
may require, in doubtful cases, a certificate signed by a physician appointed
by the school board, or, in case there is no school physician, from the medical
officer of the board of health, stating that such child has been examined by
him, and, in his opinion, has reached the normal development of a child of its
age, and is in sufficiently sound health and physically able to perform the work
which he intends to do. A child between the ages of 14 and 16 who, because
of subnormal mental capacity, is unable to successfully pass the tests necessary
to allow a regular work permit to be issued, may under conditions deemed
proper receive a work permit issued jointly by the commissioner of education
and the commissioner of labor and industry, such persons to be employed in
nonhazardous occupations. The State factory inspector, his deputy, or agent
may require a similar certificate in doubtful cases of the minors employed
under a work permit. A work permit when duly issued shall excuse such child
from attendance at public schools; but no person shall issue such permit to any
minor then in or about to enter his employment or the employment of the firm
or corporation of which he is a member, stockholder, officer, or employee.
Approved April 2, 1931.
MARYLAND
ACTS OF 1931
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35.—Payment of wages

[This act amends sec. 440, Code of Public Local Laws (1930) of Maryland
relating to the payment of wages in Allegany County, so as to read as follows:]
Section1440. Wages to be paid, how.—Every corporation engaged in mining
or manufacturing or operating a railroad in Allegany County, and employing 10
or more hands, shall pay its employees the full amount of their wages in legal
tender money of the United States, or by check payable at par at the bank
upon which drawn, and any contract by or on behalf of any such corporation
for the payment of the whole or of any part of said wages, in any other manner
than provided shall be and is hereby declared illegal, null and void; and every
such employee shall be entitled to recover from any such corporation employing
him, the whole or so much of the wages earned by him as shall not have been
actually paid to him in legal tender money of the United States, or by check
payable at par at the bank upon which drawn without set-off or deduction of his
demand for or in respect of any account or claim whatever, nor shall such
employees make any contract with its employers by which such employees shall
be compelled to purchase their supplies, merchandise, or goods from any private
or company stores owned and operated by the said employers; nor shall said
employers by means of such employment exercise any influence whatever on
said hands by promises or threats to compel their employees to deal with
any particular merchant or storekeeper.
Approved April 6, 1931.
Chapter 158.—Employment of children—School attendance
[This act repeals and reenacts sec. 221, art. 77, Annot. Code, 1924, subt. ch.
21. Children required to attend school till 14 years of age instead of 13.



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Unless regularly employed a child (14 to 16 years of age) must attend day
school regularly.]
Approved April 6, 1931.
Chapter 182.—Employment of children—School attendance
[This act merely amends sec. 221, art. 77, Annot. Code, 1924, subt. ch. 21,
so as to correct a doubt existing as to the meaning of a sentence applying to
Baltimore.]
Approved April 6, 1931.
MASSACHUSETTS
ACTS OF 1931
Chapter 304.—Payment of wages
[This act amends sec. 158. ch. 149, Gen.L. 1921, by adding a new sec.
(158-a), so as to read as follows:]
Section 158-a. Work without compensation.—Whoever requires or permits
a woman or a minor, as a condition of securing employment, to work in any
factory, workshop, manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment
w'thout monetary compensation shall be punished by a fine of not more than
$50.
Approved May 12, 1931.
Chapter 372.—Rate of wages—Scrub women
[This act amends sec. 5, ch. 8, Gen.L., 1921 (as amended by sec. 53, ch. 301,
Acts of 1931), so as to provide as follows:]
Section 5. Wage rate.—The pay of scrub women employed by the Common­
wealth shall be based upon a regular weekly rate of $18 for 33 hours’ work.
When time is lost or a greater number of hours are worked by them than the
aforesaid 33 hours, the resulting reductions or additions shall be based upon
an hourly rate of 55 cents, and they shall be allowed for time off on legal
holidays at the regular weekly rate. Scrub women or cleaners regularly
employed by the superintendent of buildings shall be paid weekly, and when so
employed for a period of at least 6 months shall be entitled to a vacation each
year of 2 weeks’ duration with pay. Such pay shall be based upon the
average weekly compensation received by them for the preceding 6-month’s
period of employment.
Approved May 28, 1931.
Chapter 394 (secs. 154-158).—Employment of children
[This act makes certain changes in terminology in the general laws to
conform with existing substantive law. Sections 154 to 158, inclusive, of the
act amends the law relating to employment of minors in street trades, by
substituting the name “ supervisors of attendance ” for “ attendance officers,”
to whom employment certificate must be made accessible. The act therefore
amends secs. 86, 90, 92-94, ch. 149, Gen.L., 1921.]
Approved June 4, 1931.
ACTS OF 1932
Chapter 27.—Employment of women and children
[This act amends sec. 104, ch. 140, Gen.L. 1921, so as to read as follows:]
Section 104. Acrobatic, mendicant, etc., occupations.—No person shall employ,
exhibit or sell, apprentice or give away, a child under 15 for the purpose of
employing or exhibiting him in dancing on the stage, playing on musical instru­
ments, singing, walking on a wire or rope, or riding or performing as a gymnast,
contortionist or acrobat in a circus, theatrical exhibition or in any public
place, or cause, procure or encourage such child to engage therein; but this
section shall not prevent the education of children in vocal and instrumental
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as a part of its graduation exercises by a school furnishing them instruction
in dancing or their employment as musicians in a church, chapel, school or school
exhibition, or prevent their taking part in any festival, concert or musical
exhibition upon the special written permission of the alderman or selectmen.
Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than
$200 or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
Approved February 23, 1932.
Chapter 101.—Payment of wages—Weekly pay day
[This act amends secs. 148 (as last amended by ch. 117, Acts of 1929) and
150, ch. 149, Gen.L. 1921, so as to read as follows:]
Section 148. Who to pay wages weekly.—Every person engaged in carrying
on in a city a hotel or club, and every person engaged in carrying on within
the Commonwealth, a theater, moving-picture house, dance hall, factory, work­
shop, manufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment, mine, quarry,
railroad or street railway, or telephone, telegraph, express, transportation or
water company, or in the erection, alteration, repair or removal of any building
or structure, or the construction or repair of any railroad, street railway,
road, bridge, sewer, gas, water or electric light works, pipes or lines, and
every contractor engaged in the business of grading, laying out or caring for
the grounds surrounding any building or structure, shall pay weekly each em­
ployee engaged in his business, and every person employing musicians, janitors,
porters or watchmen shall pay weekly each such employee, the wages earned
by him to within 6 days of the date of said payment if employed for 6 days in
a week or to within 7 days of the date of said payment if employed 7 days
in the week, or in the case of an employee who has worked for a period of
less than 6 days, hereinafter called a casual employee, shall, within 7 days
after the termination of such period, pay the wages earned by such casual
employee during such period; but any employee leaving his employment shall
be paid in full on the following regular pay day; and any employee discharged
from such employment shall be paid in full on the day of his discharge, or in
Boston as soon as the laws requiring pay rolls, bills and accounts to be certi­
fied shall have been complied with; and the Commonwealth, its departments,
officers, boards and commissions shall so pay every mechanic, workman and
laborer employed by it or them, and every person employed by it or them in any
penal or charitable institution, and every county and city shall so pay every em­
ployee engaged in its business the wages or salary earned by him, unless such
mechanic, workman, laborer or employee requests in writing to be paid in a
different manner; and every town shall so pay each employee in its business
if so required by him; but an employee absent from his regular place of labor
at a time fixed for payment shall be paid thereafter on demand. This section
shall not apply to an employee of a cooperative corporation or association
if he is a stockholder therein unless he requests such corporation to pay him
weekly, nor to casual employees as hereinbefore defined employed by the Com­
monwealth or by a county, city or town. The department of public utilities,
after hearing, may exempt any railroad corporation from paying weekly
any of its employees if it appears that such employees prefer less frequent
payments, and that their interests and the interests of the public will not
suffer thereby. No person shall by a special contract with an employee or by
any other means exempt himself from this section or section 150. Whoever
violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more
than $50, or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than
2 months, or both, and in case a corporation violates this section any officer
thereof responsible for such violation shall be punished as aforesaid.
Sec. 150. Complaint for violation.—The department may make complaint
against any person for a violation of section 148 within 3 months after the date
thereof. On the trial no defense for failure to pay as required, other than the
attachment of such wages by trustee process or a valid assignment thereof or
a valid set-off against the same, or the absence of the employee from his regu­
lar place of labor at the time of payment, or an actual tender to such em­
ployee at the time of payment of the wages so earned by him, shall be valid.
The defendant shall not set up as a defense a payment of wages after the
bringing of the complaint. An assignment of future wages payable weekly
under section 148 shall not be valid if made to the person from whom such
wages are to become due or to any person on his behalf, or if made or pro­




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cured to be made to another person for the purpose of relieving the employer
from the obligation to pay weekly. A loan made by an employee to his em­
ployer or wages which are payable weekly under section 148, whether made di­
rectly to the employer or to another person or persons on his behalf, shall not
be valid as a defense on the trial of a complaint for failure to pay such
wages weekly, unless such loan shall have been made with the approval of
the department.
Approved March 23, 1932.
Chapter 110.—Employment of women and children.
[This act amends sec. 56, ch. 149, Gen.L. 1921 (as amended by ch. 280,
Acts of 1921), and also sec. 57 of the same chapter, by requiring that notices
relative to hours of labor must be kept posted in a manner as required by the
commissioner and providing penalties for any such violations.]
Approved March 23, 1932.
Chapter 234.—Manufactures in tenements
[This act amends ch. 149, Gen.L. 1921, by adding a new section (147A) so as
to read as follows:]
Section 147A. Furnishing of certain information.—Every person, hiring,
employing or contracting with a member of a family to make, alter, repair,
ornament, finish or adapt for sale by labor to be performed in a room or apart­
ment in a tenement or dwelling house, any article except wearing apparel, or
any part thereof, from material supplied by said person, shall, at such times
as the commissioner may require, furnish to the department the names and ad­
dresses of the workers so hired, employed or contracted with and of all women
and minors dwelling in said room or apartment, and also, in the case of girls
under 21 and boys under 18, their ages.
Approved May 18, 1932.
MICHIGAN
ACTS OF 1931
A ct No. 206.—Private employment offices
[This act amends sec. 6, Act No. 321, Acts of 1929 (sec. 8589, Comp.L. 1929)
so as to read as follows: ]
Section 6. Application, investigation, etc.—Every applicant for a permit shall
file with the State superintendent of private employment bureaus a written
application in the form required by him. Upon filing of an application for a
permit, provided for in section 3, the State superintendent of private employ­
ment bureaus shall cause an investigation to be made. He shall refuse to
grant a permit for any good and sufficient reason within the meaning of this
act. If an application for a permit is issued to the applicant it shall state
the name and address of the institution, organization, firm, person, corpora­
tion or association to which such permit is issued, the name of the person who
is to have immediate charge, the name under which the bureau or department
is to be carried on and the address and the date and number of the permit.
Every such permit unless previously revoked shall remain in force until
December 31 next after its issue. Every application for a permit shall be
granted or refused within 30 days from the date of filing. Application forms
for renewal of permits shall be furnished by the State superintendent of private
employment bureaus to each applicant on or before November 15 of each year.
( a)
A charge of $5 shall be made for the issuance of such permit. Such per­
mit fees shall be turned over by the State superintendent of private employment
bureaus to the State treasury. Every permit shall be hung in a conspicuous
place in the main office where the bureau or department conducted under such
permit is carried on.
(&) Every holder of a permit shall keep or cause to be kept a record of the
name and address of every employee directed to or placed in employment
together with the kind of employment to which the employee was directed, or
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whom an employee is directed or with whom employment is accepted. Such
records shall also contain the date of every transaction. All such records shall
be kept for at least 1 year and shall be open at all reasonable times to the
inspection of the State superintendent of private employment bureaus at the
place where said bureau or department is conducted for the purpose only of
satisfying said State superintendent of private employment bureaus that the
records are being kept in conformity with this act.
(c) Provided, That this act and all sections thereof shall not apply to any
person, who maintains an employment office for his own intraorganization pur­
poses exclusively, nor to associations of employers or labor organizations
whether voluntarily associated or incorporated which are furnishing help or
employment for their own members exclusively.
Approved May 28, 1931.
Act No. 208.—Free public employment offices
[This act amends sec. 35, Act No. 285, Acts of 1909 (as last amended by
Act No. 20, Acts of 1927 (sec. 8350, Comp.L. 1929) so as to read as follows:]
Section 35. The commission is hereby authorized to organize and establish
in this State such free employment bureaus as it deems advisable for the
purpose of receiving applications of persons seeking employment and appli­
cations of persons seeking to employ labor. Such bureaus shall be designated
and known as Michigan public employment bureaus. The commission shall
control the public employment bureaus authorized by this act, and it shall
be the duty of said commission to use all diligence in securing the cooperation
of employers of labor with the purpose and objects of said employment
bureau. To this end it shall be competent for said commission to advertise
in the columns of newspapers or to use other mediums for such situations as
it or its agents have applicants to fill, and for such help as may be called for
by employers. Said commission may also advertise in a general way for
the cooperation of large contractors and employers, in such trade journals or
special publications as reach such employers, whether such trade journals are
published in the State of Michigan or not, and it may pursue such other methods
as in its judgment will best tend to accomplish the purpose of this act: Pro­
vided, That all managers or superintendents in charge of State public em­
ployment bureaus shall devote their entire time to the work of their office
while receiving salary or wages from the State.
[This act also repeals sec. 35-a (sec. 8351, Comp.L. 1929).]
Approved May 28, 1931.
Act No. 213.—Factory, etc., regulations—Dyeing and cleaning establishments
[This act regulates the operation of dry-cleaning, etc., establishments.]
Approved May 28, 1931.
Aot No. 241.—Employment of aliens9
[This act prohibits the employment of persons illegally resident in the State
of Michigan. Such illegally resident person is prohibited from having em­
ployment or engaging in business within the State, or to associate in business
and the law makes it unlawful for any person, etc., to have in its employ
any person of foreign birth who is disqualified from establishing or main­
taining a legal residence in the State.]
Approved May 29, 1931.
A ct No. 306.—Free public employment offices
Section 1. Creation of local employment bureaus.—The legislative body of
any city or village in this State is hereby authorized to create, acquire, control,
and operate free employment bureaus within the limits of said cities and
villages, and may use for such purpose any property suitable therefor that is
now or may at any time hereafter be owned, leased or controlled by such
city or village.
2 This law was declared unconstitutional in the case of Arrowsnvith v. Voorhies
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Sec. 2. Purposes.—Such employment bureaus shall be established for the
purpose of receiving applications of persons seeking employment and applica­
tions of persons seeking to employ labor. Such bureaus shall be designated
and known as municipal or village public employment bureaus as the case
may be. The cities and villages creating public employment bureaus authorized
by this act may require the payment by all persons seeking employment a
registration fee of not more than $1 for the period of 1 year. For each fee
there shall be issued a receipt which shall be in triplicate; one copy to be
given to the applicant, one copy to be filed in the local office, and one copy
to be filed in the office of the department of labor and industry at Lansing.
Every person paying such registration fee shall be entitled without further
charge for the period of 1 year to the service, of any municipal or village
public employment bureau within the city or village wherein the applicant
registered. It shall be the duty of such bureaus to use all diligence in
securing the cooperation of employers of labor with the purpose and objects
of said employment bureau. To this end it shall be competent for the legis­
lative bodies of such cities and villages to advertise in the columns of news­
papers or to use other mediums for such situations as it or its employees and
agents have applicants to fill, and for such help as may be called for by employers.
Said legislative bodies of the cities and villages may also advertise in a general
way for the cooperation of large contractors and employers, in such trade
journals or special publications as reach such employers, whether such trade
journals are published within the city or village or not, and it may pursue
such other methods as in their judgment will best tend to accomplish the
purpose of this act: Provided, That all persons in charge of such public em­
ployment bureaus shall devote their entire time to the work of their office
while receiving salary or wages from the city or village.
Sec. 3. Registration fund.—All moneys received by the cities or villages
under the provisions of section 2 of this act shall be set aside and shall be
known as the public employment bureau registration fund and shall be used and
disbursed under the direction of the legislative body of such city or village
for the purpose of conducting, maintaining, and improving such employment
bureaus.
S e c . 4. Acquisition of property .— Any property acquired, owned, leased, con­
trolled, or occupied by such cities and villages for the purposes enumerated
herein shall and is hereby declared to be acquired, owned, controlled, or
occupied for a public purpose and as a matter of public necessity, and such
cities and villages shall have the right to acquire property for such purpose
or purposes under the power of eminent domain as and for a public necessity
and in accordance with the procedure as outlined in their charter or in the
statutes of this State.
Sec. 5. Delegation of powers.—The powers herein enumerated may be dele­
gated by the said legislative body of the city or village to any department,
commission, or agency of such city or village as may be designated or created
by such legislative body.
Approved June 8, 1931.
A ct No. 328 (p. 734).—No discrimination in payment of wages on account of sex
Section 556. Discrimination prohibited.—<Any employer of labor in this
State, employing both males and females in the manufacture or production of
any article, who shall discriminate in any way in the payment of wages as
between sexes or who shall pay any female engaged in the manufacture or
production of any article of like value, workmanship, and production a less
wage, by time or piece work, than is being paid to males similarly employed
in such manufacture, production or in any employment formerly performed
by males, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: Provided, however, That no fe­
male shall be given any task, disproportionate to her strength, nor shall she be
employed in any place detrimental to her morals, her health, or her potential
capacity for motherhood.
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MINNESOTA
ACTS OF 1931
Chapter 64.—Railroads—Removal of terminals, etc.
Section 1. Removal.—No company operating any line of railway in the
State of Minnesota shall abandon any shop or terminal located within this
State or move any shop or change the location of any terminal except as pro­
vided in this act. Any company violating any provision of this act shall for­
feit to the State not less than $200 nor more than $1,000 for each day such
violation continues.
Sec. 2. Definition.—The word “ terminal” here used is defined to be any
city or village in which 12 or more men employed in railroad train and engine
service have established a legal residence.
The word “ shop ” is defined as a place in which 12 or more men are em­
ployed by a railroad as mechanics in the repairing of railroad equipment and
is located in a city or village in which such men have established a legal
residence.
Sec. 3. Application for removal.—Any such company desiring to abandon
any shop or terminal, or move any shop or change the location of any terminal
in this State shall first make application to the railroad and warehouse com­
mission in writing. Before passing upon such application the railroad and
warehouse commission shall order a public hearing and fix a time and place
thereof and require such notice thereof to be given as it deems reasonable.
Sec. 4. Hearing.—In the hearing on the abandonment or removal of a shop
or terminal if it shall be made to appear to such commission that the abandon­
ment of any shop or terminal or the change of any shop or terminal will result
in efficiency in railroad operation and will not substantially injure the public
or be detrimental to the public welfare, such petition may be granted, otherwise
the same shall be denied.
Approved March 18, 1931.
Chapter 121.—Labor on public works—Wages
Section 1. Establishment of wage scale, etc.—That in all cities of the second
class in the State of Minnesota the city council shall by ordinances duly enacted
with appropriate penalty provisions for the enforcement thereof, have power
and authority as follows:
(a) To establish residence requirements and require that in all construction
or repair work on any roads, bridges, sewers, streets, alleys, parks, parkways,
buildings, utilities, or any other public work involving the improvement of
public property, including schools, all labor, either skilled or unskilled shall
meet those requirements.
(b) To adopt a scale of wages to be paid in all public works and to require
that it be a part of the specifications in contracts or be effective in all construc­
tion or repair work on any roads, bridges, sewers, streets, alleys, parks,
parkways, buildings, utilities, or any other public work involving the improve­
ment of public property, including schools, on which work public moneys are
to be expended.
Approved April 9, 1931.
Chapter 268.—Factory, etc., regulations—Dyeing and cleaning establishments
[This act amends sec. 18, ch. 459, Acts of 1921 (as amended by ch. 402, Acts
of 1929).]
Approved April 20, 1931.
Chapter 276.—Provision of labor, wages, etc.
[This act permits local school authorities in cities of the second class to regu­
late and enforce residence requirements, wage scales, and other regulations
pertaining to labor on public works and to require the incorporation of such
provisions in contracts.]
Approved April 20, 1931.
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C hapter

282.—Payment of wages

S e c t i o n 1. Issuance of labor check without funds.—Every person, firm, or
corporation who shall issue any check, draft, or order upon a bank or other
depository for the payment of money in payment of wages to any laborer or
employee without having sufficient funds in, or credit in, such bank or other
depository for the payment of such check, draft, or order in full upon its
presentation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Approved April 21, 1931.

MISSISSIPPI
ACTS OF 1932
C hapter

138.—Exemption of wages from garnishment

[This act amends sec. 1755, Code of 1930 (sec. 2139, Code of 1906), by ex­
empting income from disability insurance from garnishment. Amended act
also provides that no homestead shall be subject to sale under an execution
for a period of 18 months.]
Approved April 11, 1932.
C hapter

332.—Hours of labor—Motor bus, etc., drivers

Section 7. Limitation of hours.—It shall be unlawful for any person or for
the owner or lessee of a motor bus or truck to require any employee to operate
same continually for more than 12 hours out of each 24 hours, on any State
highway without relief, or rest; or for any person to operate, or any owner
or lessee to require an employee to operate a truck or bus more than 16 hours
out of 24 without relief or rest.
Approved May 18, 1932.
MISSOURI
ACTS OF 1931
Employment of children—General provisiom
(Page 169)

[This act repeals an act of March 26, 1923 (pp. 130, 181) relating to the
employment of children.]
Approved April 23, 1931.
Free public employment offices
(Page 258)

[This act amends sec. 13187, art. 2, ch. 95, Rev. Stat. 1929 (Rev. Stat. 1919,
sec. 6748), so as to read as follows:]
Section 13187. Free public offices to be established.—The commissioner of
labor and industrial inspection shall organize and establish in all cities in
Missouri, now containing or which may contain hereafter, according to the
last preceding national census, 50,000 inhabitants or more, a free public em­
ployment bureau for the purpose of receiving applications of persons seeking
emplyoment and applications of persons seeking to employ labor. No com­
pensation or fee shall be charged or received, directly or indirectly, from persons
applying for employment through any such bureau. Such commissioner shall
appoint for each bureau one superintendent and may appoint for each one
clerk, and may remove the same for good and sufficient cause. The salary
of the superintendents shall not exceed $100 per month, and the salary of the
clerks shall not exceed $75 per month. Such salaries and expenses of
such bureaus shall be paid in the same manner as other expenses of the de­
partment of labor and industrial inspection.
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Department of labor
(Page 260)

[This act repeals an act of March 25, 1921 (pp. 417-425), relative to the
creation of department of labor, etc.]
Approved April 23, 1931.
MONTANA
ACTS OF 1931
Chapter 102.—Labor on public works, wages, etc.
Section 1. Contract provisions.—In all contracts hereafter let for State,
county, municipal, and school construction, repair and maintenance work under
any of the laws of this State there shall be inserted in each of said contracts
a provision by which the contractor must give preference to the employment of
bona fide Montana residents in the performance of said work, and that the
said contractor must further pay the standard prevailing rate of wages in
effect as paid in the county seat of the county in which the work is being per­
formed and no contract shall be let to any person, firm, association, or corpora­
tion refusing to execute an agreement with the above-mentioned provisions in
it: Provided, That in contracts involving the expenditure of Federal aid
funds this act shall not be enforced in such a manner as to conflict with or be
contrary to the Federal statutes prescribing a labor preference to honorably
discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines, and prohibiting as unlawful any
other preference or discrimination among citizens of the United States.
Sec. 2. Definitions.—Labor is hereby defined to be all services performed in
the construction, repair, or maintenance of all State, county, municipal, and
school work, and does not include engineering, superintendence, management, or
office or clerical work.
A bona fide resident of Montana is hereby declared to be a person, who at
the time of his said employment and immediately prior thereto, has lived in
this State in such a manner and for such time as is sufficient to clearly justify
the conclusion that his past habitation in this State has been coupled with
intention to make it his home. Sojourners, or persons who come to Montana
solely in pursuance of any contract or agreement to perform such labor, shall
under no circumstance be deemed to be bona fide residents of Montana within
the meaning and for the purpose of this act.
Sec. 3. Violations.—If any person, firm, or corporation shall fail to comply
with the provisions of this act, the State, county, municipal, or school officers
who have executed the contract shall retain $500 of the contract price as
liquidated damages for the violation of the terms of the contract and said
money shall be credited to the proper funds of the State, county, municipal, or
school districts. In all contracts entered into under the provisions of this
act at least $500 of the contract price shall be withheld at all times until the
termination of the contract.
Approved March 9, 1931.
Chapter 143.—Factory, etc., regulations—Safety provisions
Section 1. Furnishing of gas masks.—From and after the passage of this act,
it shall be unlawful for all oil and gas companies, or refineries or any person
or persons, or corporations, or associations, storing or dealing in crude oil or
gas or any highly volatile derivatives of the same, where there is danger of
suffocation to an employee, to require such employee to undertake such duty,
or perform such work, without being provided with a standard gas mask; and
where such duty or work is required of an employee, the employer shall further
provide such a standard gas mask in good working condition for immediate use.
Sec. 2. Violations.—Any person, firm, or corporation failing to provide said
safety appliances for the protection of their employees shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not
less than $100 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail for
not less than 30 days nor more than 6 months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
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NEBRASKA
ACTS OF 1931
C hapter

96.—Time for meals to be allowed employees

S e c t i o n 1. Time allowed.—Any person, firm, or corporation owning or operat­
ing an assembling plant, workshop and/or mechanical establishment employing
one or more persons shall allow all of their employees not less than 30
consecutive minutes between the hours of 12 o’clock noon and 1 o’clock p.m.
in each day for lunch, or 30 consecutive minutes during any other suitable
hour for lunch, and during such time, it shall be unlawful for any such em­
ployer to require said employee or employees to remain in buildings or on
premises where their labor is performed.
Sec. 2. Violations'.—Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the
provisions of the preceding section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than $25
nor more than $100 or be imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed 30 days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Approved April 4, 1931.
C hapter

97.—Employment of women

[This act amends sec. 48-205, Comp. Stat. 1929, so as to read as follows:]
48-205. Work time.—In metropolitan cities and cities of the first
class no female shall be employed in any manufacturing, mechanical, or
mercantile establishment, laundry, hotel or restaurant, office, or by any public
service corporation in this State more than 9 hours during any 1 day or more
than 54 hours in 1 week. The hours of each day may be so arranged as to
permit the employment of such female at any time from 6 o’clock a.m. to
12:30 o’clock a.m. of the following day, but in no case shall such employment
exceed 9 hours in any 1 day, nor shall such female be employed except by
public service corporations, between the hours of 12:30 a.m. and 6 a.m.
Approved April 6, 1931.
S e c t io n

C hapter

102.—Hours of labor—Bus drivers

S e c t i o n 1. Limitation of hours.—It shall be unlawful for any motor
carrier of passengers and/or freight for hire, its officers or agents, to require or
permit any driver of a bus or truck operated by them, or either of them, to
remain on duty for a longer period than 12 consecutive hours, and whenever
any such driver of such motor carrier shall have been continuously on duty for
12 hours, he shall be relieved and not be permitted or required to again go on
duty without having at least 8 consecutive hours rest off duty, and no such
driver who has been on duty 16 hours in the aggregate in any 24-hour period
shall be required or permitted to continue or again go on duty without having
had at least 8 consecutive hours off duty.
Sec. 2. Violations.—Any such motor carrier, as defined in the preceding
section, or any officer or agent thereof, requiring or permitting any bus or
truck to go, be, or remain on duty in violation of the next preceding section,
shall be liable to a penalty of not to exceed $500 for each and every viola­
tion thereof to be recovered in any suit or suits to be brought by the county
attorney of the county in the State having jurisdiction in the locality where the
violation has been committed; and it shall be the duty of such county attorney
to bring such suits upon satisfactory information being lodged with him,
but no such suit shall be brought after the expiration of 1 year from the
date of such violation as may come to his knowledge. In all prosecutions
under the preceding section the motor carrier shall be deemed to have had
knowledge of all acts of its officers and agents: Provided, The provisions of the
preceding section shall not apply in any case of casualty or unavoidable accident
or the act of God; nor where the delay was the result of a cause not known
to the motor carrier, or its officers and agents in charge of such bus or truck
drivers at the time said drivers, or any of them, left a terminal, and which
could not have been foreseen.

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NEVADA
ACTS OF 1931
Ch apter

45.—Private employment offices

[This act amends sec. 4, ch. 167, Acts of 1919 (sec. 2838, Comp.L. 1929),
so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 4. Contents.—Every license shall contain the name of the person
licensed, a designation of the city, street, number of the house in which the
person licensed is authorized to carry on said employment agency, and the
number and date of such license. Such license shall not be valid to protect
any other than the person to whom it is issued or place other than desig­
nated in the license. When, in the opinion of the labor commissioner, a com­
munity is being adequately served by a free employment service, he shall have
the authority to deny the establishment therein of any other employment
agency.
Approved March 3, 1931.
C hapter

46.—Labor commissioner

[This act amends sec. 4, ch. 203, Acts of 1915 (sec. 2751, Comp.L. 1929),
so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 4. Duties of commissioner.—Said commissioner shall inform himself
of all laws of the State for the protection of life and limb in any of the in­
dustries of the State, all laws regulating the hours of labor, the employment
of minors, the payment of wages, and all other laws enacted for the protection
and benefit of employees, and shall have the power and authority, when in
his judgment he deems it necessary, to take assignment of wage claims, in­
cluding all statutory penalties provided by law incident to the payment and
collection of wages under any of the Nevada labor laws of the State of Nevada,
and prosecute actions for collection of wages and other demands of persons who
are financially unable to employ a counsel in cases in which, in the judgment
of the commissioner, the claims for wages are valid and enforceable in the
courts; and it shall be the duty of said labor commissioner to enforce all
labor laws of the State of Nevada, the enforcement of which is not specifically
and exclusively vested in any other officer, board, or c o m m i s s i o n , a n d to appoint
a deputy at Las Vegas, Nevada, and whenever after due inquiry he shall be
satisfied that any such law has been violated, or that persons financially
unable to employ a counsel have a valid and enforceable claim for wages or
other demand, he shall present the facts to the district attorney of the county
in which such violation occurred or wage claim accrued, and it shall be the
duty of such district attorney to prosecute the same. No court costs shall
be required from the labor commissioner in the prosecution of any claims
or actions provided for under the labor laws of this State.
Approved March 3, 1931.
Chapter

152.—Payment of wages

[This act amends sec. 6, ch. 71, Acts of 1919 (sec. 2789, Comp.L. 1929),
so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 6. Violations, forfeiture.—Any person, firm, association, or cor­
poration, or agent, manager, superintendent, or officer thereof, who shall will­
fully refuse or neglect to pay the wages due and payable when demanded
as herein provided; or shall falsely deny the amount or validity thereof, or
that the same is due with intent to secure for himself, his employer, or any other
person any discount upon such indebtedness, or with intent to annoy, harass,
or oppress, or hinder, or delay, or defraud, the person to whom such indebtedness
is due, shall, in addition to any other penalty imposed upon him by this act, be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
Any employer who fails or refuses to pay any of the wages or compensation
of an employee, in whole or in part, as in this act provided, or violates any
of the remaining provisions of this act, shall also forfeit to the State of
Nevada a sum not less than $50 and not more than $300, in the discretion




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of the court trying the same, to be recovered from the said employer in a
civil action, prosecuted in the proper court by the district attorney of the
county at the instance of the labor commissioner.
The property of the defendant shall be subject to attachment to secure,
and execution to satisfy, any judgment that may be rendered under the pro­
visions of this section the same as in other civil actions.
Approved March 25, 1931.
C h a p te r

167.—Mine regulations, inspector, etc.

[This act extends the powers and provisions of the mine inspector’s act
of March 24, 1909 (secs. 4208-4228, Comp.L. 1929), to the examination and
inspection of tunnels, drifts, and other underground excavations.]
Approved March 25, 1931.
C h apter

185.—Mine regulations, inspector, etc.

[This act amends sec. 9, ch. 218, Acts of 1909 (sec. 4216, Comp.L. 1929), by
increasing the salary of the deputy mine inspectors from $200 to $225 per
month.]
Approved March 25, 1931.
C hapter

208.—Liability of original contractor for obligations of subcontractor

S e c t i o n 1. Contractor's liability.—From and after the passage and approval
of this act every original contractor making or taking any contract in this
State for the erection, construction, alteration, or repair of any building or
structure, or other work, shall assume and be held liable for the indebtedness
for labor incurred by any subcontractor or any contractors acting under, by, or
for said original contractor in performing any labor, construction, or other work
included in the subject of the original contract, for labor, and for the re­
quirements imposed by the Nevada industrial insurance act.
S e c . 2. Violations.— I t shall be u n l a w f u l for a n y c o n t r a c t o r or a n y other
person to fail to comply with the provisions of section 1 of this act, or to
attempt to evade the responsibility imposed thereby, or do any other act or
thing tending to render nugatory the provisions of this act. Every person
violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a mis­
demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less than
$25 nor more than $250 for each act, and in addition thereto the district attorney
of any county in this State wherein the defendant may reside or be found
shall institute civil proceedings against any such original contractor failing
to comply with the provisions of this act, in a civil action for the amount of
all wages and damage that may be owing or have accrued as a result of the
failure of any subcontractor acting under said original contractor, and any
property of said original contractor, not exempt by law, shall be subject to
attachment and execution for the payment of any judgment that may be
recovered in any action under the provisions of this act.
Approved March 27, 1931.
NEW JERSEY

ACTS OF 1931
Chapter

5 0 . —Accident

prevention—Instruction of children

[This act supplements a school act of 1903, and requires the State commis­
sioner of education to prepare and publish manuals on the prevention of acci­
dents for the use in the public schools of the State. Programs of study also
must be prepared, and educational boards having control of other schools must
provide for instruction in accident prevention.]
Approved April 6, 1931.
C hapter

242.—Employment on public works—Prevailing wage rate

S e c t i o n 1. Rate of wages.—Every contract in excess of $5,000 in amount to
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or involves the employment of laborers or mechanics in the construction,
alteration, and/or repair of any public buildings of the State or any political
subdivision thereof within the geographical limits of the State shall contain
a provision to the effect that the rate of wage for all laborers and mechanics
employed by the contractor or any subcontractor on the public buildings covered
by the contract shall be not less than the prevailing rate of wages for work of a
similar nature in the city, town, village, or other civil division of the State
in which the public buildings are located, and a further provision that in case
any dispute arises as to what are the prevailing rates of wages for work of a
similar nature applicable to the contract which cannot be adjusted by the con­
tracting officer, the matter shall be referred to the commissioner of labor for de­
termination and his decision thereon shall be conclusive on all parties to the
contract: Provided, That in case of national emergency the governor is
authorized to suspend the provisions of this act.
Sec. 2. Effective date.—This act shall take effect 80 days after its passage
but shall not affect any contract then existing, or any contract that may
thereafter be entered into pursuant to invitations for bids that are outstanding
at the time of the passage of this act.
Approved April 27, 1931.
C hapter

278.—Reports of accidents, etc.

[This act amends sec. 6, ch. 187, Acts of 1924, so as to provide as follows:]
6. Violations.—Any corporation, firm, person, or insurance company
failing to comply with the terms of this act, shall for each offense be liable to
a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50, the amount thereof to be
determined by and paid to the commissioner of labor upon demand. Upon
refusal to pay said fine, it shall be recovered in an action of debt, brought
by the commissioner of labor in the name of the State of New Jersey.
Approved April 27, 1931.
S e c t io n

C h apter

305.—Employment of labor—Age not ground for discrimination

[This act amends sec. 2, ch. 104, Acts of 1930, by providing that the act
shall not apply to teachers nor to any person eligible to membership in the
teachers’ pension and annuity fund.]
Approved April 27, 1931.
ACTS OF 1932
C h a p te r

55.—Employment of children—Hazardous employments

[This act amends sec. 7 of ch. 64, Acts of 1904 (as amended by ch. 80, Acts
of 1923) (sec. 107-22, Cum. Supp. 1911-1924), so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 7. Employments forbidden.—No minor under the age of 16 years
shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work at any of the following
occupations or in any of the following positions: Adjusting any belt to any
machinery; sewing or lacing machine belts in any workshop or factory; oiling,
wiping or cleaning machinery or assisting therein; operating or assisting
in operating any of the following machines: Circular or band saws; wood
choppers, wood jointers, planers; sand paper or wood polishing machinery; wood
turning or boring machinery; picker machines or machines used in picking wool,
cotton, hair, fur or any other material; carding machines; paper-lace ma­
chines, job or cylinder printing presses operated by power other than foot
power; boring or drill presses; stamping machines used in sheet metal and
tinware or in paper and letter manufacturing, or in washer and nut factories;
metal or paper cutting machines; corner-staying machines in paper-box
factories; corrugating rolls, such as are used in corrugated paper, roofing or
washboard factories; steam boilers, dough brakes or cracker machiney of any
description; wire or iron straightening or drawing machinery; rolling-mill
machinery; power punches or shears; washing, grinding or mixing machinery;
collender rolls and mixing rolls in paper and rubber manufacturing; launder­
ing machinery; or in proximity to any hazardous or unguarded belting, ma­
chinery or gearing, which, in the judgment of the commissioner of labor is a
menace to the safety of such minor. No minor under the age of 16 years
shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in any capacity in, about, or in
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used; or in the manufacture or packing of paints, colors, white or red lead;
or in any process in which lead or its compounds are employed; or in soldering;
or in occupations causing mineral, animal or vegetable dust in injurious
quantities, including flint, clay, metal and talc dust; tobacco, rubber and
cotton dust; silk, fur, wool and leather dust; or in the manufacture or use
of dangerous or poisonous dyes; or in the manufacture or preparation of
compositions with dangerous or poisonous gases or fumes; or in the manu­
facture or use of compositions of dye in which the quantity thereof is injurious
to health; or in any trade process which shall offer such exposure to ex­
cessive heat, cold, muscular exertion or other physical risk as shall, in the
judgment of the commissioner of labor, be harmful to the health and future
working efficiency of such minor. No minor under the age of 18 years shall
be employed in any occupation or trade process which shall in the judg­
ment of the commissioner of labor, be a menace to the physical safety or
harmful to the health and future working efficiency of such minor.
Approved April 11, 1932.
C hapter

176.—Hours of labor on public ivories

[This act amends sec. 1, ch. 253, Acts of 1913 (sec. 107-48d, Cum. Supp.,
1911-1924). Chapter 253, Acts of 1913, was subsequently amended in 1932 by
chapter 230, and therefore the provisions of sec. 1, ch. 176, Acts of 1932, are not
reproduced here. For amended act see ch. 230, Acts of 1932.]
Approved June 10, 1932.
C hapter

192.—Employee representation—Ownership of stock, profit sharing,
etc., by employees

[This act amends secs. 1, 2, and 4, ch. 175, Acts of 1920 (secs. 47-183 to
47-186, Cum. Supp. 1911-1924), so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 1. Purposes authorized.—Any stock corporation formed under any
law of this State may, upon such terms and conditions as may be determined
in the manner hereinafter designated, provide and carry out a plan or plans
for any or all of the following purposes;
(a) The issue or the purchase and sale of its capital stock to any or all
of its employees and those actively engaged in the conduct of its business or
to trustees on their behalf, and the payment for such stock in installments
or at one time with or without the right to vote thereon pending payment
therefor in full, and for aiding any such employees and said other persons
in paying for such stock by contributions, compensation for services or other­
wise.
(&) The participation by all or any of its employees and those actively en­
gaged in the conduct of its business in the profits of the corporate enterprise
or any branch or division thereof. The participation may be based upon
length or nature of service, amount of compensation paid or shares owned,
or upon such other basis as may be selected for the purpose and may be in
cash or by the delivery of shares of its capital stock held by it, or issued or
purchased by it for the purpose. Any such share in the profits shall be re­
garded as part of the legitimate expenses of the corporation.
(c)
The furnishing to its employees wholly or in part at the expense of
such corporation of medical services, insurance against accident, sickness or
death, pensions during old age, disability or unemployment, education, hous­
ing, social services, recreation, or other similar aids for their relief or general
welfare.
{d) The nomination and election by its employees of one or more thereof
as a member or members of its board of directors, such member or members
to have the same rights and authority and be subject to the same duties and
responsibilities as the directors to be elected by the stockholders. Every
such corporation may determine and provide the manner of making any such
nominations and calling and conducting any such election, the time or times, the
place or places where it shall be held, what number of years of service or
other qualifications shall entitle its employees to one or more votes, whether
said votes shall be cast personally or by proxy, what number of votes shall
be required to elect, and such other restrictions and conditions as may be
deemed expedient and proper: Provided, hotvever, That the voting at all such
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entitled to vote participate in the election such election shall be inoperative and
void. Any vacancy occurring in any such office by reason of a failure to
elect or otherwise shall be filled in the manner provided for in the plan, and
in the absence of such provisions such vacancy shall be filled from among
the employees or stockholders by the board of directors.
Sec. 2. Exercise of powers.—Any of the privileges and powers hereinbefore
granted may be exercised in the manner following:
(a) By including appropriate clauses therefor in the original articles of
incorporation or bylaws at the time of organizing the corporation.
(&) Where the corporation has been formed without the said charter or
bylaw provisions the board of directors shall first formulate such plan or
plans and pass a resolution declaring that in its opinion the adoption thereof
is advisable, and shall call a meeting of the stockholders to take action
thereon. The stockholders’ meeting shall be held upon such notice as the
bylaws provide and in the absence of such provisions upon 10 days’ notice
given personally or by mall. If two thirds in interest of each class of stock­
holders present at said meeting and voting shall vote in favor of any such plan
or any modification thereof, the said plan shall thereupon become operative.
(o) In case any corporation shall hereafter adopt a plan providing for the
issue of new stock under subdivisions {a) and (6) of section 1 of this act, or
any plan provided for in subdivision (d) of such section 1, any stockholder
holding stock issued by such corporation before the enactment of this law not
voting in favor of such plan may, within 30 days after the adoption thereof,
file with the secretary of the company a dissent in writing therefrom. The
person so dissenting shall, within 10 days after the filing of such dissent, and
upon 5 days’ notice to the corporation, apply by petition to the circuit court
of the county in which the corporation has its principal office for the appoint­
ment of three disinterested appraisers to appraise the fair value of the stock
by such stockholder in said corporation and issued prior to the enactment of
this law without regard to any depreciation or appreciation thereof in conse­
quence of the adoption of such plan, whose award (or that of a majority of
them) when confirmed by the said court shall be final and conclusive on all
parties, and said corporation shall pay to such stockholder the value of such
stock as aforesaid. On receiving such payment or on a tender thereof, or in
case of any legal disability or absence from the State, on the payment of such
award into said court, said stock shall be transferred to the said corporation,
to be disposed of by the directors thereof or to be retained for the benefit of
the remaining stockholders; and in case the said award is not paid within 30
days from the filing of said award and confirmation by said court and notice
thereof to be given in the manner aforesaid unto such corporation, the amount
of the award shall be a judgment against said corporation, and may be collected
as other judgments in said court are by law collected. Such court may fill any
vacancy in the board of appraisers occurring by refusal or neglect to serve or
otherwise. The charges and expenses of the appraisers and appraisal as ap­
proved by the court shall be paid by the corporation: Provided, however, That
the corporation may at any time before the proceedings hereinbefore mentioned
are instituted or completed elect to permit such dissenting stockholder to sub­
scribe for his proportionate share of such new stock issued under section 1, subdi­
visions {a) and (&), in which event the said proceedings shall not be instituted,
or if instituted, shall be terminated upon the payment of the appraisal expenses
as aforesaid by the corporation.
S e c t i o n 4. Additional powers.—The privileges and powers conferred by this
act shall be deemed to be in addition to and independent of any and all powers
and authority conferred by any other law or laws, and not in restriction or
limitation of any of the powers now permitted to corporations of this State.
A resolution or bylaw heretofore adopted or approved by a majority vote of
the stockholders of a corporation entitled to vote thereon shall be valid from
the time of such adoption or approval to the extent it contains terms which
might be embodied in a plan or plans authorized by this act, as amended.
Approved June 13, 1932.
C

hapter

230.—Hours of labor on public works

[This act amends ch. 253, Acts of 1913 (secs. 107-78d and 107-78e, Cum.
Supp. 1911-1924) so as to read as follows:]
Section 1. Eight hours a day's work.—All contracts hereafter made by or
on behalf of the State of New Jersey or by or on behalf of any county, city,




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township, or other municipality of said State, with any corporation, person, or
persons, for the performance of any kind of work or the furnishing of any
material shall contain a provision that the laborers, workers, and mechanics
engaged in said work shall work not more than 8 hours in any one day while
so engaged, and it shall be unlawful for any officer or officers of the State of
New Jersey or of any county, city, township, or other municipality of said
State to make any such contract without such provision; and it shall be unlaw­
ful for any person, firm, association or corporation, or agent, manager, super­
intendent, or officer thereof to require or permit any laborer or workman
and mechanic to work more than 8 hours per calendar day in doing such
work or furnishing or manufacturing said material: Provided, That in cases
where it may be necessary to work more than 8 hours per calendar day for the
protection of property or human life such laborer or workman and mechanic
may be employed for longer periods per calendar day if paid on the basis of
8 hours constituting a day’s work: And provided further, That not less than
the prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality where the work is per­
formed shall be paid to such laborers or workmen and mechanics so employed
by such contractors or subcontractors by or on behalf of the State of New
Jersey or by or on behalf of any county, city, township, or other municipality
of said State: And provided further, That the prevailing rate of wage is under­
stood to be the rate paid by the contractors and employers, employing a ma­
jority of the workers of any craft in the county, city, township, or other munic­
ipality in which the work is being done: Ancl provided further, That in case
of a dispute as to the prevailing rate of wage the matter shall be referred
to the commissioner of labor for determination, and his decision thereon shall
be conclusive as to the prevailing rate of wage.
S e c . 2. Violations.—Any officer of the State of New Jersey or of any county,
city, township, or other municipality of said State, or any person acting under
or for such officer, or any contractor with the State of New Jersey, or any
county, city, township, or other municipality thereof, or any subcontractor
under any such contractor, or the agent, manager or superintendent of any
contractor or subcontractor violating any of the provisions of this act shall be
deemed and adjudged a disorderly person, and shall for each offense be pun­
ished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $175 or by imprisonment
not more than 6 months, or both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of
the court: Provided, Complaint of violation of this act be made to a court of
competent jurisdiction within 6 months from the date such violation occurred:
And provided further, That complaint of violation of this act shall be made by
the commissioner of labor or his representative within the department of labor,
authorized by him to act in this matter.
Approved June 14, 1932.
C h a p te r

244.— Antiunwn contracts

S e c t i o n 1. Interpretation of act.—In the interpretation of this act and in
determining the jurisdiction and authority of the courts of the State of New
Jersey, as such jurisdiction and authority are herein defined and limited, the
public policy of the State of New Jersey is hereby declared as follows:
Whereas every human being has under the thirteenth amendment to the
Constitution of the United States an inalienable right to the disposal of his
labor free from interference, restraint, or coercion by or in behalf of employers
of labor, including the right to associate with other human beings for the
protection and advancement of their common interests as workers, and in
such association to negotiate through representatives of their own choosing
concerning the terms of employment and conditions of labor, and to take
concerted action for their own protection in labor disputes; and
Whereas under prevailing economic conditions, developed with the aid of
governmental authority it is possible for owners of property to organize in the
corporate and other forms of ownership association, and the unorganized work­
ers are generally helpless to exercise actual liberty of contract and to protect
their freedom of labor, and thereby to obtain acceptable terms of employment
and conditions of labor, wherefore it is necessary that they have full freedom
of trade-union organization association, and the designation of their represent­
atives to negotiate terms of employment and conditions of labor, and that they
be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or
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other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other
mutual aid or protection; therefore, the following definitions of, and limitations
upon, the jurisdiction and authority of the courts of the State of New Jersey
are hereby enacted.
Sec. 2. Contracts which are void.—Every contract, agreement, promise, or
undertaking, whether written or oral, express or implied, between any indi­
vidual, firm, company, partnership, association, or corporation, and any employee
or employees or prospective employee or employees of such individual, firm,
company, partnership, association, or corporation, whereby
(a) Either party or parties to such contract, agreement, promise, or under­
taking, promises, undertakes, or agrees not to join, become, or remain a member
of any labor organization or combination of employees or of any organization or
combination of employers; or
(&) Either party or parties to such contract, agreement, promise, or under­
taking, promises, undertakes, or agrees that he, it, or they will withdraw from
an employment relation or relation of master and servant or of employer and
employee in the event that he, it, or they join, become, or remain a member
of any labor organization or combination of employees or of any organization or
combination of employers,
Is hereby declared to be contrary to the public policy of the State of New
Jersey and wholly void and unenforceable and shall not provide or afford any
basis for the granting of any legal or equitable relief by any court of the State
of New Jersey.
Approved June 14, 1932.
C hapter

249.—Payment of wages, modes and times of

[This amends sec. 1 of an act approved March 16, 1899 (Comp. Stat. 1910,
p. 3050), as last amended 1929, ch. 235 (sec. 107-123, Cum. Supp. 1925-1930),
so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 1. Biweekly pay day.—Every person, firm, association, or partnership
doing business in this State, and every corporation organized under or acting
by virtue of or governed by the provisions of an act entitled “An act concerning
corporations ” (revision of 1898) in this State, shall pay at least every 2 weeks
in lawful money of the United States, to each and every employee engaged in
his, their, or its business, or to the duly authorized representative of such em­
ployee, the full amount of wages earned and unpaid in lawful money to such
employee, up to within 12 days of such payment: Provided, however, That if at
any time or payment, any employee shall be absent from his or her regular
place of labor and shall not receive his or her wages through a duly authorized
representative, he or she shall be entitled to said payment at any time thereafter
upon demand: Provided, further, That any person, firm, partnership, associa­
tion, or corporation that can reasonably satisfy the commissioner of labor that
he, they, or it have a paid-up cash capital invested in this State of not less
than $200,000 and that arrangements have been made with a banking institu­
tion for the payment in full of any negotiable check issued for the payment of
wages, may, with the written consent of the commissioner of labor, pay any
such wages by negotiable check instead of in lawful money; any employer or
employers as aforesaid who shall violate any of the provisions of this section
shall, for the first offense, be liable to a penalty of $50 and for the second and
each subsequent offense to a penalty of $100, to be recovered by and in the
name of the department of labor of this State. Every district court, justice of
the peace, and police magistrate, is hereby empowered, upon filing of a com­
plaint in writing by any person authorized by the commissioner of labor of
New Jersey, alleging that a violation of this act has occurred, which complaint
may be made upon information and belief, to issue process at the suit of the
department of labor of New Jersey as plaintiff; such process shall be either in
the nature of a summons or warrant, which warrant may issue without any
order of the court first being obtained against the person or persons so charged,
which process, when in the nature of a warrant, shall be returnable forthwith,
and when in the nature of a summons shall be returnable in not less than 5
or more than 15 entire days; such process shall state what provision of the law
is alleged to have been violated by the defendant or defendants, and on the
return of such process or at any time to which the trial shall be adjourned, the
said court shall proceed in a summary manner, without a jury to hear testi­
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pleadings for the plaintiff for the recovery of such penalty, with costs or for
the defendant and the said court shall, if judgment be rendered for the plain­
tiff, cause any such defendant, who may refuse or neglect to forthwith pay the
amount of the judgment rendered against him and all the costs and charges
incident thereto, to be committed to the county jail for any period not exceeding
100 days, that the officers to serve and execute all process under this act shail
be the officers authorized to serve and execute process in said court; that said
district court, justice of the peace, or police magistrate shall have power to
adjourn the hearing or trial in any case from time to time, but in such case,
except in cases in wThich the first process was a summons, it shall be the duty
of the judge of the district court, justice of the peace, or police magistrate to
detain the defendant in safe custody unless he shall enter into bond to the said
department of labor with at least one sufficient surety in double the amount of
the penalty claimed, conditioned for his appearance on the day to which the
hearing shall be adjourned, and thence from day to day until the case is dis­
posed of, and then to abide by the judgment of the said court, and such bond,
if forfeited, may be prosecuted by the said board * * *.
[The subsequent paragraphs contain the form of conviction and commitment,
penalties for violations, the signing of process by the clerk of the court, correc­
tions in form made by the court, employees engaged in agricultural work or as
watermen are exempt.]
Approved June 14, 1932.
NEW MEXICO
ACTS OF 1931
C h a p te r

9.—Department of labor

S e c t i o n 1. Commission created.—There is hereby created a board of three
members which shall be known as the “ Labor and Industrial Commission of
New Mexico.” Within 30 days after the passage of this act, the governor shall
nominate and by and with the consent and advice of the Senate appoint two
members of said board, whose term of office expires 2 years from the date of
appointment. One of said appointees shall be a person who, on account of his
previous vocation, employment, or affiliation can be classed as a representative
of employers; the other of said appointees shall be a person who, on account
of his previous vocation, employment, or affiliation can be classed as a repre­
sentative of employees. The third of said commission shall be chosen by the
other two members thereof and shall be a person who, on account of his previous
vocation, employment, or affiliation, can not be classed as a representative of
the employers or employees.
Seo. 2. Office created.—There is hereby created the office of labor commis­
sioner, who shall be appointed by the commission for a term of 2 years, or until
his successor shall be appointed and qualified.
Sec. 3. Adoption of seal.—The office of the labor commissioner shall be pro­
vided with a seal upon which shall be inscribed the words, “ Labor Commis­
sioner, State of New Mexico, Seal.” The seal shall be affixed to all orders,
awards, proceedings, and copies thereof and to such other instruments as the
commissioner shall direct. All courts shall take judicial notice of said seal and
any copy of any records or proceedings of the commissioner certified under said
seal shall be received in all courts as evidence as if it were the original thereof.
S e c . 4. 8alary.—The board of labor and industrial commission shall receive
the same compensation and expenses as provided for the State board of educa­
tion. The labor commissioner shall receive a salary of $3,000 per year, said
salary shall be paid out of the salary fund the same as other State officials are
paid, and he shall also be entitled to receive his actual necessary expenses while
traveling on business of his office.
Sec. 5. Oath, bonds.—The members of the labor and industrial commission
and the labor commissioner shall before entering upon the duties of their
respective offices take an oath for the faithful discharge of the duties thereof
the same as other State boards.
The labor commissioner shall furnish a surety bond in the sum of $2,000
subject to the approval of the governor for the faithful performance of the
duties of his office.
Sec. 6. Duties.—It shall be the duty of the labor and industrial commission
to meet quarterly, or at the call of the chairman, who shall be selected from
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Said board shall receive reports from the labor commissioner, hear appeals
from decisions of said commissioner, and act thereupon, and act in an advisory
capacity to the governor of the State of New Mexico in the enforcement of
labor legislation.
From any decision or order of the labor and industrial commission, any party
affected thereby shall have the right to appeal to the district court of the
county in which occurred the employment out of which the controversy arose,
within 20 days from the date of such order or judgment: Provided, That no
appeal bond shall be required. That when an appeal is taken as hereinabove
provided, the commissioner shall within 15 days thereafter, file with the clerk
of the district court, all records of the proceedings had before him in the
matter in which such appeal was taken, and the district court shall thereafter
proceed to try, hear, and determine such matter de novo, under the same rules
of practice, pleading and procedure which govern other civil suits pending in
the district court.
Sec. 7. Location of office.— (a) The labor commissioner shall keep his office
at the capitol and shall be provided by the capitol custodian board or their
successors with suitable rooms. The commissioner is authorized to procure
all necessary office furniture, stationery, books, periodicals, maps, instruments,
apparatus, and appliances and other necessary supplies and incur such other
expenses as may be actual and necessary, and the same shall be paid for as
hereinafter provided.
(&) The office of the commissioner shall be open for business from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. every day, except Sundays, and the holidays observed by the other
State offices.
Seo. 8. Powers of commissioner, hearings, etc.—Said labor commissioner shall
have the power to hold hearings upon, and therein examine witnesses, adminis­
ter oaths, and take testimony in, all matters specified in any complaint with
him filed and relating to his duties and the requirements of this act, which
said hearings shall be held in some suitable place in the vicinity in which the
testimony to be taken thereat is applicable, and may issue subpena for, and
compel the attendance of witnesses at, such hearings: Provided, however,
That said labor commissioner shall serve upon the employer and such employees
as he shall deem necessary a written notice of the time, place, purpose, and
scope of such hearing at least 10 days prior to the date thereof. At such
hearing said employer and any employees to be affected by any of the matters
and things mentioned in such notice, shall have the right to appear in person,
or by counsel, to cross-examine witnesses and to introduce sucli testimony as
shall be competent, relevant, and material to the subject, purpose, and scope
of said hearing as stated in such notice: Provided, however, That no witness
fees shall be paid to any witness unless he is required to testify at a place
more than 5 miles from his place of residence, in which event the witness shall
be paid the same fees as a witness before a district court. Any person duly
subpenaed under the provisions of this section, who shall willfully refuse or
neglect to testify at the time and place named in the subpena, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of
not less than $50 nor more than $500, or by imprisonment in the county jail
not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days, or by both such fine and imprison­
ment.
Sec. 9. Same, regulations, etc.—Said commissioner shall inform himself of
all laws of the State for the protection of life and limb in any of the industries
of the State, all laws regulating the hours of labor, the employment of minors,
the payment of wages, and all other laws enacted for the protection, health,
and benefit of employees, and thereunder foster, promote, and develop the
welfare of wage earners, advance opportunities for profitable employment; re­
quire, acquire, and disseminate useful information on all subjects connected
with labor, and assist in the enforcement of the workmen’s compensation laws
and the employers’ liability acts of the State. He shall have the power and
authority, when in his judgment he deems it necessary, to take assignment
of wage claims and prosecute actions for collection of wages or other claims
or demands of employees or exemployees, who are financially unable to employ
counsel in cases in which in the judgment of the commissioner such claims
and demands are valid and enforceable in the courts. It shall be the duty of
said labor commissioner to enforce all labor laws in the State of New Mexico,
the enforcement of which is not specifically and exclusively vested in any
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inquiry, he shall be satisfied that any such law has been violated or that any
employee or exemployee financially unable to employ counsel, has a just, valid,
and enforceable claim for wages or other claims or demands, he shall present
the facts to the district attorney of the county in which such violation occurred
or wage claim accrued, and it shall be the duty of such district attorney to
prosecute the same. Said labor commissioner shall also prosecute claims
arising as between employment agencies and those seeking employment when
in his judgment they are valid and enforceable in the courts.
Sec. 10. Same, reports.—The commissioner shall collect, systematize, and
present in annual reports to the governor statistical details, relating to his
office and especially as bearing upon the commercial, social, and sanitary con­
ditions of the employees, the means of escape from dangers incident to their
employment; the protection of life and health in factory or other places of
employment; the labor of women and children and the hours of labor exacted
from them and in general all matters which tend to affect the prosperity of
the mechanical, manufacturing, and productive industries of this State and of
the persons employed therein.
Sec. 11. Same, entry into workshops, etc.—Said labor commissioner shall
have the power to enter any store, factory, foundry, mill, office, workshop,
mine, or public or private works at any time during working hours and
remain as long as necessary for the purpose of gathering facts and statistics
contemplated by this act, and to examine safeguards and methods of protection
from danger to employees, the sanitary conditions of the buildings and sur­
roundings, and make a record thereof; and any owner, corporation, occupant,
or officer who shall refuse such entry to said labor commissioner, his officers, or
agents, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment
in the county jail not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
Provided, That said labor commissioner or his agent or agents shall, upon
entering any store, factory, foundry, mill, office, workshop, mine, or any other
public or private works, notify the owner, manager, superintendent, or anyone in
charge of such place of labor of his intention to make such visit of inspection,
and such owner, manager, superintendent, or party in charge shall have the
right, either by himself or agent, to accompany such commissioner, or his agent
or agents, during the entire time he spends upon such premises.
And provided further, That it shall be unlawful for any such labor commis­
sioner, his agent or agents, during the term of office to which such commissioner
shall have been appointed, to either directly or indirectly, verbally or by written
or printed matter advocate the organization, or changes in organization, or the
attempt at disorganization of labor organization or labor unions, or to officially
do any act either for or against any political party in the State of New Mexico.
Any commissioner or his agent or agents who fail to give such notice of such
visit, or refuses such owner, manager, superintendent, or party in charge, or
his agent, the right to accompany him at all times on visits of inspection pro­
vided for herein, or who participates in the organization, changing, or disor­
ganization of the labor union or labor association, contrary to the provisions
hereof, or who officially does any act for or against any political party in the
State of New Mexico during his term of office shall be deemed guilty of a mis­
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined any sum not less than
$50 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail of [for] not less
than 10 days nor more than 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Seo. 12. Same, establish free employment agency.—The labor commissioner
may, if deemed necessary, maintain and operate a free employment agency for
the purpose of supplying labor to all branches of industry.
S e o . 13. Same, report of violations.—It shall be the duty of the labor commis­
sioner to report to the district attorney of the district in which such violations
occur any violation of labor and industrial laws of the State of New Mexico,
except violation of the State child labor law, which shall be reported to the
bureau of child welfare, and it shall be the duty of the district attorneys of the
several districts upon the complaint of the labor commissioner to prosecute all
violation of law which may be reported to said district attorney by the labor
commissioner.
S e c . 14. Annual reports.—Said labor and industrial commissioner shall, on
or before the 1st day of December each year, transmit to the governor a full
and complete report of the doings of his office, together with a detailed and
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In the report made by the commission to the governor, the names of persons,
firms, or corporations supplying information under any provision of this chapter
shall not be disclosed, nor shall any such names be communicated to any per­
son not employed in the office of the commissioner. Any officer or employee
violating any provision of this article shall be fined not less than $50 or more
than $200 or be imprisoned in jail not less than 10 days or more than 60 days,
or both fine and imprisonment, as the court may direct.
Sec. 15. Exceptions.—None of the provisions of this act shall apply to the
industries of agriculture or stock raising, or to any labor employed in connection
therewith, or to labor exclusively employed in domestic service.
Sec. 16. Appropriation.—There is hereby appropriated out of the State treas­
ury the sum of $1,000 from funds not otherwise appropriated for the pur­
chase of office equipment and furnishings of the office of the labor commissioner.
There is hereby appropriated out of the State treasury the sum of $6,000
annually from funds not otherwise appropriated for the per diem of the com­
mission, the salary of the labor commissioner, and such expenses as may be
incurred as herein provided for.
Approved February 27, 1931.
C h a p te r

78.—Retirement of employees, etc.

[This act merely authorizes irrigation districts, organized for the purpose
of cooperating with the Federal Government, to establish civil service systems,
old-age pension plans, group life insurance, or employers’ liability insurance.]
Approved March 18, 1931.
C h a p te r

109.—Seats for female employees

S e c t i o n 1. Seats to be provided.—That every employer owning or operating
any factory, mine, mill, workshop, mechanical or mercantile establishment,
laundry, hotel, restaurant, or rooming house, theater or moving-picture show,
barber shop, telegraph or telephone or other office, express or transportation
company, the superintendent of any State institution or any other establish­
ment, institution or enterprise where females are employed, shall provide and
furnish suitable seats, to be used by such employees when not engaged in the
active duties of their employment, and shall give notice to all such female
employees by posting in a conspicuous place, on the premises of such employ­
ment in letters not less than 1 inch in height, that all such female employees
will be permitted to use seats when not so engaged.
Seo. 2. Violation.—Any employer who shall violate section 1 of this act shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than
$50 nor more than $200, each day constituting a separate offense.
S e o . 3. Duty of commissioner.—It shall be the duty of the labor commissioner
to see that the provisions of this act are enforced.
Approved March 17, 1931.

NEW YORK
ACTS OF 1931
Chapter 335.—Inspection and regulation of factories
[This act amends ch. 50, Acts of 1921 (ch. 32, Cahill’s Consol.L. 1930), by
adding a new section (284), so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 284. Reports on fires.—The fire chief or other person in charge of fire
extinguishment in each city, village, or town to which the provisions of this
chapter and the rules of the industrial board apply shall file a report with the
commissioner of all fires in any of the classes of buildings or structures to
which this chapter applies. This report shall be in such form as the com­
missioner may require. Forms for reporting shall be furnished by the
commissioner.
Where a fire is accompanied with explosion, panic, or loss of life, in any of the
classes of buildings or structures to which this chapter applies, the commissioner
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497.—Inspection and regulation of factories and workshops

[This act amends ch. 50, Acts of 1921 (ch. 32, Cahill’s ConsoLL. 1930), as
added by sec. 203-a, ch. (>04, Acts of 1930, so us to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 203-a. Seats for elevator operators.—Every passenger elevator oper­
ated and maintained for use by the public shall be equipped or furnished with a
seat, collapsible or otherwise, for the use of the operator when the elevator
is not being operated: Provided, The operator thereof is not allowed a con­
tinuous recess period of at least 15 minutes in every 3 hours in addition to and
apart from a lunch period of at least 45 minutes. Every passenger elevator
operated in a building owned and maintained by the State shall be equipped
or furnished with such a seat for the use of the operator when the elevator
is not being operated, notwithstanding the operator is allowed the recess and
lunch period herein specified. The provisions of this section shall not apply to
elevators in factory buildings or any other building having only one passenger
elevator.
Approved April 20, 1931.
C h a p te r

509.—Hours of labor—Women

[This act amends sec. 181, ch. 50, Acts of 1921 (ch. 32, Cahill’s Consol.L.
1930), as last amended by ch. 867, Acts of 1930, so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 181. Females over 16.—Except from the 18th day of December to the
following 2:4th of December, inclusive, and, further, except for two periods each
year for the purpose of taking inventory, each period to be of not more than 1
week duration, and each period not to exceed a total of 6 hours under sub­
division 1 and 5 hours under paragraph b of subdivision 2, in addition to the
hours permitted therein, and in no case later than 10 o’clock in the evening, no
female over 16 years of age shall be employed in or in connection with any
mercantile establishment:
1. More than 8 hours in any day, or more than 48 hours in any week, or more
than 6 days in any week, except as otherwise provided in subdivisions 2 and 3
of this section.
2. Such female may be employed as follows:
a. Ten hours on any one day of the week for the purpose of making 1 or more
shorter workdays in that week; or
b. Forty-nine and one half hours in any week, provided that upon 1 day of
such week she work not more than 4y2 hours; but on the remaining 5 days of
the week she shall not be permitted to work more than 9 hours a day, and in
no case shall she be permitted to work more than 49% hours a week, except as
provided in paragraph c of this subdivision.
c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 1 and paragraph b of sub­
division 2, and in addition to the daily or weekly hours therein specified, a
female may be employed overtime (1) not to exceed a total of 10 hours in any
calendar year if working under the provisions of subdivision 1: Provided, The
weekly hours shall not exceed 54 in any week and the daily hours shall not
exceed 10 in any day: And provided further, That when she so works overtime
she shall be allowed an equal amount of time off from employment during the
same week or within 7 days before or 7 days after the week in which she is so
employed; or (2) not to exceed a total of 25 hours in any calendar year if
working under the provisions of paragraph b of this subdivision: Provided,
The weekly hours shall not exceed 54 in any week and the daily hours shall
not exceed 10 in any day and that in no case shall she be permitted to work
overtime on the short day provided for by paragraph b of this subdivision.
Before the commencement of such overtime employment, the employer shall
post a notice on a form furnished by the commissioner stating the amount of
overtime which shall be required, in each room where the employees are
employed or report for duty, and in cases where less than all the employees
are to be employed on overtime the names of the employees to work during
such overtime shall be posted also.
No such overtime employment shall be permitted until at least 4 hours after
a copy of such notice has been delivered to the commissioner.
Every employer who employs females shall annually notify the commissioner
that he will employ them either on the basis of subdivision 1 or paragraph b
of subdivision 2 and shall not change such election more than twice in any
calendar year.
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The provisions of this section prohibiting employment more than 6 days a
week and between the hours of 10 o’clock in the evening and 7 o’clock in the
morning shall not apply to female writers or reporters employed in newspaper
offices or to duly licensed pharmacists.
Approved April 20, 1931.
C h apter

785 (special session).—Hours of labor, etc ., public works

[This act amends subd. 2,, sec. 220, ch. 50, Acts of 1921 (ch. 32, Cahill’s
ConsoLL. 1930) so as to read as follows:]
2.
Each contract to which the State or a municipal corporation or a com­
mission appointed pursuant to law is a party and which may involve the em­
ployment of laborers, workmen, or mechanics shall contain a stipulation that
no laborer, workman, or mechanic in th6 employ of the contractor, subcontrac­
tor, or other person doing or contracting to do the whole or a part of the work
contemplated by the contract shall be permitted or required to work more than
8 hours in any one calendar day or more than 5 days in any one week, except
in cases of extraordinary emergency caused by fire, flood, or danger to life or
property. No such person shall be employed more than 8 hours in any day or
more than 5 days in any one week except in such emergency.
Approved September 2, 1981.
C hapter

786 (special session).—Hours of labor—Prevailing wage rate

[This act amends subd. 4, sec. 220, ch. 50, Acts of 1921 (ch. 32, Cahill’s Consol.
L. 1930), as last amended by ch. 166, Acts of 1927, so as to read as follows:]
4. This section shall not apply to:
a. Stationary firemen in State hospitals;
b. Other persons regularly employed in the State institutions, except me­
chanics ;
c. Engineers, electricians, and elevator men in the division of public build­
ings of the department of public works during the annual session of the legis­
lature ;
d. Employees engaged in the construction, maintenance, and repair of high­
ways, and in waterworks construction outside the limits of cities and villages.
The provisions of this subdivision shall not be operative or effective upon any
work described therein performed by employees, other than employees engaged
in supervisory labor, under a contract hereafter executed for which requests
for bids are advertised after this act takes effect and prior to December 1, 1932.
Approved September 22, 1931.
ACTS OF 1932
Chapter 194.—Inspection and regulation of factories
[This act amends sec. 261, ch. 50, Acts of 1921 (ch. 32, sec. 261, Cahill’s
Consol.L. 1930) by permitting the use of an approved type of electric con­
tacts or interlocks in lieu of self-closing devices on fire doors at each entrance
to elevator or dumbwaiter hoistways.]
Approved March 15, 1932.
C h apter

240.— Tenement manufactures

[This act amends sec. 351, ch. 50, Acts of 1921 (ch. 32, sec. 351, Cahill’s
Consol.L. 1930) as last amended by ch. 642, Acts of 1921, so as to read as
follows: ]
S e c t i o n 351. Exceptions.—This article shall not apply to: (1) A cellar
bakery having a certificate of exemption issued pursuant to section 338 of
this chapter; (2) a tenement house the only manufacture in which is carried
on in a shop, on the main or ground floor which has direct entrance from the
street, no openings into living rooms and is not used for sleeping or cooking;
(3) manufacture of an article by a family for the exclusive use of one of
its members; (4) manufacture of cotton or linen collars, cuffs, shirts, or
shirt waists that are to he laundered before being offered for sale.
Approved March 17, 1932.
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470.—Protection of employees on buildings

[This act amends sec. 241, ch. 50, Acts of 19*21 (ch. 32, sec. 241, Cahill’s
ConsolX. 1930) as last amended by ch. 603, Acts of 1930, by enlarging the
provisions of the act for the protection of employees on building construction,
to cover contractors doing any excavating work.]
Approved March 28, 1932.
C hapter

471.—Hours of labor—Operators of motor buses, etc.

[This act amends ch. 50, Acts of 1921 (ch. 32, sec. 167, Cahill’s Consol.L.
1930), by adding a new section (167) so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 167. Hours regulated.—When any person shall have driven a motor
truck or motor bus 10 hours, including time for meals, he shall not drive
any motor truck or bus again without having had at least 8 hours off duty.
The term “ motor truck” as used in this section, shall be deemed to mean
and include a motor vehicle equipped or used for the transportation of goods,
wares, and merchandise, commonly known as an auto truck or light delivery
car. The term “ motor bus ” as used in this section, shall be deemed to mean
and include an omnibus held and used for the transportation of passengers
for hire. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $50 or by imprison­
ment not exceeding 6 months, or both. The provisions of this section shall not
apply to the operation of a motor truck or motor bus while being operated
exclusively in a city or incorporated village.
Approved March 28, 1932.
C hapter

618.—Employment of children—school attendance

[This act amends secs. 641 and 642, ch. 21, Acts of 1900 (ch. 15, Cahill’s
Consol.L. 1930), as added by ch. 646, Acts of 1928. Act provides a general pen­
alty for all violations, except those relative to certificates, work permits, etc.
Children’s courts in New York City are given exclusive original jurisdiction in
all proceedings.]
Approved April 4, 1932.
NORTH CAROLINA
ACTS OF 1931
C hapter

112.— Employment of children— Nighttvork

S e c t i o n 1. Nightwo?'k prohibited.—That no female person between 16 and 18
years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any mill,
factory, cannery, or manufacturing establishment after 9 o’clock in the evening,
or before 6 o’clock in the morning. Any person, firm, or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment, or both, in the discre­
tion of the court.
Sec. 2. Enforcement.—This act shall be enforced in the same manner and by
the same officers as laws regulating the employment of persons under 16 years
of age.
Ratified March 14, 1931.
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125.—Employment of children

[This act amends sec. 5033, Consol. Stat. 1919 (as amended 1927, ch. 251), by
adding the following:]
S e c t i o n 1. Exceptions.—Nothing in said section shall b e construed to prevent
male persons under 16 years of age and over 14 years of age from distributing
newspapers, magazines, and periodicals on fixed routes: Provided, That such
persons shall not be employed nor suffered to work after 8 o’clock p.m. and
before 5 o’clock a.m., and that the hours of work and the hours in school do
not exceed 8 hours in any one day: And provided further, That such person
shall not be suffered to work nor be employed more than 4 hours per day nor
more than 24 hours per week.
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Chapter 289.—Hours of labor of women
[This act amends sec. 6554, Consol. Stat. 1919, by striking out all of the
section and inserting the following:]
Seo. 6554. Working hours.—Not more than 55 hours shall constitute a week’s
work for women over 16 in any factory, manufacturing establishment, mill,
of the State, and no woman over 16 employed in any of the above-named
places shall be worked exceeding 11 hours in any one day or over 55 hours in
any one week. Any employer of labor violating the provisions of this section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceed­
ing $50 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, and each day’s work exceeding
the said hours shall constitute a separate offense.
Provided further, That this act shall not apply to those employed in the
operation of seasonal industries in their process of conditioning and of preserv­
ing perishable or semiperishable commodities, or to those engaged in agricul­
tural work.
Ratified April 17, 1931.
Chapter 312.—Department of labor
[This act creates a new department of labor by providing the following:]
Section 1. (7309) Department created.—A department of labor is hereby
created and established. The duties of said department shall be exercised and
discharged under the supervision and direction of a commissioner, to be known
as the commissioner of labor.
Seo. 2. (7310) Commissioner.—The commissioner of labor shall be elected by
the people in the same manner as is provided for the election of the secretary
of state. His term of office shall be four years, and he shall receive a salary of
$4,500 per annum. Any vacancy in the office shall be filled by the governor,
until the next general election. The office of the department of labor shall be
kept in the city of Raleigh and shall be provided for as are other public offices
of the State.
Sec. 3. Present commissioner unaffected.—Nothing in section 2 of this act
shall be construed as affecting or in any way interfering with the term of office
of the present commissioner of labor and printing, who shall hereafter be known
as the commissioner of labor and who shall hold office until the expiration of
his present term, to which he was elected, and until his successor has been
elected and qualified under the provisions of section 2 of this act.
Sec. 4. Divisions of department.—The department of labor shall consist of
the following officers, divisions, and sections:
A commissioner of labor.
A division of workmen’s compensation, as a separate and distinct unit, the
officers of the industrial commission or the division of workmen’s compensation
acting separately and independently of the other officers, divisions, and sections
herein provided for.
A division of standards and inspections.
A division of statistics.
Each division, except the division of workmen’s compensation, shall be in
charge of a chief administrative officer and shall be organized under such rules
and regulations as the commissioner of labor, the head of the division con­
cerned, and with the approval of the governor, shall prescribe and promulgate.
The commissioner of labor, with the approval of the governor, may make pro­
vision for one person to act as chief administrative officer of two or more
divisions when such is deemed advisable. The chief administrative officers of
the several divisions, except the industrial commission, shall be appointed by
the commissioner of labor with the approval of the governor, and he shall fix
their compensation, subject to the approval of the salary and wage commission,
or such other agency of the government as shall succeed to the powers and
duties of the salary and wage commission. The commissioner of labor, with
the approval of the governor may combine or consolidate the activities of two
or more of the divisions of the departments except the division of workmen’s
compensation, or provide for the setting up of other divisions when such action
shall be deemed advisable for the more efficient and economical administration
of the work and duties of the department.
Sec. 5. Duties and powers.—The commissioner of labor shall be the executive
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all of the authority and powers and charged with the performance of all the
duties vested in and imposed upon the commissioner of labor and printing and
the assistant commissioner under article 3, chapter 120, of the Consolidated
Statutes, being sections 7312 (a) to 7312 (i), inclusive, of the Consolidated
Statutes, volume 3, and under article 4 of chapter 120 of the Consolidated
Statutes, being sections 7312 (j) to 7312 (m) of the Consolidated Statutes,
volume 3, and all amendments thereto; and also under chapter 178, Public
Laws of 1929, and under chapter 288, Public Laws of 1925.
Sec. 6. Same.— In addition to the other powers and- duties conferred upon
the commissioner of labor by this act, the said commissioner shall have
authority and be charged with the duty:
(a)
To appoint and assign to duty such clerks, stenographers, and other em­
ployees in the various divisions of the department, with approval of said
director of division as may be necessary to perform the work of the department,
and fix their compensation, subject to the approval of the salary and wage
commission or such other agency of government as shall succeed- to the powers
and duties of the salary and wage commission. The commissioner of labor
may assign or transfer stenographers, or clerks, from one division to another,
or inspectors from one division to another, or combine the clerical force of
two or more divisions, or require from one division assistance in the work of
another division, as he may consider necessary and advisable: Provided, how­
ever, The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the industrial com­
mission, or the division of workmen’s compensation.
(&) To make such rules and regulations with reference to the work of the
department and of the several divisions thereof as shall be necessary to prop­
erly carry out the duties imposed upon the said commissioner and the work of
the department; such rules and regulations to be made subject to the approval
of the governor.
Sec. 7. Reports mid recommendations.—The commissioner of labor shall
annually, on or before the first day of January, file with the governor a
report covering the activities of the department, and the report so made on
or before January first of the years in which the general assembly shall be
in session shall be accompanied by recommendations of the commissioner with
reference to such changes in the law applying to or affecting industrial and
labor conditions as the commissioner may deem advisable. The report of the
commissioner of labor shall be printed and distributed in such manner and
form as the director of the budget shall authorize.
Sec. 8. Statistical reports.—It shall be the duty of the commissioner of labor
to collect in the manner herein provided for, and to assort, systematize, and
present to the governor as a part of the report provided for in section 7
hereof, statistical details relating to all divisions of labor in the State, and
particularly concerning the following: The extent of unemployment, the hours
of labor, the number of employees and sex thereof, and the daily wages earned;
the conditions with respect to labor in all manufacturing establishments, hotels,
stores, and workshops; and the industrial, social, educational, moral, and sani­
tary conditions of the labor classes, in the productive industries of the State.
Such statistical details shall include the names of firms, companies, or cor­
porations, where the same are located, the kind of goods produced or manu­
factured, the period of operation of each year, the number of employees, male
or female, the number engaged in clerical work and the number engaged in
manual labor, with the classification of the number of each sex engaged in
such occupation and the average daily wage paid each: Provided, That the
commissioner shall not, nor shall anyone connected with his oflice, publish or
give or permit to be published or given to any person the individual statistics
obtained from any employer, and all such statistics, when published, shall be
published in connection with other similar statistics and be set forth in aggre­
gates and averages.
Sec. 9. Information compulsory.—The commissioner of labor, or his author­
ized representative, for the purpose of securing the statistical details referred
to in section 8 hereof, shall have power to examine witnesses on oath, to com­
pel the attendance of witnesses, and the giving of such testimony and produc­
tion of such papers as shall be necessary to enable him to gain the necessary
information. Upon refusal of any witness to comply with the requirements
of the commissioner of labor or his representative in this respect, it shall be
the duty of any judge of the superior court, upon the application of the com­
missioner of labor, or his representative, to order the witness to show cause
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his representative, if in the discretion of the judge such requirement is reason
able and proper. Refusal to comply with the order of the judge of the superior
court shall be dealt with as for contempt of court.
S e o . 10. Duty of employers.—It shall be the duty of every owner, operator, or
manager of every factory, workshop, mill, mine, or other establishment, where
labor is employed, to make to the department, upon blanks furnished by said
department, such reports and returns as the said department may require, for
the purpose of compiling such labor statistics as are authorized by this act,
and the owner or business manager shall make such reports and returns within
the time prescribed therefor by said commissioner, and shall certify to the
correctness of the same. Upon the refusal of any person, firm, or corporation
to comply with the provisions of this section, it shall be the duty of any
judge of the superior court, upon application by the commissioner or by any
representative of the department authorized by him, to order the person,
firm, or corporation to show cause why he or it should not comply with the
provisions of this section. Refusal to comply with the order of the judge of
the superior court shall be dealt with as for contempt of court.
S e c . 11. Division of workmen's compensation.—The North Carolina Indus­
trial Commission, created under the provisions of the workmen’s compensa­
tion act, chapter 120, Public Laws of 1929, is hereby transferred to the depart­
ment of labor as one of its integral units. The powers, duties, and personnel
of the said industrial commission shall continue as provided for in the work­
men’s compensation act, except and: Provided, however, That such adjust­
ments shall be made in connection with the statistical work and the work of
inspection of said industrial commission and the statistical work and work
of inspection of other divisions of the department of labor as the commissioner
of labor, with the advice of the industrial commission and of the heads of the
divisions directly concerned, may, with the approval of the governor, prescribe,
for the purpose of facilitating, expediting, and improving the work of the
department as a whole.
S e c . 12. Division of standards and inspection.— (a) The division of standards
and inspection shall succeed to and is hereby vested with all the duties, powers,
purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction heretofore vested in the North Caro­
lina Child Welfare Commission under article 1, chapter 90, of the Consolidated
Statutes, and said article and the several sections of the Consolidated Statutes
included in said article are hereby amended to the extent necessary to make
said transfer of duties, power, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction effec­
tive and to carry out the provisions, purposes, and intent of this act. The
organization and personnel of the child welfare commission shall be continued,
subject to such changes therein as shall be made by the commissioner of labor,
and the director of said division, with the approval of the governor. Transfer
of duties and power shall not, however, in any degree affect the validity of the
rules and regulations heretofore adopted by said child welfare commission, but
the same shall remain in force and effect and be administered by said division
of standards and inspections. The director of said division, together with the
commissioner of labor, with approval of the governor, shall have authority to
amend or abolish old rules and make such new rules and regulations as they
may deem necessary not inconsistent with this act or existing law.
(&) To make studies and investigations of special problems connected with
the labor of women and children, and to create the necessary organization and
to appoint an adequate number of investigators, with the consent of the com­
missioner of labor and the approval of the governor; and the director of said
division, under the supervision and direction of the commissioner of labor and
under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by said commissioner,
with the approval of the governor, shall perform all duties devolving upon
the department of labor, or the commissioner of labor, with relation to the
enforcement of laws, rules, and regulations governing the employment of
women and children.
(c) To report annually to the commissioner of labor the activities of the
division, with such recommendation as may be considered advisable for the
improvement of the working conditions for women and children.
(d) Shall also collect and collate information and statistics concerning
the location, estimated and actual horsepower and condition of valuable
water powers, developed and undeveloped, in this State; also concerning farm
lands and farming, the kinds, character, and quantity of the annual farm
products in this State; also of timber lands and timbers, truck gardening,
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and industrial welfare of the citizens of this State as he may deem to be
of interest and benefit to the public, and shall also perform the duties of
mine inspector as prescribed in the chapter entitled “ Mines.”
(e) (As amended by ch. 426, Acts of 1931.) The chief administrative
officer of the division of standards and inspection shall be known as the
director of division. It shall be his duty, under the direction and super­
vision of the commissioner of labor, under rules and regulations to be adopted
by the department as herein provided, to make or cause to be made all
necessary inspections to see that all laws, rules, and regulations concerning
the safety and well-being of labor are promptly and effectively carried out.
(f) It shall further be the duty of the division of standards and inspection
to conduct such research and carry out such studies as will contribute to the
health, safety, and general well-being of the working classes of the State.
The findings of such investigations, with the approval of the commissioner
of labor, and the governor and the cooperation of the chief administrative
officer of the division or divisions directly concerned, shall be promulgated
as rules and regulations governing work places and working conditions. All
recommendations and suggestions pertaining to health, safety, and well-being
of employees shall be transmitted to the commissioner of labor in an annual
report which shall cover the work of the division of standards and inspection.
S e o . 13- Division of statistics.—The division of statistics shall be in charge
of a chief statistician. It shall be his duty, under the direction and super­
vision of the commissioner of labor, to collect, assort, systematize, and print
all statistical details relating to all divisions of labor in this State as is
provided in section 8 of this act.
Seo. 14. Printing commission abolished.—The printing commission, estab­
lished under section 7286, Consolidated Statutes, 1919, and the State child
welfare commission, established under section 5031 of the Consolidated Stat­
utes, 1919, are hereby abolished.
S e c . 15. Transfer of powers.—All powers, authority, and duties vested in
and imposed upon the printing commission, the commissioner of labor and
printing, the governor and council of state, and the attorney general under
and by virtue of article 1, chapter 120, Consolidated Statutes, 1919, as amended,
be and the same are hereby transferred to, vested in, and imposed upon the
division of purchase and contract and the director of purchase and contract
subject to the provisions of the act of the general assembly creating said
division of purchase and contract, and the said articles of the Consolidated
Statutes and the several sections of the Consolidated Statutes included in
said articles are hereby amended so as to affect said transfer of authorities
and duties.
Ratified April 22, 1931.
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328.—Insurance of employees—Group insurance

[This act amends sec. 1, ch. 58, Acts of 1925, by providing for the inclu­
sion of employees of subsidiary or affiliated corporations in group life insurance
policies.]
Ratified April 29, 1931.
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391.—Employment of children—Hazardous employments

[This act amends sec. 5033, Consol. Stat. 1919 (as amended 1927, ch. 251), by
adding after the word “ mine” as it first appears the following:]
Or oiling or cleaning hazardous machinery in motion, or in running elevators,
or. around exposed electric wires, or in the manufacture, preparation, or use of
any poisonous substance or gas, or explosive: Provided, The child welfare com­
mission shall designate and define hazardous machinery in the purview of this
act: Provided further, No machinery except such as is specifically mentioned
herein shall be deemed hazardous until so determined by the child welfare
commission: Provided further, The 8-hour day limitation in this act shall not
apply to any boy between 14 and 16 years of age who is the sole support of
himself and/or a widowed mother, to be determined by the local county child
welfare officer, and for whom the agent of the State child welfare commission
states that an 8-hour day job cannot be found.
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426.—Department of labor

[This act amends ch. 312, Acts of 1931, by striking out the words “ chief
inspector ” in lines 2 and 3 of section 12 (e) and inserting the words “ director
of division.” ]
Ratified May 27, 1931.
OHIO
ACTS OF 1931
Factory, etc., regulations—Dyeing and cleaning establishments
P a ge 97

(H .B . N o. 1 1 5 )

[This act repeals secs. 843-19 to 843-53, Gen. Code, 1910, and enacts a
detailed safety code, etc., for dry-cleaning establishments.]
Approved April 22, 1931.
Factory, etc., regulations—Manufacture of firetoorks
P a ge 229 (H .B . N o. 4 5 )

[This act enacts secs. 5904 to 5904-18, Gen. Code, 1910, providing for
detailed regulation of the manufacture, etc., of fireworks.]
Approved April 29, 1931.
Employment on public works—Prevailing wage rate
P a ge 116

(H .B . N o. 3)

S e c t i o n 1. Definition.—The term “ public authority ” as used in this act, shall
mean any officer, board, or commission of the State of Ohio, or any political
subdivision thereof, authorized by law to enter into a contract for the con­
struction of a public improvement. The term construction, as used in this
act shall mean any construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, or
repair of any public improvement. The term “ public improvement ” as used
in this act, shall include all buildings, roads, streets, alleys, sewers, ditches,
sewage-disposal plants, waterworks, and all other structures or works con­
structed by the State of Ohio or any political subdivision thereof. The term
“ locality ” as used in this act, shall mean the county wherein the physical work
upon any public improvement is being performed.
S e c . 2. Wage rate.—Any public authority authorized to contract for a public
improvement may, before advertising for bids for the construction thereof, fix
and determine a fair rate of wages to be paid by the successful bidder to the
employees in the various branches or classes of the work, which shall not be
less than the prevailing rate of wages paid for each such branch or class in
the locality wherein the physical work upon such improvement is to be per­
formed. The rate of wages so fixed shall be printed on the bidding blanks.
S e c . 3. Provision in contract.—In all cases where any public authority shall
fix a fair rate or rates of wages as herein provided, the contract executed
between the public authority and the successful bidder shall contain a provision
requiring the successful bidder and all his subcontractors to pay a rate or rates
of wages which shall not be less than the rate or rates of wages so fixed. It
shall be the duty of the successful bidder and all his subcontractors to strictly
comply with such provisions of the contract.
S e c . 4. Violations.—Any contractor or subcontractor who shall violate the
wage provisions of such contract, or who shall suffer, permit, or require any
employee to work for less than the rate of wages so fixed, shall be fined not less
than $50 or more than $500. Any employee upon any public improvement who
is paid less than the fixed rate of wages applicable thereto may recover from
the contractor or subcontractor the difference between the fixed rate of wages
and the amount paid to him and in addition thereto a penalty equal in amount
to such difference.
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Antiunion contracts
Page

562

(S .B . N o. 1 0 8 )

[This act adds a new section (6241-1) to Code of 1910, so as to read as
follows:]
S e c t i o n 1. Certain contracts void.—Every undertaking or promise hereafter
made, whether written or oral, express or implied, constituting, or contained in
any contract or agreement of hiring or employment between any individual,
firm, company, association, or corporation and any employee or prospective
employee of the same whereby (a) either party to such contract or agreement
undertakes or promises not to join, become, or remain a member of any labor
organization or of any organization of employers, or (6) either party to such
contract or agreement undertakes or promises that he will withdraw from the
employment relation in the event that he joins, becomes, remains a member
of any labor organization or of any organization of employers, is hereby
declared to be contrary to public policy and wholly void.
Approved May 2, 1931.
Mine regulations
P age 603

(S .B . N o. 3 21 )

[This act provides for a new and enlarged mining law of 305 sections relating
to detailed regulations for safety and inspection of all mines, etc., in the State.]
Approved June 27, 1931.
OREGON
ACTS OF 1931
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247.—Antiunion contracts

S e c t i o n 1. Certain contracts void.—Every undertaking or promise hereafter
made, whether written or oral, express or implied, constituting or contained in
any contract or agreement of hiring or employment between any individual,
firm, company, association, or corporation, and any employee or prospective
employee of the same whereby (a) either party to such contract or agreement
undertakes or promises not to join, become, or remain a member of any labor
organization or of any employer organization, or (6) either party to such con­
tract or agreement undertakes or promises that he will withdraw from an
employment relation in the event that he joins, becomes, or remains a member
of any labor organization or of any employer organization, hereby is declared
to be contrary to public policy and wholly void and shall not afford any basis
for the granting of legal or equitable relief by any court.
Approved March 6, 1931.
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287.—Payment of wages

S e c t i o n 1. Definition, employer.—The term “ employer ” shall mean any
person, firm, or corporation owning or operating any mine, smelter, mining mill,
sawmill, logging concern, mercantile establishment, or manufactory, or doing a
contracting business. The term shall include any successor to the business of
any employer, or any lessee or purchaser of any employer’s business property
for the continuance of the same business, so far as such employer shall not
have paid employees in full. The term shall exclude the United States and
any State, county, municipal corporation, town, or other governmental division.
The term shall also exclude trustees and assignees in bankruptcy or insolvency
and receivers, whether appointed by Federal or State courts, and persons other­
wise falling under the definition of employers so far as the times or amounts
of their payments to employees are regulated by laws of the United States or
regulations or orders made in pursuance thereof.
S e c . 2. Same, employee.—The term “ employee” shall mean any individual
who otherwise than as copartner of the employer or as an independent con­
tractor renders personal services wholly or partly in this State to an employer
who pays or agrees to pay such individual at a fixed rate, based on the time
spent in the performance of such services or on the number of operations
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are rendered only partly in this State an individual shall not be an employee
under the meaning of this paragraph unless his contract of employment has
been entered into, or payments thereunder are ordinarily made or to be
made within this State.
Sec. 8. Same, pay.— The term “ pay” shall mean to deliver or tender com­
pensation at a previously designated and reasonably convenient place in this
State during working hours, in legal tender or by order or negotiable instru­
ment payable and paid in legal tender without discount on demand in this
State. The term “ rate of payment ” shall mean the rate at which payment is
made or is to be made in the manner described in this paragraph, and the term
payment shall mean the delivery or tender of compensation in the medium
of payment described in this paragraph. Such delivery or tender shall be made
to the employee concerned or to any person having due authority to act in
said employee’s behalf.
Sec. 4. Same, wage claim.—The term “ wage claim ” shall mean an employee’s
claim against his employer for compensation for his own personal services.
Sec. 5. Same, commissioner.—The term “ commissioner ” shall mean the
commissioner of the bureau of labor. The term “ court ” shall mean a court
of competent jurisdiction and proper venue to entertain the proceeding referred
to in this act.
S e c . 6. Duties of commissioner.—It shall be the duty of the commissioner to
enforce the provisions of this act, and to that end he shall have the following
authority.
{a) He may investigate and attempt equitably to adjust controversies be­
tween employers and employees in respect of wage claims or alleged wage
claims.
(b) He may take assignments of wage claims in trust for the assigning
employees. All such assignments shall run to the commissioner and his succes­
sors in office. The commissioner may sue employers on wage claims thus as­
signed with the benefits and subject to the provisions of existing law applying
to actions by employees for collection of wages, and he shall be entitled to
recover, in addition to other costs, such sum as the court or judge may
adjudge reasonable as attorney’s fees.
(c) He may make complaint in a criminal court for any violation of the
provisions of any law providing for payment of wages and imposing a penalty
for its violation as for a crime. All moneys collected on such judgments,
including fines and costs, shall be paid to the commissioner and by him turned
over to the State treasurer monthly and become a part of the fund created by
this act. Justice courts and district courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction
with circuit courts over all cases mentioned in this section.
( d) If upon investigation by the commissioner, after entry of a final judg­
ment against an employer in any proceeding under the provisions of this act,
it shall appear to the commissioner that said employer is representing to his
employees that he is able to pay wages for their services, that said employees
are not being paid for their services, that said employer in the conduct and
operation of his business is defrauding his employees and, unless restrained, will
continue to defraud them, said commissioner may require said employer to
give a bond in such sum as the commissioner may deem reasonable and adequate
in the circumstances, with sufficient surety, conditioned that he will for a
definite future period not exceeding 6 months conduct his business and pay his
employees in accordance with the laws of Oregon.
If within 10 days after demand for such bond said employer shall fail to
provide the same, the commissioner may commence a suit against such em­
ployer in the circuit court of appropriate jurisdiction to compel such employer
to furnish such bond or cease doing business until he has done so, and shall
plead and prove the facts showing the necessity or justification for such re­
quirement. If the court finds that there is just cause for requiring such bond
and that the same is reasonably necessary or appropriate to secure the prompt
payment of the wages of the employees of such employer and his compliance
with the provisions oi this act, the court shall enjoin such employer from doing
business in this State until the requirement is met, or shall make other, and
may make further, orders appropriate to compel compliance with the require­
ment.
The commissioner shall prosecute all legal proceedings under his official
title.
Sec. 7. Remedies not exclusive.—The remedies provided by this act shall be
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remedies now or hereafter existing or provided, and may be enforced simul­
taneously or consecutively so far as not inconsistent with each other. No pay­
ment or tender after the filing of a criminal complaint or commencement of any
proceeding by the commissioner shall affect the liability therein of an employer
for expenses, or prevent such employer from being subject to fine or forfei­
tures, or to the giving of bond for the performance of the provisions of this
act.
S e c . 8. Creation of cmtingent fund.—For the purpose of paying expenses
and costs of the commissioner’s proceedings under this act there hereby is
created a fund to be known as the contingent fund of the commissioner, and
to be payable at any time on approval of the commissioner. This fund shall
be self-sustaining. All sums collected for costs, expenses, and fines pursuant
to this act shall be paid in to the State treasurer and become part of this
fund. For the establishment of said contingent fund the sum of $500 hereby
is appropriated to be placed to the credit of said contingent fund as a tempo­
rary loan and paid out on approval of the commissioner. This loan so far as
availed of shall be repaid to the State treasurer by applying any accumula­
tions above $1,000 in said fund on the 31st day of December 1932 and annually
thereafter until repayment without interest is completed.
S e c . 9. Constitutionality of act.—Despite any determination that any pro­
visions, or any application of any provisions, or any particular method of en­
forcing any provision of this act is unconstitutional, the remaining provisions
and applications and method of enforcement shall be unaffected and shall re­
main in full force and effect.
Approved March 6, 1931.
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330.—Employment of labor on public works—Hours of labor

[This act amends sec. 49-704, Code of 1930, so as to read as follows:]
49-704. Hours.—In all cases where labor is employed by the State,
county, school district, municipality, municipal corporation, or subdivision,
either directly or through another, as a contractor, no person shall be required
or permitted to labor except as hereinafter provided, more than 8 hours in any
one day, or 48 hours in any one week, except in cases of necessity, emergency,
or where the public policy absolutely requires it, in which event the person or
persons so employed for excessive hours shall receive double pay for the over­
time so employed; and no emergency, necessity, or public policy shall be pre­
sumed to exist when other labor of like skill and efficiency, which has not
been employed full time is available: Provided, however, That the provisions
of this section relating to double pay for overtime shall not apply to labor
employed by State institutions, or to forest-fire fighting or to emergency work
performed by the highway department when oiling highways and/or clearing
highways for traffic; And provided, further, That nothing in this section con­
tained shall apply to the employment on work funded partly or wholly by
public funds, of foremen, watchmen, and timekeepers paid on monthly rate;
And, provided further, That provisions of this section relating to’ double pay for
overtime shall not in any wise apply to labor employed by any dock commission
or port commission while engaged in handling cargo for maritime commerce;
And provided further, That this amendment shall not be construed as any
legislative declaration or interpretation as to whether this section heretofore
applied to such cases.
In all cases where labor is employed by the State, county, school district,
municipality, municipal corporation, or subdivision, through another as a con­
tractor, any workman employed by such contractor shall be foreclosed from the
right to collect for any overtime provided in this act unless a claim for pay­
ment is filed with the contractor within 90 days from the completion of such
contract, providing the contractor has caused a circular to be posted in a
prominent place alongside the door of the timekeeper’s office, or in a similar
place w'hich is readily available and freely visible to any or all men employed
on the work, and shall maintain such circular continuously posted from the
inception to the completion of the contract on which workmen are or have been
employed and which circular shall be clearly printed in black-face pica type and
shall contain a copy of section 49-704, Oregon Code, 1930, together with all
subsequent amendments thereto.
S e c t io n

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381.—Bureau of labor statistics

[This act amends sec. 49-108, Code of 1930, so as to read as follows:]
49-108. Salary, etc.—The commissioner of the bureau of labor shall
from, and after the 1st day of January 1931 receive an annual salary of $3,600,
payable monthly, and is authorized to incur such expense and employ such
clerical aid as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. The
secretary of state hereby is authorized to draw warrants on the State treasurer
for the payment of such expense upon properly verified vouchers approved by
the commissioner: Provided, however, That said expense shall not exceed at
any time the amount appropriated therefor. Said commissioner shall, before
entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond to the State of Oregon in
the sum of $5,000, conditioned upon the faithful, honest, and impartial per­
formance of his duties under this act, and upon the prompt and faithful ac­
counting for all fees of whatsoever nature collected by him or by his assistants
or deputies. Said bond shall be approved as to legal form by the attorney gen­
eral and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The premium on
said bond shall be payable from any fund under the control and administration
of said commissioner or of the bureau of labor or from any appropriation made
for the purpose of defraying the expenses of said commissioner or of said
bureau. Such commissioner shall include in his biennial report to the governor
and legislature an itemized statement of the expense of the bureau incurred
by him.
Approved March 11, 1931.
S e c t io n

Chapter

394.—Industrial welfare commission

[This act repeals secs. 49-301, 49-302, 49-414, Code of 1930, and instead pro­
vides as follows:]
S e c t i o n 1. Commission created.—There is hereby created a commission com­
posed of three commissioners to be known as the State welfare commission;
and the word “ commission ” as hereinafter used, or as used in any of the laws
referred to in this act, shall mean the said State welfare commission; and the
word “ commissioner” as used in this act, or as used in any of the laws re­
ferred to in this act, refers to and means a member of said State welfare com­
mission. Said commissioners shall be appointed by the governor for the term
of 4 years each, and until their successors are appointed and qualified, except
that the terms of the commissioners first appointed shall expire on the second
Monday in January 1933, 1934, and 1935, respectively. The governor shall make
his first appointments hereunder within 30 days after this act takes effect, and
he shall designate the terms of each of said three first appointees and shall
appoint their successors as their terms respectively expire.
Any vacancy that may occur in the membership of said commission shall be
filled by appointment by the governor for the unexpired portion of the term in
which such vacancy occurs.
A majority of said commissioners shall constitute a quorum to transact busi­
ness, and the act or decision of such majority shall be deemed the act or decision
of said commission, and no vacancy shall impair the right of the remaining
commissioners to exercise all the powers of said commission.
Sec. 2. Organization.—The first commissioners appointed under this act shall,
within 20 days after their appointment, meet and organize said commission by
electing one of their number as chairman thereof, and the commissioner of the
bureau of labor shall be the secretary and executive officer of said commission.
On or before the twentieth day of January of each year said commissioners
shall elect a chairman. Each of such chairmen shall hold his or her position
until his or her successor is elected. None of said commissioners shall receive
any salary as such. The secretary of said commission is hereby authorized to
employ such clerical assistance and incur such expenses as may be necessary in
performing his duties. All authorized and necessary expenditures incurred by
said commission and said secretary shall be audited and paid as other State
expenses and expenditures are audited and paid, out of moneys appropriated for
the use of said commission.
S e c . 3. Transfer of certain powers.—The State welfare commission shall have
authority, and it shall be its duty, to administer, execute, and carry out the
provisions of chapters 3 and 4 of title 49, Oregon Code, 1930, and wherever the
words “ industrial welfare commission ”, or the words “ board of inspectors of
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tended to mean and refer to the State welfare commission created by this act,
and all of the authority, powers, and duties of said industrial welfare com­
mission and board of inspectors of child labor of the State of Oregon, shall
devolve upon and be exercised by the said State welfare commission.
Approved March 11, 1931.
PENNSYLVANIA
ACTS OF 1931
No. 274.—Insurance of employees—Group insurance
[This act authorizes the State and political subdivisions to make contracts
of group insurance for the employees.]
Approved June 22, 1931.
No. 309.—Employment of children—Cannery
S e c t i o n 1. Unlawful employment, when.—It shall be unlawful for any child
under 16 years of age and not a resident of this Commonwealth to be employed
or suffered or permitted to work in this Commonwealth in any factory or can­
nery, or in berry, fruit, and vegetable raising, and harvesting, during the time
in which the laws of the State of his residence require his attendance at school:
Provided, That in case of the lawful employment of such nonresident child
during the summer vacation period, the employer may have 15 days in which
to discontinue the child’s employment after the date at which the laws of the
State of the child’s residence require his return to school: And provided further,
That this act shall not apply to children between the ages of 14 and 16 years
who are qualified for such employment under the laws of the State of their
residence, and who shall have complied with all the requirements of this act.
S e c . 2. School certificate.—Before a child under 16 years of age, who is not a
resident of this State, may be employed, permitted, or suffered to work at any
time in this State in any factory or cannery, or in any of the other employments
specified in section 1 of this act, his employer shall have received a school
requirement certificate, issued by the principal or superintendent of the school
attended by such child or by the officer empowered to issue employment certifi­
cates for the school district of which such child is a resident, certifying the
child’s age, as recorded in the school records of the district of his residence or
as established by such proofs as are required by law for the issuance of employ­
ment certificates, and the exact periods during which such child is required by
the laws of his own State to attend school.
The employer shall in every case keep on file during the child’s employment,
accessible for inspection by any attendance officer or labor inspector of this
State, the school requirement certificate of every such nonresident child em­
ployed by him.
It shall be the duty of every employer of such nonresident child to acknowl­
edge, in writing, receipt of every school requirement certificate within 3 days
after it has been received, and to return the certificate to the person who issued
it within 3 days after termination of the child’s employment by him.
It shall be the duty of every school principal of this State, and every person
authorized by law to issue employment certificates, to execute, on request of
any child under his jurisdiction seeking employment in another State or of the
child’s parent or guardian, a school requirement certificate such as described
in the first paragraph of this section, and send such certificate by mail to the
proposed employer. There shall be no charge for this service other than the
cost of postage.
S e c . 3. Violations.—Any person, or any agent or manager for any person, who
shall violate any of the provisions of this act, or who shall compel or permit
any minor to violate any of the provisions of this act, or who shall delay or
ninder any officer in the performance of his duty in the enforcement of this
act, shall be sentenced, upon conviction thereof, to pay a fine of not less than
$10 nor more than $200 or to undergo an imprisonment of not more than 10
days, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 4. Enforcement.—It shall be the duty of the attendance officers or other
responsible school officials of the various school districts of this Commonwealth
to enforce the provisions of this act. Prosecutions for violation of this act may
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however, That no prosecution shall be brought without 7 days’ written notice
of the violation having been given the employer. Deposit of such notice in the
mail, properly stamped and addressed, shall be sufficient. Repetition of such
notice shall not be required in case of a continuance or recurrence of such vio­
lation. All prosecutions for violations of this act shall be in the form of sum­
mary criminal proceedings instituted before a magistrate, alderman, or justice
of the peace within the county wherein the offense was committed. Upon con­
viction after a hearing, the sentence provided in this act shall be imposed. All
fines collected under this act shall be paid into the treasury of the school district
wherein the offense was committed for the use of the school district.
Seo. 5. Attendance officer.—Whenever the superintendent of public instruction
cannot secure effective enforcement of the provisions of this act in any school
district, as provided in’ section 4 of this act, he is hereby authorized and required
to secure such enforcement by appointing an attendance officer or attendance
officers in such district. The salary and expense of such attendance officer or
officers shall be a charge against said district where they are actually employed,
and shall be deducted from any State moneys apportioned to said district for
school purposes.
Approved June 23, 1931.
No. 310.—Injunctions—General
Section 1. Rights of accused.—In all cases where a person shall be charged
with indirect criminal contempt for violation of a restraining order or injunc­
tion issued by a court or judge or judges thereof, the accused shall enjoy—
(a) The rights as to admission to bail that are accorded to persons accused
of crime;
(b) The right to be notified of the accusation and a reasonable time to make
a defense, provided the alleged contempt is not committed in the immediate
view or presence of the court;
(c) Upon demand the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury
of the judicial district wherein the contempt shall have been committed: Pro­
vided, That this requirement shall not be construed to apply to contempts com­
mitted in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly
with the administration of justice, or to apply to the misbehavior, misconduct,
or disobedience of any officer of the court in respect to the writs, orders, or
process of the court; and
(d) The right to file with the court a demand for the retirement of the
judge sitting in the proceeding, if the contempt arises from an attack upon the
character or conduct of such judge, and if the attack occurred otherwise than
in open court. Upon the filing of any such demand the judge shall thereupon
proceed no further but another judge shall be designated by the presiding judge
of said court. The demand shall be filed prior to the hearing in the contempt
proceeding.
Sec. 2. Violations.—Punishment for a contempt specified in section 1 may be
by fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment not exceeding 15 days in the
jail of the county where the court is sitting, or both, in the discretion of the
court. Where a person is committed to jail for the nonpayment of such a fine,
he must be discharged at the expiration of 15 days; but where he is also com­
mitted for a definite time, the 15 days must be computed from the expiration of
the definite time.
Approved June 23, 1931.
No. 311.—Labor organizations—Injunctions
S e c t i o n 1. Labor disputes.—When used in this act, the following words and
phrases, unless the context clearly shows that a different meaning is intended,
shall have the respective meanings set forth in this section:
(a) A case shall be held to involve or to grow out of a labor dispute when
the case involves persons who are engaged in a single industry, trade, craft,
or occupation, or who are employees of one employer, or who are members of
the same or an affiliated organization of employers or employees, whether such
dispute is (1) between one or more employers or associations of employers and
one or more employees or associations of employees, (2) between one or more
employers or associations of employers and one or more employers or associa­
tions of employers, or (3) between one or more employees or associations of
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the case involves any conflicting or competing interests in a “ labor dispute”
(as hereinafter defined) of “ persons participating or interested” therein (as
hereinafter defined).
(&) A person or association shall be held to be a person participating or
interested in a labor dispute if relief is sought against him or it and if he or
it is engaged in the industry, trade, craft, or occupation in which such dispute
occurs, or is a member, officer, 01* agent of any association of employers or
employees engaged in such industry, trade, craft, or occupation.
(c) The term “ labor dispute ” includes any controversy concerning terms
or conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation
of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange
terms or conditions of employment, or concerning employment relations, or
any other controversy arising out of the respective interests of employer and
employee, regardless of whether 01* not the disputants stand in the proximate
relation of employer and employee.
Seo. 2. Jurisdiction of court.—No court nor any judge or judges thereof shall
have jurisdiction to issue a temporary or permanent injunction in any case in­
volving or growing out of a labor dispute, as herein defined, except after hearing
the testimony of witnesses in open court (with opportunity for cross-examina­
tion) in support of the allegations of a complaint made under oath and testi­
mony in opposition thereto, if offered, and except after findings of all the fol­
lowing facts by the court or judge or judges thereof:
(a)
That unlawful acts have been threatened or committed and will be
executed or continued unless restrained.
(&) That substantial and irreparable injury to complainant’s property will
follow unless the relief requested is granted.
(c) That complainant has no adequate remedy at law.
Such hearing shall be held after due and personal notice thereof has been
given, in such manner as the court shall direct, to all known persons against
whom relief is sought, and also to those public officers charged with the duty
to protect complainant’s property: Provided, however, That if a complainant
shall also allege that unless a temporary restraining order shall be issued,
before such hearing may be had, a substantial and irreparable injury to com­
plainant’s property will be unavoidable, such a temporary restraining order
may be granted upon the expiration of such reasonable notice of application
therefor as the court may direct by order to show cause: Provided further,
That such order to show cause shall be served upon such party or parties as
are sought to be restrained and as shall be specified in said order, and the
restraining order shall issue only upon testimony under oath or, in the discre­
tion of the court, upon affidavits sufficient, if sustained, to justify the court
in issuing a temporary injunction upon a hearing as herein provided for.
Such a temporary restraining order shall be effective for no longer than 5
days, and at the expiration of said 5 days shall become void and not subject to
renewal or extension: Provided, however, That if the hearing for a temporary
injunction shall have been begun before the expiration of the said 5 days, the
restraining order may, in the court’s discretion be continued until a decision is
reached upon the issuance of the temporary injunction. No temporary restrain­
ing order or temporary injunction shall be issued except on condition that
complainant shall first file an undertaking, with adequate security, sufficient
to recompense those enjoined for any loss, expense, or damage caused by the
improvident or erroneous issuance of such order or injunction, including all
reasonable costs (together with a reasonable attorney’s fee) and expense,
against the order or against the granting of any injunctive relief sought in the
same proceeding and subsequently denied by the court.
Sec. 3. Issuance of injunction.—No restraining order or temporary or perma­
nent injunction shall be granted in a case involving or growing out of a labor
dispute except on the basis of findings of fact made and filed by the court
in the record of the case prior to the issuance of such restraining order or
injunction; and every restraining order or injunction granted in a case in­
volving or growing out of a labor dispute shall include only a prohibition
of such specific act or acts as may be expressly complained of in the bill of
complaint or petition filed in such case and expressly included in said findings
of fact made and filed by the court as provided herein, and shall be binding
only upon the parties to the suit, their agents, servants, employees, and
attorneys, or those in active concert and participation with them, and who
shall by personal service or otherwise have received notice of the same.
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No. 335.—Insurance of employees—Group insurance
[This act amends clause (b) of sec. 415, art. 4, of No. 284, Acts of 1921
(P.L. 682), as added by No. 336, Acts of 1929, so as to read as follows:]
(&) The following forms of life insurance are hereby declared to be group
life insurance within the meaning of this act: (1) Life insurance covering
the members of one or more companies, batteries, troops, battalions, divisions,
or other units of the national guard or naval militia of any State written
under a policy issued to the commanding general of the national guard or
commanding officer of the naval militia, as the case may be, who shall be
deemed to be the employer for the purposes of this act, the premium on
which is to be paid by the members of such units, for the benefit of persons
other than the employer: Provided, however, That when the benefits of the
policy are offered to all eligible members of the unit of the national guard or
naval militia, not less than 75 per centum of the members of such a unit may
be so insured; (2) life insurance covering the members of one or more troops
or other units of the State troopers or State police of any State written under
a policy issued to the commanding officer of the State troopers or State police,
who shall be deemed to be the employer for the purposes of this act, the
premium on which is to be paid by the members of such units for the benefit
of persons otWer than the employer: Provided* however, That when the benefits
of the policy are offered to all eligible members of a unit of the State troopers
or State police, not less than 75 per centum of the members of such a uhit
may be so insured; and (3) life insurance covering the members of any labor
union or organization of police employed by any municipal, county, or State
authority, any organization or association of public-school teachers or nurses,
written under a policy issued to such union or organization, which shall be
deemed to be the employer for the purposes of this act, the premium on which
is to be paid by the union or organization, or by the union* or organization and
its members jointly, and insuring its members for the amounts of insurance
based upon some plan which will preclude individual selection, for the benefit
of persons other than the union or organization or the officials of either:
Provided, however, That when the premium is to be paid by the union or
organization and its members jointly and the benefits are offered to all eligible
members, not less than 75 per centum of such members may be so insured:
Provided further, That when members apply and pay for additional amounts
of insurance a smaller percentage of members may be insured for such addi­
tional amounts if they pass satisfactory medical examinations.
Approved June 25, 1931.
No. 346.—Publio employment offices—Establishment of experimental office
S e c t i o n 1. Appropriation.—That the sum of $50,000 or so much thereof as
may be required, is hereby specifically appropriated to the department of labor
and industry for the purpose of conducting an experimental employment agency
in the city of Philadelphia. The sum herein appropriated shall be available
for use by the department of labor and industry only upon the condition that,
within 3 months following the approval of this act, and equal sum of $50,000
be donated to the department of labor and industry by a private corporation,
organization, or foundation, under the provisions of section 513 of the Admin­
istrative Code of 1929. The said sum, totaling $100,000 shall be expended by a
State employment commission, which shall consist of the secretary of labor
and industry, the secretary of welfare, the auditor general, and two members
appointed by the governor.
Approved June 25, 1931.

PUERTO RICO
ACTS OF 1931
Aot No. 14.—Suits for wages
[This act amends sec. 1 of Act No. 10, Acts of 1917 (as amended by Act No.
12, Acts of 1923), so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 1. Employee to file complaint.—Whenever a worker or employee
shall have to claim from his employer any sum on account of compensation for
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court of the municipal judicial district wherein the work was done or where
said worker or employee resides on the date of the claim, and file a complaint
against the employer, which complaint shall be made out or filled in, as the
case may be, by the judge or secretary of the court, the worker or employee
setting forth therein, under oath, the facts upon which the claim is founded.
The complaint may include the claims of all such workers or employees of
the same employer as failed to receive their wages due on the same work:
Provided, That the filing of a claim by one or more workers or employees shall
not hinder the filing of other actions by other workers or employees.
Approved April 14, 1931.
No. 15.—Department of labor
S e c t i o n 1. Title of act.—This act shall be known and referred to as the
Organic Act of the Department of Labor of Puerto Rico.”
Sec. 2. Purpose of department.—Under the provisions of the organic act of
Puerto Rico the department of labor shall patronize, encourage, and develop
the interests and welfare of the laborers of Puerto Rico, shall make efforts to
improve their living and working conditions, and shall promote their oppor­
tunities to obtain profitable employment.
Sec. 3. Duties of commissioner.—The commissioner of labor shall have charge
of the direction, administration and general supervision of his department,
and skall be the head thereof. Through the agencies, services, and bureaus cre­
ated by law, he shall promote and stimulate the best relations between laborers
and employers by mediating and conciliating in industrial conflicts with a lofty
desire for the maintenance of industrial peace and general development and
progress; he shall investigate and inquire into the reasons for unrest among
laborers; he shall compile and publish statistics in regard to the condition of
industries and enterprises, and shall determine their temporary or permanent
character; he shall make studies and investigations of the living and working
conditions of industrial and agricultural laborers, and shall study and investi­
gate labor systems, the daily working hours, the rates of salaries or wages,
and the hygiene and safety of laborers in fields, factories, and shops; he
shall study the cooperative and benevolent systems of organization of the arts,
trades, or manual occupations and of pensions, and shall compile and publish
data for the purpose of divulging information as to their development, prog­
ress, or failure; he shall study and codify social and labor protecting legisla­
tion now' in force; he shall compile and publish, for general information, all
rules and regulations prescribed in the labor legislation now in force; and he
shall cooperate and establish connections with all such institutions and associa­
tions of good repute as may be organized for the protection, advancement, and
progress of labor interests, for the creation of a better spirit of good will
between laborers and employers, and for the promotion of industrial, agricul­
tural, and commercial activities.
Sec. 4. Powers of commissioner.—The commissioner of labor shall be em­
powered to adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the
discipline of the department of labor, or for the carrying out of the provisions
of this act, provided they are not in conflict herewith. After such rules and
regulations have been approved by the governor, and duly promulgated, they
shall have the force of law.
Seo. 5. Other powers of.—In the performance of the duties and powers hereby
conferred upon him to enforce the labor laws in force, the commissioner, or
any employee of the department of labor designated by him, is hereby au­
thorized to summon witnesses, to administer oaths, to take testimony, and, in
compliance with these provisions, to issue subpenas and to compel the ap­
pearance of witnesses and the presentation of evidence, documentary or other­
wise. They may visit and examine buildings, factories, mills, shops, machinery,
farms, agricultural properties, and other establishments and premises where
any kind of labor of a commercial or industrial nature is done. For the
purpose of obtaining data and information for the statistics required by this
act, they may examine the pay rolls and account books of any employer, as far
as wages are concerned; and they may also use, in connection with said sub­
penas and investigation, the services of the justices of the peace, of the
municipal judges, of the district attorneys, of the marshals of the municipal
and districts courts, and of the police force.
Any person who refuses to appear when required in writing to do so, and
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of a fact of which he has knowledge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be punished by a competent court by a fine not exceeding
$50 or by imprisonment in jail for a term not exceeding 30 days.
Any employer, administrator, or operator of any industry, factory, shop, farm,
mill, machinery, agricultural property, or any other establishment or premises
where any kind of labor of a commercial or industrial nature is done, or the
agent thereof, who refuses to permit the visit of the commissioner of labor or
of any employee duly authorized by him, or who refuses to furnish such in­
formation as may be required from him, or who prevents the examination of
his pay rolls and account books, as far as wages are concerned, in the manner
herein prescribed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a
fine of not more than $50 or to imprisonment in jail for a maximum period of
1 month, or to both penalties, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 6. Giving of false information.—Any employer who knowingly gives false
information in connection with information required by the department of
labor shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of from $50 to $500.
Seo. 7. Additional personnel.—The commissioner of labor is hereby expressly
authorized to appoint all such personnel as may be necessary the better to
organize and operate the department.
Seo. 8. Transfer of other services to labor department.—The following serv­
ices and organizations are hereby transferred and placed under the Department
of Labor of Puerto Rico and in its administrative jurisdiction:
The workmen’s compensation service performed by the Industrial Commission
of Puerto Rico.
The mediation and conciliation service performed by the Mediation and Con­
ciliation Commission of Puerto Rico.
The homestead service performed by the Homestead Commission of Puerto
Rico.
All organizations, boards, or commissions legally formed, heretofore or here­
after, to promote and develop the welfare of the laborers of Puerto Rico, to
improve their working conditions, to promote their opportunities to obtain
profitable employment, to protect the life, health and safety of employees and
laborers, and to intervene in the solution of industrial and agricultural conflicts,
all in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 5138, approved by the Congress
of the United States in February 1931.
The commissioner of labor shall be a member ex officio of all these organiza­
tions, boards, or commissions, and may delegate his power to the assistant
commissioner of labor.
Seo. 9. Same.—All such powers, authority, obligations, and duties as were
conferred by law upon the commissioner of agriculture and labor to intervene
in, and with, the organizations, boards, or commissions referred to in the
preceding section, under the laws in force, are hereby transferred to the com­
missioner of labor.
Sec. 10. Same.—In all laws now in force in Puerto Rico, where authority,
powers, obligations, and duties are conferred upon the chief of the extinguished
bureau of labor, upon the assistant commissioner of labor and upon the com­
missioner of agriculture and labor, in connection with the application and
enforcement of labor laws, it shall be understood that such authority, powers,
obligations, and duties are hereby completely transferred to the commissioner
of labor.
Sec. 11. Organization of department.—The department of labor shall consist
of the following divisions, bureaus, and services:
(a) Office of the commissioner.
( b) Division of inspection, investigation, and diffusion of labor laws.
(c) Bureau of women and children in industry.
((f) Employment service.
(e) Mediation and conciliation service.
(f) Division of accounts, property, and statistics.
(g) Wage protection and claim bureau.
(h) Workmen’s compensation service.
(i) Homestead service.
Sec. 12. Organization of office of commissioner.—The office of the commis­
sioner of labor of Puerto Rico shall be organized as follows:
(a) The commissioner.
(&) The assistant commissioner.
(c) The secretary and chief clerk.
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{d) A secretary to the commissioner.
(e) A secretary to the assistant commissioner.
S e c . 13. Assistant commissioner.—The assistant commissioner of labor shall
be under the direction of the commissioner, shall aid the latter in his duties,
and shall have charge of the supervision of the divisions, bureaus, services,
offices, and dependencies of the department. He shall substitute the commis­
sioner in case of absence, sickness, or resignation, and shall also have all such
duties and obligations as may be assigned to him by the commissioner.
Sec. 14. Secretary and chief clerk.—The secretary and chief clerk shall have
charge of the official correspondence of the department, and of such personnel
as may be necessary to receive, prepare, answer, and file such correspondence,
and to translate from English into Spanish and vice versa all documents con­
nected with social, economic, industrial, educational, and agricultural problems;
and he shall also perform such other functions and duties as may be assigned to
him by the commissioner.
S e o . 15. Division of inspection, etc.—The division of inspection, investigation,
and diffusion of labor laws shall consist of a chief, an assistant chief, and such
number of district agents as may.be necessary in the discretion of the com­
missioner of labor to carry out the work of inspection of factories, shops, enter­
prises, and agricultural fields. These officers shall also have in charge the
enforcement of all laws protecting labor. Such lecturers as may be appointed
and all such personnel as the commissioner of labor may deem necessary in
accordance with the needs of the service shall also form part of this division.
The lecturers shall have charge of the study of labor problems, of the dissemi­
nation of information in regard thereto, and of giving instruction in regard to
the social legislation in force in Puerto Rico. It shall be their duty to inform
laborers concerning the organization of labor and of cooperative systems, and on
matters relative to the industrial, social, and economic aspects of this problem,
as well as to explain the prevention of labor accidents, to both laborers and
employers, and to enlighten them on the subject. They shall also explain to
said laborers and employers such measures of safety as should be applied, the
manner in which accidents should be reported by employers or laborers, their
duties and rights under the laws in force, and the manner of making claims
in cases of accidents or in other cases, and enlighten them both on these
subjects. And they shall diffuse general knowledge of all social and labor
protecting legislation in force in Puerto Rico and in other countries.
Sec. 16. Bureau of women and children.—The bureau of women and children
in industry shall have charge of the study and preparation of plans for the
welfare of women and children in industry, in agriculture, and in manufacture,
or of those engaged in any other lucrative occupation, in order to improve their
working conditions, to increase their efficiency in production, and to promote
their opportunities to obtain profitable employment. It shall have power and
authority to investigate all matters connected with the welfare of women and
children at work, and shall report to the commissioner of labor the results of
such investigations, and it shall publish these investigations in accordance with
such rules as may be prescribed by the commissioner.
This bureau shall be in charge of a director, a woman, and shall have such
personnel as may be assigned thereto by the commissioner of labor.
Sec. 17. Employment service.—The employment service shall consist of a
chief with such personnel as may be necessary to enforce all legislation now in
force, or which may be enacted in future, in connection with the employment
service, and to enforce such Federal legislation as may be assigned to the
Department of Labor of Puerto Rico in cooperation with the Federal Department
of Labor.
The commissioner of labor shall have power, and he is hereby authorized, to
extend the facilities of this service outside of Puerto Rico by means of agents
or representatives paid by the Department of Labor of Puerto Rico; and he
shall also have authority to enforce all such laws in regard to this service as
may be hereafter enacted by the Legislature of Puerto Rico.
Sec. 18. Mediation and conciliation service.—The mediation and conciliation
service shall consist of the mediation and conciliation commission and its
personnel, as this commission was created by Act No. 36, approved June 3,
1919. It shall have a secretary and a messenger for its exclusive service, as
well as tw’o agents or mediators to be appointed by said commission. It shall
be the duty of such agents or mediators to intervene in industrial and agricul­
tural conflicts between employers and laborers, whenever they are so directed
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under the provisions of law. The appointment of said agents or mediators
shall be made, when the commission deems it indispensable.
Sec. 19. Division of statistics, etc.—The division of accounts, property, and
statistics shall be in charge of a chief, and shall consist in addition of an
assistant chief and of all such other employees as may be necessary for the
proper operation thereof. It shall have charge of the custody and keeping of
all the property of the department, and shall keep and maintain a complete
and detailed register thereof; it shall keep a record of the activities of the
personnel of the whole department; it shall keep exact and detailed accounts
of the funds assigned to the department and its dependencies, and shall make a
monthly report to the commissioner of labor on the condition of said funds, or
as often as he may request.
The chief of this division shall establish in the department such system of
accounting as may be recommended by the auditor of Puerto Rico in accord­
ance with the rules of the auditor’s office, and he is hereby declared to be the
immediate comptroller of the department as to the funds of said department
and of its dependencies. He shall give bond as herein required and in such
amount as may be fixed by the auditor of Puerto Rico.
The chief of this division shall also have charge of the publication work and
the library of the department. He shall compile, arrange, classify, and dis­
tribute statistics on wages, hours of labor, working conditions, cost of articles
of prime necessity, and on industrial, social, and economic conditions; and he
shall prepare and take care of a complete library of such reports, records,
data, pamphlets, documents, and books dealing with the problems of Puerto
Rico and of other parts of the world as may be useful in the comparison and
verification of such problems.
Seo. 20. Bureau of wage claims.—The wage protection and claim bureau shall
consist of a person, in charge thereof, who shall be a competent attorney at law
and a man of integrity, who shall receive, study, and decide all complaints
and claims filed by laborers or employees, including domestics, against em­
ployers negligent in the payment of their compensations, per diems, wages, or
salaries, or who have refused to make such payments. He shall prosecute such
complaints and claims and shall institute proceedings either civil or criminal,
as the case may be, against said employers, where such procedure is necessary;
he shall interpret and supervise wage or metayer labor contracts, and he shall
act as a special prosecuting attorney in any criminal action that may be brought
before the municipal courts of Puerto Rico by the commissioner, by the district
agents, or by any other official of the department of labor, in case of violation
of labor-protecting laws, and of all such legislation whose enforcement may have
been entrusted to the department of labor. The commissioner of labor shall
assign to this bureau such personnel as he may deem necessary to render this
service.
Sec. 21. Workmen's compensation service.—The workmen’s compensation
service shall consist of the industrial commission and the personnel thereof,
as such commission was created by Act No. 85, approved May 14, 1928, amended
and extended by subsequent laws, and as it may hereafter be reorganized by
any act of the Legislature of Puerto Rico.
Seo. 22. Homestead service.—The homestead service shall consist of the home­
stead commission and the personnel thereof, and of all such organizations and
dependencies of an administrative or other character as are now a part of the
said homestead commission under the provisions of law.
The homestead commission, in accordance with the law or laws under which
it has been in operation from the time of its creation, and in accordance with
any law that may hereafter be approved to amend or modify the service being
rendered by said commission, shall continue in operation annexed to the depart­
ment of labor, under its jurisdiction and as a part thereof, without any altera­
tion in the purposes of the laws authorizing the rendering of such services.
Seo. 23. Location of office of labor,—The department of labor shall have an
office in the city of San Juan, where all its documents and files shall be kept;
and for this purpose, the commissioner of the interior is hereby directed to
provide said department with ample and adequate quarters belonging to the
people of Puerto Rico in the city of San Juan.
Sec. 24. Seal.—The department of labor shall have an official seal to be
designed by the commissioner of labor.
Seo. 25. Furnishing of laws, etc.—Within the 30 days following the date on
which this act takes effect, the executive secretary of Puerto Rico shall furnish
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laws of the legislature, as well as. a sufficient number of the volumes of the
Revised Statutes, of the reports of the Governor of Puerto Rico and of all
official publications of the insular government; and he shall continue to furnish
an equal number of copies of said laws, reports, and publications hereinabove
mentioned, as they are published.
Seo. 26. Same, court decisions.—Within the period of time mentioned above
the secretary of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico shall furnish, free of charge,
a collection of the volumes of the decisions of said supreme court heretofore
or hereafter published.
Sec. 27. Definitions.—For the purposes of this act, “ laborer ” or “ employee ”
shall be understood to mean any person at the service of any individual,
partnership or corporation employing one or more persons under any contract
for sendees, wThether express or implied, or verbal or written, and whether such
person is man, woman or child; and all persons whose work is of a temporary
character, are hereby expressly included.
For the purposes of this act, the word “ laborer ” or “ employee ” includes
every laborer employed in any establishment, or in any manufacturing, com­
mercial or agricultural occupation, by a natural or artificial person, for com­
pensation, or by the insular government or any of its dependencies.
S e c s . 28-34. [These sections merely include transitory measures incident
to the creation of the new department of labor and the transfer of powers, etc.]
Approved April 14, 1931.
No. 17.—Contracts of labor—Payment of wages
1. Latvful money, discounts.—In all contracts entered into with
laborers, their wages shall be paid exclusively in lawful money of the United
States of America, and if, because of any special agreement, custom or other
motive whatsoever, they receive any money advances before the regular pay
day, it shall be lawful for the employer to deduct said advance. If it is stipu­
lated in a labor contract that all or part of the wages shall be paid otherwise
than in money, the said contract shal be null and void so far as it refers to the
promise or engagement to pay the wages in any form other than in lawful money
of the United States of America.
S e c . 2. Conditions of employment.—Employers are hereby forbidden to im­
pose, either directly or indirectly, personally or through their agents, as an
express or implied condition for the admission of any laborer, any stipulation
relative to the place where, or the way in which, the laborer shall spend his
wages, in whole or in part, or any other stipulation requiring him to reside
on any property of the employer. Employers or their agents are also forbidden
to dismiss any laborer because he may have spent his wages, in wThole or in
part, in a certain place, in a certain way, or with a specified person, or because
he does not reside on any property of the employer or of his agent.
S e c . 3. Wages due iveekly.—The whole amount due to a laborer for wages
shall be paid in lawful money of the United States of America, and in no other
form, at intervals which shall not exceed 1 week: Provided, That when any
laborer is dismissed or has to leave work during any day of the week it shall
be the duty of the employer to pay him on the next Saturday, the amount due
him for wages for the days during which he worked. Any payment of wages
to a laborer made by the employer in merchandise or in any other form, except
in legal tender of the United States of America, shall be null and void.
Sec. 4. Invalid defenses.—In any action brought by a laborer against an em­
ployer for the recovery of any amount due him for wages, the defendant
cannot file any set-off or counterclaim to reduce the amount of the claim, based
on the fact that he delivered merchandise on account of said wages, or that
said merchandise were furnished to the laborer through any warehouse, deposit,
store or other establishment of the employer; nor may the defendant file any
such set-off or counterclaim for any merchandise which may have been supplied
to the laborer by any other person, on the strength of orders or instructions
from the defendant, or from his agent or attorney.
Sec. 5. Deductions.—Whenever the employer or his agent shall have ad­
vanced to the laborer any amount in lawful money of the United States of
America, he shall have a right to deduct such sum from the wrages of the
latter. However, no amount shall be retained in excess of the total amount
so advanced. No employer may, for any reason, deduct any part of the wages
due to laborers in order to pay the same to any other person except in the
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Sbo. 6. Definitions.—For the purposes of this act, the word “ employer”
shall be understood to mean any person who uses or avails himself of the
work of any laborer for wages. The word “ laborer ” shall mean the person
who receives a salary or wages for his work.
S e c . 7. Violations.—Any violation of any of the provisions of this act shall
constitute a misdemeanor, and recidivism in the violation of any of its pro­
visions shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 or by confinement in
jail for 30 days.
Approved April 17, 1931.
No. 61.—Payment of wages in scrip
[This act amends sec. 1667, Code of 1911 so as to read as follows:]
1. Scrip, etc., to be redeemable.—It shall be unlawful for any corpora­
tion, company, partnership, or person engaged in any trade or business, to
issue, sell, give, or deliver, either directly or indirectly, to any person employed
as a laborer, journeyman, or foreman by said corporation, company, partner­
ship, or person, in payment of wages earned or to be earned by said laborer,
any certificate, ticket, check, scrip, draft, commercial check, or other evidence
of indebtedness or of credit payable or redeemable otherwise than in lawful
money. If any such certificate, ticket, check, draft, scrip, commercial check,
or other evidence of indebtedness or of credit is so issued, sold, given, or
delivered to said laborer or to any other person for delivery to such laborer,
it shall be held and construed in all courts and other places to be a promise
by said corporation, company, partnership, or person issuing, selling, giving,
or delivering it to the person stated therein, or to bearer, to pay the sum
specified therein in legal form: Provided, That it shall also be unlawful to
exchange said certificate, ticket, check, draft, scrip, or commercial check
for anything other than lawful money directly. And any corporation, com­
pany, partnership, or person so issuing, selling, giving, or delivering such cer­
tificate, ticket, check, scrip, draft, commercial check or other evidence of
indebtedness or of credit shall, moreover, be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shdll be fined not less than $25 nor more than $500 and the officer,
employee, or agent of such corporation, company, firm, or person, guilty of
the said offense, may be committed to jail for a term of not less than 10 days
nor more than 6 months, in the discretion of the court: Provided, That any
officer, employee, or agent of a corporation, company, firm, or person exchang­
ing said c e r t i f i c a t e , t i c k e t , c h e c k , d r a f t , s c r i p , c o m m e r c i a l c h e c k , or other evi­
dence of indebtedness or of credit for anything other than lawful money di­
rectly shall also be guilty of the offense stated in the preceding proviso, and
shall be liable to the penalty therein prescribed.
Approved April 28, 1931.
S e c t io n

No. 64.—Weight that workmen may carry
S e c t i o n 1. Maximum.—It is hereby prohibited and declared illegal for human
beings to transport or load, on their persons, bags or other receptacles containing
sugar or any other article weighing more than 250 pounds.
S e c . 2. Violations, for compelling.—Every person compelling, employing, or
inducing another person to load or transport on his person bags or any other
receptacles containing sugar or any other article, weighing more than 250
pounds shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished
by imprisonment in jail for not more than 90 days or by a fine of not more
than $100 or by both penalties, in the discretion of the court.
S e c . 3. Violations, for requesting.—Every employer, superintendent, time­
keeper, or person in any manner in charge of any laborer, who may request or
permit that said laborer load or transport, on his person, bags or any other
receptacle containing sugar or any other article weighing more tha& 250 pounds
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by
imprisonment in jail for not more than 90 days or by a fine of not more than
$100 or by both penalties, in the discretion of the court.
S e c . 4. Violations, voluntarily.—Every person voluntarily loading or trans­
porting, on his person, bags or any other receptacles containing sugar or any
other article weighing more than 250 pounds shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
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than 90 days or by a fine of not more than $100 or by both penalties in the
discretion of the court.
Approved April 28, 1931.
No. 75.—Employment of children—General provisions
[This act amends secs. 8 and 19, Act No. 75, Acts of 1921 (as amended 1925,
Act No. G4), so as to read as follows:]
Seo. 8. Permits.—No child of 14 and under 16 years of age shall be employed,
permitted, or suffered to work in, about, or in connection with any gainful
occupation with the exception of domestic, farm, and garden labor, unless his
employer procures and keeps on file and accessible to any officer, inspector, or
other person authorized to enforce or aid in enforcing this act a permit to work
during the school course, issued as hereinafter described, and keeps a complete
list of all such children employed therein conspicuously posted in the place
where such children are employed in such occupation: Provided, That this sec­
tion shall not include any orphan child or one who, for other reasons, depends
on his own work for his support, or any child whose parents are physically
disabled and depend only on the work of the child for a living. In cases of
this nature, a certificate from the commissioner of labor, or from his duly
authorized agents or employees, stating the existence of such facts or needs,
and authorizing the employment of said child, must be obtained.
S e o . 19. Violations.—That whoever employs, procures, or permits a minor
to be employed in violation of any of the provisions of this act or a ruling
of the commissioner of labor as provided for in section 5 of this act, or who
refuses or obstructs the entry or inspection authorized by section 27 of this
act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less
than $25 or more than $100. For every subsequent violation of this act, or
any of the sections or provisions hereof, the employer shall be guilty of a mis­
demeanor and punished by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $1,000
or in default thereof by confinement in jail for not more than 90 days: Provided,
That no complaint for a violation of this act shall be dismissed on the plea that
more than one offense has been accumulated therein, or because of any defects
as to form, if the offense or offenses alleged are comprised in the provisions
of this act. Whoever continues to employ a minor in violation of the provi­
sions of this act, after being notified by any officer or other person authorized
to enforce this act or to aid in its enforcement, shall, for every day after such
notice that said illegal employment of each child continues, be punished by
a fine of not to exceed $200 or by imprisonment for not to exceed 60 days, or,
in the discretion of the court, by both such fine and imprisonment; and who­
ever forges or procures to be forged or assists in forging or, with intent to
evade any of the provisions of this act, alters a certificate of birth or other
evidence of the age of any child, and whoever presents, or assists in present­
ing, a forged or altered certificate or evidence of birth, and whoever misrepre­
sents the age of such child for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining a permit
to work during vacations, required by this act, shall be punished by a fine of
not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment for not to exceed 1 year, or by both
such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court
Approved May 4„ 1931.
No. 76.—Share-cropping contracts
[This act provides for the regulation of share-cropping contracts, by which
is meant any oral or written agreement by virtue of which one of the parties
agrees to cultivate tillable land of the other party and the latter agrees to
pay to the cropper (farm hand, laborer, or agricultural worker) for such work
a share of the harvested crops or the market value.]
Approved May 4, 1931.
No. 80.—Employment of labor—Overtime work
S e c t i o n 1. Authorization, overtime rate.—The commissioner of labor is
hereby authorized to grant permits to employers or owners of industrial estab­
lishments to employ workmen during extra hours of the day or night, when,
in the judgment of said commissioner, it may be necessary for the purpose
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which must be finished within a determined time in shops, factories, or any
other industrial establishment in Puerto Rico.
Whenever an employer or owner finds it necessary to avail himself of the
provisions of this act, he shall notify the commissioner of labor and in his
absence, the assistant commissioner or such person as may be substituting
him as the head of said department, that such necessity exists and of the
time that will be needed to complete the work, and the commissioner or
assistant commissioner, or person substituting him as head of the department,
may issue the proper permit: Provided, That for any extra time which the
operatives of said industrial establishment may work, when employers or
owners have been duly authorized in accordance with the provisions of this
act they shall be paid a double rate of wages for each hour: And provided,
further, That upon the granting of the permit, the commissioner of labor
shall be authorized to investigate the motives or reasons of the employer or
owner for making the request; and if he finds that the facts have been
maliciously falsified or that the request is not justified, such facts shall
constitute a misdemeanor, and within the 60 days following the granting of
the permit, the corresponding complaint may be filed.
S e c . 2. Violations.—Every employer who violates this act or any section
or provision hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a
fine of not less than $25 or more than $100. For any subsequent violation
of this act or of any section or provision hereof, the delinquent employer
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not
less than $100 or more than $1,000: Provided, That no complaint for a
violation of this act shall be dismissed on the ground of joinder of violations
committed, or for defects of form, provided that the violation or violations
complained of are included within the provisions of this act.
Approved May 5, 1931.
ACTS OF 1932
No. 13.—Suits for wages
[This act amends secs. 2 and 10 of Act No. 10, Acts of 1917. No substantive
change was made in the law, the act merely conforming to the newly created
Department of Labor Act of 1931. Department of agriculture was segregated
from the department of labor by the provisions of the 1931 law.]
Approved April 20, 1932.
No. 16.—Mediation and conciliation
[This act amends sec. 9 of Act No. 36, Acts of 1919, so as to read as
follows:]
S e c t i o n 9. The commissioner of labor shall have power to bring to the
attention of the mediation and conciliation commission any industrial dispute
in which the intervention of the commission may be desirable. The commis­
sioner of labor, or any officer whom he may designate, shall be also authorized
to appear before the mediation and conciliation commission and before the
special arbitration boards, at their request, as amicus curiae, to establish
facts in connection with labor conditions.
Approved April 21, 1932.
No. 37.—Mediation and conciliation—Insular commission
[This act amends sec. 2 and sec. 3 (as amended by Act No. 32, Acts of
1927) of Act No. 36, Acts of 1919, so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 2. Members.—The mediation and conciliation commission shall con­
sist of five members who shall be citizens of the United States and bona
fide residents of Puerto Rico and shall be appointed by the governor for a
term of 4 years, in the following manner:
Upon the taking effect of this act the governor shall request from bona fide
labor organizations who shall have regularly and continuously sustained their
social activities in Puerto Rico for the 2 years immediately preceding and from
employers established in the Island or from associations of employers a list of
the names of persons qualified to form part of said commission. From the
persons so proposed the governor shall designate two from among such as
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employers or a s s o c i a t i o n s o f employers, which persons shall be appointed i n
representation of the interests of laborers and employers, respectively. The
fifth member, who shall be chairman of the commission, shall be appointed
freely by the governor, on behalf of the people in general, and he shall devote
his whole time to the work of the commission and shall receive an annual salary
of $3,000. Vacancies occurring in the said commission shall be filled in the
same manner as herein provided for the appointment of the members thereof.
Sec. 3. Duties.—Said mediation and conciliation commission shall consult the
governor as to the best manner of discharging their duties as mediators and
conciliators, and shall have power to recommend legislation. It shall also
prepare a list of persons who may be called upon to serve as arbitrators and
mediators. It shall be called together by the chairman every time that a dispute
or controversy between laborers and employers occurs or may occur. It shall
be organized and shall have such adequate regulations as the commission may
adopt and shall elect its own secretary. The associate members of the media­
tion and conciliation commission shall receive a per diem of $10 for each
meeting which they attend, and shall receive their traveling and such other
expenses as may be necessary the better to discharge their duties: Provided,
That no member of the commission shall receive per diems for more than eight
meetings in any one month. A majority of members of the commission shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and their resolutions shall
be valid and lawful.
Approved May 10, 1932.
J o in t R

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(p .

656).—Department of labor

[This resolution provides for the establishment of a division of economic and
social research and investigation in the department of labor. An appropriation
of $25,000 is authorized. The establishment of this division is made as a result
of a survey conducted according to a resolution (No. 16) of July 19, 1929, to
investigate the causes producing industrial unrest, etc., in the Island.]
Approved May 5, 1932.
RHODE ISLAND
ACTS OF 1931
C hapter

1731.—Bureau of industrial statistics

[This act (sec. 2) repeals sec. 4, ch. 87, Gen.L. 1923 (as amended by ch. 1606,
Acts of 1930). The amended act of 1930 required that the annual report of
city and town treasurers to the commissioner of labor must be furnished within
30 days of the close of the fiscal year.]
Approved April 22, 1931.
C h apter

1741.—Factory, etc., regulations

[This act amends sec. 9, ch. 85, Gen.L. 1923 (as amended by ch. 761, Acts of
1926), so as to read as follows:]
Section 9. Provisions for safety and sanitation.—It shall be the duty of the
proprietor of any factory or workshop to provide adequate means of egress in
case of fire or other disaster; to locate belting, shafting, gearing, elevators,
drums, and machinery in such manner as to be sufficiently guarded and not
dangerous to employees; to provide proper safeguards for all vats, pans, and
structures filled with molten metal or hot liquid so as to prevent accident or
injury to persons employed at or near such vats, pans, or structures; to provide
adequate heating, lighting, ventilating, and sanitary arrangements for such
factory or workshop so that such heating, lighting, ventilation, or sanitation
shall not be injurious to the health of persons employed therein or persons
within an area of 1,000 feet. If any of the factory inspectors shall find that
the provisions of this section have been violated any one of said factory inspec­
tors shall in writing notify the proprietor of such factory or workshop to
make the necessary changes immediately, or, if such changes require alteration
of fixtures or equipment, to make the necessary alterations within a period of
60 days or within such fixed time as in the judgment of the chief factory in­
spector is necessary for such alterations or changes. If such changes, altera­
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be subject to the penalties imposed for violations of this chapter, subject, how­
ever, to the right of appeal as hereinafter provided.
Approved April 22, 1931.
Ch apter

1742.—Inspection, regulation of factories, etc.

[This act amends secs. 18 and 20, ch. 85, Gen.L. 1928, so as to read as
follows:]
S e c t i o n 18. Duty of inspector.—Clause 1. Said chief inspector, or any as­
sistant factory inspector required by him, shall have charge of the inspection
of bakeries, confectioneries, and ice-cream manufactories, and any premises
upon which bread or other products of flour or meal are baked or mixed or
prepared for baking or for sale as food in this State. Said inspector shall have
charge of the inspection of cooked and prepared foods and foodstuff displayed
or offered for sale in any store, market, restaurant, lunch cart or lunch counter,
or other place of public display, and all foods of this description shall be kept
in tight wooden or glass cases or cupboards, or under glass, earthen, or tin
covers, or in cases or cans, or wrapped in paraffin paper, or protected in such
a manner that no dust or animals can come in contact with such foods while
thus displayed or offered for sale. Said foods, when carried through any street,
private way, or public place, shall be protected in a similar manner. All candies,
confectionery, dried or preserved fruits, dates, figs, cut fruits, cut melons, cracked
nuts, or nutmeats shall be protected as provided above when displayed or offered
for sale, and any such inspector so acting, whether one or more of such inspec­
tors, or whether acting at the same or different times, shall for such purposes be
designated as a State inspector of bakeries and foods. Such inspector shall not
be pecuniarily interested, directly or indirectly, in the manufacture or sale of
any article or commodity used in any business included in the provisions of this
chapter, and shall not give certificates or written opinions to a maker or vendor
of any such article or commodity.
Clause 2. No owner, proprietor, or manager, or other person in charge of any
licensed victualing house or tavern, lunch stand, ice-cream parlor, lunch wagon,
soda-water fountain, or other public eating or drinking place shall furnish to
or expose for the use of a patron, guest, or other person any glass, cup, spoon,
fork, knife, plate, or other utensil for serving, eating, or drinking unless said
articles or utensils shall have been cleansed and sterilized by washing in a
solution of some strong soap and hot water and shall have been thoroughly
rinsed in clean hot water. Utensils, when not in use, shall be kept in tight
wooden or glass cases or cupboards in such manner that no dust, animals, or
insects can come in contact with them: Provided, however, Nothing in these
regulations shall be held to prevent the use of individual paper or wooden
receptacles, kept in a sanitary manner, for one serving only.
S e o . 20 (as amended 1923, ch. 446). Sanitary provisions.—All buildings or
rooms used or occupied as biscuit, bread, macaroni, spaghetti, pie or cake
bakeries, ice cream or confectionery manufactories, or where food products are
baked or mixed or prepared for baking or for sale as food, shall be drained
and plumbed in a manner conducive to the proper and healthful sanitary
condition thereof, and shall be constructed with air shafts, windows, or venti­
lating pipes sufficient to insure adequate and proper ventilation. No cellar,
basement, or place which is below the street level shall hereafter be used or
occupied for the purposes mentioned in this section: Provided, That the same
may be so used or occupied by the present occupant only: Provided further',
That any cellar, basement, or place below the street level which complies with
the following requirements, in addition to those otherwise provided in this
chapter, may be so used and occupied: The ceiling shall be of plaster, cement,
tile, metal, or other impermeable material. The floor and walls shall be of
even, smooth cement or of even, smooth tiles embedded in cement. The floor,
walls, and ceiling shall be impervious to seepage of moisture. The floor shall
be properly and adequately drained. The distance from floor to ceiling shall be
at least 10 feet. There shall be proper and adequate illumination. There
shall be proper pnd adequate ventilation, either by windows opening directly
outside the building or by such mechanical system as will adequately and
properly supply fresh air and exhaust used air, steam, vapors, gases, and
excess heat.
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1756.—Employment of children in certain occupations forbidden

[This act amends sec. 4, ch. 142, Gen.L. 1923 (as amended 1926, ch. 845)
so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 4. Mendicant, etc.; occupations.—Every person having the custody
or control of any child under the age of 16 years, who shall exhibit, use or
employ, or shall in any manner or under pretense sell, or give away, let out
or otherwise dispose of any such child to any person for or in the vocation,
occupation, service, or purpose of rope or wire walking, or as a gymnast,
wrestler, contortionist, equestrian performer, acrobat, or rider upon any bicycle
or mechanical contrivance, or in any dancing, theatrical or musical exhibition
unless it be in connection with churches, school, or private instruction in
dancing or music, or unless it be under the auspices of a Rhode Island society
incorporated, or organized without incorporation, for a purpose authorized
by section 72 of chapter 248 of the General Laws; or for or in gathering or
picking rags, or collecting cigar stumps, bones or refuse from markets, or in
begging, or in any mendicant or wandering occupation, or in peddling in places
injurious to the morals of such child; or for or in the exhibition of any de­
formed, idiotic, insane, or unnatural development of such child, or in any
illegal, obscene, indecent, or immoral purpose, exhibition or vocation injurious
to the health or morals, or dangerous to the life or limb of such child, or who
shall cause, procure or encourage any such child to engage therein, or who
after being notified by an officer mentioned in section 6 of this chapter to
restrain such child from engaging therein, shall neglect or refuse to do so,
shall be held guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, for every such offense, be im­
prisoned not exceeding 1 year or be fined not exceeding $250, or be both fined
and imprisoned as aforesaid, and shall forfeit any right which he may have
to the custody of such child: Provided, however, That the provisions of this
section shall not apply to any child, not a resident of this State, who is en­
gaged in any dancing, theatrical or musical performance in this State .and is
accompanied by a parent, guardian or tutor, when a permit for the appearance
of said child is granted by the mayor of the city or the president of the town
council of the town, where such performance is to be given: Provided, further,
That the provisions of this section shall not apply to any child, a resident
of this State, who is engaged in any dancing, theatrical or musical perform­
ance in this State on a day when the public schools are not in session in the town
or city where the dancing, theatrical or musical performance shall be given
(not, however, on Sunday) if such child is accompanied by a parent, guardian
or tutor, when a permit for the appearance of such child is granted by the
mayor of the city or the president of the town council of the town where
such performance is to be given.
Approved April 24, 1931.
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1783.—Payment of wages

[This act amends sec. 93, ch. 248, Gen,L. 1923, so as to read as follows:]
93. Time of payment.—Every corporation, other than religious,
literary, or charitable corporations, and every incorporated city, but not includ­
ing towns, shall pay weekly to the employees engaged in its business the wages
earned by them to within 9 days of the date of such payment, unless prevented
by inevitable casualty: Provided, however, If the ninth day is a holiday, pay­
ment upon the next business day shall be deemed a compliance with the terms
of this section: Provided further, however, That if at any time of payment any
employee shall be absent from his place of labor, he shall be entitled to said
payment at any time thereafter on demand.
Approved April 27, 1931.
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ACTS OF 1932
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1887.—Exemption of wages from execution

[This act amends sec. 5, item 12, ch. 352, Gen.L. 1923, by providing that
moneys received as wages, etc., from public-aid sources shall be totally exempt
from attachment.]
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1898.—Garnishment of wages

[This act amends ch. 351, Gen.L. 1923, by adding a new section (30) and
provides that only that part of the wages due shall be attached which is payable
to the employee, in excess of the amount of such wages exempt by law from
attachment.]
Approved April 13, 1932.
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1929.—Inspection and regulation of factories, etc.

[This act amends sec. 11, ch. 173, Gen.L. 1923. Inspectors of buildings of the
several towns may issue permits for the erection, as well as the alteration and
addition, of any building.]
Approved April 16, 1932.
SOUTH CAROLINA
ACTS OF 1932
No. 735.—Payment of wages
[This act amends sec. 7034, vol. 3, Code of 1932 (sec. 3813, Code of 1912 (as
amended 1915, No. 44)), so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 7034. Scrip, etc., to be negotiable.— It shall not be lawful for any
corporation, person, or firm in this State to issue or pay out, or circulate for
payment of wages of laborers any order, check, memorandum, token, or evidence
of indebtedness, payable in whole or in part otherwise than in lawful money
of the United States, unless the same is negotiable and redeemable at its par
value, without discount in cash or in goods, wares, or merchandise, or supplies
at the option of the holder at the store or other place of business of such firm,
person, or corporation, or at the store of another person on whom such paper
may be drawn where goods, wares, or merchandise are kept for sale or sold
or exchanged, and the person who, or the corporation, firm, or company, which
may issue* any such order, check, memorandum, token, or other evidence of
indebtedness, shall, upon presentation and demand, at the expiration of 1 week
from date of delivery thereof, redeem the same in goods, wares, merchandise, or
supplies, at the current cash market price of like goods, wares, merchandise,
or supplies, or in lawful money of the United States as may be demanded by
the holder of any such order, memorandum, token, or other evidence of in­
debtedness: Provided, That if said corporation, person, or firm have a regular
pay day once in every week, then said corporation, person, or firm shall not be
required to redeem such token or evidence of indebtedness in cash until the
first pay day after the same becomes payable as herein provided, and such
token or evidence of indebtedness shall be presented for payment in cash only
on such pay days: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply
to agricultural contracts or advances made for agricultural purposes.
Approved March 26, 1932.
No. 880.—Payment of wages
[This act merely amends sec. 7035, vol. 3, Code of 1932 (sec. 3814, Code of
1912) by eliminating from the penalty provisions the words “ engaged in the
business of manufacturing or mining in this State.” ]
Approved April 22, 1932.
SOUTH DAKOTA
ACTS OF 1931
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92.—Child welfare commission

[This act amends secs. 1 and 2, ch. 122, Acts of 1923 (original act adopted
1919, ch. 134). While this act relates primarily to child welfare, reference is
made to it, since the child welfare commission assists in the enforcement of
child labor laws.]
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173.—Minimum wage law

[This act amends sec. 1, ch. 309, Acts of 1923, so as to read as follows:]
1. Minimum rate, mode of payment.—No woman or girl over the
age of 14 years shall be employed or permitted to work in any factory, workshop,
mechanical or mercantile establishment, laundry, hotel, restaurant, or packing­
house, at less than a living wage of $12 per week, or a proportionate amount for
periods of employment of less than a week, the same to be paid in cash or by
check.
Approved February 24, 1931.
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174.—Secretary of agriculture, enforcement of laws for women and
children

S e c t i o n 1. Enforcement.—The secretary of agriculture is hereby authorized
and directed to promote and secure the enforcement of the laws of this State
relating to the employment of women and children. The secretary of agricul­
ture shall require the director of the division of inspections of the department
of agriculture and the inspectors and employees of that division to assist him
in the execution of the authority and duty hereby conferred and imposed.
Such secretary, director, and inspectors are hereby particularly charged with
the duty of ascertaining whether or not the provisions of chapter 309 of the
Session Laws of 1923, and sections 10014 and 10015 of the South Dakota
Revised Code of 1919, as amended by chapter 308 of the Session Laws of 1923,
are being complied with; to investigate any ascertained violation of one of
said laws or any other law relating to the employment of women and children,
and file* criminal complaints against any violator of any said laws.
S e c . 2. Security for costs.— N e i t h e r t h e s e c r e t a r y , d i r e c t o r , n o r a n y i n s p e c t o r
s h a ll b e r e q u ir e d t o fu r n is h s e c u r it y f o r c o s t s a s c o m p la in a n t in a n y a c t io n o r
p r o c e e d in g in s tit u t e d p u r s u a n t to th e re q u ir e m e n ts o f t h is a ct.

Approved February 16, 1931.
TEXAS
ACTS OF 1931
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46.—Minimum wage—Highway workers

S e c t i o n 1. Wage scale.—Hereafter the State highway commission in letting
contracts for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of any designated
State highway, shall be authorized to require that all contracts for any such
work, contain a provision that no person will be employed, by the contractor,
to perform manual labor in the course of the construction, maintenance, or
improvement of any such highway at a wage of less than 30 cents per hour,
and that any violation of any such provision of the contract by the contractor,
subcontractor, or other person subject to such provision of the contract, shall
authorize the commission to withhold from any money due the contractor a
sufficient sum to pay any person such minimum wage for any labor performed,
or the commission may, for the benefit of any such person, recover such sum
on the bond of the contractor, if it does not have in its possession money owing
the contractor, applicable for such purposes. That citizens of the United States
and of the county wherein the work is being proposed shall always be given
preference in such employment: Provided also, That all other departments,
bureaus, commissions, and institutions of the State of Texas in all construc­
tion work of every character requiring employment of day labor shall likewise
be authorized and empowered to exercise the same authority herein conferred
on the State highway commission.
S e c . 2. Advertising bids.—H e r e a f t e r , i n a d v e r t i s i n g f o r b i d s f o r t h e c o n s t r u c ­
t io n , m a i n t e n a n c e , o r i m p r o v e m e n t o f a n y d e s i g n a t e d S t a t e h i g h w a y , t h e c o m ­
m is s io n , in t h e e v e n t it d e s ir e s to e x e r c is e th e a u t h o r it y h e r e in c o n f e r r e d t o
r e q u i r e a p r o v i s i o n f o r s u c h m in i m u m w a g e , s h a ll s o s t a t e i n t h e a d v e r t i s e ­
m e n t , s o t h a t a l l b i d d e r s m a y b e a w a r e o f s u c h r e q u i r e m e n t i n s u b m i t t i n g bids
fo r su ch w o rk .

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of employees—Group insurance

S e c t i o n 1. Definition.—Group life insurance is hereby declared to be that
form of life insurance covering not less than 25 employees written under a
policy issued to the employer, the premium for which is to be paid by the
employer or by the employer and employees jointly and insuring all of his
employees, or all of any class or classes thereof determined by conditions per­
taining to the employment, for amounts of insurance based upon some plan
which will preclude individual selection, and for the benefit of persons other
than the employer: Provided, however, That when the premium is to be paid
by the employer and employees jointly and the benefits of the policy are
offered to all eligible employees, not less than 75 per centum of such employees
may be so insured. For the purposes of this act the members of any labor
union who are actively engaged in the same occupation shall be considered
employees of such union. The provisions of this section, however, shall not
apply to group insurance now in effect, or to any renewals thereof.
Seo. 2. Policy, issuance, etc.—No policy of group life insurance shall be
issued or delivered in this State unless and until a copy of the form thereof
has been filed with the life insurance commissioner of the State of Texas and
formally approved by him, nor shall such policy be so issued or delivered unless
it contains provisions substantially as follows:
(1) A provision that the policy shall be incontestable as to any individual
employee not later than 2 years from the date of the issuance to such em­
ployee of the certificate hereinafter provided for, except for the nonpayment of
premiums on the policy, and which provision may or may not, at the option
of the company, contain exceptions for violations of the conditions of the policy
relating to naval and military service in time of war.
(2) A provision that the policy, the application of the employer, and the
individual applications, if any, of the employees insured, shall constitute the
entire contract between the parties, and that all statements made by the
employer or by individual employees shall, in the absence of fraud, be deemed
representations and not warranties, and that no such statement shall be used
in defense of a claim under the policy, unless it is contained in a written
application.
(3) A provision for the equitable adjustment of the premium or the amount
of insurance payable in the event of a misstatement of the age of an employee.
(4) A provision that the company will issue to the employer for delivery to
the employees, whose life is insured under such policy, an individual certificate
setting forth a statement as to the insurance protection to which he is entitled,
to whom payable, together with provision to the effect that in case of the
termination of the employment for any reason whatsoever the employee shall
be entitled to have issued to him by the company, without evidence of insura­
bility, and upon application made to the company within 31 days after such
termination, and upon the payment of the premium applicable to the class of
risk to which he belongs and to the form and amount of the policy at his then
attained age, a policy of life insurance in any one of the forms customarily
issued by the company, except term insurance, in an amount equal to the
amount of his protection under such group insurance policy at the time of such
termination which policy may or may not contain provisions for disability
benefits and provisions for accidental death benefits, at the option of the
company.
(5) A provision that to the group or class thereof originally insured shall be
added from time to time all new employees of the employer eligible to insur­
ance in such group or class who file applications and comply with conditions
as to insurability as required by the terms of the policy.
Sec. 3. Same.—Any such policy may be issued or delivered in this State which
in* the opinion of the life insurance commissioner contains provisions on any one
or more of the several requirements set forth in section 2 hereof more favorable
to the employer or employee than by said section required, and any such policy
may contain any other provisions which meet the approval of the life insurance
commissioner: Provided, Such provisions are not in conflict with any of the
provisions required by section 2 hereof to be contained in the policy.
S e o . 4. Payment of proceeds.—The proceeds of the insurance on any employee
under any such group policy may be paid by the insurance company either to
the employer in trust for the beneficiary designated by the employee to receive
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by the insurance company in the absence of the receipt by it, prior to the
time of such payment, of notice of an adverse claim to the proceeds from one
having a bona fide legal claim to such proceeds, or a part thereof, shall fully
discharge such company from all liability on the insurance of such employee.
S e c . 5. Computing reserves.—The reserve values of all policies of group life
insurance shall be computed upon the basis of the American men ultimate
table of mortality, with interest at the rate of 3 percent or 3Ms percent per
annum, as provided in such policies.
Seo. 6. Unlawful acts.—Except as may be provided in this act, it shall be
unlawful to make a contract of life insurance covering a group in this State.
Approved May 5, 1931.
UTAH
ACTS OF 1931
Chapter

13.—Employment of labor—Relatives prohibited

S e c t i o n 1. Employment prohibited.—On and after June 1, 1931, it shall be
unlawful for any executive, legislative, ministerial, or judicial officer, of the
State of Utah or any of its political subdivisions, to retain in employment or
to employ, appoint, or vote for the appointment of his or her father, mother,
husband, wife, son, daughter, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, first
cousin, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law,
or daughter-in-law, in any department of the State, district, county, city, or
municipal government, of which such executive, legislative, ministerial, or judi­
cial officer is a member when the salary, wages, pay, or compensation of such
appointee is to be paid out of any public funds.
S e c . 2. Separate offenses.—Each day any such person, father, mother, hus­
band, wife, son, daughter, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, first
cousin, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law,
or daughter-in-law, is retained in office by any of the officials here named, shall
be regarded as a separate offense under this action.
Seo. 3. Violations.—Any executive, legislative, ministerial, or judicial officer
who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor.
Seo. 4. Exceptions.—In towns this act shall not apply to the employment of
uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, or cousins.
Approved March 5, 1931.
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63.—Miner’ s hospitals

S e c t t o n 1. Hospital service provided.—Certain disabled miners, as herein
defined, shall be entitled to and shall receive the free hospital and medical
service provided for in this act: Provided, That in the event occupational dis­
eases are made compensable under the workmen’s compensation act, no em­
ployer or insurance carrier shall be permitted to evade payment under the com­
pensation act by compelling said disabled miner to avail himself of the benefits
herein provided.
Seo. 2. Application.—In order to be entitled to the free hospital and medical
service provided for in section 1, such disabled miners as apply for said benefits
shall be required to establish under oath the following facts, which facts are
conditions precedent to the granting of the free service herein provided:
(a) That he is and has been a resident of the State of Utah for a period of
2 years immediately preceding the filing of an application for free hospital and
medical benefits.
(b) That he has been employed in the mines of this State for a period of
at least 5 years and that the disability from which he is suffering, and for
which he is in need of hospital and medical treatment, is due to said employ­
ment.
(c) That he is physically incapable of entering remunerative employment
and holding a job.
(d) That his disability is such that hospital and medical attention is neces­
sary.
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Seo. 3. Creation of board of control.—The Industrial Commission of Utah is
hereby constituted the board of control of the State hospital for disabled
miners, which board is hereby created. In order to effectuate the purposes of
this act, said industrial commission, acting as the board of control as herein
created, shall have full power and authority to:
(а) Receive applications and conduct hearings for the hospital and medical
benefits provided herein and to pass upon the merits of such claims, making
and entering orders in accordance with, the facts disclosed and render such
relief within a sound discretion as is contemplated by this act.
(б) Until such time as funds are available for the purchase of a site and
erection of a hospital building, to contract and pay for hospital space in any
hospital in this Stale and to pay for medical care at the hands of a compe­
tent physician and surgeon and such other reasonable expense as may be
incurred in the proper treatment of a meritorious case.
(c)
To purchase a hospital site, to erect and properly furnish and equip
a suitable hospital building, and to do any and all things within the exercise
of a sound discretion necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of this
act: Provided,
1. No hospital site shall be purchased unless and until the attorney general
shall have examined the abstract of title and approved it.
2. No hospital building shall be erected until plans therefor have been ap­
proved by the industrial commission and State board of health and the State
board of examiners have approved the expenditure.
Sea 4. Filing of claims.—All claims against the State hospital for disabled
miners shall be filed with the industrial commission and, after approval by the
industrial commission, shall be paid as other claims against a State appropria­
tion are paid: Provided, That all vouchers drawn against the State treasurer
in payment of any claim shall be signed by two members of the industrial com­
mission and countersigned by the secretary of said commission and approved*
by the State board of examiners.
S e o . 5. Reports.—The industrial commission shall keep an accurate account
of all expenditures incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act, and shall
file, on or before the 15th day of December of each year, a written report for the
preceding fiscal year with the governor, which report shall give an accurate
account of the operations of said hospital during the year preceding, including
the number of cases treated and an accurate financial statement of the cost
incurred, together with such additional information as may be required by the
governor or deemed necessary by the commission.
Seio. 6. Auditing of accounts.— It shall be the duty of the State auditor to
audit the accounts of the State hospital and/or for hospital and medical service
provided for disabled miners as said accounts are kept by the industrial com­
mission, said accounts to be audited as the accounts of other institutions are
audited.
S e o . 7. Appropriation.—To carry out the purposes of this act there is hereby
appropriated out of the fund created by the sale of lands by the State land
board, in accordance with the provisions of section 12 of the enabling act of
July 16th, 1894, and section 5, article 10, of our State constitution, not other­
wise appropriated, the sum of $12,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
to meet the requirements of the board of control of the State miners hospital
for the biennium beginning July 1st, 1931.
Approved March 20, 1931.
VERMONT
ACTS OF 1931
No. 115.—Employment of children
[This act amends sec. 5833. Gen.L. 1917, so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 5833. Childen under 16.—A child under 16 years of age who has not
completed the elementary school course or the rural school course and the first
2 years of the junior high school course or, if educated in a private or parochial
school, is found on examination not to have received an equivalent education,
shall not be employed at work connected with railroading or manufacturing or
be employed in a hotel, billiard or pool room or bowling alley, or in delivering
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shall not be. employed more than 8 hours in any day or more than 6 days in any
week or earlier than 6 o’clock in the morning or after 7 o’clock at night in any
of the occupations or industries herein enumerated. The superintendent of
schools within and for the school district where said child resides shall, when
so ordered by the commissioner of education, examine said child for the purpose
of determining his eligibility to employment in accordance with the provisions
of this section and shall, upon the completion of such examination, make a
written report thereof to the commissioner of education, who shall forthwith
transmit a copy thereof to the commissioner of industries. The commissioner
of industries may refuse a permit to an applicant if in his judgment the physical
condition of the applicant makes it unwise for him to do the work he has
applied to do.
Approved February 27, 1931.
No. 116.—Employment of children
[This act amends sec. 5835, Gen.L. 1917, so as to read as follows:]
5835. Dangerous occupations.—A child under the age of 16 years,
except as hereinafter provided, shall not be employed, permitted, or suffered to
work at any of the following occupations or in any of the following positions:
Sewing machine belts in any workshop or factory, or assisting therein in any
capacity whatever; adjusting any belt to any machinery, oiling, wiping, or
cleaning machinery or assisting therein; operating circular or band saws, wood
shapers, wood jointers, planers, sandpaper or wood-polishing machinery, picker
machines, machines used in picking wool, machines used in picking cotton,
machines used in picking hair, machines used in picking any upholstering
material, paper-lacing machines, leather-burnishing machines, burnishing ma­
chines in any tannery or leather manufactory, job or cylinder printing presses
operated by power other than foot power, emery or polishing wheels used for
polishing metal, wood turning or boring machinery, stamping machines used in
sheet-metal and tinware manufacturing, stamping machines in washer and nut
factories, corrugating rolls, such as are used in roofing and washboard fac­
tories, steam boilers, steam machinery, or other steam-generating apparatus,
dough brakes, or cracker machinery of any description, wood or iron straighten­
ing machinery, rolling-mill machinery, punchers or shears, washing, grinding,
or mixing mills, calender rolls in rubber manufacturing, or laundering ma­
chinery ; preparing any composition in w'hich dangerous or poisonous acids are
used; manufacturing of paints, colors, or white lead; cigar factory or other
factory where tobacco is manufactured or prepared, or mine or quarry.
A pupil, however, over 14 years of age, who is enrolled in a vocational school
or course duly approved by the State board of education in accordance with
sections 1298 and 1304 of the General Laws, may be legally employed in any of
the above-named or other occupations or operations that may be in the estima­
tion of said State board of education a necessary or essential part of his voca­
tional training: Provided, That the plant, workplaces, machinery, and other
appliances and equipment used for such instruction have been inspected for
safe conditions and approved by the commissioner of industries.
Approved February 24, 1931.
S e c t io n

No. 117.—Public employment offices
S e c t i o n 1. Establishment.—The commissioner of industries shall maintain
employment offices in such municipalities as the governor and said commissioner
may designate: Provided, Said municipality furnish suitable quarters, heat,
light, telephone, and janitor services. Such employment office shall fully record
all applications made or filed by persons seeking employment or labor, endeavor
to secure employment or labor for persons so applying, and shall make reports
on its activities. Charges shall not be made for any service performed. Such
employment office shall give preference to residents of the State over others,
and may cooperate with the United States Employment Service. The expense of
such offices shall be paid from the regular appropriation for the commissioner
of industries.

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No. 125.—Commissioner of industries
[This act amends sec. 6002, Gen.L. 1917, by providing that the commissioner
industries shall enforce the provisions of the act relating to the inspection
paints, instead of the selectmen of towns and the board o f aldermen o f
cities as heretofore.]
Approved March 17, 1931.
of
of

No. 167.—Smoking in factories
[This act amends sec. 6975, Gen.L. 1917, so as to read as follows:]

S e c t i o n 6975. Smoking an offense, when.—A p e r s o n w h o s m o k e s a p i p e , c i g a r ,
o r c ig a r e t t e in a m ill, f a c t o r y , b a r n , s ta b le , o r o t h e r o u t b u ild in g b e lo n g in g t o
o r o c c u p ie d b y a n o t h e r p e r s o n , o r in a p u b lic b u ild in g in w h ic h a n o t ic e c o n ­
t a i n in g t h i s s e c t i o n , p r o h i b i t i n g s u c h s m o k i n g , s ig n e d b y t h e o w n e r , a g e n t ,
o c c u p a n t, o r c u s t o d ia n o f th e s a m e is p o s t e d c o n s p ic u o u s ly n e a r t h e m a in
e n t r a n c e t h e r e o f , s h a l l b e fi n e d n o t m o r e t h a n $5.

Approved February 24, 1931.

VIRGINIA
ACTS OF 1932
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32.—Factory, etc., regulations—Safety codes commission

[This act amends Code of 1919, by adding a new section (1834-b), so as to
read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 1834-b. Creation of safety codes commission,—There is hereby created
and established, as an agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a Safety Codes
Commission of Virginia. The commission shall consist of the commissioner of
labor, the member of Industrial Commission of Virginia, representing em­
ployers, and the State health commissioner. The commissioner of labor, the
member of the Industrial Commission of Virginia selected to serve on the com­
mission, and the State health commissioner shall receive no additional com­
pensation for their services as members of the commission other than that
provided by law for their respective positions as commissioner of labor, member
of the Industrial Commission of Virginia, and State health commissioner.
The commission shall meet at least once every 6 months and other meetings
may be held at any time upon call of the chairman or of any two members of
the commission. Two members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
The commission shall at its first meeting, or as soon thereafter as practicable,
and annually thereafter, select from its members a chairman.
The commission shall study and investigate all phases of safety in industry,
and from time to time make recommendations regarding safety in industry to
the general assembly for enactment into law.
Approved February 20, 1932.
Ch apter

46.—Liability of railroad companies for infuries to employees

[This act amends sec. 5791, ch. 236, Code of 1919, so as to read as follows:]
5791. Liability declared.—Every common carrier by railroad engaged
in intrastate commerce, whose motive power is steam, shall be liable in dam­
ages to any of its employees suffering injury while employed by such carrier,
except when such employee is injured while engaged in interstate commerce,
and except when such employees are injured in the course of their regular
employment, which regular employment does not expose such employees to the
hazards incident to the maintenance, use, and operation of such railroads, and
in case of his death, to his personal representative, for such injury or death,
resulting in whole or in part from the wrongful act or neglect of any of its
officers, agents, servants, or employees of such carriers, or by reason of any
defect, or insufficiency due to its neglect in its cars, engines, appliances, ma­
chinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves, or other equipment. If the
action be for the death of an employee, sections 5787, 5788, 5789, and 5790 shall
apply thereto so far as applicable and when not in conflict herewith. No action
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shall be maintained under this section unless it be commenced within 2 years
from the date the cause of action accrued.
Approved February 25, 1932.
WASHINGTON
ACTS OF 1931
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1.—Wages of laborers on public works

S e c t i o n 8 (p. 27).
* * * Every contractor and subcontractor perform­
ing any work for said public utility districts or local utility districts within
said public utility district shall pay or cause to be paid to its employees on
such work or under such contract or subcontract not less than the minimum
scale fixed by the resolution of the commission prior to the notice and call for
bids on such work. The commission, in fixing such minimum scale of wages
shall fix the same as nearly as possible to the current prevailing and going
wages within the district for work of like character.
[The above provision was contained in an initiative petition to the State
legislature. Passed by vote of the people on November 4, 1930. Proclamation
signed by the governor December 3, 1930.]
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24.—Department of labor and industries

[The power to require protective devices on certain electrical construction
work is transferred from the public service commission to the director of labor
and industries.]
Approved March 9, 1931.
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90.—Department of labor and industries

[This act amends sec. 6, ch. 132, Acts of 1929, in relation to appeals from
decisions of the department of labor and industries. The act of 1929 does
not affect any cause of action or right of appeal existing at that time.]
Approved March 19, 1931.
Chapter

111.—Inspection and regulation of factories

[This act provides for the manufacture and regulation of explosives. The
inspection and enforcement of the act is placed under the department of labor
and industries.]
Approved March 20, 1931.

WEST VIRGINIA
H.J.Res. No. 4, p. 74 (special session).—Employment on public works
[The State road commission is requested to require all bidders for contracts
for road construction to specify the minimum wage scales to be paid and the
percentage of skilled and unskilled local labor to be employed. Such scales
of wages and percentage of labor are to be considered in the award of con­
tracts.]
Adopted August 3, 1932.
WISCONSIN
ACTS OF 1931
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99.—Factory, etc., regulations—Dyeing and cleaning establishments

[This act amends sec. 167.21, Wis. Stats. 1929, by adding two new para­
graphs to subsec. 1, providing for certain presumptions in the operation of
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151.—Insurance of employees—Group life insurance

[This act amends par. (b), subsec. (3a), sec. 201.04, Wis. Stats. 1929, so as
to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 201.04. (3a) (b) Life insurance covering the members of any labor
union or any association of public employees, written under a policy issued
to such organization which shall be deemed to be the employer for the purposes
of this chapter, the premium on which is to be paid by the organization or
by the organization and its members jointly, and insuring all of its members
for amounts of insurance based upon some plan which will preclude indi­
vidual selection, for the benefit of persons other than the organization or its
officials: Provided, That all members of a labor union or any association of
public employees may be insured: Provided, also, That when the premium is
to be paid by the organization and its members jointly and the benefits are
offered to all eligible members, not less than 75 per centum of such members
may be so insured.
Approved May 28, 1931.
Ch apter

161.—Industrial commission

[This act amends subsecs. (3) and (13), sec. 101.01, Wis. Stats. 1929, so
as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 101.01. Definitions.—* * *
(3) The term “ employer” shall mean
and include every person, firm, corporation, State, county, town, city, village,
school district, sewer district, drainage district, and other public or quasi­
public corporations as well as any agent, manager, representative,, or other
person having control or custody of any employment, place of employment, or
of any employee.
(13) The term “ owner” shall mean and include every person, firm, cor­
poration, State, county, town, city, village, school district, sewer district,
drainage district, and other public or quasi-public corporations as well as any
manager, representative, officer, or other person having ownership, control,, or
custody of any place of employment or public building, or of the construction,
repair, or maintenance of any place of employment or public building, or who
prepares plans for the construction of any place of employment or public
building. Said sections 101.01 to 101.29, inclusive, shall apply, so far as con­
sistent, to all architects and builders.
Approved May 28, 1931.
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189.—Factory, etc., regulations—Toilets

[This act amends sec. 146.085, Wis. Stats. 1929, so as to read as follows:]
146.085. Toilets.—If the owner or manager of any public building
as defined in subsection (1) of section 101.01, shall keep more than 50 per
centum of the toilet compartment of any public toilet room locked, he shall
be fined not less than $10 nor more than $50. It shall be the duty of the
State board of health, the industrial commission, and the railroad commission
to enforce the provisions of this section within their respective jurisdictions.
Approved June 8, 1931.
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235.—Hours of labor—Women

[This act amends the introductory paragraph of subsec. (1), sec. 103.02,
and sec. 103.04, Wis. Stats. 1929, so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 103.02. Hours of labor determined.—No female shall be employed
or be permitted to work in any place of employment or at any employment
for such period or periods of time during any day, night, or week, as shall
be dangerous or prejudicial to the life, health, safety, or welfare of such fe­
male. It shall be the duty of the industrial commission and it shall have
power, jurisdiction, and authority to investigate, ascertain, determine, and fix
such reasonable classification, and to issue general or special orders fixing
a period or periods of time, or hours of beginning and ending work during
any day, night, or week, which shall be necessary to protect the life, health,
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to 103.04, inclusive, of the Statutes. Such investigations, classifications, and
orders, and any action, proceeding, or suit to set aside, vacate, or amend any
such order of said commission, or to enjoin the enforcement thereof, shall be
made pursuant to the proceeding in sections 101.01 to 101.28, inclusive, of the
Statutes, which are hereby made a part hereof, so far as not inconsistent with
the provisions of sections 103.01, 103.02 subsection (1), 103.03, and 103.04 of
the Statutes, and every order of the said commission shall have the same force
and effect as the orders issued pursuant to said sections 101.01 to 101.28, in­
clusive, of the Statutes, and the penalties therein shall apply to and be im­
posed for any violation of sections 103.01, 103.02, 103.03, and 103.04 of the
Statutes. Until such time as the industrial commission shall so investigate, as­
certain, determine, and fix, and shall issue general or special orders thereon,
the periods of time specified in the attached schedule shall be deemed to be
dangerous or prejudicial to the life, health, safety, or welfare of females.
Seo. 103.04. Violations.—The employment of any female in any such employ­
ment or place of employment as defined in section 103.01 and subsections (2)
and (3) of section 103.02, at any time other than those of the posted hours of
labor, as hereinbefore provided for, shall be prima facie evidence of a violation
of this act. Every day for each female employed, and every week for each
female employed, during which any employer shall fail to observe or to comply
with any order of the commission, or to perform any duty enjoined by sections
103.01 to 103.04, inclusive, of the Statutes shall constitute a separate and distinct
offense.
Approved June 11, 1931.
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262.—Payment of wages.

[This act amends sec. 103.39 and subsec. (5), sec. 30T.02, and adds subsec. (2),
sec. 20.57, subsec. (14), sec. 101.10, and subsecs. (2) and (3), sec. 103.39 to Wis.
Stats. 1929, so as to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 103.39. Payment of wages.— (1) Every person, firm, or corporation
engaged in any enterprise or business for pecuniary profit within the State of
Wisconsin shall as often as on the 15th and on the last day of each month pay
to every employee engaged in its business, except those employees engaged in
hospitals or sanatoriums, lumbering and logging operations, farm labor, or
domestic service, all wages or salaries earned by such employee to a day not
more than 16 days prior to the date of such payment. Any such employee who
is absent at the time fixed for payment or who for any other reason is not
paid at that time shall be paid thereafter at any time upon 6 days’ demand.
Any such employee not having a written contract for a definite period who
quits his employment shall be paid in full upon 3 days* demand, and any
employee who is discharged shall be paid in full within 3 days. No person,
firm, or corporation coming within the meaning of this section shall by special
contract with employees or by any other means secure exemption from the
provisions of this section and each and every employee coming within the
meaning of this section shall have a right of action against any such person,
firm, or corporation for the full amount of his wages due on each regular pay
day as herein provided, in any court of competent jurisdiction. Whenever such
regular payments cover wages earned to a date more than 8 days prior to the
day of payment in the event the day fixed for the semimonthly payment falls
on Sunday or a holiday payment shall be made on the previous business day.
(4)
Any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of this section
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine of not less than $25 or more than $100 or by imprisonment
in the county jail for not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days, or by
both such fine and imprisonment. Each and every failure or refusal to pay each
employee the amount of wages due him at the time, or under the conditions
required in this section shall constitute a separate offense. In addition to the
criminal penalty herein provided, every person, firm, or corporation violating
the provisions of this section shall be liable for the payment of the following
increased wages or salaries: Ten percent if the delay does not exceed 3 days;
20 percent if the delay is more than 3 days, but does not exceed 10 days; 30
percent if the delay is more than 10 days, but does not exceed 20 days; 40 per­
cent if the delay is more than 20 days, but does not exceed 30 days; 50 percent
if the delay is more than 30 days, but in no event shall such increased wages
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Seo. 807.02. (5) Attorneys fees.—In actions for work and labor an attor­
ney’s fee of not less than $5 nor more than $20, in the discretion of the justice,
on any amount recovered under $100 when the plaintiff appears by an attorney
of record, whether or not the defendant has appeared, but no such fee shall be
taxed if defendant prevails in the suit.
Seo. 101.10. (14) Adjustments.—To investigate and attempt equitably to
adjust controversies between employers and employees as to alleged wage
claims and to enforce the provisions of section 103.39. In pursuance of this
duty, it may take an assignment in trust for the assigning employee of any
wage claim deemed to be valid in the opinion of the commission and not
exceeding $100, such assignment to run to the industrial commission. The
commission may sue the employer on any wage claim so assigned and the
provisions of subsection (3) of section 103.39 shall apply. The commission
may join in a single proceeding any number of wage claims against the same
employer, but the court may order separate trials or hearings. In such cases
the taxable costs recovered shall be paid into the general fund.
Seo. 103.39. (2) Wages due upon death.—In case of the death of an employee
to whom wages are due, the full amount of the wage due shall upon demand
be paid by the employer to the wife, children, husband, or other dependent
living with such employee at the time of his death. Any employer may not
less than 5 days after the death of an employee and before the filing of a peti­
tion for letters testamentary or of administration in the matter of the decedent’s
estate, make payment of the wage due the deceased employee to the wife,
children, father or mother, brother or sister of the decedent, giving preference
in the foregoing order; or, if no such relative survive, the employer may apply
such payment or so much thereof as may be necessary to paying creditors of
the decedent in the order of preference prescribed in section 313.16 for satis­
faction of debts by executors and administrators. The making of payment
in such manner shall be a discharge and release of the employer to the amount
of such payment.
(3)
Security for costs.—In an action by an employee against his employer
on a wage claim, no security for payment of costs shall be required. In any
such proceeding the court may allow the prevailing party, in addition to all
other costs, a reasonable sum not exceeding $10 for expenses. No assignee of
a wage claim shall be benefited or affected by this subsection except as expressly
provided by subsection (14) of 101.10.
Approved June 15, 1931.
Chapter 269.—Employment on public works—Prevailing wage rate
[This act adds a new section (103.49) to Wis. Stats. 1929, so as to read
as follows:]
S e c t i o n 103.49 (1) Wage rate.—Each contract hereafter made for the erec­
tion, construction, or remodeling of any public building to which the State or
any department thereof is a party shall contain a stipulation that no laborer,
workman, or mechanic in the employ of the contractor or of any subcontractor,
agent, or other person, doing or contracting to do all or a part of the work,
shall be paid less than the prevailing wage rate in the same or most similar
trade or occupation in the county wherein such public building is situated,
which rate shall be set forth specifically in the contract.
(2) The prevailing wage rate in any trade or occupation in any county shall
be the rate paid to a majority of all persons employed in such trade or occupa­
tion in such county, or if there is no rate at which a majority are employed
then the prevailing wage rate shall be the rate which is paid to a larger
number of employees than any other rate paid in such county for work in such
trade or occupation.
(3) Before bids are asked for any work to which this section is applicable,
the department or officer having the authority to prescribe the specifications,
shall request the industrial commission to ascertain the prevailing wage rate
in all trades and occupations required in the work under contemplation in the
county in which the work is to be done. Unless it shall within the year have
made a determination of the prevailing wage rate in such trades or occupations
in such county, the industrial commission shall thereupon conduct a public
hearing in such county and make such further investigations as may be neces­
sary to enable it to ascertain the prevailing wage rate for each such trade or
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the request and shall file the same with the department or officer applying
therefor.
(4) Any officer or employee of the State who shall publish any specifications
or execute any contract for the erection, construction, or remodeling of any
public building to which the State or any department is a party without com­
plying with this section and any contractor, subcontractor, or agent thereof
who, after executing a contract in compliance with this section, shall pay to or
permit any agent or subcontractor to pay any laborer, workman, or mechanic
in his or their employ a lesser wage for work done under such contract than
the prevailing wage rate as set forth in the contract shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
$200 or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
(5) It shall be the duty of the industrial commission to enforce the pro­
visions of this section. To this end it may demand, and it shall be the duty
of every contractor and subcontractor to furnish to the commission, copies of
any or all pay rolls and may examine all records relating to the wages paid
laborers, workmen, or mechanics on work to which this section is applicable.
Approved June 16, 1931.
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324.—Industrial commission

[This act adds a new section (101.32) to Wis. Stats. 1929, authorizing the
industrial commission to turn over to the superintendent of public property
certain obsolete records for destruction.]
Approved June 23, 1931.
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376.—Injunctions in labor disputes, etc.

[This act adds 13 new sections (268.18 to 268.30) to Wis. Stats. 1929, so as
to read as follows:]
S e c t i o n 268.18. Public policy as to collective bargaining.—In the inter­
pretation and application of sections 268.18 to 268.30 the public policy of this
State is declared as follows:
Negotiation of terms and conditions of labor should result from voluntary
agreement between employer and employees. Governmental authority has
permitted and encouraged employers to organize in the corporate and other
forms of capital control. In dealing with such employers, the individual unor­
ganized worker is helpless to exercise actual liberty of contract and to protect
his freedom of labor, and thereby to obtain acceptable terms and conditions of
employment. Therefore it is necessary that the individual workman have
full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representa­
tives of his own choosing, to negotiate the terms and conditions of his em­
ployment, and that he shall be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion
of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representa­
tives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose
of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.
Seo. 268.19. Antiunion contracts.—Every undertaking or promise made after
the taking effect of this section, whether written or oral, express or implied,
between any employee or prospective employee and his employer, prospective
employer or any other individual, firm, company, association, or corporation,
whereby—
(1) Either party thereto undertakes or promises to join or to remain a
member of some specific labor organization or organizations or to join or
remain a member of some specific employer organization or any employer
organization or organizations; or
(2) Either party thereto undertakes or promises not to join or not to
remain a member of some specific labor organization or any labor organization
or organizations, or of some specific employer organization or any employer
organization or organizations; or
(3) Either party thereto Undertakes or promises that he will withdraw
from an employment relation in the event that he joins or remains a member
of some specific labor organization or any labor organization or organizations,
or of some specific employer organization or any employer organization or
organizations.
Is hereby declared to be contrary to public policy and shall not afford any
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to such undertaking or promise, or against any other persons who may advise,
urge or induce, without fraud, violence, or threat thereof, either party thereto
to act in disregard of such undertaking or promise. This section in its entirety
is supplemental to and of subsection (1) of section 103.46 of the Statutes.
S e o . 268.20. Lawful conduct in labor disputes.— (1) The following acts,
whether performed singly or in concert, shall be legal:
{a) Ceasing or refusing to perform any work or to remain in any relation
of employment regardless of any promise, undertaking, contract, or agreement
in violation of the public policy declared in section 268.19;
(&) Becoming or remaining a member of any labor organization or of any
employer organization, regardless of any such undertaking or promise as is
described in section 268.19;
(c) Paying or giving to any person any strike or unemployment benefits or
insurance or other moneys or things of value;
(d) By all lawful means aiding any person who is being proceeded against
in, or is prosecuting any action or suit in any court of the United States or of
any State;
(e) Giving publicity to and obtaining or communicating information regard­
ing the existence of, or the facts involved in, any dispute, whether by adver­
tising, speaking, patroling any public street or any place where any person or
persons may lawfully be without intimidation or coercion, or by any other
method not involving fraud, violence, breach of the peace, or threat thereof;
(f) Ceasing to patronize or to employ any person or persons, but nothing
herein shall be construed to legalize a secondary boycott;
(g) Assembling peaceably to do or to organize to do any of the acts here­
tofore specified or to promote lawful interests;
(h) Advising or notifying any person or persons of an intention to do any
of the acts heretofore specified;
(i) Agreeing with other persons to do or not to do any of the acts heretofore
specified;
(j ) Advising, urging, or inducing without fraud, violence, or threat thereof,
others to do the acts heretofore specified, regardless of any such undertaking
or promise as is described in section 268.19; and
(k) Doing in concert any or all of the acts heretofore specified shall not
constitute an unlawful combination or conspiracy.
(1) Peaceful picketing or patroling, whether engaged in singly or in numbers,
shall be legal.
(2) No court, nor any judge or judges thereof, shall have jurisdiction to issue
any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction which, in specific
or general terms, prohibits any person or persons from doing, whether singly
or in concert, any of the foregoing acts.
S e c . 268.21. Responsibility for unlawful acts.—No officer or member of any
association or organization, and no association or organization participating
or interested in a labor dispute (as these terms are defined in section 268.29)
shall be held responsible or liable in any civil action at law or suit in equity,
or in any criminal prosecution, for the unlawful acts of individual officers,
members, or agents, except upon proof by a preponderance of the evidence and
without the aid of any presumptions of law or fact both of (a) the doing of
such acts by persons who are officers, members, or agents of any such association
or organization, and (6) actual participation in, or actual authorization of,
such acts, or ratification of such acts after actual knowledge thereof by such
association or organization.
Sec. 268.22. Public policy as to labor litigation.—In the interpretation and
application of sections 268.23 to 268.26, the public policy of this State is
declared to be:
Equity procedure that permits a complaining party to obtain sweeping in­
junctive relief that is not preceded by or conditioned upon notice to and hearing
of the responding party or parties, or that issues after hearing based upon
written affidavits alone and not wholly or in part upon examination, confronta­
tion, and cross-examination of witnesses in open court, is peculiarly subject to
abuse in labor litigation for the reasons that
(1) The status quo cannot be maintained but is necessarily altered by the
injunction;
(2) Determination of issues of veracity and of probability of fact from
affidavits of the opposing parties that are contradictory and, under the circum­
stances, untrustworthy rather than from oral examination in open court is
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(8) Error in issuing the injunctive relief is usually irreparable to the
opposing party; and
(4)
Delay incident to the normal course of appellate practice frequently
makes ultimate correction of error in law or in fact unavailing in the particular
ease.
S e c . 268.23. Injunctions—Conditions of issuance; restraining orders.— (1) No
court nor any judge or judges thereof shall have jurisdiction to issue a tem­
porary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of a labor
dispute, as defined in section 268.29, except after hearing the testimony of
witnesses in open court (with opportunity for cross-examination) in support
of the allegations of a complaint made under oath, and testimony in opposi­
tion thereto, if offered, and except after findings of all the following facts by
the court or judge or judges thereof;
(а) That unlawful acts have been threatened or committed and will be
executed or continued unless restrained;
(&)
That substantial and irreparable injury to complainant’s property will
follow unless the relief requested is granted;
(c) That as to each item of relief granted greater injury will be inflicted
upon complainant by the denial thereof than will be inflicted upon defendants
by the granting thereof;
(d) That the relief to be granted does not violate the provisions of section
268.20;
(e ) That complainant has no adequate remedy at law; and
(f) That the public officers charged with the duty to protect complainant’s
property have failed or are unable to furnish adequate protection.
(2) Such hearing shall be held after due and personal notice thereof has
been given, in such manner as the court shall direct, to all known persons
against whom relief is sought, and also to those public officers charged with
the duty to protect complainant’s property: Provided, however, That if a com­
plainant shall also allege that unless a temporary restraining order shall be
issued before such hearing may be had, a substantial and irreparable injury to
complainant’s property will be unavoidable, such a temporary restraining
order may be granted upon the expiration of such reasonable notice of applica­
tion therefor as the court may direct by order to show cause, but in no case,
less than 48 hours.
(3) Such order to show cause shall be served upon, such party or parties
as are sought to be restrained and as shall be specified in said order, and then
only upon testimony under oath, or in the discretion of the court, upon affi­
davits, sufficient, if sustained, to justify the court in issuing a temporary injunc­
tion upon a hearing as herein provided for.
(4) Such a temporary restraining order shall be effective for no longer
than 5 days, and at the expiration of said 5 days shall become void and not
subject to renewal or extension; Provided, however, That if the hearing for
a temporary injunction shall have been begun before the expiration of the
said 5 days the restraining order may in the court’s discretion be continued
until a decision is reached upon the issuance of the temporary injunction.
(5) No temporary restraining order or temporary injunction shall be issued
except on condition that complainant shall first file an undertaking with ade­
quate security sufficient to recompense those enjoined for any loss, expense,
or damage caused by the improvident or erroneous issuance of such order or
injunction, including all reasonable costs (together with a reasonable attorney’s
fee) and expense against the order or against the granting of any injunctive
relief sought in the same proceeding and subsequently denied by the court.
(б) The undertaking herein mentioned shall be understood to signify an
agreement entered into by the complainant and the surety upon which a decree
may be rendered in the same suit or proceeding against said complainant and
surety, the said complainant and surety submitting themselves to the jurisdic­
tion of the court for that purpose. But nothing herein contained shall deprive
any party having a claim or cause of action under or upon such undertaking
from electing to pursue his ordinary remedy by suit at law or in equity.
S e c . 268.24. Clean-hands doctrine.—No restraining order or injunctive relief
shall be granted to any complainant who has failed to comply with any legal
obligation which is involved in the labor dispute in question, or who has failed
to make every reasonable effort to settle such dispute either by negotiation or
with the aid of any available machinery of governmental mediation or volun­
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court to await the action of any such tribunal if irreparable injury is
threatened.
Seo. 268.25. Injunctions—Contents.—Except as provided in section 268.23, no
restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction shall be granted in a
case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except on the basis of findings
of fact made and filed by the court in the record of the case prior to the
issuance of such restraining order or injunction; and every restraining order
or injunction granted in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute
shall include only a prohibition of such specific act or acts as may be expressly
complained of in the bill of complaint or petition filed in such case and ex­
pressly included in said findings of fact made and filed by the court as
provided herein, and shall be binding only upon the parties to the suit, their
agents, servants, employees, and attorneys, or those in active concert and
participation with them, and who shall by personal service or otherwise have
received actual notice of the same.
Seo. 268.26. Injunctions—Appeals.—Whenever any court or judge or judges
thereof shall issue or deny any temporary injunction in a case involving or
growing out of a labor dispute, the court shall, upon the request of any party to
the proceedings, and on his filing the usual bond for costs, forthwith certify
the entire record of the case, including a transcript of the evidence taken, to the
appropriate appellate court for its review. Upon the filing of such record in the
appropriate appellate court the appeal shall be heard with the greatest possible
expedition, giving the proceeding precedence over all other matters except older
matters of the same character.
Sec. 268.27. Contempt cases.—In all cases where a person shall be charged
with civil or criminal contempt for violation of a restraining order or injunc­
tion issued by a court or judge or judges thereof the accused shall enjoy:
(1) The rights as to admission to bail that are accorded to persons accused
of crime.
(2) The right to be notified of the accusation and a reasonable time to make
a defense, provided the alleged contempt is not committed in the immediate
view or presence of the court.
(3) Upon demand, the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial
jury of the county wherein the contempt shall have been committeed: Provided,
That this requirement shall not be construed to apply to contempts committed
in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with
the administration of justice or to apply to the misbehavior, misconduct, or
disobedience of any officer of the court in respect to the writs, orders, or process
of the court. All contempt proceedings, whether civil or criminal, brought
for the alleged violation of any such restraining order or injunction, are, and
hereby are declared to be independent, original, special proceedings, and shall
require a unanimous finding of the jury.
(4) The right to file with the court a demand for the retirement of the
judge sitting in the proceeding upon an affidavit of prejudice being filed, as is
now provided by law in other cases. Upon the filing of any such affidavit, the
judge shall thereupon proceed no further, but another judge shall be designated,
as is now provided for in other cases. The affidavit shall be filed prior to the
hearing in the contempt proceeding.
Seo. 268.28. Punishment for contempt.—Punishment for a contempt, specified
in section 268.27, may be by fine, not exceeding $25 or by imprisonment not
exceeding 10 days in the jail of the county where the court is sitting, or both,
in the discretion of the court. Where a person is committed to jail for the
nonpayment of such a fine, he must be discharged at the expiration of 15 days;
but where he is also committed for a definite time, the 15 days must be
computed from the expiration of the definite time.
S e c . 268.29. Definitions.—When used in sections 268.18 to 268.30, and for the
purposes of these sections:
(1)
A case shall be held to involve or to grow out of a labor dispute when
the case involves persons who are engaged in a single industry, trade, craft, or
occupation; or who are employees of one employer; or who are members of
the same or an affiliated organization of employers or employees; whether such
dispute is (1) between one or more employers or association of employers and
one or more employees or associations of employees; (2) between one or more
employers or associations of employers and one or more employers or associa­
tions of employers; or (3) between one or more employees or associations of
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case involves any conflicting or competing interests in a labor dispute (as
defined in subsection (3 )) of persons participating or interested therein (as
defined in subsection (2 )).
(2) A person or association shall be held to be a person participating or
interested in a labor dispute if relief is sought against him or it and if he or
it is engaged in the industry, trade, craft, or occupation in which such dispute
occurs, or is a member, officer, or agent of any association of employers or
employees engaged in such industry, trade, craft, or occupation.
(3) The term “ labor dispute” includes any controversy concerning terms or
conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation of
persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange
terms or conditions of employment, or concerning employment relations, or any
other controversy arising out of the respective interests of employer and em­
ployee, regardless of whether or not the disputants stand in the proximate
relation of employer and employee.
Approved June 27, 1931.
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432.—Employment on public works—Prevailing hours of labor and
wage rate

S e c t i o n 103.50. (1) Stipulation in contracts, etc.—Every contract to which
the State is a party for the construction or improvement of any highway shall
contain a stipulation that no laborer in the employ of the contractor or of any
subcontractor, agent, or other person doing or contracting to do all or a part
of the work shall be permitted to work a longer number of hours per day or be
paid a lesser rate of wages than the prevailing hours of labor and rate of
wages in the county or counties where the work is to be done, as set forth
specifically in the contract.
(2) The industrial commission shall annually ascertain and determine the
prevailing hours of labor and the prevailing wage rate for common labor and
for such other classes of labor as the highway commission may deem advisable
in all counties in which any highway construction is contemplated during the
ensuing season. The highway commission shall notify the industrial commis­
sion of its contemplated construction program as soon as this shall have been
determined upon and the industrial commission shall within. 30 days there­
after advise the highway commission what are the prevailing hours of labor
and the prevailing wage rate for common labor and for such other classes of
labor as may have been specified in the request of the highway commission in
all counties in which highway construction is contemplated. If a contemplated
construction project extends into more than one county, the prevailing hours
of labor and the prevailing wage rates shall be ascertained and determined
jointly for the several counties into which the project extends, so that there
shall be but one standard for the entire project.
(3) By the term “ prevailing hours of labor” is meant the hours of labor
per day worked by a larger number of workmen of the same grade employed
within the county or counties ^ f the contemplated highway improvement ex­
tends into more than one county) than are employed for any other number of
hours per day. By the term “ prevailing wage rate ” is meant the rate of pay
per hour or per day paid to a larger number of workmen engaged in the same
grade of labor at outdoor work within such county or counties than any other
rate of pay. In no event, however, shall the “ prevailing wage rate ” for any
class of labor be deemed to be less than a reasonable and living wage.
(4) Before making its determination of the prevailing hours of labor and
prevailing wage rate for common labor and such other classes of labor as may
be specified by the highway commission in all of the several counties in which
highway construction is expected to be carried on during the ensuing season,
the industrial commission shall conduct one or more public hearings of which
notice shall be given at least 10 days in advance in the official State paper. It
shall also be the duty of the industrial commission to conduct such investiga­
tions as may be necessary to keep itself advised at all times as to the hours of
labor and wage rates in all parts of the State for all classes of labor com­
monly employed in highway construction work.
(5) In the event that the highway commission shall deem the determina­
tion of the industrial commission as to the prevailing hours of labor and pre­
vailing wage rates in any county to have been incorrect, it may appeal to the
governor, whose determination shall be final.
(6) The prevailing hours of labor and the prevailing wage rate for common
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advisable shall be specifically set forth in the specifications, advertisements,
and contracts for each highway construction contract to which the State is a
party.
(7) Any contractor, subcontractor, or agent thereof who, after executing a
contract in compliance with this section, shall employ or knowingly permit any
laborer, workman, or mechanic to work a longer number of hours per day or
pay or knowingly permit to be paid to any such laborer, workman, or mechanic
a lesser wage rate than the prevailing hours of labor and the prevailing wage
rate as set forth in the contract, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $200 or by imprisonment
for not more than 6 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Upon a
second conviction hereunder, in addition to such penalty, the contract on which
the violation shall have occurred shall be forfeited and the contractor or sub­
contractor so convicted of a second offense shall not be entitled to receive
any further payment under such contract.
(8) It shall be the duty of the highway commission to enforce the provisions
of this section. To this end it may demand, and it shall be the duty of every
contractor and subcontractor to furnish to the commission, copies of any or
all pay rolls and may examine all records relating to the wages paid laborers,
workmen, or mechanics on work to which this section is applicable.
Approved June 30, 1931.
Chapter 441.—Employment of public works—Prevailing wage rate
S e c t i o n 1. Establishment of rate.—The commissioners of the metropolitan
sewerage commission created by chapter 554 of the Laws of 1921 and the com­
missioners of the sewerage commission created by chapter 608 of the Laws of
1913, operating in counties which have a population of 500,000 or more, shall
establish a minimum wage scale for all employees and laborers of such com­
missions, which shall not be less than the prevailing wage paid to similar
employees of the county and municipalities of such county. The commissioners
of such commissions shall insert in all contracts for work to be done for the
commissions a provision requiring that a minimum wage scale be paid by con­
tractors on all work done for such commissions, which minimum wage scale so
established shall not be less than the prevailing wage scale paid by contractors
doing work for the county and municipalities of such county.
Seo. 2. Effective date.—The provisions of this act insofar as they affect the
commissioners of the sewerage commission created by chapter 608 of the Laws
of 1913 shall take effect upon passage and publication. The provisions of this
act affecting the commissioners of the metropolitan sewerage commission
created by chapter 554 of the Laws of 1921 shall take effect January 1, 1932.
Approved June 30,1931.
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457.—Wages—Deductions for faulty workmanship

[This act adds a new section (103.455) to Wis. Stats. 1929, to read as
follows:]
S e c t i o n 103.455. Deductions.—No employer shall make any deduction from
the wages due or earned by any employee, who is not an independent contractor,
for defective or faulty workmanship, unless the employer and a representative
designated by the employee shall determine that such defective or faulty work
is due to the worker’s negligence, carelessness, or willful and intentional conduct
on the part of such employee. If any such deduction is made or credit taken
by any employer that is not in accordance with this section, the employer shall
be liable for twice the amount of the deduction or credit taken in a civil action
brought by said employee. Any agreement entered into between employer and
employee contrary to this section shall be void and of no more force and effect.
In case of a disagreement between the two parties, the industrial commission
shall be the third determining party, subject to any appeal to the court.
Approved July 3, 1931.
Chapter 20 (special session).—Unemployment insurance1
S e c t i o n 1. Legislative intent.— (1) The legislature intends through this act
to make it certain that by July 1, 1933, at least a majority of the employees of
1 T h e effective d a te o f th e W iscon sin u n em p loym en t in su ra n ce a c t w a s p ostp on ed b y th e
1983 legisla tu re. See M on th ly L a b o r R eview , J u ly, 1933, p. 35.




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this State will enjoy the protection of fair and adequate systems of unemployment compensation. The largest organization of employers in the State having
declared it to be the intention of its members voluntarily to establish unemploy­
ment fund systems, it is the intent of the legislature to give employers a fair
opportunity to bring about the purposes of this act without legal compulsion.
If by June 1, 1933, the employers of not less than 175,000 employees have vol­
untarily established plans which comply with the standards prescribed in section
108.15 of this act, then the compulsory system provided for in section 2 shall not
take effect; otherwise, it shall take effect July 1,1933. Should this provision for
any reason be held invalid it is the intent of the legislature that the compulsory
plan shall take effect July 1, 1933.
Seo. 2. A new chapter and a new section are added to the statutes to read:
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108.— Unemployment reserves and compensation

S e c t i o n 108.01. Declaration of public policy.—As a guide to the interpretation
and application of this chapter the public policy of this State is declared as
follows:
(1) Unemployment in Wisconsin has become an urgent public problem,
gravely affecting the health, morals, and welfare of the people of this State.
The burden of irregular employment now falls directly and with crushing force
on the unemployed worker and his family, and results also in an excessive drain
on agencies for private charity and public relief. The decreased and irregu­
lar purchasing power of wage earners in turn vitally affects the livelihood of
farmers, merchants, and manufacturers, results in a decreased demand for
their products, and thus tends partially to paralyze the economic life of the
entire State. In good times and in bad times unemployment is a heavy social
cost, now paid mainly by wage earners. Industrial and business units in
Wisconsin should pay at least a part of this social cost caused by their own
irregular operations. To assure somewhat steadier work and wages to its own
employees, a company can reasonably be required to build up a limited reserve
for unemployment, and out of this to pay unemployment benefits to its workers,
based on their wages and lengths of service.
(2) The economic burdens resulting from unemployment should not only be
shared more fairly, but should also be decreased and prevented as far as pos­
sible. A sound system of unemployment reserves, contributions, and benefits
should induce and reward steady operations by each employer, since he is in a
better position than any other agency to share in and to reduce the social costs
of his own irregular employment. Employers and employees throughout the
State should cooperate, in advisory committees under Government supervision,
to promote and encourage the steadiest possible employment. A more adequate
system of free public employment offices should be provided, at the expense of
employers, to place workers more efficiently and to shorten the periods between
jobs. Education and retraining of workers during their unemployment should
be encouraged. Governmental construction providing emergency relief through
work and wages should be stimulated.
(3) A gradual and constructive solution of the unemployment problem along
these lines has become an imperative public need.
Seo. 108.02. Definitions.—As used in this chapter:
(a) “ Commission ” shall mean the industrial commission.
(&) “ Workmen’s compensation act” shall mean sections 102.01 to 102.35.
(c) “ Employee” , except where the context clearly shows otherwise, shall
mean any person who is employed by an employer and in an employment sub­
ject to this chapter, or who has been so employed within the last six months:
Provided, That an independent contractor shall be deemed an 44employer ” , and
that all persons employed by subcontractors under him shall be deemed his
44employees ” for the purposes of this chapter.
(d) “ Employer” , except where the context clearly shows otherwise, shall
mean any person, partnership, association, corporation (or legal representative
of a deceased person, or a receiver or trustee of a person, partnership, asso­
ciation, or corporation), including this State and any municipal corporation or
other political subdivision thereof, who or whose predecessor in interest has for
four months or more within the preceding calendar year employed 10 or more
persons in employments subject to this chapter. There shall be included in
such calculation all persons thus employed by the employer throughout the
entire State, and all of the several places of employment maintained within
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purposes of this chapter: Provided, moreover, That where any employer, either
directly or through a holding company or otherwise, has a majority control or
ownership of otherwise separate business enterprises employing persons in Wis­
consin, all such enterprises shall be treated as a single 44employer ” for the pur­
poses of this chapter.
(e)
An 44employment ”, except where the context shows otherwise, shall mean
any employment, during any week, in which all or the greater part of the
person’s work is performed within Wisconsin, under any contract of hire,
express or implied, oral or written, including all contracts entered into by
helpers and assistants of employees, whether paid by employer or employee, if
employed with the knowledge actual or constructive of the employer; except
that for the purposes of this chapter an 44employment ” shall not include:
1. Employment as a farm laborer;
2. Employment in the personal or domestic service of an employer at his
home;
3. Employment on a governmental unemployment relief project, approved as
such by the commission;
4. Employment as an elected or appointed public officer;
5. Employment by a governmental unit on an annual salary basis;
6. Employment as a teacher in a private or public school, college, or uni­
versity for the regular term of which such school, college, or university is in
session;
7. Employment of a person who is unable or unwilling to work normal full
time and who, before accepting a part-time job, has registered at his district
public employment office as a 44part-time worker ”, in such written form as the
commission may prescribe: Provided, however, That for the purposes of this
chapter no person shall be treated as a 44part-time worker ” who customarily
works half or more than half the full-time hours per week which prevail in such
establishment for full-time employees.
8. Employment by railroads engaged in interstate transportation and employ­
ment in logging operations.
if) An employee’s “ weeks of employment” by an employer shall mean all
those weeks during each of which the employee has performed any services at
all for the employer.
(g) 44Benefits” shall mean the money allowance payable to an employee as
compensation for his wage losses due to unemployment as provided in this
chapter.
(h) 44Wages ” shall mean what is customarily meant by the term, except that
it shall include bonuses and the reasonable value of board, rent, housing,
lodging, or similar advantage received from the employer.
(£) An employer’s 44full-time hours per week ” shall be determined for each
general class of his employees (classifying together all those usually employed
on substantially the same schedule of weekly hours). The commission shall
calculate an employer’s full-time hours per week, applicable to all his employees
of the given class, by averaging the weekly hours worked by the majority of
such employees for each week during the preceding calendar year in which such
prevailing hours were 40 or more: Provided, That, in cases where it finds that
the above method cannot reasonably and fairly be applied, the commission may
adopt such other comparable method or methods of determining an employer’s
full-time hours per week as it deems reasonable and suitable under this chapter.
(j) An employee’s 44average weekly wage” shall mean the weekly earnings
such employee would average from the particular employer if employed that
number of full-time hours per week of such employer which is applicable to
such employee. Accordingly each employee’s 44average weekly wage ” shall be
calculated by multiplying such applicable full-time hours per week by the
employee’s average earnings per hour from such employer. Each employee’s
earnings per hour (averaged for 100 or more hours of employment, so far as
possible) shall for this purpose be calculated at such times and in such manner
and in accordance with such suitable rules as the commission may prescribe
with a view to determining benefits under this chapter.
(ft) 44Fund” shall mean the unemployment reserve fund established in sec­
tion 108.16.
(Z) 44Employer’s account” shall mean the separate unemployment reserve
account of an employer with the above fund.
(m) 44Reserve per employee” shall refer to the status of an employer’s
account at the beginning of a calendar month. It shall be calculated by divid­
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contributions due under this chapter had been paid) by the maximum number
of employees subject to this chapter employed by such employer in any week
during the preceding six months.
(n) “Administration fund ” shall mean the fund established in section 108.20.
Sec. 108.03. Payment of benefits.— (1) Benefits shall be paid by the commis­
sion to each unemployed employee from his employer’s account in the fund
under the conditions and in the amounts stated in this chapter; except that
employers exempted under subsection (2) of section 108.15 shall pay benefits
directly to their unemployed employees under the conditions and in the amounts
stated in the plan approved by the commission as the basis for the exemption.
(2) No benefits shall become payable from any employer’s account, nor shall
any employer’s benefit liability begin to accrue under section 108.06, until one
year after he has begun to make the regular and continuing contributions
required of him under this chapter, except as otherwise provided in subsection
(5) of section 108.15 and subsection (8) of section 108.16: Provided, That at
the end of such year period each employer’s benefit liability shall begin to
accrue and benefits shall accordingly become payable from his account.
(3) The commission shall determine or approve the time and method of
payment of benefits.
Sec. 108.04. Eligibility for benefits.— (1) No employee shall be deemed
eligible for benefits for partial or total unemployment unless he gives the
notification of such unemployment required under subsection .(1) of section
108.08, or unless such notification is waived by the commission in accordance
with such section.
(2) No employee shall be deemed eligible for benefits on account of either
partial or total unemployment during any calendar week unless such employee
was physically able to work and available for work whenever with due notice
called on by his employer to report for work. Nor shall any employee be
deemed eligible for benefits for total unemployment for any calendar week in
which he has suitable employment, as defined in subsection (6) of this section:
Provided, That nothing in this section shall render an employee ineligible for
total unemployment benefits for any calendar week on the ground that such
employee is employed on a governmental unemployment relief project under
section 108.25.
(3) An employee shall be deemed partially unemployed in any calendar week,
and shall at once be eligible for benefits for such partial unemployment, when­
ever his week’s wages are less than the amount of weekly benefit to which he
would be entitled under this chapter if totally unemployed.
(4) An employee shall be deemed totally unemployed in any calendar week
when he performs no services whatsoever for his current employer during such
week. An employee thus unemployed shall be eligible for benefits for total
unemployment for each week of total unemployment occurring subsequent to
a waiting period of two such weeks. No benefit shall be or become payable for
this required waiting period, but not more than two such weeks of waiting
period per employer shall be required of any employee in any 12 months in
order to establish his eligibility for total unemployment benefits under this
section. The commission may approve, in an approved voluntary unemploy­
ment benefit plan, such longer or shorter waiting period as will comply with
the requirements of subsection (2) of section 108.15.
(5) An employee shall not be deemed eligible for any benefits for total
unemployment based on his past weeks of employment, and no such benefits
shall be payable to the employee under any of the following conditions:
(a) If he has lost his employment through misconduct;
(b) If he has left his employment voluntarily without good cause attributable
to the employer ;
(c) During any period for which he has left and is out of employment because
of a trade dispute still in active progress in the establishment in which he was
employed;
(d) For any period during which he is out of employment because of an act
of God affecting his place of employment;
(e) If he has received in wages $1,500 or more during the 12 months pre­
ceding the date on which he became totally unemployed;
(f) If he is ordinarily self-employed, but has been temporarily (for not more
than five months) employed in an employment subject to this chapter and can,
at the termination of such temporary employment, reasonably return to his
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(g)
If he attended a school, college, or university in the last preceding school
term, and has been employed by his employer only during the customary sum­
mer vacation of schools, colleges, and universities.
(6) A claimant shall no longer be eligible for total unemployment benefits
and the liability of his past employers to pay him such benefits based on his
past employment shall cease for any period after he has without good cause
refused to accept suitable employment when offered to him, or has failed to
apply for suitable employment when notified by the district public employment
office. Suitable employment shall mean either employment in his usual em­
ployment or other employment for which he is reasonably fitted, regardless of
whether it is subject to this chapter: Provided, Such employment is in the
vicinity of his residence or last employment, and gives him wages at least equal
to his weekly benefit for total unemployment or provides him work for at least
half the number of hours normally worked as full time in such occupation or
establishment: And provided, further, That whenever in any specific case the
commission finds that it is impracticable to apply any of the foregoing stand­
ards, the commission may apply any standard reasonably calculated to deter­
mine what is suitable employment.
(7) Nothing in this section shall require an employee to accept employment;
nor shall any employee forfeit his right to benefits by refusing to accept em­
ployment under either or both of the following conditions:
(a) In a situation vacant in consequence of a stoppage of work due to a trade
dispute;
(b) If the wages, hours, and conditions offered be not those prevailing for
similar work in the locality or are such as tend to depress wages and working
conditions.
(8) No employee shall be deemed eligible to receive benefits under this chap­
ter on account of any period of partial or total unemployment unless such
employee has been a resident of Wisconsin for the 2 years preceding the be­
ginning of such period of unemployment or has been gainfully employed in the
State for 40 weeks within such 2-year period: Provided, That an employee’s
ineligibility under this subsection shall modify his employer’s benefit liability
only as specifically provided in subsection (5) of section 108.06.
Sec. 108.05. Amount of benefits.— (1) Bach eligible employee shall be paid
benefits for total unemployment at a rate of $10 a week or 50 percent of his
average weekly wage, whichever is lower; except that when 50 percent of
such wage is less than $5 a benefit of $5 a week shall be paid.
(2) The benefit payable for partial unemployment in any week shall be the
difference between the eligible employee’s actual wages for the week and the
weekly benefit to which he would be entitled if totally unemployed.
(3) Benefits shall be paid to each employee for the calendar weeks during
which he is totally or partially unemployed and eligible for benefits; but no
employee shall ever receive in any calendar year more than 10 weeks of benefit
for total unemployment, nor more than an equivalent total amount of benefits
either for partial unemployment or for partial and total unemployment combined.
(4) The amount of benefits payable to any eligible employee shall be limited
also by the benefit liability of his employer’s account, as provided in sections
108.06 and 108.07.
S e c . 108.06. Benefit liability of the employer’ s account.— (1) An employer’s
account shall be liable to pay benefits to an employee in the ratio of one week
of total unemployment benefit (or an equivalent amount of partial unemploy­
ment benefit) to each four weeks of employment of such employee by such
employer within the 52 weeks preceding the date on which such employee last
performed services for such employer. But no liability for the payment of
benefits to an employee shall accrue unless the employee has been employed
more than two weeks by the particular employer within such preceding year,
or, in the case of an employee employed on a fixed monthly salary, unless the
employee has been employed more than one month by the particular employer
within such preceding year.
(2) In no case shall an employer’s account remain or be liable to pay benefits
to an employee for any unemployment occurring more than six months after
the date on which such employee last performed services for such employer.
(3) No employer’s account shall at any time be liable to pay benefits beyond
the current resources his account has, or would have if all contributions due
under this chapter had been paid.
(4) The liability of any employer’s account to pay benefits, for weeks of
partial or total unemployment occurring within or mainly within any calendar
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beginning of such month. Such adequacy shall be determined at the beginning
of each month, on the basis of the net “ reserve per employee ” which the em­
ployer’s account then has, or would have if all contributions due for payment
under this chapter had been paid. (Whenever during any month the maximum
benefit payable from an employer’s account for any week of total unemploy­
ment is reduced hereunder, this reduced maximum shall also be observed in cal­
culating the benefits payable from that account for partial unemployment dur­
ing that month.) In each calendar month an employer’s account shall be liable
to pay the benefits otherwise due his eligible employees for their weeks of unem­
ployment occurring within such month only in accordance with the following
schedule:
(a)
When its reserve at the beginning of the month amounts to $50 or more
per employee, the account shall be liable for and shall pay in full all valid benefit
claims for unemployment during the month;
(&)
When such reserve amounts to over $45 but less than $50, all such valid
benefit claims shall be paid, except that no eligible claimant shall receive for
total unemployment a benefit of more than $9 per week;
(c) When such reserve amounts to over $40 but less than $45, no claimant
shall receive a benefit of more than $8 per week;
(d) For each further periodic drop of $5 in the reserve per employee, there
shall be a corresponding further drop of $1 in the maximum benefit per week
payable to any claimant for total unemployment.
(5) Any employee who has neither been a resident of Wisconsin for the past
2 years nor been gainfully employed in the State for 40 weeks within such
2-year period, and who is, therefore, under subsection (8) of section 108.04 inel­
igible to receive benefits under this chapter, shall be known as “ a nonqualified
employee.” Whenever such a nonqualified employee loses his employment
under conditions other than those enumerated in subsection (5) of section
108.04, his employer’s account shall be at once liable to pay in lieu of benefits to
such person a lump sum amount to the commission. This payment shall be
made at the rate of $5 for each 4 weeks of employment of such person by such
employer during the period of employment just ended; but not more than $5
shall be so payable for each $5 reserve per employee in the employer’s account
at the beginning of the current calendar month. The employer’s liability under
this subsection shall be reported by him and shall be determined in amount in
accordance with suitable rules to be prescribed by the commission. The amount
found to be due shall in each such case be paid over from the employer’s
account into the administration fund established by section 108.20.
Sec. 108.07. Successive employer's liability.— (1) When an employee is em­
ployed by more than one employer within any 12-month period, the payment
of benefits due such employee for total unemployment shall be made from the
successive employer’s accounts in inverse order to such successive employments.
TJntil the last employer liable shall have met or been unable further to meet his
benefit liability to an eligible employee no previous employer shall be due to
pay benefits to such employee.
(2)
When an eligible employee becomes employed in an employment or by an
employer not subject to this chapter, such employment, except as provided in
section 108.25, shall postpone but not terminate the liability of any former
employer to pay benefits to such employee: Provided, however, That if the em­
ployee fails to return to regular work offered him in his former employment by
the written request of his former employer, made in good faith and not incon­
sistent with subsection (7) of section 108.04, such employee’s right to benefits
from such former employer shall be extinguished.
Sec. 108.08. Notice of unemployment.— (1) Any claimant of benefits must give
notice of his unemployment at the public employment office for the district in
which he is or was last employed, within such time and in accordance with such
rules as the commission may prescribe. Thereafter he shall give notice of the
continuance of his unemployment as frequently and in such manner as the
commission may prescribe. But the notification prescribed under this sub­
section may, as to any case or class of cases, be waived by the commission for
good cause (including administrative feasibility), provided the commission finds
that no party in interest will be prejudiced by such waiver.
(2)
The commission may require from any or each employer notification of
the partial or total unemployment of his employees, within such time, in such
form and in accordance with such rules as the commission may prescribe.
Sec. 108.09. Establishment of claims.— (1) Claims for benefits shall be filed
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the claimant is or was last employed, or with a deputy of the commission desig­
nated for the purpose. Claims shall be filed within such time and in such
manner as the rules of the commission may prescribe.
(2) If a claim appears to the superintendent or deputy invalid he shall reject
the claim; if it appears valid he shall state the amount of benefits apparently
payable to the claimant while eligible. In either case he shall notify the claim­
ant in writing, giving his reasons. If the claimant is dissatisfied he may, within
a time limit after notification to be set by the commission, have recourse to the
method set up in section 108.10 for settling disputed claims.
(3) If a claim appears to the superintendent or deputy valid he shall notify
the liable employer in writing of the amount of benefits apparently payable
thereunder. If the employer does not contest the claim within a time limit,
after notification, to be set by the commission, the amount of benefits stated by
the superintendent or deputy shall, subject to the limitations set up in this
chapter, become payable to the claimant from such employer’s account and shall
be so paid by the commission. If the employer wishes to contest the claim, he
may, within a time limit to be set by the commission, have recourse to the
method set up in section 108.10 for settling disputed claims.
Sec. 108.10. Method of settling disputed claims.— (1) The manner in which
disputed claims shall be presented, the reports thereon required from employers,
and the conduct of hearings shall be governed by rules and regulations to be
adopted by the industrial commission.
(2) Disputed claims, whether involving employers exempted under section
108.15 or those contributing to the fund, shall be decided in the first instance by
the superintendent of the district public employment office or by a deputy of the
commission designated for the purpose.
(3) Within a time limit after notification to be set by the commission either
the employer or employee may take an appeal from any decision of the superin­
tendent or deputy, to an appeal board to be appointed in each employment
office district by the industrial commission. Such district appeal board shall
consist of one employer or representative of employers, one employee or repre­
sentative of employees, and one person who is not an employer, employee, or
representative of either.
(4) Decisions of a district appeal board shall be reviewable by the commis­
sion or its representative upon appeal of either party within a time limit and
in accordance with other rules and regulations to be laid down by the com­
mission. The commission may authorize a commissioner or an examiner to
hear such cases and to make decisions under rules to be adopted by the
commission.
(5) Either party, if dissatisfied with the decision of such commissioner or
examiner, may petition the industrial commission to review it as a commission.
Such petition shall be in writing specifying in detail the particular errors
alleged. If no such petition is filed within 10 days from the date when a copy of
the decision of the commissioner or examiner was mailed to the last known
address of each party in interest, such decision shall be considered the decision
of the industrial commission, unless set aside, reversed, or modified by such
commissioner or examiner within such time. Within 10 days after the filing of
any such petition the commission shall, on the basis of the evidence previously
submitted in such case, affirm, reverse, set aside, or modify such decision, or
direct the taking of additional testimony. Any decision made by the commis­
sion shall, if not modified or changed by it within 20 days, become the final
decision of the commission and shall then be subject to judicial review on the
same grounds and in the same manner as decisions of the industrial commission
under the workmen’s compensation act may be reviewed.
(6) The commission shall have the power to remove or transfer the pro­
ceedings pending before a commissioner or examiner; and may on its own
motion set aside, modify, or change any decision, whether made by a superin­
tendent or deputy, by a district appeal board, by a commissioner or examiner,
or by the commission as a body, at any time within 20 days of the date thereox
if it shall discover any mistake therein or upon the grounds of newly discovered
evidence.
(7) In the discharge of their duties under this section, the superintendent of
any district public employment office, any member of a district appeal board,
and any member, examiner, or duly authorized employee of the industrial
commission shall have power to administer oaths to persons appearing before
them, and by subpenas (served in the manner in which circuit court subpenas
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are served) to compel attendance of witnesses and the production of books;
papers, documents, and records necessary or convenient to be used by them in
connection with any disputed claim.
(8)
A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings in connection
with a disputed claim, and all testimony shall be taken down by a stenographer
appointed by the commission.
Sec. 108.101. Modified procedure.—The commission may modify the procedure
prescribed in sections 108.08, 108.09, and 108.10, with a view to such establish­
ment and determination of claims against employers exempted under section
108.15, as will be suitable to such cases and fair to the parties in interest.
Sec. 108.11. Agreement to contribute by employees.— (1) No agreement by an
employee or by employees to pay any portion of the contributions required under
this chapter from employers shall be valid. No employer shall make a deduc­
tion for such purpose from wages. Any employee claiming a violation of this
provision may, to recover wage deductions wrongfully made, have recourse to
the method set up in section 108.10 for settling disputed claims.
(2) But nothing in this chapter shall affect the validity of voluntary arrange­
ments whereby employees freely agree to make contributions to a fund for the
purpose of securing unemployment compensation additional to the benefits
provided in this chapter.
Sec. 108.12. Waiver of benefit.—No agreement by an employee to waive his
right to benefits or any other rights under this chapter shall be valid.
Sec. 108.13. Assignment.—No claim for benefit under this chapter or under
any approved voluntary unemployment benefit plan shall be assignable before
payment, but this provision shall not affect the survival thereof; nor shall any
claim for benefit awarded, adjudged, or paid, be subject to be taken for the debts
of the party entitled thereto.
Sec. 108.14. Administration.— (1) This chapter shall be administered by the
industrial commission.
(2) The commission shall have power and authority to adopt and enforce all
rules and regulations which it finds necessary or suitable to carry out the pro­
visions of this chapter. All such rules and regulations shall be published in the
State’s official newspaper and shall take effect 10 days after such publication.
A copy of such rules and regulations shall be delivered to every person making
application therefor. The commission may require from employers, whether
subject to this chaper or not, any reports on employment, wages, hours, and
related matters which it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this
chapter.
(3) The commission may appoiut, employ, and pay as many persons as it
deems necessary to administer and to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and
may make all other expenditures of any kind which it deems necessary or
suitable to this end. But it sfhall not pay to any member of a district appeal
board more than $5 of compensation per day of services.
(4) The commission may create as many employment districts and district
appeal boards and may establish and maintain as many free public employment
offices as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The
commission shall have power to finance either partly or completely such public
employment offices as it deems necessary under this chapter, from the funds ap­
propriated to the commission for its expenses under this chapter, whether or not
the political subdivision in which such office is located agrees to pay or does pay
any part of the expenses of such office.
(5) The commission shall appoint advisory employment committees, by local
districts or by industries or for the whole State, consisting in each case of one or
more representatives each of employers, employees, and the public, who shall
assist the commission, without compensation but with reimbursement of neces­
sary expenses, in administering and carrying out the purposes and provisions of
this chapter.
(6) It shall be one of the purposes of this chapter to promote the regularization
of employment in enterprises, localities, industries, and the State. The com­
mission, with the advice and aid of its advisory employment committees, shall
take all appropriate steps within its means to reduce and prevent unemployment.
To this end the commission may employ experts and may carry on and publish
the results of any investigations and research which it deems relevant, whether
or not directly related to the other purposes and specific provisions of this chapter.
At least once a year the commission shall compile and publish a summary report
stating the operations and status of each employer’s account or other unemploy­
ment reserve and covering such other material as it deems significant in connec­
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Sec. 108.15. Exemption.— (1) The commission shall exempt from the provi­
sions of this chapter, except sections 108.12, 108.14, 108.15, 108.19, 108.21, 108.22,
and 108.24, any employer who guarantees, under a plan approved by the com­
mission, to all his eligible employees (and to each new eligible employee who is
continued in employment after a probationary period of one month), in advance
for a stated 1-year period, at least 42 weeks of work or wages, for at least 36
hours in each such week, if satisfied that the employer can and will make good
such promise under all circumstances. The words “ eligible employee ” in this
subsection shall mean an employee who if unemployed would not be barred from
eligibility for benefits by any of paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) of subsection (5)
of section 108.04 or by subsection (8) of section 108.04. But such employer shall
not be required to make good such guarantee in the case of any individual
employee who loses his employment under any of the conditions enumerated in
subsection (5) of section 108.04.
(2) The commission shall exempt from the provisions of this chapter, except
sections 108.03, 108.04, 108.07, 108.101, 108.12, 108.13, 108.14, 108.15, 108.19,
108.21, 108.22, 108.23, 108.24, 108.25, and 108.26, any employer or group of
employers submitting a plan for unemployment benefits which the commission
finds: (a) Makes eligible for benefits at least the employees who would be
eligible for benefits under the compulsory features of this act; ( b) provides that
the proportion of the benefits to be financed by the employer or employers will
on the whole be equal to or greater than the benefits which would be provided
under the compulsory features of this act; and (c)-is on the whole as beneficial
in all other respects to such employees as the compulsory plan provided in this
act. If under such a plan any contributions are made by employees, the ac^
counts of the plan shall be so kept as to make clear what proportion of the
benefits is financed by the employer or employers and what proportion by the
employees. If under such a plan any contributions are made by employees, the
commission may require that such employees be represented by representatives
of their own choosing in the direct administration of such plan, and the com­
mission may take any steps necessary and appropriate to assure such represen­
tation to contributing employees.
(3) No employer or group of employers exempted under this section shall be
permitted to insure the liability to pay benefits or wages in any insurance com­
pany ; and if such employer or employers enters or enter into an agreement for
any form of insurance coverage such action shall automatically operate as a
revocation of such exemption.
(4) As a condition of granting exemption, the commission may require the
employer or group to furnish such security as the commission may deem suffi­
cient to assure payment of all promised benefits or wages, including the setting
up of proper reserves. Such reserves and other security and also the manner
in which an exempted employer carries out his promises of benefits or employ­
ment shall be subject to inspection and investigation by the commission at any
reasonable time. If the commission shall deem it necessary it may require an
exempted employer to furnish additional security to assure fulfillment of his
promises to his employees.
* (5) If an exempted employer or group of employers fails to furnish security
satisfactory to the commission, or fails to fulfill the promises made to employees,
or willfully fails to furnish any reports that the commission may require under
this chapter, or otherwise to comply with the applicable portions of this chapter
and the rules, regulations, and orders of the commission pertaining to the admin*
istration thereof, the commission may, upon 10 days’ notice and the opportunity
to be heard, revoke the exemption of such employer or group. If such case or
in case any exempted employer or group voluntarily terminates exemption, such
employer or each of such group of employers shall at once pay into the fund an
amount equal to the balance which would have been standing to his account had
he been making the contributions to the fund and paying out the benefits pro­
vided in this chapter: Provided, That, in any case where such balance cannot
reasonably and definitely be determined, and specifically in the case of an em­
ployer exempted under subsection 1 of this section, the commission may require
such employer to meet his liability under the present subsection by paying into
the fund a lump-sum amount equal to the contributions he would, if not
exempted, have paid into the fund under section 108.18 during the 12 months
preceding termination of his exemption. The account of any employer whose
exemption has been terminated shall thenceforth be liable to pay to his employees
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ployer had not been exempted under this section; and such employer shall
thenceforth pay all contributions regularly required under this chapter from
nonexempted employers.
(6) Each employer exempted under this section shall be liable to make all
contributions, to pay directly to employees all benefits, to pay all penalties, and
otherwise to comply with all the provisions of this chapter, except as specifically
provided in this section and in suitable rules to be formulated by the commission
consistent with the purposes and provisions of this chapter.
(7) Such plan shall provide that upon the going out of business in this State
by any employer, or the legal abandonment of the plan, the funds which shall
have been contributed under such plan shall be retained for a sufficient period
to meet all liability for benefits which may thereafter accrue, and that at the
end of such period the proportion then remaining of employer contributions
shall be released to the employer or his assigns, and the proportion then remain­
ing of employee contributions shall be distributed in such equitable manner as
the commission may approve.
(8) The rules and regulations for the government of such plan must be sub­
mitted to and approved by the commission. A plan, so approved, shall, when
put into effect, constitute a contract between each employer and every other
employer participating in that plan, and between the employer or employers on
the one hand and on the other hand all employees who come under i t ; and shall
not thereafter be abandoned or modified without the approval of the commis­
s i o n : Provided, That at any time after five years from and after the passage of
this act the commission may, on the petition of any interested party, or on its
own motion, and after public hearing, modify any such plan to conform to the
standards then provided by the law for approved voluntary unemployment
benefit plans.
Seo. 108.16. Unemployment reserve funds.— (1) For the purpose of carrying
out the provisions of this chapter there is established a fund to be known as the
unemployment reserve fund, to be administered by the State without liability
on the part of the State beyond the amount of the fund. This fund shall consist
of all contributions and moneys paid into and received by the fund pursuant to
this chapter and of properties and securities acquired by and through the use
of moneys belonging to the fund.
(2) A separate account shall be kept by the industrial commission with each
employer contributing to said fund, and this separate employer’s account shall
never be merged with any other account except as provided in subsection (3)
of this section.
(3) Whenever two or more employers in the same industry or locality desire
to pool their several accounts with the fund, with a view to regularizing their
employment by cooperative activity, they may file with the commission a
written application to merge their several accounts in a new joint account with
the fund. If in its judgment the plan has merit, the commission shall establish
such a joint account: Provided, That the several employers each accept such
suitable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter
as may be drawn up by the commission with reference to the conduct and dis­
solution of such joint accounts.
(4) All contributions payable to the unemployment reserve fund shall be paid
to the industrial commission, and shall daily be paid over by the commission to
the State treasurer and credited to the unemployment reserve fund. Payments
from said fund shall be made upon vouchers of the industrial commission. The
State treasurer shall be ex officio the treasurer and custodian of the unemploy­
ment reserve fund. He shall give a separate and additional bond conditioned
upon his faithful performance of these duties, in such amount as may be recom­
mended by the industrial commission and fixed by the governor. All premiums
upon the bond required pursuant to this section when furnished by an authorized
surety company or by a duly constituted governmental bonding fund shall be
paid from the interest earnings of the unemployment reserve fund.
(5) The unemployment reserve fund shall be invested by the annuity and
investment board in the readily marketable obligations of the United States of
America, of any of its 48 State governments including this State, and of any
city, county, or other governmental subdivision of this State, all having a
maturity of not over five years from the date of purchase. The investments of
the fund shall be so made that all the assets of the fund shall always be readily
convertible into cash when needed. When so directed by the industrial com­
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cash needed for the payment of benefits. All expenses of the annuity and
Investment board in the investment of the unemployment reserve fund shall be
paid from the interest earnings of said fund, as provided in subsection (1)
of section 20.725.
(6) All net earnings on moneys belonging to the unemployment reserve fund
shall be credited thereto, and shall, at the close of each fiscal year, be appor­
tioned by the commission equitably to the several employers* accounts.
(7) If any employer shall become exempted under section 108.15, or shall
cease to be subject to this chapter, or shall permanently go out of business in
this State (except as provided in subsection (8) of this section) , such employer
shall, upon the expiration of six months (or prior thereto if he shall furnish
surety satisfactory to the commission for the payment of benefits becoming due
under this chapter during the remainder of such 6-month period), receive the
balance then standing to his credit in the fund.
(8) If any employer shall transfer his business in whole or in part or shall
otherwise reorganize such business, the successor in interest is hereby required
to take over (in proportion to the extent of such transfer, as determined for
the purposes of this chapter by the commission) the resources and liabilities of
such employer’s account, and to continue without interruption the payment of
all contributions and benefits which would have been due for payment under this
chapter in case such employer had continued in business without such transfer
or reorganization.
Sec. 108.17. Payment of contributions.— (1) On and after the first day of
July 1933, contributions shall accrue and shall become payable by each em­
ployer then subject to this chapter in accordance with its provisions. There­
after contributions shall accrue and become payable by any employer on and
after the date on which he becomes newly subject to this chapter.
(2)
All contributions required under this chapter from employers shall be
paid to the industrial commission, at such times and in such manner as the
commission may prescribe, except as provided otherwise in the case of em­
ployers exempted under section 108.15.
Seo. 108.18. Contributions to reserve fund.—The contribution regularly pay­
able by each employer into his account with the fund shall be an amount equal
to 2 percent per annum of his pay roll. (In order that reserves shall be
built up for all employees potentially eligible to benefits, “ pay roll” shall
include all wages, salaries, and remuneration paid to employees subject to
this chapter; except that it shall not include the amount paid to an employee
or officer employed on a contractual basis for a fixed period at a fixed monthly
salary, which will aggregate at least $1,500 if said period is less than 12 months,
or amount to at least $1,500 per annum if such period is 12 months or more,
provided such contract is duly reported to the commission by the employer; nor
shall it include any salary or wage of $300 or more per month.) During an
employer’s first two years of contribution payments, and whenever thereafter
his account amounts to less than $55 reserve per employee, the employer shall
make contributions to the fund at the rate of 2 percent per annum on his
pay roll. If the employer has been continuously subject to this chapter during
the two preceding years, the rate of contributions may be reduced or suspended
under the following conditions:
(1) Whenever the employer’s account amounts to $55 but less than $75
reserve per employee, such employer shall pay contributions to the fund at the
rate of 1 percent per annum on his pay roll.
(2) Whenever and while the employer’s account has a reserve per employee
of $75 or more, no contributions to the unemployment reserve fund shall be
required of such employer.
Sec. 108.19. Contributions to the administration fund.—Each employer sub­
ject to this chapter, including every employer exempted under section 108.15,
shall regularly contribute to the unemployment administration fund created in
section 108.20 at the rate of two tenths of 1 percent per annum on his pay roll
as defined in section 108.18. But the commission may prescribe at the close
of any fiscal year such lower rates of contribution under this section, to apply
to classes of employers throughout the ensuing fiscal year, as will in the com­
mission’s judgment adequately finance the administration of this chapter, and
as will in the commission’s judgment fairly represent the relative cost of
the services rendered by the commission to each such class.
Sec. 108.20. Unemployment administration fund; appropriation.— (1) To
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purposes there is established the Unemployment Administration Fund. This
fund shall consist of all contributions and moneys paid to the industrial com­
mission for the administration fund as provided in subsection (5) of section
108.06, and in sections 108.19 and 108.22.
(2) All amounts received by the commission for such fund shall daily be
paid over to the State treasurer and credited to the unemployment administra­
tion fund, and, as provided in section 20.573 of the statutes, are appropriated
to the commission for the administration of this chapter.
Sec. 108.21. Record and audit of pay rolls.—Every employer, whether exempt­
ed or not, shall keep a true and accurate employment record of all his em­
ployees whether qualified and eligible to unemployment benefits or not, and of
the hours worked for him by each and of the wages paid by him to each
•employee, and shall furnish to the commission upon demand a sworn statement
of the same. Such record shall be open to inspection by the commission or
its authorized representatives at any reasonable time.
Sec. 108.22. Default of employer.—If any employer whether exempted or not
shall default in any payment required of him under this chapter he shall
become additionally liable for interest on such payment at 12 percent per
annum from the date such payment became due, such interest to be paid to
the administration fund. If after due notice this payment plus interest at 12
percent per annum is not made, it shall be collected by a civil action in the
name of the State, the defaulting employer to pay the costs of such action.
The payment originally due shall be paid to the commission, and credited, as
may be proper in each case, either to the fund and to the defaulting employer’s
account or to the administration fund. The interest thus collected shall be paid
to the administration fund.
Sec. 108.23. Bankruptcy of employer.—In the event of bankruptcy or insol­
vency of any employer, unpaid claims for benefits and unpaid amounts due the
fund under this chapter or to a fund or reserve under any approved voluntary
unemployment benefit plan shall have the same preference as is accorded in
subsection (1) of section 102.28 to unpaid claims for compensation or compensa­
tion insurance.
Sec. 108,24. Violations.— (1) Any person who willfully makes a false state­
ment or representation to obtain any benefit or payment under the provisions of
this chapter, either for himself or for any other person, or to lower any contri­
bution required of him, and any employer who makes a deduction from the
wages of any employee in order to pay any portion of the contribution required
of such employer under this chapter, shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100,
or by imprisonment in the county jail not longer than 30 days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment; and each such false statement and each such deduction
from wages shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(2) Any employer who willfully refuses or fails to pay any contribution re­
quired of him under this chapter, and any person who willfully and unlawfully
fails or neglects to appear or to testify or to produce books, papers, and records
as required at any hearing under this chapter, shall upon conviction be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined not less than $25 nor more than $100, or
be imprisoned in the county jail not longer than 30 days, or be punished by both
such fine and imprisonment; and every day of such refusal, failure, or neglect
Shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(3) On complaint of the commission the fines specified in this section may be
collected by the State in an action for debt.
Sec. 108.25. Use of unemployment reserve for public works.— (1) If the State
or any of its political subdivisions during a period of unemployment either di­
rectly or through a contractor provides work which in the opinion of the com­
mission is an unemployment relief measure and which conforms to standards of
wages and conditions prescribed by the commission, such work shall be deemed
suitable employment within the meaning and subject to the limitations of sub­
section (6) of section 108.04: Provided, That an employee who accepts such
work for any calendar week in which he would otherwise be totally unemployed
and eligible for benefits shall be entitled to receive such benefits in the form of
wages paid him for such govermental work. To this end the State or sub­
division giving such work and wages to such employee in any calendar week
shall receive his benefits for such week, for the purpose of partially financing
such employee’s work and wages on such governmental unemployment relief
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(2)
Benefits payable under this section to an employee in the form of wages
from this State or a political subdivision for work on a relief project shall cease,
as provided in subsection (6) of section 108.04, for any period after such em­
ployee has without good cause failed to apply for suitable employment other
than such governmental work when notified, or has refused to accept suitable
employment other than such governmental work when offered him.
S e c . 108.26. Vocational education.—When any employee is unemployed and
eligible for benefits under this chapter, he may be recommended by the superin­
tendent of the district employment office to attend vocational or other school
during his unemployment. If he attends school under conditions approved by
such superintendent and does satisfactory work in his classes he shall be
eligible for an additional benefit of $1 per week, to be paid from the administra­
tion fund. The education shall be furnished at public expense and any fee
which may customarily be charged for attendance, at such classes must be paid
by the town, village, or city in which such employee resides.
Sec. 108.27. Separability of provisions.—If any provision of this chapter, or
the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the re­
mainder of the chapter and the application of such provision to other persons or
circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Approved January 28, 1932.

WYOMING
ACTS OF 1931
Chapter 37.—Protection of employees as voters—Candidate for public office
Section 1. Interference with right to vote, etc.—It shall be unlawful for
any employer to make, adopt, enforce, or attempt to enforce any order, rule,
regulation, or policy forbidding or preventing any employee from becoming a
candidate for public office or for a position on any public board or commis­
sion or to make, adopt, enforce, or attempt to enforce any order, rule, or regu­
lation controlling or attempting to control such employee’s*vote on any question
at any public election, or in any public position or board or in any office to
which such employee may be appointed or elected.
Sec. 2. Violations.—Any employer or any officer or agent of any employer
violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county
jail for not more than 30 days or by a fine of not to exceed $100 or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
[Became a law February 14, 1931, without the signature of the governor.]
Chapter 63.—Mine regulations—Man-trips
[This act amends sec. 4454, Comp. Stat. 1920 (as amended 1925, ch. 72), so
as to read as follows:]
Section 4454. Man-trips.—It shall be the duty of every person, company, or
corporation owning or operating coal mines to provide a wire cable or safety
cable which shall have sufficient strength to withstand all strains which may
reasonably be put upon it and which in all cases and under all circumstances
shall be attached to each car on all trains of cars in a coal mine which are
commonly known as “ man-trips” and which said wire cable shall be at­
tached to the hoist cable in such way that if any coupling of the cars on said
“ man-trips” should become broken or unfastened the said wire cable so at­
tached to the hoist cable would prevent the cars becoming uncoupled and
running back into the mine. And such train of cars known as “ man-trips ”
shall not be run at a greater speed than 5 miles an hour. When tools are
carried on “ man-trips” they shall be carried in a separate car provided for
that purpose, and it shall be a violation of the law for any miner or other
person to carry his tools except as herein provided: Provided, further, That
no safety cable shall be required on special man-trips where the cars are
equipped with dogs in such manner as to grasp the rails when the hoist cable
breaks, and shall not be required on man-trips when hauled with motors on
level seams and hoist cable is used. Trip to be set aside and used for mantrip purposes only.
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Chapter 73 (p. 98).—Mine regulations—Hours of labor
[This act is designated a “ revision act” , defining what shall constitute the
Revised Statutes of Wyoming, 1931. Sec. 4422, Comp. Stat. 1920, is therefore
revised and reenacted so as to read as follows:]
Section 4422. Eight-hour law.—The period of employment of men in all
underground mines or workings shall be 8 hours per day, and it shall be unlaw­
ful to employ, require, or knowingly permit miners, laborers, workmen, or
mechanics to work more than 8 hours in any one calendar day, except in case
of emergency where life or property is in imminent danger.
Approved March 3, 1931.
Chapter 73 (p. 99).—Hours of labor-—Reduction works
[Section 4423, Comp. Stat. 1920, is revised and reenacted so as to read as
follows:]
Section 4423. Eight-hour day.—The period of employment of working men
in smelters, stamp mills, sampling works, concentration plants, and all other
institutions for the reduction or refining of ores or metals, shall be 8 hours
per day, and it shall be unlawful to employ, require, or knowingly permit
laborers, workmen, or mechanics to work more than 8 hours in any one calendar
day, except in case of emergency where life or property is in imminent danger.
Approved March 3, 1931.
Chapter 130.—Employment on public works—Hours of labor
[This act amends sec. 4308, Comp. Stat. 1920, so as to read as follows:]
Section 4308. Eight-hour day.—The time of service of all laborers, workmen,
or mechanics employed upon any public works of the State of Wyoming, or of
any county, city, town, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether said
work is done by contract or otherwise, shall be limited and restricted to 8 hours
in any calendar day„ and it shall be unlawful to employ, require or knowingly
permit laborers, workmen, or mechanics to work more than 8 hours in any one
calendar day except in case of emergency caused by fire, flood, or danger to life
or property, or except to work upon public or military works or defenses in
times of war.
Approved March 7, 1931.

UNITED STATES
SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS, THIRD SESSION, 1930-51
Chapter 117 (46 U.S.Stat.L. 1084).—Employment of labor—Stabilization act
[An act to provide for the advance planning and regulated construction of
public works, for the stabilization of industry, and for aiding in the prevention
of unemployment during periods of business depression.]
Section 1. Title of act.—This act may be cited as the Employment Stabiliza­
tion Act of 1931.
Sec. 2. Definitions.—When used in this act—
{a) The term “ board ” means the Federal Employment Stabilization Board
established by section 3 of this act;
(b) The term “ United States” , when used in a geographical sense, includes
the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia;
(o)
The term “ public works emergency appropriation” means an appropria­
tion made in pursuance of supplemental estimates transmitted to the Congress
under the provisions of this act.
(d)
The term “ construction agencies ” shall mean the following departments,
bureaus, and independent agencies and such others as the President may desig­
nate from time to time:
Of the Department of Agriculture, the Bureau of Public Roads, the Bureau
of Plant Industry, the Forest Service, the Bureau of Dairy Industry, and the
Bureau of Animal Industry;
Of the Department of Commerce, the Aeronautics Branch, the Coast and
Geodetic Survey, the Bureau of Fisheries, and the Bureau of Lighthouses;
Of the Department of Interior, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of
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Of the Department of the Treasury, the Coast Guard, the Public Health
Service, and the Office of the Supervising Architect;
Of the Department of War, the Office of the Quartermaster General and the
Office of the Chief of Engineers;
Of the Department of Justice, the Bureau of Prisons;
Of the Department of the Navy, the Bureau of Yards and Docks;
The Department of Labor;
The Post Office Department;
Of the independent agencies, the Veterans’ Administration, the Office of Public
Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, the District of Columbia,
the Architect of the Capitol, and the Panama Canal.
(e) The term “ construction” shall include also repairs and alterations, and
the purchase of such materials, supplies, and equipment as may be necessary
as a part of, or incident to, such construction, repairs, or alterations.
(f) The term “ authorized construction” shall include those projects which
have been specifically authorized by Congress, and those projects which do not
require specific legislative authorization, such as repairs and alterations.
Sec. 8. Creation of board.— (a) There is hereby established a board to be
known as the Federal Employment Stabilization Board, and to be composed of
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Agri­
culture, and the Secretary of Labor. It shall be the duty of the board to advise
the President from time to time of the trend of employment and business
activity and of the existence or approach of periods of business depression and
unemployment in the United States or in any substantial portion thereof; to
cooperate with the construction agencies in formulating methods of advance
planning; to make progress reports; and to perform the other functions
assigned to it by this act.
( b) The board is authorized to appoint, in accordance with the civil-service
laws, a director and such experts, and clerical and other assistants, and to
make such expenditures (including expenditures for personal services and rent
at the seat of Government and elsewhere, for law books, books of reference, and
periodicals) as may be necessary for the administration of this act, and as may
be provided for by the Congress from time to time. The compensation of the
director and such experts and clerical and other assistants shall be fixed in
accordance with the classification act of 1923, as amended. The director and
his staff may be domiciled in and attached to one of the executive departments.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually such sum as may be
necessary for the expenses of the board.
Sec. 4. Basis of action.— (a) In advising the President the board shall take
into consideration the volume, based upon value, of contracts awarded for
construction work in the United States, or in any substantial portion thereof,
during any 3-month period in comparison with the corresponding 3-month
period of 3 previous calendar years.
(b)
The board may also take into consideration the index of employment
prepared by the Department of Labor, and any other information concerning
employment furnished the Department of Labor or by any other public or
private agency, and any other facts which it may consider pertinent.
Sec. 5. Emergency appropriation.—Whenever, upon recommendation of the
board, the President finds that there exists, or that within the 6 months next
following there is likely to exist, in the United States or any substantial portion
thereof, a period of business depression and unemployment, he is requested
to transmit to the Congress by special message, at such time and from time to
time thereafter, such supplemental estimates as he deems advisable for emer­
gency appropriations, to be expended during such period upon authorized con­
struction in order to aid in preventing unemployment and permit the Govern­
ment to avail itself of the opportunity for speedy, efficient, and economical
construction during any such period. Except as provided in this act, such
supplemental estimates shall conform to the provisions of the Budget and
Accounting Act, 1921.
Sec. 6. Purposes.—Such emergency appropriations are authorized and shall
be expended only—
(a)
For carrying out the provisions of the Federal Highway Act, as now or
hereafter amended and supplemented;
{b) For the preservation and maintenance of existing river and harbor
works, and for the prosecution of such projects heretofore and hereafter
authorized as may be most desirable in the interest of commerce and naviga­
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(c) For prosecuting flood-control projects heretofore or hereafter authorized;
and
(d) For carrying into effect the provisions of the Public Buildings Act,
approved May 25, 1926, as now or hereafter amended and supplemented, in
respect of public buildings within and without the District of Columbia.
(e) For prosecuting such other construction as may now or hereafter be
authorized by the Congress, and which is or may be included in the 6-year
advance plans, as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 7. Acceleration of work.—For the purpose of aiding in the prevention
of unemployment during periods of business depression and of permitting the
Government to avail itself of opportunity for speedy, efficient, and economical
construction during such periods the President may direct the construction
agencies to accelerate during such periods, to such extent as is deemed prac­
ticable the prosecution of all authorized construction within their control.
Sec. 8. Advance planning.— (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of
Congress to arrange the construction of public works so far as practicable in
such manner as will assist in the stabilization of industry and employment
through the proper timing of such construction, and that to further this object
there shall be advance planning, including preparation of detailed construction
plans, of public works by the construction agencies and the board,
(b)
Each head of a department or independent establishment having juris­
diction over one or more construction agencies shall direct each such con­
struction agency to prepare a 6-year advance plan with estimates showing
projects alloted to each year. Such estimates shall show separately the esti­
mated cost of land, the estimated cost of new construction, and the estimated
annual cost of operation and of repairs and alterations.
(e) Each construction agency shall also prepare a program for prompt com­
mencement and carrying out of an expanded program at any time. This pro­
gram shall include organization plans. It shall also include the plans for the
acquisition of sites and the preparation of advance detailed construction plans
for not less than 1 year in advance, except where in the judgment of the board
this would not be practicable.
{d) Such programs, plans, and estimates for the 6-year period shall be sub­
mitted to the board and to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. The
Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall report to the President from time
to time consolidated plans and estimates.
(e )
Each construction agency shall keep its 6-year plan up to date by an
annual revision of the plans and estimates for the unexpired years and by
annually extending the plan and estimates for an additional year.
(/) The President is requested each year, before recommending the amount
of construction appropriations for the next fiscal year to take into considera­
tion the volume of construction in the United States, the state of employment,
and the activity of general business.
(g)
The board shall collect information concerning advance construction
plans and estimates by States, municipalities, and other public and private
agencies which may indicate the probable volume of construction within the
United States or which may aid the construction agencies in formulating their
advance plans.
Approved February 10, 1931.
[By the provisions of ch. 522 (46 U.S.Stat.L. 1564) an appropriation of
$90,000 is made to carry out the purposes of the Employment Stabilization Act
of 1931.]
Chapter 218 (46 U.S.Stat.L, 1168).—Department of Labor of Puerto Rico
[The organic act of Puerto Rico wTas amended. A department of labor is
created under the executive department. Sec. 18 (a) provides that the com­
missioner of labor shall have charge of such bureaus and branches of govern­
ment as have been or shall be legally constituted to foster and promote the
welfare of the wage earners of Puerto Rico.]
Approved February 18, 1931.
[For text of law creating department of labor see section under Puerto Rico,
p. 108.]
Chapter 287 (46 U.S.Stat.L. 1415).—Withholding pay, etc.
Section 1. Act forbidden, exceptions.—From and after the passage of this
act there shall be no withholding or confiscation of the earned pay, salary, or




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emolument of any civil employee of the United States removed for cause: Provided, That if at the time of such removal any such employee is indebted to
the United States any salary, pay, or emolument accruing to such employee
coming within the provisions of this act shall be applied in whole or in part
to the satisfaction of any claim or indebtedness due to the United States.
Approved February 24, 1931.
Chapter 411 (46 U.S.Stat.L. 1494).—Employment on public buildings—Pre­
vailing wage rate
Section 1. Wage rate.—Every contract in excess of $5,000 in amount, to
which the United States or the District of Columbia is a party, which requires
or involves the employment of laborers or mechanics in the construction, altera­
tion, and/or repair of any public buildings of the United States or the District
of Columbia within the geographical limits of the States of the Union or the
District of Columbia, shall contain a provision to the effect that the rate of
wage for all laborers and mechanics employed by the contractor or any sub­
contractor on the public buildings covered by the contract shall be not less than
the prevailing rate of wages for work of a similar nature in the city, town,
village, or other civil division of the State in which the public buildings are
located, or in the District of Columbia if the public buildings are located there,
and a further provision that in case any dispute arises as to what are the
prevailing rates of wages for work of a similar nature applicable to the contract 5
which cannot be adjusted by the contracting officer, the matter shall be referred'
to the Secretary of Labor for determination and his decision thereon shall be
conclusive on all parties to the- contract: Provided, That in case of national
emergency the President is authorized to suspend the provisions of this act.
Sec. 2. Effective date.—This act shall take effect 30 days after its passage,
but shall not affect any contract then existing or any contract that may there­
after be entered into pursuant to invitations for bids that are outstanding at the
time of the passage of this act.
Approved March 3, 1931.
SEVENTY-SECOND CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION, 1931-32
Ch apter

90 (47 U.S.StatX. 70)—Injunctions in labor disputes

Section 1. Jurisdiction of court.—No court of the United States, as herein
defined, shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or
permanent injunction in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute,
except in a strict conformity with the provisions of this act; nor shall any such
restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction be issued contrary to
the public policy declared in this act.
Seo. 2. Declaration of policy.—In the interpretation of this act and in deter­
mining the jurisdiction and authority of the courts of the United States, as such
jurisdiction and authority are herein defined and limited, the public policy of
the United States is hereby declared as follows:
Whereas under prevailing economic conditions, developed with the aid of gov­
ernmental authority for owners of property to organize in the corporate and
other forms of ownership association, the individual unorganized worker is com­
monly helpless to exercise actual liberty of contract and to protect his freedom
of labor, and thereby to obtain acceptable terms and conditions of employment,;
wherefore, though he should be free to decline to associate with his fellows, it is
necessary that he have full freedom of association, self-organization, and desig­
nation of representatives of his own choosing, to negotiate the terms and condi­
tions of his employment, and that he shall be free from the interference, re­
straint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation
of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities
for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection;
therefore, the following definitions of, and limitations upon, the jurisdiction
and authority of the courts of the United States are hereby enacted.
Sec. 3. Antiunion contracts.—Any undertaking or promise, such as is described
in this section, or any other undertaking or promise in conflict with the public
policy declared in section 2 of this act, is hereby declared to be contrary to the
public policy of the United States, shall not be enforceable in any court of the




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United States, and shall not afford any basis for the granting of legal or
equitable relief by any such court, including specifically the following:
Every undertaking or promise hereafter made, whether written or oral,
express or implied, constituting or contained in any contract or agreement of
hiring or employment between any individual, firm, company, association, or
corporation, and any employee or prospective employee of the same, whereby
(a) Either party to such contract or agreement undertakes or promises not
to join, become, or remain a member of any labor organization or of any
employer organization; or
(b) Either party to such contract or agreement undertakes or promises that
he will withdraw from an employment relation in the event that he joins,
becomes, or remains a member of any labor organization or of any employer
organization.
Seo. 4. Restriction on injunctions.—No court of the United States shall have
jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction
in any case involving or growing out of any labor dispute to prohibit any per­
son or persons participating or interested in such dispute (as these terms are
herein defined) from doing, whether singly or in concert, any of the following
acts:
(a) Ceasing or refusing to perform any work or to remain in any relation of
employment;
( b) Becoming or remaining a member of any labor organization or of any
employer organization, regardless of any such undertaking or promise as is
described in section 3 of this act;
(c) Paying or giving to, or withholding from, any person participating or
interested in such labor dispute, any strike or unemployment benefits or insur­
ance, or other moneys or things of value;
(d) By all lawful means aiding any person participating or interested in any
labor dispute who is being proceeded against in, or is prosecuting, any action or
suit in any court of the United States or of any State;
(e) Giving publicity to the existence of, or the facts involved in, any labor
dispute, whether by advertising, speaking, patrolling, or by any other method
not involving fraud or violence;
(/) Assembling peaceably to act or to organize to act in promotion of their
interests in a labor dispute;
(g) Advising or notifying any person of an intention to do any of the acts
heretofore specified;
(h) Agreeing with other persons to do or not to do any of the acts heretofore
specified; and
(i) Advising, urging, or otherwise causing or inducing without fraud or
violence the acts heretofore specified, regardless of any such undertaking or
promise as is described in section 3 of this act.
S e c . 5 . Same; concerted action.— No court of the United States shall have
jurisdiction to issue a restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction
upon the ground that any of the persons participating or interested in a labor
dispute constitute or are engaged in an unlawful combination or conspiracy
because of the doing in concert of the acts enumerated in section 4 of this act.
Seo. 6. Responsibility for acts.—No officer or member of any association or
organization, and no association or organization participating or interested in a
labor dispute, shall be held responsible or liable in any court of the United
States for the unlawful acts of individual officers, members, or agents, except
upon clear proof of actual participation in, or actual authorization of, such acts,
or of ratification of such acts after actual knowledge thereof.
Sec. 7. Notice and hearing.—No court of the United States shall have juris­
diction to issue a temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or
growing out of a labor dispute, as herein defined, except after hearing the testi­
mony of witnesses in open court (with opportunity for cross-examination) in
support of the allegations of a complaint made under oath, and testimony in
opposition thereto, if offered, and except after findings of fact by the court, to
the effect—
(a)
That unlawful acts have been threatened and will be committed unless
restrained or have been committed and will be continued unless restrained, but
no injunction or temporary restraining order shall be issued on account of any
threat or unlawful act excepting against the person or persons, association, or
organization making the threat or committing the unlawful act or actually
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(&) That substantial and irreparable injury to complainant’s property will
follow;
(o) That as to each item of relief granted greater injury will be inflicted upon
complainant by the denial of relief than will be inflicted upon defendants by the
granting of relief;
(d) That complainant has no adequate remedy at law; and
(e) That the public officers charged with the duty to protect complainant’s
property are unable or unwilling to furnish adequate protection.
Such hearing shall be held after due and personal notice thereof has been
given, in such manner as the court shall direct, to all known persons against
whom relief is sought, and also to the chief of those public officials of the county
and city within which the unlawful acts have been threatened or committed
charged with the duty to protect complainant’s property: Provided,, however,
That if a complainant shall also allege that, unless a temporary restraining
order shall be issued without notice, a substantial and irreparable injury to
complainant’s property will be unavoidable, such a temporary restraining order
may be issued upon testimony under oath, sufficient, if sustained, to justify the
court in issuing a temporary injunction upon a hearing after notice. Such a
temporary restraining order shall be effective for no longer than 5 days and
shall become void at the expiration of said 5 days. No temporary restraining
order or temporary injunction shall be issued except on condition that complain­
ant shall first file an undertaking with adequate security in an amount to be
fixed by the court sufficient to recompense those enjoined for any loss, expense,
or damage caused by the improvident or erroneous issuance of such order or
injunction, including all reasonable costs (together with a reasonable attorney’s
fee) and expense of defense against the order or against the granting of any injuctive relief sought in the same proceeding and subsequently denied by the
court.
The undertaking herein mentioned shall be understood to signify an agreement
entered into by the complainant and the surety upon which a decree may be
rendered in the same suit or proceeding against said complainant and surety,
upon a hearing to assess damages of which hearing complainant and surety shall
have reasonable notice, the said complainant and surety submitting themselves
to the jurisdiction of the court for that purpose. But nothing herein contained
shall deprive any party having a claim or cause of action under or upon such
undertaking from electing to pursue his ordinary remedy by suit at law or in
equity.
Sec. 8. Effort to settle disputes.—No restraining order or injunctive relief
shall be granted to any complainant who has failed to comply with any obliga­
tion imposed by law which is involved in the labor dispute in question, or who
has failed to make every reasonable effort to settle such dispute either by nego­
tiation or with the aid of any available governmental machinery of mediation
or voluntary arbitration.
Sec. 9. Issuance based on facts.—No restraining order or temporary or per­
manent injunction shall be granted in a case involving or growing out of a labor
dispute, except on the basis of findings of fact made and filed by the court in the
record of the case prior to the issuance of such restraining order or injunction;
and every restraining order or injunction granted in a case involving or growing
out of a labor dispute shall include only a prohibition of such specific act or acts
as may be expressly complained of in the bill of complaint or petition filed in
such case and as shall be expressly included in said findings of fact made and
filed by the court as provided herein.
Sec. 10. Appeals, security for costs.—Whenever any court of the United
States shall issue or deny any temporary injunction in a case involving or grow­
ing out of a labor dispute, the court shall, upon the request of any party to the
proceedings and on his filing the usual bond for costs, forthwith certify as in
ordinary cases the record of the case to the circuit court of appeals for its
review. Upon the filing of such record in the circuit court of appeals, the appeal
shall be heard and the temporary injunctive order affirmed, modified, or set
aside with the greatest possible expedition, giving the proceedings precedence
over all other matters except older matters of the same character.
Sec. 11. Jury trial.—In all cases arising under this act in which a person
shall be charged with contempt in a court of the United States (as herein de­
fined), the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an im­
partial jury of the State and district wherein the contempt shall have been
committed: Provided, That this right shall not apply to contempts committed in
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administration of justice or to apply to the misbehavior, misconduct, or dis­
obedience of any officer of the court in respect to the writs, orders, or process
of the court.
Sec. 12. Removal of judge.—The defendant in any proceeding for contempt
of court may file with the court a demand for the retirement of the judge sitting
in the proceeding, if the contempt arises from an attack upon the character or
conduct of such judge and if the attack occurred elsewhere than in the presence
of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the administration
of justice. Upon the filing of any such demand the judge shall thereupon pro­
ceed no further, but another judge shall be designated in the same manner as
is provided by law. The demand shall be filed prior to the hearing in the
contempt proceeding.
Sec. 13. Definitions.—When used in this act, and for the purposes of this
act— (a) A case shall be held to involve or to grow out of a labor dispute when
the case involves persons who are engaged in the same industry, trade, craft, or
occupation; or have direct or indirect interests therein; or who are employees
of the same employer; or who are members of the same or an affiliated organi­
zation of employers or employees; whether such dispute is (1) between one or
more employers or associations of employers and one or more employees or asso­
ciations of employees; (2) between one or more employers or associations of
employers and one or more employers or associations of employers or (3) be­
tween one or more employees or associations of employees and one or more
employees or associations of employees; or when the case involves any conflict­
ing or competing interests in a “ labor dispute” (as hereinafter defined) of
“ persons participating or interested” therein (as hereinafter defined).
(6)
A person or association shall be held to be a person participating or in­
terested in a labor dispute if relief is sought against him or it, and if he or it is
engaged in the same industry, trade, craft, or occupation in which such dispute
occurs, or has a direct or indirect interest therein, or is a member, officer, or
agent of any association composed in whole or in part of employers or em­
ployees engaged in such industry, trade, craft, or occupations.
(e)
The term “ labor dispute” includes any controversy concerning terms or
conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation of
persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange
terms or conditions of employment, regardless of whether or not the disputants
stand in the proximate relation of employer and employee.
(d)
The term “ court of the United States” means any court of the United
States whose jurisdiction has been or may be conferred or defined or limited by
act of Congress, including the courts of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 14. Constitutionality.—If any provision of this act or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or otherwise in­
valid, the remaining provisions of the act and the application of such pro­
visions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Seo. 15. Repeal.—All.acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of
this act are hereby repealed.
Approved March 23, 1932.
Chapter 524 (47 U.S.Stat.L. 741).—Labor organizations—Incorporation of
national trade unions
[This act repeals an act of June 29, 1886 (24 U.S.Stat.L. 86) providing for
the incorporation of national trade unions.]
Approved July 22, 1932.




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N o. 370
Page

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No.

Page

Abandonment

of
employment. (See Con­
tracts of employment.)
Abandonment of locomo­
tives, etc. (See Strikes
of railroad employees.)
Absent voters, summary
of laws as to.....................

13.14
6
13.14

31,32
Accident insurance. (See
Insurance of employees.)
Accident, old age, etc., re­
lief, summary of laws as
to. (See Old-age pen­
sions.)
. .
Accident prevention, in­
struction as to:
California...............
New Jersey............... : .
Ohio........................ .
(See also Safety m u­
seum.)
Accidents, provisions for:
Alabama........................
A laska..........................
Arizona..........................
Arkansas_____________
California-—^ .............
Colorado—*...................
Connecticut— .............

Illinois.... .......... —

Indiana .........................
Kansas..........................
Kentucky......................
Maryland.....................
Massachusetts.............
M ich ig a n ....................
Missouri................
Montana...............
N evada.................
New Hampshire..
N ew Jersey...........
New M exico___
N ew Y o r k .........
North CarolinaOhio.....................
Oklahoma...........
Pennsylvania___
Puerto R ico........

217
717
845

135
148
159
178
203,223
225
268
361
372
439
452,455
499
519,520
541,545,
557,558
626
641

590

403

35,36

712,717,
718,729
737
768
789
71

931
960,961

......

81,82
South Carolina..
Tennessee...........
Utah....................
Virginia...............
Washington.......
West Virginia__
Wisconsin...........
W yom ing...........




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25
1009,1018
1061
1080
1100
1112
1152
1160

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95

Bulletin

No. Page
Accidents, reports and in­
vestigation of:
Alabama.................. . 133,134,143
148
. Alaska...........................
154
Arizona.........................
178
Arkansas.......................
210,216,
California.................... .
218,219
225,226
Colorado........................
Connecticut— ........... 259,262,263
District of Colum bia..
287
Florida______________ I
292
Hawaii.......................
312
Idaho............................
326,327
Illinois...........................347,353,360
' "
372,379,
Indiana..
380,384
413,415,
Iowa..
416,419
Kansas.......
430,432
Kentucky.........
450,451
470
Louisiana_____
485
M a in e --...........
491
M aryland.........
Massachusetts.
531,533
M ichigan.........
550
567,568,
Minnesota........
571,572
Mississippi..
597
Missouri
uri_,_.
615,621,625
633,640,
M ontana..
642,643
Nebraska .............
653,657
N evada-...............
666,667
687
N ew HampshireNew Jersey..........
702,711,
714,729,734
New M exico------738
N ew Y ork............
775,780
North C arolina..
790
North Dakota___
800
Ohio.....................
815,827,830
Oklahoma............
863
Oregon..................
878,879
918,924,
Pennsylvania___
931,933
Puerto R ico-----961
Rhode Isla n d ...
974,982
South Carolina988
South Dakota—
1005
Tennessee...........
1016,1017
Utah....................
1055,1061,
1062
Vermont...........
1066
Virginia........... .
1080,1081
Washington___
1097,1098
W est Virginia..
1110,1112
W isconsin.........
1152
W yom ing.........
1159,1160,
1163
United States............. .
74
Advances made b y em­
ployers. (See E m ploy­
ers’ advances, e t c )
Aeronauts. (See A v ia ­
tors.)

155

528

590

528

44

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Age not ground for dis­
charge:
Colorado........................
Age not ground for dis­
crimination:
N ew Jersey____ __ . __
Age of employment. (See
Children, etc.; Tele­
graph operators, etc.)
A id societies. (See Bene­
fit societies.)
Air space required in work­
rooms:
Arizona
.................
Delaware
__
__ _
Ulifirtis
Indian* . . . . . _
M ic h ig a n .....................
Minnesota
N ew Jersey__________
N ew Y ork . _________
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico . . . . . . .
TfinnfifSAe.
Wisconsin......................
(See also Inspection and
regulation.)
Air tanks, inspection, etc.,
of:
California
___ ,
Massachusetts_______
Alien contract labor:
W yom ing____________
United States...............
(See also Coolie labor.)
Alien laborers, em ploy­
ment of:
Alaska_______________
M ichigan____________
Montana_____________
Alien laborers, protection
of:
Connecticut__________
Hawaii--- . _____ _
Pennsylvania________
Utah...............................
W yom ing......................
Aliens, duty of employers
as to taxes of. (See Lia­
bility of employers for
taxes.)
Aliens, etc., employment
of, on public works:
Arizona______________
California____________
Hawaii................ ..........
Idaho____ ____ ______
Massachusetts_______
N evada______________
N ew Jersey__________
New Y ork ___________
Oregon_______________
Pennsylvania________
Utah...............................
W yom ing_________ __
(See also Chinese, em­
ployment of; Public
works, preference of
dom estic m aterials,
etc., on.)
Anarchists, employment
of, forbidden:
New M exico...... ..........
Antitrust act:
Texas._______________
Wisconsin................ .....
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552
590

14
83

162
218
352
381
493
540,541
585,586
701
767,769
905,923
966

Antitrust act, exclusions
from:
California____________
Colorado_____________
Iowa_________ . . . . __ _
Louisiana___________ _
Michigan___________ Montana_____________
New H a m p s h ir e ......
New M exico______ __
Virginia________ _____
Wisconsin_______ ____
United States...............
Antiunion contracts:
Arizona______________
California____________
Colorado_______ _____
New Jersey__________
Ohio...............................
Oregon_______________
Wisconsin____________
United States...............
Apprenticeship, summary
of laws as to____________

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196
226
423
461
553
649
692
741
1084
1147
1181,1182
590
590
590
590
590
590
528
590
590
3-7

1 020

1146

528

23

507
1158
1174

144
633,634

590

75

528
590
590
528

40
46
39,40

552

17,18

257
314
925
1062,1063
1161,1162

153,155,
165
2 1 0 ,2 1 1

310
316,325
511
677,678
699
761
875
933
1062
1156,1157

22

South Carolina....... ...
South Dakota........... .
Texas........ ................... .

739
1034,1035
1147
1181,1182

Arbitration and mediation:
AlflhftfTIR ., .
141,142
Alaska_______________
146-148
Arizona______________
Arkansas_____________
169
Colorado_______ _____
248-253
267,268
Connecticut__________
Georgia......................
307
316-322
Idaho________________
Illinois............................ 330-332,336
Indiana______________
386-388
Iowa_________________
417-419
Kansas____ __________ 424,425,441
Louisiana____________
458-460
M aine_______________
478-480
Maryland____________
489,490,
497,498
524-526
Massachusetts_______
Michigan____________
545-548
589
Minnesota................. .
Missouri_____________
610-612
Montana_____________
634-636
Nebraska.___________
651
662-664
Nevada..........................
687-689
New Hampshire_____
New Jersey.......... .........
697
New Y ork___________
747
Ohio............................... 819,837,838
Oklahoma.....................
856,857,
859,860
Oregon_______________
900-902
Pennsylvania________ 915,941,942
Philippine Islands____
950
Puerto R ico__________
962-965

403

58

996-999
1008
1023-1025,
1044,1045
Utah............................... 1047,1051,
1056,1057
V erm ont._____ _______ 1071,1072
Washington__________ 1095,1096,
1108
West. Virginia________
1120
W isconsin.......... .......... 1127,1144,
1145
W yom ing____________
1157
United States...........
1187-1191
(See also Court of Indus­
trial Relations.)

40
54
54
86
100
100

92,93
130
151

403
i 470
528
590

3

403

60

528

40

403
470
590

45
53
115

434

20-28

2

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A rm ed guards, hiring,
summary of laws as to.
(See Industrial police.)
Assignment of wages:
Arkansas__.... . . . ____
Oqlifnmia...............
ftannAfttirait.
Delaware____________
Georgia______________
Illinois_______________
Indiana______________
Iowa_________________
Louisiana____________
M aine_______________
M aryland— ............. .
Massachusetts.............
Missouri........ .......... .....
New Hampshire_____
N ew Jersey........ ..........
N ew M exico_________
New Y ork___________
North Carolina______
O h io ............................
Pennsylvania________
Tennessee____ _______
Vermont_____________
Washington__________
W isconsin....................
W yom in g.....................
(See also Payment of
wages; Wage brokers.)
Assignments of claims to
avoid exemption laws.
(See
Exemption
of
wages.)
Associations, cooperative,
list of laws relating to__

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Barbers, examination, etc.,
of, summary of laws as
to______________________

175
183
263
279
301
359
374,410
419

528

486

528

13

62

759
470 "’ ” 49
528
68
937
1012

1066,1070
1091
1152
1158,1159,
1161

B adges, employees:
New Y ork.....................
Badges, etc., of labor or­
ganizations. (See Labor
organizations, etc.)
Bakeries, summary of laws
as to___________ _______

Barber shops, summary of
laws as to _____ ________

179571 °— 33------- 11

96-98

403
434
470
486
528

12
6
1 1 ,1 2
8

486

21

14

268
604
913

34

33

434

20

403
434
470
486
528
552
590

4

3
3
3
4,5
3
6 -8

778,779

87-89

32

403
470
486
528
552
590

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38

486
496
521
604
684
706,707

Attachment of wages:
Connecticut-................
M issouri._____ ______
Pennsylvania..............|
Puerto R ico__________ I
Attorneys’ feas in suits for
wages. (See Suits for
wages.)
Automobile mechanics, ex­
amination, etc., of, sum­
mary of laws as to...........
Aviation, commercial:
United States________
Aviators,
examination,
etc., of, summary of
laws as t o ..........................




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11

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Basements. (See Cellars,
etc.)
Beauty parlor operators,
examination, etc., of,
summary of laws as t o ..

Benefit societies:
California____________
Massachusetts..............
Michigan____________
New Y ork ...... ........ .
North Carolina______
Ohio...............................
Philippine Islands___
South Carolina_______
Benefit societies, forced
contributions for. {See
Forced contributions.)
Blacklisting:
Alabama.................. .
Arizona______________
Arkansas_______ _____
C alifornia_________ _
Colorado_____________
Connecticut-................
Florida....................... .
Illinois_______________
Indiana........ .......... .......
Iowa_________________
Kansas______________
Minnesota___________
Missouri...... .................
Montana_____________
Nevada______________
N ew M exico_________
North Carolina______
North D akota........... .
Oklahoma....... .......... .
Oregon.______ _______
Puerto R ico..................
Texas________________
Utah...............................
Virginia______________
Washington.................
Wisconsin____________
(See also Discharge,
statement of cause of;
Interference with em­
ployment, and cross
references.)
Boarding or commissary
cars, taxation of:
Mississippi....................
Boilers, creating an unsafe
amount of steam in.
(See Negligence of em­
ployees.)
Boilers, entering, under
pressure:
Oklahoma___________
Boilers, steam, inspection
of.
(See
Inspection,
etc.)
Bonds, contractors’ , list of
laws relating to................

34,35

532,534
555,556
745

403
470
486
528
552
590

4

4
3

5,6
3

8,9

5
3

403
434
470
486
528
590

6,7
9,10

470

28

403

39

847,848
946
987,994

4,5
4

135,136
153,163
175
190 528 29,30
227
269,270
292
338
375
422
430
569, 575
604,605
639,649
669
736 '403‘ 36,"37
787,788
794
866

875
1033,1034
1047,1060
1077
1091
1154

603

867,868

59-61

552
528

22

86,87

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Bureau of labor—Contd.
Colorado_____________
Connecticut__________
Delaware____________
Georgia______________

Bonds of employees:
Arkansas_____________
California____________
Florida______________
Georgia______________
Idaho________________
Louisiana____________
M issouri......................
New M ex ico................
Oklahoma.....................
Virginia.........................
West Virginia...............
Bonuses. ( See Efficiency
tests and bonuses.)
Boycotting:
Alabama_____________
Colorado_____________
Illinois_______________
Indiana

153,154
174
213

24
28,29

291
307,308
327
472
600
624
737
857
1081
1119

Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Ttuliano
IT
L ouisian a_________ _
Maine_______________
M a r y la n d .._________

135,136
227
269
338
369,370
443
1034,1035
1172,1173

Texas............. ................
United States________
(See also Interference
with employment, and
cross references.)
Brakemen, sufficient num­
ber of, list of laws as t o ..
83,84
Brakes on railroad trains,
(See Railroads, safety
provisions, etc.)
Bribery, etc., of employees:
California____________
2 10
Connecticut__________ 256, 270,271
Florida. ........................
289
Iowa_________________
422,423
Louisiana____________
475,476
M aine_______________
486,487
M aryland____________
502
Massachusetts_______
535
M ich igan.____ ______
554,555
Nebraska____________
660,661
Nevada____ _________
670,671
N ew Jersey__________
698,726
New Y ork___________
775, 776
North Carolina. ..........
787
Rhode Island________
982,983
South Carolina_______
989,990
Virginia.........................
1081,1082
Washington____ _____
1089
Wisconsin____________
1155
Bribery of representatives
of labor organizations:
Nevada______ _______
671
N ew Jersey__________
710
N ew Y ork___________
775
Virginia______________
1089
Bridges
over
railroad
tracks. (See Railroad
tracks, etc.)
Builders’ tools, acceptance
of, as pledges:
California......................
Buildings, protection of
employees on. (See Pro­
tection of employees,
etc.)
Bureau of labor:
Alaska_______________
149
Arkansas_____________ 167-169,179
California___________
181,182,
192-194,




470
528

2 0 2 ,2 1 1

Massachusetts_______
Michigan------------------Minnesota___________
Missouri_____________
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231,232
256,257
273,274
305-307
310,311
316,317
333-338
383,384
413-415
434-437
448,449,
455-457
465
480-482,486
496-499,
502,503
504.505,
507-510,
524
536,537,
558,559
560-563,589
608,609

403
590

58

528
528
590

40
41
62,63

528

43,44

528

44

470
528
552
403
528
403
470
590

627,628,
641,642 ;
653,654 528
680,681 403
590
New Hampshire_____ 685,687,688
New Jersey__________ 699, 724-726 470
528
New M exico_________
590
New Y ork___________
746-753 434
470
528
552
North Carolina______
791, 793 590
North Dakota________ 794,795,803
813-815,
Ohio............... ................
824,839
Oklahoma____________ 856,859,869
Oregon____ __________
880,881, 470
890-897 528
590
Pennsylvania________
914,915,
528
937-943
Philippine Islands____
949-951
953,964, 403
Puerto R ico__________
966-968 552
590

552

30

15,16

Rhode Island________

403

18

18
403
470 25-27,
28
528 24,25
690
43

34
47
1 0 .1 1

30
49
31
40-42
79

Montana_____________

Nebraska____________
Nevada______________

470

21

975,976

South Carolina_______ 984-986,992
South Dakota________
1004
1 0 2 1 ,1 0 2 2
Tennessee____________
Texas________________ 1026-1028,
1036
Vermont_____________
1067,1068
Virginia______________ 1074-1076,
1081
Washington__________ 1089,1090,
1106-1108
1109,1110
West Virginia________
W yom ing____________
1164-1166
United States________
1169-1172
(See also Commission,
industrial, etc.)

403
486
528
552
590

j

57
32,33
81
43
60,61
88

14,15
44-47
65
15-17
95,99

51
75
103
77,80
44-46
23,24
108,
116,
150
48
21

83
25
116

434

2

590
486

125
23

590

126

470
552

59
27,28

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Bureau of mines:
Alaska...... .................
Arizona______________
163
California......................
Colorado........................
225
Illinois
333,336,337
Indiana______________
391-394
Kentucky____________
455
Louisiana_____ ______
471
Missouri........................
622
N evada______________
N ew M exico_________
Oklahoma. ................. .
8 68
Pennsylvania________
939,940
1 0 2 1 ,1 0 2 2
Tennessee____________
Virginia. .
..... .......
1080
West Virginia________
1110
W yom ing____ _______
1166
United States...............
1169
(See also M ine regula­
tions.)
C aissons, etc., work in,
(See Compressed air,
work in.)
Camps, labor. (See Labor
camps.)
Candidates for office, pro­
tection of employees as.
(See Protection, etc.)
Cannery inspector:
Delaware____________
Minnesota___________
Cause of discharge. (See
Discharge, statement of
cause of).
Cellars and basements,
use of:
California____________
M ichigan____________
Minnesota___________
New Y ork___________
Oklahoma____________
Wisconsin____________
Chauffeurs, examination,
etc., of, summary of
laws as to ______________

Chauffeurs, protection of:
Illinois_______________
Child labor amendment
Child labor commission:
Delaware____________
Child welfare department:
A la b a m a .___________
M ontana___________ _
North Carolina______
South Dakota________
Childbearing women, em­
ployment of. (See W o­
men, childbearing.)
Children and women, em­
ployment of, in mines:
A la b a m a .______ ____
_______________
Arizona______________
Arkansas_____________
Colorado_____________
Delaware____________
District of Columbia
Idaho.
. . .
__
Illinois..........................

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18

528

27,28

590

66

5?8
5?8
470
528

55
58,59
44
70

528

90,91

279-281
470" "”’ "37

191,192
542,543
567,582
769
869
1146
23-26

403
434
470
486
528
552
590

6

3,4
5
4
7
4
1 0 ,1 1

358
434
470
590

7
17
5

590

119

273,274
133
627,628
788
1007

135
149 Alaska
155
178
224,225
!
276
486 j 1 0 ,1 1
316
360 1

Children and women,
etc.—C ontinued
Indiana______________
Maryland____________
M ichigan____________
Montana—___________
N ew M exico_________
N ew Y ork ___________
North Carolina_______
North Dakota________
O h i o ________________
Oklahoma____________
Pennsylvania________
Philippine Islands____
Utah...............................
Virginia. _____________
Washington__________
W est Virginia________
Wisconsin____________
W yom ing......................
(See also Children, em­
ployment of, in dan­
gerous occupations.)
Children and women,
employment o f . (See
Women, married, earn­
ings of; Minors, earn­
ings of; M inim um wa­
ges; W omen, wages of.)
Children, corporal punish­
ment of, b y employers,
etc.:
Georgia______________
Children, earnings of, list
of laws as to____________
Children, employed, cer­
tificates, registers, etc.
(See Children, em ploy­
ment of, general provi­
sions for.)
C h i l d r e n , employed,
schools for, summary of
laws as to________ _____

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499
528

49

528

70,72

65

486

5

10-15

403
470
528
590

3,4
5

590
528

21

627
735
753
788, 790
804
827
857
922
951
1047,1059
1080
1101
1120

1133
1156,1157

300

Children employed, seats
for. (See Seats for em­
ployed children.)
Children, employment of,
age limit for. (See Chil­
dren, employment of,
general provisions for.)
Children, employment of,
as messengers. ( S e e
Children, employment
of, in street trades.)
Children, employment of,
fraud in:
North Carolina_______
787
Children, employment of,
general provisions for : 1
Alabama_____________ 133,136,137
Alaska_______________
Arizona______________ 154-156,164
171,179
Arkansas_____________
195,221
California____________

3,4
2

37

403
17
528 23,27,
28

Colorado_____________ 233,254,255
256,261, ~403"
Connecticut__________
264,265, 470
267,269,
271,272
Delaware....................... 276,277,283 590
284,286 403
District of Columbia. _
486
290,291,
Florida____ . . . . . _____
295,296

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etc.i—Continued.
Georgia______________ 300, 305,308
310,313,315
317,329
Idaho________________
341,361
Illinois_______________
Indiana______________ 378,379,391
416,419
Kansas. ____________ 434,437-439
Kentucky___________
448-450
Louisiana____________ 469-471,476
M aine_______________

477,482,
487,488

M aryland____________ 491,496,500
Massachusetts__ ___
Michigan .................

505,510,
514-516
537,538,
548,549

Minnesota___________ 560,564,590
M ississippi____ ^^
M issouri. .................

594,602
605,625,626

M ontana_____________
Nebraska____________
N evada______________
New Hampshire..........
N ew Jersey__________

627,628,639
651,653,655
665,672,677
690,695,696
699,710,
722,723,
733
New M exico_________ 735,740, 742
N ew Y ork___________
743,744,
753,
756-758
North Carolina______
786,788
North Dakota________
O h io .............................
Oklahoma____________
Oregon______ ________
Pennsylvania________
Philippine Islands____
Puerto R ico__________
Rhode Island________

South Carolina_______
South Dakota________
Tennessee____________
Texas________________
Utah...............................
Verm ont______ ____
V irg in ia .......................
W ashington__________
W est Virginia________
W isconsin_____ ______
W yom ing. .................. .
(See also Children and
women, etc.)
1 Texts

794,800,
806,808,
811,812
842,843,
846,
853-855
857,861
884,887,902
906,913
914,917
951,952
953,965
966,968
969
972,973
975
977-979

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528
528

40,41
41

434
552
590
470
528
590
528
590
403
590
403
470
528
470
528
552
528
590

1 0 ,1 1
10
66

33,34
45
69, 70
46
71,72
26
72,74
29
35,36
47,49
37,38
50-52

528
470
403
486

56
43
34
17,18

403
403
486
590
470
590

37
38
19,20
94
49
94

403

41

528

11

52-54
78

68,69

470"
52
528 76,77
104
590
403"
590

47
114

403
434
486
528

48
16,17
22,23
83

991,994
998,999
1006,1007
1010,1014
1015
1039-1041

590
403

1 20

48,49

1047,1048
1059,1061
1068,1069
1084,1085
1089,1091
1119,1120

403
528
528

50,51
84-86
87,88

590
486

123
23,24

1122

470
403

57
53,54

1131-1141
1163

403

56

Children, employment of,
in dangerous, m endi­
cant, etc., occupations : 2
Alabama_____________
Arizona______________
Arkansas_____________
California____________
Colorado_______ ■_____
Connecticut__________
Delaware................. .
District of C olum bia..
Florida_____________
Georgia______________
Idaho________________
Illinois...........................
Indiana______________
Iowa_________________
Kansas__________ __
Kentucky___________
Louisiana____________
M aine_______________
Maryland____________
Massachusetts_______
M ichigan____________
Minnesota___________
Missouri____________
Montana_____________
Nebraska____________
Nevada______________
New Hampshire_____
New Jersey__________
New Y ork ___________
North Carolina______
North Dakota________
Ohio...............................
O k la h o m a _
Oregon___________ _
Pennsylvania________
Philippine Islands____
Puerto R ico________
Rhode Island________
South Dakota________
Tennessee____________
Texas
_ .
Utah...............................
Vermont_____________
V ir g in ia .._____ _
Washington__
West Virginia__ _ _ _
Wisconsin____________
W yom ing_______ ____
Children, employment of,
in street trades : 1
Alabama_____________
Arizona______________
California____________
Connecticut......... ........
Delaware____________
District of Columbia. _
Florida_____________ _
Georgia______________
Iow a .________________
Kentucky____________
M aryland.. ________
M assachusetts_______
____
Minnesota.
Missouri_____ _______
New Hampshire. _
New Jersey__________
N ew Y ork ___________
North Carolina______
Oklahoma__________
Pennsylvania...............
Puerto R ico..................
Rhode Island................

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155
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233
261, 267, 269
274, 276. 277
284
290,294
305
317
338,341
365,391
416
431,438
450,494
469,471
486
495,500
515,516
538,550
564, 565,575
605,626
639, 649
655
665,672
685
698, 699,710
753,754,776
812
853-855
857,861
887
913
952
968
973,974,979
1006
1014
1041
1047
1068
1085
1087,1088
1119,1120
1132,1133
1155
1157,1163

1 0 ,1 1

528

40,41

528
528
528

47,49
51
53

403
590
486
590

34
83
19
98

528

68

403
434
590

47
17
118

528

84-86

590

124

486

1 0 ,1 1

528

52,53

486

19

486

22

136
156
221

261
277
284
290
305
416
450
491,500
505,515
564,690
696
713
743,744
753,776
788
861
913
968
975,979

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Children, employment of,
in street trades 1— Con.
South Carolina_______
Utah...............................
Virginia______________
Wisconsin......... ...........

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1048
1085
1132,1133
1138-1140

Children, hiring out, to
support parents in idle­
ness:
Georeia
Louisiana____________
Mississippi................
North Carolina______
Texas............... .............
Virginia______________
Children, hours oflabor of.
(See Children, em ploy­
ment of, general pro­
visions for; Hours of
labor in general em ploy­
ments.)
Children, medical, etc.,
certificates for.
(See
Children, employment
of, general provisions
for).
Children, night work by.
(See Children, em ploy­
ment of, general pro­
visions for.)
Children of widows, de­
pendent parents, etc.:
Arizona...... ...................
Arkansas_____________
California. ........... ........
Colorado_______ _____
Delaware__ __________
District of C olum bia..
Florida— ......... . . .........
Georgia.........................
Idaho.............................
Louisiana____________
M ichigan.......................
Minnesota............... .
Montana.......................
Nebraska______ _____
N evada_______ ____ _
New Jersey__________
N ew M exico_________
O h io ................ ............
South Carolina_______
South Dakota________
Texas________________
W ash in g ton .________
(See also Mothers’ pen­
sions.)
Children, seats for. (See
Seats for employed chil­
dren .)
Children, vocational train­
ing for. (See Children,
employed, schools for.)
Children, wages of. (See
Minors, earnings of.)
Children’s Bureau:
United States...............
Chinese, employment of:
California____________
Montana_____________
Nevada______ ____ __
Oregon........................
United States...............

139
304
464
598
787
1033
1080

154
179
195
254
277
284
296
308
329
476
549
590
628
653
665
723
740
846
998
1006
1039,1041
1091

1171
181,196
628
666

875
1174,1175

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528

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Chinese exclusion, regis­
tration, etc.:
944
Philippine Islands.......
1174
United States............. .
Chinese labor, products of,
not to be bought by
State officials:
California...... ................
182
Cigar factories, regulation
of:
M aryland.....................
492
Wisconsin......................
1146
Citizens to be employed,
(Sec Aliens, employment
of.)
Clearance cards. (See Serv­
ice letters.)
Coal mined within State,
use of, in public build­
ings. (See Public works,
preference of domestic
materials, etc.)
Coalmines. (-See Mines.)
Coercion of employees in
trading, etc.:
Alaska............. ..............
145
California____________
214
234,235
Colorado........................
294
Florida...........................
Idaho___ _____ ______
324
Ind iana.-......................
375
Iowa........... ........... .......
419
Kentucky......................
453
Louisiana______ _____
474
M assachusetts_______
511
M ichigan...... ................
552
Montana_____________
649
Nevada______ _______ 671,678, 679
New Jersey____ _____
706
New M exico_________
737
Ohio...............................
851,852
Oregon_______________
875
Philippine Islands___
949
Puerto R ico____ _____
956,961
Tennessee__ _________
1017
Texas_______________
1033,1034
Utah........... ................. .
1063
Washington__________
1096
West Virginia...............
1116,1117
(S ee also C o m p a n y
stores.)
Coercion. (See Interfer­
ence, etc.; Protection of
employees, etc.)
Collection of statistics.
(-See Bureau of labor.)
Collective bargaining:
Kansas_______________
443
Wisconsin......................
1147
Color blindness of railroad
employees. (See Rail­
road employees, qualifi­
cations of.)
Combination, right of.
(See Conspiracy, labor
agreements not; Protec­
tion of employees as
members of labor organ­
izations.)
Commission, industrial,
etc.:
Arizona...... ........ .........
California____________
181,182,
205-208,
214-219
Colorado_____ _______
241-253
Idaho.............................
328

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470

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Commission, industrial,
etc.—Continued.
333-338
384,385.390
440-447
502, 503
587-589
630-633
651
747-753
Ohio. _______________
Oregon_______________
Pennsylvania.
South Dakota________
Texas____ ___________
Utah...............................
Washington__________
Wisconsin ... . _____

813-824
881-885
921,922,
942,943
1004
1044,1045
1049-1056
1098
1124-1130

Commissioner of labor.
(See Bureau of labor.)
Commissions, investiga­
tive____________________

Company doctors.
(See
Physicians, employment
of.)
Company stores:
California____________
Colorado_____________
Connecticut__________
Indiana_______ _____ _
Louisiana____________
M aryland______ _____
New Jersey__________
N ew M exico_________
N ew Y ork ___________
Ohio...............................
Pennsylvania________
Philippine Islands____
Virginia__________ . . .
West Virginia________
(See also Coercion of em­
ployees in trading;
Payment of wages in
scrip.)
Compressed-air tanks:
California______ _____
Massachusetts_______
Compressed air, work in:
California.—.............
M aine_______________
N ew Jersey__________
N ew Y ork ___________
Pennsylvania________
Conciliation. (See Arbi­
tration.)
Conspiracy against work­
men:
Alabama_____________
Florida______________
Georgia........ .................
Hawaii....................... .
Kansas................ ..........
Minnesota___________
Mississippi....................
N evada______________
N ew Y ork .....................
North Dakota..............
Texas..............................
Washington..................
(See also Interference
with employment, and
cross references.)




528

51,52

470
486

44-47
18

590

127,
130

403
470
486
528
552
590

14,15
16,17
9
18,19
8,9
34-36

214
234,235
266, 267
374,375
474
490
706
737,739
761
851,852
909,910
949
1078
1116

528

23

528
590
528
403

23
70
59,60
38

507

717-719
772-774
906-909

135
295
303
313
425,426
574
594,595
6 68

776
799
1043
1087

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Conspiracy, labor agree­
ments not:
190,191
California____________
226
Colorado_____________
423
Iowa_________________
491
Maryland____________
574
Minnesota___________
671
Nevada______________
692
New Hampshire..........
708
N ew Jersey__________
New Y ork ___________
776,777
799
North Dakota________
865
Oklahoma____________
935
Pennsylvania________
955
Puerto R ico__________
1028
Texas________________
Utah........... .................
1057
West Virginia________
1 1 1 1 ,1 1 1 2
Conspiracy. (See also In­
terference with em ploy­
ment, etc.)
Contempt, regulation of:
New Jersey__________
Continuation s c h o o l s .
(See C h i l d r e n , em­
ployed, schools for.)
Contract labor, alien. (See
Alien contract labor.)
Contract, share-cropping:
Puerto R ico__________
Contract work on public
buildings and works:
California_______ : ___
182
Contractors’ bond»for the
protection of w a g e s ,
summary of l a w s r e quiring... _ _ _ _ _ _
59-61
Contractors’ debts, liabili­
ty of stockholders for,
62
list of laws determining.
Contractors’ general li­
censing, etc., summary
of laws as t o ...................
Contractors, liability of,
for subcontractor’s obli­
gations:
N evada____ _________
Contractors, right of, to
give bonds:
Louisiana________ ___
Contracts of employees
waiving right to dam­
ages:
Alabama........................
141
Arizona______________
153
Arkansas_____________
176
184
California......................
224
Colorado____ ________
004.
Florida______________
Georgia______________
298,299
Indiana______________ 372,377,378
411,412
Iowa_________________
Kansas...........................
433
Maine............................
485
524
Massachusetts..............
M ic h ig a n ............. _
544
Minnesota___________
578
Mississippi— ___ _ _
597
i
Missouri. _______ __
606,607
627,644,
Montana_____________
645,650
i
Nebraska......................
652
i
Nevada...... ...................
667
New M exico...............
735
New Y o rk .....................
781
North Carolina............
786
North Dakota..............
796
Ohio...............................
847,848
Oklahoma___________
857
Oregon...........................
876,877

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8,9

403

6

590

82

434

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Contracts of employees
waiving rights to dam­
ages—C ontinued.
Philippine Islands___
South Carolina_______
Texas,
„ __

947
984
1028,1030,
1031
Virginia.
1082
Wisconsin____________
1151
W yom ing____________ 1156,1158,
1163
United States. ........... .
1178
(See also Liability of em­
ployers for injuries to
employees.)
Contracts of employment
regulation, etc., of. (See
Employment of labor.)
Contracts of employment,
violations of, endanger­
ing life:
Nevada______________
668
Washington_____ ____
1088
Contracts of employment
with intent to defraud.
(See
Employers’ ad­
vances, repayment of.)
Convict labor, summary
of laws as to____________
118-129

Convict labor, em ploy­
ment of, in mines:
Oklahoma____________
Coolie labor:
California......................
United States. .............
Cooperative associations,
summary of laws as t o . .

Core rooms, employment
of women in:
Massachusetts_______
Minnesota___ _______
N ew Y ork .....................
Corn huskers, etc., guards
on:
M ichigan____________
Minnesota........ ...........
Wisconsin........... .........
Corporal punishment of
minor employees:
Georgia____ _________
Corporations, liability of
stockholders in, for wage
debts, list of laws deter­
mining- __
Corporations, pensions for
employees of:
Pennsylvania________
Corporations, profit shar­
ing by. (See Profit shar­
ing.)
Corporations, restriction
of powers of:
Pennsylvania________
(See Suits for wages.)




Cotton bales, bands, ties,
etc., of:
Texas____ ____ ______
Couplers, safety.
(See
Railroads, safety provi­
sions for.)
Court of Industrial Rela­
tions:
Kansas_____
Credit unions, summary
of laws as to_____ ______

Criminal
syndicalism,
summary of laws as t o ...
(See also Anarchists.)

403
434
470
486
528
552
590

14
6,7
14,16
8,9
17,18
8

32-34

268
181
1174
96-98

403
434
470
486
528
552
590

12
6
1 1 ,1 2
8

14
7
26,27

514
581
754
554
567
1148,1149,
1153

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440-447
98,99

107-109

403
470
528
552
590

15
7
27,28

434

6

403

54,55

528

30

12
12

154-158
228,229
355
618
750,760
843-845
926-928
1132
491
533

563
793

535

1

300

62

D a m a ges, waiver of right
to. (See Contracts of
employees waiving right
to damages.)
Dangerous, injurious, etc.,
employments:
Arizona______________
Colorado_____________
Illinois________ ______
Missouri..................... .
New Y ork __
___
Ohio________ ______
Pennsylvania Wisconsin____ ...
Days of rest for railroad
employees:
Maryland____________
Massachusetts_______
(See also W eekly day of
rest.)
Deaf, division for, in bu­
reau of labor:
M in n e s o ta -__ _
North Carolina _
Death.
(See Injuries
causing death; Negli­
gence, etc.)
Deception in employment
of labor. (See Em ploy­
ment of labor, deception
in.)
Department of labor.
(See Bureau of labor.)
Department of mines.
(See Bureau of mines.)
Detectives, private:
Wisconsin____________
j Discharge, etc., of em­
ployees of public-service
! corporations:
|
Massachusetts. ___
; Discharge, notice of inten| tion to. (See Employi ment, termination of,
! notice of.)
| Discharge of employees on
account of age:
Colorado____ ________
; Discharge, statement of
cause of; hearings:
California____________
Florida
Indiana____________ _
M ich igan......... ...........
Missouri_______ _____
Montana.
.. __
Nebraska____________
Nevada______________
Ohio...............................

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909

909,910
Costs in suits for wages.

230
209
292,293
375,376
555
623
639
654,655
673
852,853

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Discharge, statement of
cause of; hearings—Con.
Oklahoma-....................
Oregon...........................
Texas. ...........................
W isconsin................—
(See also Blacklisting;
Employment of labor;
Service letters.)
Discharged
employees,
payment of wages due.
(See Payment of wages
due, etc.)
Discounting of wages.
(See Wages, discounts,
deductions, etc., from.)
Diseases,
occupational.
(See Occupational discases)
Docks, safety appliances
at:
N ew Jersey............—
Domestic products, prefer­
ence of, for public use.
(See Public works, pref­
erence of, etc.)
Drinking water.
(See
Water for drinking, etc.)
Drug clerks, hours of labor
of. (See Hours of labor
of drug clerks.)
Dust, fumes, etc., provi­
sions for. (See Factories
and workrooms.)

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876

528

16,87

1154

Rhode Island...............
Texas...... ......................
Washington..................
West Virginia. .............
W yom ing____________
(See also Inspection, etc.,
of factories, etc.)
Emigrant agents, sum­
mary of laws as to______

716

Earnings

of
married
women, summary of
laws as to. (Sec Women,
married, earnings of.)
Earnings of minors, sum­
mary of laws as t o . (See
Minors, earnings of.)
Eating in workrooms.
(See Food, taking into
certain workrooms.)
Educational needs, indus­
trial, summary of laws
as t o ---------- ------------------Efficiency tests and bo­
nuses:
United States________
Eight - hour - day. (See
Hours of labor, miscel­
laneous headings.)
Electric installations, sub­
ways, etc., construction
and maintenance of,
summary of laws as to—
Electricians, examination,
etc., of, summary of laws
as to ...................................
Elevator operators, exami­
nation, etc., of, sum­
mary of laws as to--------Elevators, inspection and
regulation of:
California-....................
Connecticut-................
Illin ois.-.......................
In d ia n a ............... ........
Io w a .................... ........
K ansas.........................
Massachusetts.............
Minnesota-------- -------N eb ra sk a ...
N ew Jersey-




Elevators, inspection and
regulation of— Contd.
New Y ork....................
Oklahoma..... ...............
Pennsylvania...............

7-15
1192

403

58

85-87
34

35
213
258,259
351
379
423
428
519
565,566,
584,585
657
710,711,
716,726

403

25

(See also Employment
offices.)
Emigration of laborers:
Puerto R ico..................
Employees’ bonds. (See
Bonds of employees.)
Employees, bribery, etc.,
of. (See Bribery of em­
ployees.)
Employees’ deposits, in­
terest to be paid on:
Louisiana______ _____
M aine.......... .................
Employees’ funds:
Washington_____ ____
Employees’
representa­
tion:
Massachusetts_______
N ew Jersey__________
Employers’ advances, in­
terest on:
Louisiana____________
Employers’ advances, re­
payment of:
A labam a.............. ........
Arkansas_____ _______
Florida....... .................
Georgia______ _____
M ichigan.......... ............
Minnesota........ ............
Mississippi__________
New Hampshire_____
N ew Jersey...... ............
N ew M e x ico ................
N orth Carolina............
North D a k ota ............
Oregon________ ______
Philippine Islands___
Puerto R ico..................
South Carolina...........
Virginia_______ ______
Washington__________
Employers’
certificates,
forgery of:
Georgia.........................
Minnesota....................
Nevada.........................
Washington..................
Wisconsin_____ _____ _
Employers’ liability. (See
Liability of employers.)
Employers’ liability insur­
ance:
Wisconsin.................... .
Employers to furnish
names of employees to
officials of county, etc.,
summary of laws as to..

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763
862
923

43
81

973,980
49
1093
1114
1165

36,37

962

464
485
470

56

531
731

138
170
296
304,305
548
576, 577
595
84
736
786
800#80l
873; 874
947
961,962
992
1083
1105
304
575
670
1088
1153

1152

104,105

486

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Employment, abandon­
ment of. (See Contracts
of employment.)
Employment agents. (-See
Employment offices.)
Employment, discrimina­
tion in, forbidden:
Indiana
Massachusetts . . ___
Employment,
foremen,
etc., accepting fees for
furnishing:
Alabama_____________
Arizona______________
California ...... _ _ _
Connecticut ___
Florida
Michigan ___
Minnesota
Montana.
Nevada
...........
New Hampshire_____
New Jersey__________
Ohio..............................
Pennsylvania ,
Utah......... .....................
Employment, notice of
termination of.
(See
Employment, termina­
tion, of, etc.)
Employment, obtaining,
under false pretenses.
(See Employers’ ad­
vances, repayment of:
Employers’ certificates,
forgery of.)
Employment of children.
(See Children, em ploy­
ment of.)
Employment of labor b y
public-service corpora­
tions. (See Public serv­
ice employments.)
Employment of labor, de­
ception, etc., in:
Alaska........................ —
Arizona______________
California____________
Colorado_____________

No.

Page

139
156
209
266
289
557
575
650
669,670
687
710
826
925,932
1062,1063

145
160
188,191
226, 227,
232, 233
296
510
575-577
649
664,670,681
777,778
787
865
874,898,899
957

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Em ploym ent of labor,
etc.—Continued.
Louisiana____________ 462-464,473
513
Massachusetts_______ I!
M ichigan____________ 536,548,557
623,624
Missouri_____________ 1
Montana_____________ 645-648,650
Nevada______________
674-676
New Jersey__________
N ew Y ork ___________
746-774
North Carolina______
789
N orth Dakota________
796-799
813
Ohio........ .......... - ..........
Oklahoma____________
864-868
Oregon_______________
878,879
904
Pennsylvania________
Philippine Islands___ 948,949,951
Puerto Rico _________ 953. 956. 957

381
513

Florida..........................
Massachusetts_______
Minnesota___________
Montana_____________
Nevada______________
N ew Y ork ............... .
North Carolina............
Oklahoma.....................
Oregon_______________
Puerto R ico__________
Tennessee.—................. 1 0 1 1 ,1 0 1 2
Utah...............................
1065
Wisconsin..................
1142
(See also Employers’ ad­
vances; Strike, notice
of, in advertisements
for laborers.)
Employment of labor, gen­
eral provisions:
Arkansas_____ _______
169,170
California.................... .
183-187
Colorado_____________ 225,226,230
Connecticut__________
265-267
Florida______________
294
Georgia______ _______ 299,301,302
Hawaii...........................
312
Idaho_____ __________
323,324
Indiana......................__
365,381
K entucky......................
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South Dakota________
Utah...............................

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403

23

55

Washington__________
Wisconsin____________
W yom ing____________
United States...............
(See also Discharge,
statement of cause of;
Employers’ advances;
Employment, termi­
nation of; Examina­
tion, etc.; Inspection,
etc.,
of
factories;
Wages, etc.)
Employment of labor on
public
works.
(See
Public works, labor on.)
Employment of labor,
relatives in public of­
fices:
Arizona______________
Utah...............................
Employment of labor,
stabilization of:
United States________
Employment of women.
(-See W omen, em ploy­
ment of.)
Employment offices, free
public:
Arizona ______ - __
Arkansas_____________
California____________
Colorado. _________
Connecticut__________
Delaware____________
Georgia
_____ _ Idaho
- _
Illinois
I n d ia n a _________ _
Iowa
- _
Kansas_______________
Kentucky____________
Louisiana____________
Maryland____________
Massachusetts_______
Michigan____________
Minnesota.
Missouri__________
Montana________
N ebraska.. ______
Nevada
New Hampshire___
New Jersey
New York
North C arolina-..........

403

26

552
434

14
15,16

403
1 552

46

403

55

590
590

1 22

590

148

403

60

21

988,989
1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2

1047,1062,
1063
1105,1106
1130,1131
1156
1181

163,164
179,180

40

210

235-237
257, 258 -------i..........
528
38
306
322,323
343,344 590
58
388-390
416,417
426,446 528
43
590
65
476
497
523, 524
543 470
35
590
75
562^578,
579,589
610 590
78
642
654
682,683 528 57,58
694,695
723-725
749,778 552
16
791-793

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Em ploym ent offices, free
public—Continued.
810,811
N orth Dakota.
819,824
O hio...............................
871
Oklahoma.....................
Pennsylvania...... ........ 915-918,942
947,948,
Philippine Islands----950,951
969-971
Puerto R ico.................
976,977
Rhode Island..............
1004,1008
South Dakota.............
1051
Utah.............................
Verm ont......................
1085,1086
Virginia........................
W est Virginia.............
1110
1127
W isconsin....................
1171
United States_______
Em ploym ent offices, pri­
vate: 3
151
Alaska..........................
Arizona........................
Arkansas..
California.

Kansas...............
K entucky.........
Louisiana..........
M aine..... ..........
M aryland_____
MassachusettsM ichigan..........

No.

107

590

124
89,"90
58

18
60
41

528

426,427
453
474
478
502
506
543,544

10
28,29
50
74
30,31
52

610
628,643
659, 660
670,676,677
686
728, 729
744,745

17,18
48
62
39
65,66

N orth Carolina.
Ohio............
Oklahoma..
Oregon____
Pennsylvania...............
Philippine Islands____
Rhode Island................
South Dakota...............
Tennessee......................
Texas..............................
Utah...............................
Virginia..........................
Washington..................
West Virginia...............
Wisconsin......................
W yom ing......................

23,"24
23
49,50
37,38

58
32
25
42
64
9,10
13,14

Minnesota .
Mississippi...........
'Missouri...............
Montana...............
Nebraska..............
N e v a d a ..............
N ew Hampshire .
N ew Jersey..........
New Y ork ............

Page

590

179
204,205,221

Colorado...................
237
Connecticut..................
258
District of Colum bia. _
286,287
289
Florida......................
306,307,309
Georgia.....................
312
Hawaii......................
322,323
Idaho........................
Illinois......................
344-347
372,373
Indiana.....................
Iowa______________
417

825,826
871,872
911
948,949
972
1007,1008
1009,1010
1045,1046
1048,1049
1076
1088
1118
1145,1146
1166

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73-75
79,80

403

49

54
89,90
55,56

Employment offices, pri­
vate—Continued.
( See
also
Emigrant
agents.)
Employment, prevention
of. (See
Interference
with employment, and
cross references.)
Employment, termination
of, notice of:
M aine.......... ..................
Massachusetts_______
New Jersey..................
Pennsylvania...............
Puerto R ico..................
Rhode Island................
South Carolina.............
Wisconsin....... ..............
(See also Discharge; Em ­
ployment of labor, gen­
eral provisions.)
Engineers, examination,
etc., of, summary of
laws as to...........................
Engineers, illiterate, em­
ployment of, on rail­
roads. (See
Railroad
employees, illiterate.)
Engineers, unlicensed, em­
ployment of:
Alabama........................
Enlisted men, em ploy­
ment of, in civil pursuits:
United States________
Enticing employees, etc.:
Alabama........................
Arkansas....... ..........
Florida______________
Georgia..........................
Hawaii-.........................
Kentucky......................
Mississippi-..................
North Carolina............
South Carolina.............
Tennessee......................
Texas................ —........
United States. - ...........
(See also Interference,
etc.)
Examination, etc., of m in­
ers, mine foremen, etc . : 4
Alabama........................
Alaska...........................
Arkansas.......................
Colorado........................
Illinois...........................
Indiana.............
Iowa..................
Kansas..............
Kentucky.........
Missouri............
Montana...........
North Dakota..
Ohio...................
Oklahoma_____
Pennsylvania..
Tennessee.........
Utah..................
Virginia™ .......
W ashington....
West Virginia..
W yom ing.........

3 Texts m ostly abridged; for representative law in full, see Illinois.
i Texts mostly abridged; for representative law in full, see Indiana.




483
523
702,704
937
956
978
994
1137

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486

22,23

470
590

12

21-23

7

138,139
1173
137,138
166,169
294
303
312,313
451
594,595
787
993
1011
1191

134
150
178
225
336,337,
360
404-407
419
439
452
622
640,641
804
850
868
931,932,
938-941
1009
1061
1080
1100
1112
1160

486

528

6

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Examination,
etc.,
of
workmen, summary of
laws as to ........ .................

Examination, etc., of rail­
road employees, (See
Railroad
employees,
qualifications of.)
Examination, etc., of street
r a ilw a y
employees.
(See Street railways, em­
ployees on.)
Execution,
exemption
from. (See Exemption,
etc.)
Executions in* suits for
wages. (See Suits for
wages.)
Exemption of mechanics,
etc., from license tax,
summary of laws as t o . . .
Exemptions of pensions
from executors, etc.:
Georgia................. ........
Exemption of wages from
execution, etc.:
Alabama...................... .
Alaska.......................... .
Arizona........................ .
Arkansas.......................
California......................
Colorado—....................
♦Connecticut................ .
District of Colum bia..
Florida.....................
Georgia.....................
Hawaii......................
Idaho........................
Illinois____________
Indiana..
Iowa____
Kentucky..
Louisiana..
Maine................
Maryland.........
Massachusetts .
M ichigan_____
Minnesota........
Mississippi.
Missouri...............
M ontana...............
Nebraska..............
Nevada.................
N ew Hampshire _
N ew Jersey..........
N ew M exico........
N ew Y ork............
North Carolina..
North Dakota___
Ohio......................
Oklahoma_____
Oregon.............
Pennsylvania.
Puerto R ico.......
Rhode Isla n d ...
South Carolina..
South D akota...




Page

4-7
3.4
3-6
3.4
4—
8
3.4
6-13

35,36
57
142,143
144
153,159
167
187
253
268
284
290
302,304
312
328
365,366
420
426,432
451
464

Exemption of wages from
execution, etc.—Contd.
Tennessee.................... .
Texas.............................
Utah............................. .
Vermont...................... .
Virginia.........................
Washington..................
West Virginia............. .
Wisconsin.....................
W yom ing.................... .
United States. ...........
Explosives, storage, manu­
facture, etc., of:
Massachusetts.............
Missouri........................
M ontana.......................
New Jersey................. .
N ew Y ork....................
Ohio..............................
Explosives, use of, in
mines. (See M ine regu­
lations.)
Extortion:
Illinois.......................... .
Minnesota...... .............
Montana.......................
(See also Interference,
etc., intimidation.)

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1011
1023,1025,
1026
1062
1066
1083
1087
1118
1152,1153
1158,1161
1176,1177
519
616
630
701, 728
774

486
470

54

470

"58

403
552
552

35
14
16

403
486

35
16

575
650

Factories, accidents in.
470

403 I
23
590 ! 61,62
403 I
24

485,486 L
490 528
“
46
534
553
574 403
596
604
648
403
32
667
684
697,724
736,737
784
790 403 |
39
799
849,851 4 6 3 ” | 41,42
858,859,
869
873
904,911,
912
957
982 590 ! 118
1002 i 470 j

53

(See Accidents, etc.)
Factories and workrooms,
ventilation, sanitation,
etc., of. (See Air space;
Inspection and regula­
tion.)
Factories, eating, etc., in.
(See Food, taking into
certain workrooms.)
Factories, fire escapes on.
(See Fire escapes, etc.)
Factories, plants, etc., es­
tablishment b y State,
summary of laws as to__
Factories, etc., registration
of:
California......................
Kentucky......................
Maryland......................
Mississippi....................
New Y ork .....................
N ew Jersey...................
Wisconsin......................
Factories, smoking in.
(See Smoking, etc.)
Factory inspectors. (See
Inspectors, factory.)
Factory regulation. (See
inspection and regula­
tion of factories, etc.)
Fellow servant, negligent,
to be named in verdict:
Minnesota.....................
Fellow servants. (See Lia­
bility of employers for
injuries to employees.)
Female employees. (See
Women, employment
of.)
Female employees, seats
for. (See Seats for fe­
male employees.)

99,100
202,203
457
492
601,602
763
1142,1148

574

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Fire escapes on factories,
etc.:
138
Alabama_____________
240
Colorado_____________
nonnpnt.innt. _
_ _
261,262
___________ Delaware278
285,286
District of Columbia. _
300,301,304
327
352,359
366,367
421,422
428
451,452
474,475
Louisiana. .
478
506,507
538
566,567
616,625
629
657
691
New Hampshire_____
712,713
N ew Jersey . _______
764
N ew Y ork ___________
788,789
North Carolina______
795
North Dakota________
834,840
Ohio - _____________
863,869
Oklahoma___ r
Oregon_______________
905,912,
Pennsylvania.. .....
913,924
Rhode Island________
'980
South Dakota________
1003
1014,1020
Tennessee____ - ______
Texas____ ___ ______
1038,1039
Vermont_____________
1073
Virginia____ _________
1080
West Virginia________ 1114,1115,
1117
Wisconsin _, _ ___ „ .
1126,1127
W yom ing......................
1163,1164
(Sec also Inspection and
regulation of factories
and workshops.)
Fire marshal:
Hawaii_______________
314
Oregon_______________
903
Pennsylvania_____ ___
922
Fire, safeguards against,
in factories. ( See In­
spection and regulation
of factories, etc.)
Firemen, stationary, ex­
amination, etc., of, sum­
2 1 ,2 2
mary of laws as to______
First-aid provisions. (See
Accidents,
provisions
for.)
Food products, manufac­
ture of, summary of
laws as to .
_
_ _
87-89
Food, taking into certain
workrooms:
281
D e la w a re ________ __
Illinois
__ _ _
351,356
586
Minnesota
619
Missouri
_ ______
721
N ew Jersey
760
N ew York
844
Ohio..............................
927
Pennsylvania
1114
W est Virginia—............
Forced contributions from
employees:
366
In d ia n a __________ 474
Louisiana____________
490
M aryland___________
553,554
Michigan
___ _ .
665
N evada..........................




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12

Forced contributions from
employees—Continued.
New Jersey__________
New Y ork ___________
Ohio................................
Oregon _ ____________
Utah
......................
(See also Employees’
funds.)
Foremen, etc., accepting
fees for furnishing em­
ployment. (See Em ­
ployment, foreman, etc.,
accepting fees for fur­
nishing.)
Funds, employees’ . (See
Employees’ funds.)

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No. Page

707
772
847,848
878
1048

Garnishment,

403

34

•
470 “ "4 9

403
470

43
52

exemp­
tion of wages from. (See
Exemption of wages
from execution, etc.)
Garnishment of wages:
Alabama
Arizona______________
Arkansas_____________
Colorado_____________
Delaware
Hawaii
________
Indiana

________

Louisiana

552

403

25

7

_

Michigan
___ _
Missouri
Nebraska____________
New Jersey__________
New M exico_________
North Dakota________
Oregon
. _
Rhode Island________
Tennessee____________
Utah
__________
Virginia______________*
Wisconsin____________
Wyoming
_ ____
Government printing of­
fices. (See Public print­
ing, etc.)
Groceries, employees in:
N ew Y ork................. .
Group insurance. (See In­
surance of employees.)
Guards, armed, summary
of laws as to___________

143
528

21

167
"470‘
279 '
313,314 403'
590
403
470
486
590
403
604
403
734
739
528
873
590

29
22

58
24
31
13
69
31
§2

67
119

1021

1062
1083
1153
1161

486
470

23
57

403
470
486

13
12,13

470

5
7

780

111 , 112

8

(See also Industrial po­
lice.)
Guards for dangerous ma­
chinery, etc. (See In­
spection and regulation
of factories and work­
shops.)

Hatch tenders:

486

12,13

California____________
Headlights on locomotives,
summary of laws as t o ...
Highways, hours of labor
on, summary of laws fix­
ing
____________
Hiring.
(See E m ploy­
ment of labor.)
Hoisting-machine opera­
tors, examination, etc.,
of, summary of laws as
to______________________

188,189
74-81
104

85

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Page
Holiday labor:
Massachusetts___
New Hampshire........
Holidays in the different
States and Territories,
list of. (See Legal holi­
days.)
Horseshoers, examination,
etc., of, summary of
laws as to...................
Hospital fees. (See Forced
contributions, etc.)
Hospitals and hospital
funds, administration,
etc., of:
Arizona........................
Arkansas__ ;_________
California.....................
New M exico...... .........
Oklahoma....................
Oregon..........................
Pennsylvania..............
Utah.............................
West V irginia.._........
W yom ing.....................
United States.............
(See also Forced contri­
butions.)
Hours of labor in general
employments:
Arizona........................ .
Arkansas..................... .
California......................
Connecticut................ .
Florida......................... .
Georgia........................ .
Idaho.............................
Illinois______________
Indiana........................ .
M aine.......................... .
Maryland.................... .
Michigan......................
Minnesota....................
Mississippi---------------Missouri.......................
Montana.......................
New Hampshire..........
New Y ork ....................

North Carolina........
Ohio......................
Oregon..................
Pennsylvania..........
Puerto Rico............ .
Rhode Island.......... .
South Carolina........ .
Wisconsin................
Hours of labor of bus
drivers:
Alabama................ .
Arizona...................
Georgia...................
Iowa.......................
Mississippi..............
Nebraska................
New York...............
Hours of labor of children
and women. (See Chil­
dren, etc.)
Hours of labor of deck of­
ficers:
United States...........
Hours of labor of drug
clerks:
California_________
New York...............
Hours of labor of employ­
ees in brickyards:
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513

19-21

403

6

5?8

21

590

122

173
212,213
737,738
870
932,937
1117
1157
1187

590
590
590
590
590
590
590

37
44
58
63
78
80
94

1176

Page

N o. Page

Hours of labor of employ­
ees in compressed air:
719
N ew Jersey__________
N ew Y ork___________
773,774
908
Pennsylvania...............
Hours of labor of employ­
ees in electric plants:
Arizona______________
154
Hours of labor of employ­
ees in groceries:
New Y ork ___________
780
Hours of labor of em ploy­
ees in mines, smelters,
etc.:
Alaska_______________
148
Arizona______________ 155,161,162
California____________
201
Colorado_____________
224,228
Idaho________________
325
I
Kansas_______________
439
Maryland____________
501
Missouri_____________
612,621
Montana_____________
627,637
N eva d a ..____________
665,668
North Dakota________
804
Oklahoma. _________
857,868
Oregon ^. ,
887
Utah _ _
1047,1059
Washington__________
1092
W yom ing____________
1156,1159
Hours of labor of employ­
ees in plaster and ce­
ment mills:
Colorado_____________
N e v a d a .____________
668
Hours of labor of employ­
ees on railroads:
United States________
1179-1181
Summary of State
laws as to_________
82,83
Hours of labor of employ­
ees on street railways:
183
California
___ _
______
462
Louisiana
Maryland
______
Massachusetts_______
533
N ew Jersey..... .............
709
New York _ _______
754,755
Pennsylvania
__
910
Rhode Island
981,982
South Carolina
991,992,996
W ashington
1092
Hours of labor of seamen:
United States________
1176
Hours of labor of telegraph
operators. (See Hours
of labor of employees on
railroads.)
Hours of labor of telephone
operators:
Montana
___ _
637
Hours of labor of women.
(See W omen, etc.)
Hours of labor on public
roads, summary of laws
as t o .. _____________ . . .
104
Hours of labor on public
works:
Alaska_______________
144
152,154
Arizona__ ___________
California____________ 181,189,190

403

18,19

Colorado_____________
Delaware____________
District of Colum bia..
H aw aii..... .
Idaho.............................

.....

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154,155
170
183
265
290
300
326
339
373
486
499
549
563
599,600
612
628,647
684 '528' ‘ " "5 9
754-759, 552 18,19
778,780,
789
813, 819,840
886,887
528 77,79
957,958 403 45,46
977,978 486 22,23
990,991
1141

194,195
780

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228
274
284,287
310
316,325

528
470

55,56
42,43

~528~ " " ” 72

590

148

470

29

590

44

~470” ’ ” ‘ 34

"470," 22, 23’
528, 30, 31,
590
52

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Hours of labor on public
works—Continued.
Kansas

373
427

452
501,502
511,512
563,564,580
627,638
669,678
717
New Jersey__________
New M exico.................
735
New Y o r k .. ________
760,761
813
857,864
887,888
Maryland
____
M a s s a c h u s e t t s ____

Pennsylvania .
933
Puerto Rico__________ 953,959,969
Texas________________
1037,1038
Utah......... ..................... 1047,1059
Washington__________
1091,1092
W est Virginia________
1117
Wisconsin 1141,1142
W yom ing____________
1156,1162
United States...............
1183,1184
Illiterate employees on
railroads.
(See Rail­
road employees, illiter­
ate.)
Immigration:
United States...............
1174
Immigration, etc., bureau
of:
California____________
181,182
Hawaii___ ___________ 310,311,314
Idaho________________
316-318
Illinois...........................
333,338
South Dakota________
1007
Importing workmen from
outside the State:
Oregon___ ___________
898
Inclosed platforms. (See
Protection of employees
on street railways.)
Incorporation of labor or­
ganizations, etc.
(See
L a b or organizations,
etc.)
Industrial com m ission.
(See Commission, in­
dustrial, etc.)
Industrial diseases. (See
Occupational diseases.)
Industrial education, sum­
m ary of laws as to...........
7-10
Industrial home work.
(See Sweating system.)
Industrial police, sum­
mary of laws as to...........
109-112

Industrial rehabilitation.
(See Rehabilitation of
injured persons.)
I p d u s t r i a l R e la tio n s ,
Court of:
Kansas___________ __
Industrial relations, de­
partment of:
California____________




440-447

403
590

26
63

434

15

528

55,56

590

84,85

590

93

528 72, 73,
75, 76,
102
590
403

528
590

46

93,94
148

Industrial relations, de­
partment of—Contd.
Georgia
- _____
Ohio............................. Industrial welfare com­
missioners, etc.:
Arkansas — _________
California____________
K a n s a s ...___________
Oregon,—____ ___ __
Injunctions:
Illinois__ ____________
Kansas_______________
Minnesota___________
Montana____________
New Jersey ________
North Dakota________
Oregon_______________
Pennsylvania „ _____
Utah...............................
Washington.........Wisconsin____________
United S ta te s _______
Injuries causing death,
right of action for, sum­
mary of laws as to______

Injuries to employees.
(See Liability of em ­
ployers.)
Inspection and regulation
of bakeries, etc., sum­
mary of laws as to______

403

403
434
470
486
528
590

403
528
590

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57

813-815
172,173
205-208 "470" ~2(h22
528 26,27
447
881-885 590
103
431,432
579
648

403

23

528

52

434

14

590

105

590
590

130
151

403
434
470
590

10

403
470
486

10

403

60

470
528

20

590
528

47,48
32-36

403
470

29,30

590

61

403
470
528
486
434

25
33
43,44

805
899,900
1057-1059
1104
1147
1172,1173
89-91

87-89

Inspection and regulation
of barber shops, sum­
29-32
mary of laws as to--------Inspection and regulation
of factories and work­
shops:
136-138
Alabama ___________
149,150
Alaska _____________
A rizo n a _____________ 162,164,165
Arkansas_____________ 167-169,173
*
191,192,
California____________
202,203,
213-219,
222,223
232,
Colorado_____________
238-241,
244-246
258-262,
Connecticut__________
268,271
Delaware....... ................ 273,278-282
285,286
3,4
District of Columbia. _
290,291
Florida...........................
300,304,
Georgia______________
308,309
314
13
Hawaii
6
Idaho _______________ 317,327,328
12,13
341-343,
Illinois_______________
8
347,348,
16
350-359
31
Indiana______________
366,367,
379,383,
388,392,
393
413-416,
Iowa_________________
420-423
26
Kansas_______________
428,429,
435-437
23, 24,
450-452
32
Kentucky____________
48,50,
Louisiana..................... 462,472-475
51
Maine............................. 1478,481,482

5
9
18

9
6

28

20

1 1 ,1 2
12

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Inspection and regulation
of factories and work­
shops—Continued.
M aryland—..................
Massachusetts.............
M ichigan..

492-495
506,507,
513,514,
517-520
538-543

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29
48,49
75
37
77

564-567,
576,
580-582,
584-587,
590
Mississippi...................
601-603
Missouri....................... 613-621,625
Montana..................
655-657
Nebraska.................
668,671,
N evada...............
674-676,
681
New Hampshire699-703
New Jersey..........
712,713,
716,
719-722,
724,725,
728,730,
733
N ew M exico..
739
750,751,
New Y ork ___
759,760,
763-772

Oklahoma..
Oregon____

788-790
795,796,803
817-820,824,
825,828-835,
840,843-845
861-864,869
888-897,903

13

79
56,57
32,33
34
35,36
16
14

470

49
20,21
65
14,15,
37,19,
91,92,
93
49

Pennsylvania .

905,912,913,
918-928

43
76
43,44
52
77
80,81

Philippine Islands..
Puerto Rico.............

950
960,961,966,
967

21
81,82

Rhode Islands

South Carolina.
South Dakota..
Tenne
Texas...........
Utah............
Verm ont___
Virginia.......
Washington.




22
116,
117
48
16
82,83
24,25
116,
117,
119

973-975,977,
980,981

986,995
1003,1004,
1006,1007
1013-1016,
1019-1021
1027,1041,
1042
1050-1052
1069,1070,
1072,1073
1078-1080,
1083,1084
1087,1088,
1093-1095,
1101-1104

Inspection and regulation
of factories and work­
shops—Continued.
W est Virginia............. .
Wisconsin..

Minnesota..

North Carolina...
North Dakota— .
Ohio_____ _____ _

Page

528

403

49
125

552

25
125
126

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N o. Page

1110,11131115,1119
1123-1130,
1132,1133,
1146,1148
1149
1163-1166

W yom ing......................
(See also Cellars and
basements, use of;
Compressed air; Ex­
plosives; Fire escapes;
Inspection, etc., of
bakeries; Inspectors,
factory;
Laundries;
Seats for female em­
ployees; Sweating sys­
tem; Toilet rooms.)
Inspection of locomotives,
etc., summary of laws as
to...... .................................
Inspection, etc., of mer­
cantile establishments:
692-694
N ew Hampshire_____
710,711
N ew Jersey..................
New Y ork..................... 750,771,772
Inspection, etc., of mines.
(See M ine regulations.)
Inspection of railroads,
railroad equipment, etc.,
69-81
summary of laws as t o ...
Inspection of steam boil­
ers:
Arkansas.......................
California..
Colorado...
Connecticut___
Delaware_____
Indiana............Iowa...................
M aine. .............
Massachusetts .
M ichigan..........
Minnesota........
Missouri............
Montana______
N ew Y o r k ........
Ohio.................
Oklahoma____
Pennsylvania.
Rhode Island .

253
262
283
385,386
422
477,478
507
543
589
621
629,633
760,,774,775,
781,782
836
867, 868,872
924
978,979

528

91,92

528
590

92,94
126,
127

403

9,10

403
470

9,10
9

470
528
528
470
590

19

22
23
28

434

13

470

44

80,81
48
16

21,22
24
West Virginia..
Wisconsin.........
(See also Inspection of
locomotives.)
Inspection of steam boilers
in mines. (See M ine
regulations.)
Inspection of steam ves­
sels:
Idaho.............................
Indiana..........................
M aine............................
Montana.......................
N ew Hampshire..........
New Y o r k ....................
Washington-................
United States...............

1115
1127,1128,
1130

470
384
488
643
690
774,775
1096
1175

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Inspectors, factory, etc.:
Alabama. ...................
Alaska........................ .
Arkansas....................
C olorad o....................
C onnecticu t..............
Delaware___________
District of Columbia.
Florida........................
Georgia........................
Illinois-........................
Indiana.
Iowa...................
Kansas..............
Kentucky.........
Louisiana..........
M a in e ...............
M aryland.........
Massachusetts.
M ich ig a n ...
M innesota..
Mississippi-.
Missouri...............
M ontana...............
Nebraska.............
N evada.................
New Hampshire .
New Jersey..........
N ew M exico____
N ew Y o rk ______
North Dakota___
Ohio......................
Oklahoma..
Oregon____
Pennsylvania..........
Philippine Islands.
Puerto R ico_______
Rhode Island..........
South CarolinaSouth D akota...
Texas____
Utah.........
Vermont.
Virginia..
W ashingtonW est Virginia..
W isconsin____
(See also Fire marshal.)
Insurance of employees:
California.....................
Colorado......................
Connecticut........... ......
Florida.........................
Iow a .............................
Louisiana....................
Massachusetts ............

136
149,150
171,172
238-241
258,259,
264,271
279-282
288
291
308,309
335,347,
348,357
381,382,
385,392
414,415
434-436
0,455,456
5,470,471
478,481
494,500
504, 505,
510, 518
9, 540, 542
560,561
601
613-615
632,633
653,654
681
692,694
726,727
739
748,749
803
828,829,
842,843
861,862
881,882,
884,893
921,941
950
967,968
973, 974,980

Page
Insurance of employees—
Continued
O h io .............................
Pennsylvania...............
South CarolinaSouth Dakota__
Texas..................
Virginia..............
Washington____
W isconsin-

528

528

65

42

82,83
24,25

90

291
'42,43
474
532
552,555,556

M innesota..
M ississippiNew Jersey.
New Y o r k ..

733,734
745,772




No.

25,26
37
56

M ich ig a n ...

North Carolina.

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986,992
1007
1019-1021
1042
1050
1075,1076,
1080
1093,1103,
1104,1107
1110,1119
1125,1126,
1129,1130

IN D E X

14,'l5
46,47
29,30
48

584

11
17
38
63,64

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78,79
104,107
987, 995
1004

1152

Insurance, u n e m p lo y ­
ment:
Michigan......................
555,556
Wisconsin.....................
Intelligence offices. (See
Employment offices.)
Intemperate employees,
summary of laws as to .
105-107
Interference with employ­
ment, intimidation, etc.:
Alabama....................... 135,137,138
166
Arkansas.......................
Colorado.......................
227
Connecticut_________
269
278
Delaware.....................
Florida..........................
295
Georgia..........................
303
Hawaii........................... 312,313,315
Idaho.............................
Illinois........................... 338,339,361
425,426,438
451
Kentucky.............
486,487
Maine........... ........
Massachusetts. __
510
553
M ichigan. ...........
569, 574, 575
Minnesota______
594,595
Mississippi______
and
Missouri...............
639,649
Montana________
661
N ebraska............
668,669
N evada_________
685
New Hampshire .
709
N ew Jersey_____
New Y ork______
776,777
794,799,800
North Dakota___
858
Oklahoma_______
874,875
Oregon__________
934
Pennsylvania___
955
Puerto R ico_____
983
Rhode Island____
1003
South Dakota___
1032,1034,
Texas______ ____
1042-1044
Utah_.
1047,1061,
1063,1065
1073
Vermont__....................
1087,1088
W ashington............... .
1111,1112
West Virginia............. .
1154
W isconsin................... .
1191
United States........ ......
(See also Blacklisting;
Boycotting; Conspir­
acy against work­
men; Enticing em­
ployees;
Picketing;
Protection of em ploy­
ees; Sabotage; Strikes
of railroad employees.)
Intoxication, negligence,
etc., of employees, sum­
105-107
mary of laws as to...........

Kidnaping:
Philippine Islands____
United States..........

121
17,18
54-56
88
93,94
127

948
1191

590 135-147

403

13

486

403

51, 52

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Labels. (See Trademarks.)
Labor agents. (See Emi­
grant agents.)
Labor agreements not con­
spiracy. (See Conspir­
acy, labor agreements
not.)
Labor, bureau of. (See
Bureau of labor.)
Labor camps, etc.:
California____________
Delaware____________
Hawaii_______________
Michigan____________
MinnAsntft
Nevada______________
New M exico_________
New Y ork___________
Pennsylvania________
Puerto R ico__________
Virginia.
_
(See also Lodginghouses.)
Labor, commissioner of.
(See Bureau of labor.)
Labor contracts.
(See
Contracts of em ploy­
ment.)
Labor organizations, brib­
ery of representatives of.
(See Bribery of repre­
sentatives, etc.)
Labor organizations ex­
cluding members of
National Guard, sum­
mary of laws as to______
Labor organizations, in­
corporation, regulation,
etc., of:
Alabama_____________
California____________

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Page

28

280
311
539
573
682
739
767
925
969
1075

Legal holidays in the
States and Territories.

Letters of recommenda­
tion. (See Employers'
certificates.)
Liability of corporations
for debts of contractors
for labor, list of laws de­
termining______________

118

139
188,190,
191,196
Colorado______ ______
226
272
Connecticut......... .........
District of Columbia. _
286
304
Georgia______________
Illinois_______________
364
Iowa_________________
411,423
Kansas_______________ 439, 440,443
Louisiana____________
460
Massachusetts________
534,535
Michigan____________
551, 552
Minnesota___________ 575, 579, 580
Montana________ ____
649
Nebraska____________
660
Nevada______________
671
New Hampshire_____
685
New Jersey...................
708
New Y ork..................._ 743, 777, 778
Ohio............................. .
815
Oklahoma. _ .............
865
Oregon_________ _____ 875,899,900
Pennsylvania............. . 904,935,936

Puerto R ico— ........... .
955
994
South Carolina........ ..
Texas............................ 1025,1028,
1032
Utah...............................
1057,1063
Washington............. .
1104,1105
West Virginia............... 1111 , 1112 ,

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708
403

54,55

470
486
590

18

628
89

67-69

59-62

9
6

403
434
470
486
528
552
590

9
5
8.9
5,6
4
16,17

403
434
470

8.9
4
7,8

11

Liability of employers for
injuries to employees:
Alabama.................... .
Alaska_______________
Arizona______________

528

52

403

36

403
470
403

44
52
46

1121

Wisconsin...................... 1147,1153
W yom ing......................
1161
United States............... 1173,1182,
1183

Labor organizations. (See
Antitrust Act; Conspir­
acy, labor agreements
not; Protection of em­
ployees as members;
Trade marks of trade
unions.)
Labor organs, public ad­
vertising in:
N ew Jersey__________
Labor spies:
Wisconsin____________
Laborers, alien. (See Alien
laborers.)
Laundries, license fee for:
Montana......... ............ .....
Laundries, regulation of,
summary of laws as to—

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403
403 ,
590 1

52
58
154

139-141
145,146
152,153,
157-159
Arkansas_____________
175-177
184,198
California____________
Colorado_____________ 227, 228, 241
Connecticut................ .
267
284
District of Colum bia..
Florida..... .......... .........
293, 294
Georgia______________ 297-299,302
Illinois_______________ i1
357,358
Indiana______________ 370, 376-378
Iowa_________________ 411,412,419
Kansas_______________ 1428,432,433
Kentucky____________
455
Louisiana____________
463
M aine_______________
483-485
M assachusetts___ ___
529-531
RAA
M ichigan____________
Minnesota___________ ■ 572-574,
577,578
Mississippi___________ 593-598,601
Missouri_____________ 1605-608,622
M ontana_____________!
627,644
Nebraska............ .......... ! 652,659,660
N evada............. ............
667
New Jersey__________
704-706
New M exico_________
735
N ew Y ork .......... ..........
743,
781-784
North Carolina............
785,786
North Dakota________ 796,801,802
Ohio...............................
827,841,
842,
847-849

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L iability of employers for
injuries to employees—
Continued.

Pennsylvania...............
Philippine Islands-----Puerto R ico__________
Rhode Island________

South Dakota________
Texas________________
Utah...............................
Wisconsin____________
W yom ing____________
United States________

856,867
876,877,
897, .898
804,932,933
945-948
953-955
978
984,988,
989,997,
QQO
1005,1006
1026,
1028-1031
1060
1074.1075, 434
1082,1083 590
1149-1151
1156,1162,
1163
1172, 486
1177-1179

(See also Contracts of
employees
waiving
right to damages.)
Liability of employers for
taxes of employees, sum­
mary of laws as to______
Liability of railroad com­
panies for debts of con­
tractors. (See Liability
of stockholders; Protec­
tion of wages.)
Liability of railroad com­
panies for injuries to em­
ployees. (See Liability
of employers.)
Liability of railroad com­
panies for wages due
from predecessors:
Wisconsin......................
Liability of stockholders
of corporations for wage
debts, list of laws deter­
mining_________________
License tax, exemption of
mechanics, etc., from,
list of laws granting.........
License tax, laborers not
to pay:
Louisiana......................
Philippine Islands___
Licensing, etc. (See Ex­
amination, etc.)
Liens. (See Mechanics’
liens.)
Loans to employees: .
Louisiana_____ ______
Local or special laws regu­
lating labor, etc.:
Kentucky.................. .
Louisiana____________
North Carolina______
Pennsylvania________
Texas________________
Virginia______________
Locomotives, etc., aban­
donment of. (See Strikes
of railroad employees.)
Locomotives, headlights,
etc., summary of laws as
to___________ ____ _____
Lodging houses, laborers:
Connecticut__________
Hawaii_______________
(See also Labor camps.)
Lunch, time for.
(See
Tim e for meals.)
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Page

18.19
125

24

35,36
458
945

470

8

Mediation. (See Arbitra­
tion.)
Medical attendance for
employees:
Montana. ______ ____
New M e x ic o ________
O regon______________
Medical examination. (See
Physical examination.)
Mercantile establishments,
etc., inspection of. (See
Inspection, etc., of mer­
cantile establishments.)
Messenger service b y chil­
dren. (See
Children,
employment of, in street
trades.)
Mine regulations: *
Alabama
........... .

35

1175

945
37-59

472

75-81
266
311,312

403
434
470
486
528
552
590

7,8
4
6,7
4,5
8,9
4
13,15

644
737,738
878

133-135,
138,139
148-151
Alaska_______________
Arizona.......................... 153,159,165

327.328
330,336,
337,360,364
391-410
Indiana___ __________

Idaho________________
Illinois_______________

Iowa_________________

419

Kansas_______________

431,439

Kentucky____________
Louisiana. __________
Maryland____________
Michigan____________
Minnesota__________ _
Missouri_____________
Montana____________

452,453
471
499
545,551
571
621,622
630,633,
640,641,
649,650

m ostly abridged; for representative law in full, see Indiana.




99,100

Arkansas....................... ;160,177,178
C alifornia___________ 1187,194,208
224-226
C o lo ra d o____________

448
458
793
904
1023
1074

Page

1191,1192

12

1150

62

No.

Page
M a il, obstructing:
United States________
Manufactures, State, sum­
mary of laws as to______
Married women, earnings
of, summary of laws as
to. (See Women, mar­
ried, earnings of.)
Mason contractors, exami­
nation, etc., of, sum­
mary of laws as to______
Master and servant. (See
Employment of labor;
Liability of employers;
and cross references un­
der each.)
Matches, use of white
phosphorus in making:
United States________
Meals, time for. (See
Time for meals.)
Mechanics, exemption of,
from
manufacturers'
taxes:
Philippine Islands___
Mechanics’ liens, sum­
mary of laws as to______

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528
590
470
528
403
470
528
590
470
403
470
403
470
403
470
528
590
486

40
19
27,28
19
29
32
53,54
31
23
31,32
24,25
32,33
25
33
43
64

18

470

35

21

12

528 ’ ~54~55
470
42
528 55,56

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Nevada __________ .

Page

N o.

Page

666 , 671,

403
528
590

32,33
58,59
82

679, 680
New Jersey__________
729
New M exico.
735,737,738
N ew Y ork___________
772,778
N orth Carolina______
790
803,804
Ohio______ __________ 826,827,850
Oklahoma____________ 856,868-870
Oregon____ __________
Pennsylvania
__

902
930,932,
938-941

South Dakota________
Tennessee____________
Texas________________

1004,1008
1009,1021
1028,1029,
1036,1037
1061
1080
1087,1097,
1100-1104
1110-1113

Utah...............................
Virginia........................
Washington__________
West Virginia________
W yom ing____________

United States________
Miners' homes:
Pennsylvania________
Miners’ hospital.
(See
Hospitals and hospital
funds.)
Miners, qualifications of.
(See Examination, etc.,
of miners.)
Mines, bureau of. (See
Bureau of mines.)
Mines, fire-fighting and
rescue stations for. (See
Accidents provisions for.)

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1159,1160,
1162,1166,
1167
1173
932

Motion-picture machine
operators, examination,
etc., of, summary of
laws as to______________

470 " ""4 4

Motion-picture theaters,
provisions for employees

403
470
590
470
528

National

50
69-72

403
470
528

43,’ 44
51,52
77-79

598

84

40
50
100

470

56

403
470
528
403
470
528
590

51,52
56
90,91
56-58
58,59
95,96
147

California____________
Guard. ( See
Protection of employees
as members of.)
Negligence of employees,
summary of laws as to—
Newsboys. (See Children,
employment of, in street
trades.)
Night work. (See Chil­
dren, employment of,
g e n e r a l p r o v is i o n s ;
Women, hours of labor
of.)
Notice of intention to ter­
minate
employment.
(See Employment, ter­
mination of, notice of.)
Notice of reduction of
wages. (See Wages, re­
duction of, notice of.)

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590

5,6

470

20

261
355-358
462
477
495
509
536
567, 568
618
689,690
715,716,
719-722
738
760
839,843,844
926,928
979,980
1123

590

56

93,94

403
434
470
486
528
552
590

11
5

32,33

223

11

105-107

Obstructing mail:
United States...............
Occupational diseases, re­
ports, prevention, etc., of:
Connecticut__________
Illinois_______________
Louisiana____________
M aine_______________
M aryland____________
Massachusetts_______
M ichigan____________
Minnesota___________
Missouri_____________
New Hampshire_____
N ew Jersey__________

Mines,etc.,hoursof labor in.
(See Hours of labor, etc.)
N ew M exico_________
Minimum wages:
New Y ork ___________
Arizona______________
164
Ohio_______ _________
Arkansas_____________
Pennsylvania_______
172,173
California____________ 181,205-208 590
Rhode Island________
44
Colorado_____________
Wisconsin __
235
Hawaii_______________
528"
Old-age pensions, sum­
39
Kansas_______________ 437,438,447
mary of laws as to
Louisiana____________
458
Massachusetts_______
526-528
Minnesota___________ 569-571,589
Nebraska____________
651
Nevada_____ ________
528"
57
North Dakota________
806-809 470
49
Ohio...............................
813
Overtime work, payment
Oregon_____ _________
881-885
for:
Puerto R ico..................
965
Arkansas_____________
South Dakota________
1008 590
California __ - ___
120
Texas______ _________
590
120
Florida______________
Utah...............................
1059 528
87
N ew M exico_________
Washington__________
Oklahoma. _________
1098-1100
Wisconsin...................... 1142-1144 ~403~ ’ 52,"53
Oregon_______________
Minors, earnings of, sum­
Puerto Rico.._________
mary of laws as to...........
5
65 486
T e x a s _______________
Mothers’ pensions, sum­
Washington__________
mary of laws as to...........
4
W yom ing____________
15-19 403
434
3
United States________
470
2,3
486
3 Payment bf wages due at
528
4
end of employment:
552
3
Arizona________ ____ _
Arkansas...................... .
590
5
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1191,1192

172
183
290
741
871
886,887
965
1040
1092
1168
1180,1181

161
174,175

10
6

11-13
5

19,20

590

44

590

114

590

41

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Payment of wages due at
end of em p loy m en tContinued.
186,219
California____________
Colorado_____________
233, 234
Tdaho __ ____ . __
328
427,428
Kansas.______
Louisiana........... ........
476
483
Maine______ ________
Massachusetts_______
521
Minnesota___________ 577, 582, 583
624
M is so u ri____________
Montana ______ ,
638
673,674
N e v a d a ,_____ - _____
704
N ew Jersey__________
Oregon_______________
899
Puerto R ico__________
South Carolina_______
988
U ta h .............................
1063
West Virginia________
1115
Wisr»nrisin
1141
Wvnminj?
................
1167
United States............. .
Payment of wages due de­
ceased employees:
142
Alabama_____________
Arizona______________
164
263
Connecticut__________
277,278
Delaware____________
Florida______________
294
Georgia______________
299,300
Mississippi___________
596
New Jersev__________
708
910
Pennsylvania________
Virginia.........................
1084
Payment of wages in scrip:
161
Arizona ____________
174
Arkansas_____________
197
California____________
234
C o lo r a d o .___________
Florida______________
289
297
Georgia______________
340
Illinois_______________
374
Indiana______________
I o w a ______ _________
419
Kansas_______________
439
Kentucky____________
457
466
Louisiana____________
549, 550
M ichigan____________
579
Minnesota___________
600
Mississippi___________
613
M is s o u r i.___________
664,670
Nevada
___________
684,687
New Hampshire_____
706
New Jersey__________
737
N ew M exico_______
759,778
New Y o r k __ _______
788
North Carolina______
851
Ohio
______________
864,865
Oklahoma___________
899
Oregon_______________
934,935
Pennsylvania________
949
Philippine Islands___
956
Puerto R ico..................
988,989,
South C a r o lin a ...___
993,996
1012
Tennessee____________
1064
Utah...............................
1070,1071
Vermont_____________
1078
Virginia______________
1090
Washington__________
1116
West Virginia________

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Payment of wages, modes
and times of— Contd.
Arizona.........................
Arkansas.......................
California..........- ..........

Colorado..

-

Alaska.....................




403

33

552

21

iso, 151

Georgia___
Hawaii.......
Illinois........
Indiana___
Iow a..........
Kansas____
Kentucky..
Louisiana..........
M aine................
Maryland.........
Massachusetts.

590

Page

No. Page

160,161
174,175
2 0 2 ,2 1 2

M ich ig a n ...
M innesota..
Mississippi.
Missouri___
Montana___
N ebraska...
Nevada____
New Hampshire .
New Jersey..........

528 ...... 29

590
434

403
17
470
20
590 50,51,
52

233-235,
255
309
310
340
373-375
413
425 590
448,451, 434
453,454
472,473 434
483
490,495 ’ 590
521-523 403

150

66
12

New M exico_____
New Y ork ............
North C arolina...
North Dakota___
O h io .....................
Oklahoma............
Oregon..................
Pennsylvania_____
Philippine Islands.
Puerto R ico_______
Rhode Isla n d ...
South Carolina-

..... ......
South Dakota..
Tennessee_____
Texas.................
Utah..................
Vermont...........
Virginia.—.......
Washington___
West Virginia..
403

42

590

113

403
470

51
57

590
403

38
16

1142

Payment of wages, modes
and times of:
Alabama____ ________

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W isconsin____________
(See ateoCompany stores.)

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W isconsin.....................
W yom ing......................
United States________
(See also Payment of
wages in scrip.)
Peddler’s license, exemp­
tion of mechanics from,
summary of laws as to ..
Pensions for employees,
summary of laws as to.
(See Retirement.)
Pensions
for
indigent
blind, summary of laws
as to ...................................
Pensions, old-age, sum­
mary of laws as to. (See
Old-age pensions.)

573,577
600,602,603
813,621,624
638,650
651,652
670,673,674
684,687,689
704,706,
708,710,
713,714
739
759
785, 790
802,803
851,852

64
9,10
10

26,27
46
72,73
27,28
78

33,34
81
16,17
61, 62
87
552

18

42,43

100

936,937
951
961,962
987-989,
993,994,
997-999
1002,1008
1012,1013
1039
1063,1064
1070,1071
1077,1078
1088
1112,1113,
1116,1118,
1119
1141,1142
1160,1167
1176,1177

52

—

...

112
118
119

590

128

590

20

35,36

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Peonage:
944, €48
Philippine Islands___
1174,1192
United S ta te s _______
Phosphorus, white, use of,
in
manufacture
of
matches:
1175
United States___ *___
Physical competence, cer­
tificates of. (See Chil­
dren, employed, etc.)
Physical examination of
employees:
355
Illinois-........................ .
New Jersey................. . 718, 721, 722
754,773
New Y o r k . . . ...............
845
Ohio_________________
Pennsylvania________ 907,927,928
Physicians, employment
of:
Louisiana...................738
New M exico.................
Puerto R ico..................
1017
Tennessee......................
Picketing:
135
Alabama.................... —
227
Colorado........................
315
Hawaii...........................
444
Kansas....................... .
661
Nebraska......................
1064
U t a h - .- ........................
1172,1173
United States________
(See also Interference
with employment.)
Plumbers, examination,
etc., of, summary of
26-28
laws as to ..........................

Poisons, handling, manu­
facture, etc., of. (See
Occupational diseases.)
Police, industrial, sum­
mary t)f laws as to. (See
Industrial police.)
Police, private:
Wisconsin
Poll tax of employees, lia­
bility of employers for,
summary of laws as t o . .
Postal employees, rights
of:
United States________
Preferencein em ploym ent.
(See Public works, labor
on.)
Profit sharing b y corpora­
tions:
Connecticut____ _ _

__

New Jersey______ ___
Protection of chauffeurs:
Illinois_______________
Protection of employees as
candidates for office:
California
C o lo r a d o ._____ _
Wyom ing
Protection of employees as
members of labor organi­
zations, summary of
laws as to.........................
Protection of employees
as members of National
Guard, summary of
laws as to __ - ______ ___




104,105

No.

Page

486

13

486

21

Page
Protection of employees as
traders. (See Coercion
of employees.)
Protection of employees as
voters:
137
Alabama_____________
159-161,165
Arizona
167
Arkansas_____________
188,209
California____________
253,254
Colorado ___________
256
Connecticut__________
274
Delaware____________
295.296
Florida
329
Idaho
365
Indiana
411
Iowa
Transas
. . .
426
Kentucky____________
448,454
461
Louisiana____________
TV/f
495
505
Massachusetts
554
Minnesota
576
593,594
Mississippi___________
608
Missouri
648,649
Montana
651
N ebraska
672,681,682
otcov
732
736, 740
^Ngw York
777
North Carolina______
786
840,852
O h io ________________
858
Oklahoma____________
874
Oregon____ __________
910
Pennsylvania
Philippine Islands___
951
957
Puerto R ico__________
990
South Carolina_______
South Dakota________
1003
1009,1010
Tennessee____________
1032
Texas______ ____ ____
1048
U ta h ________ _______
1109,1120
West Virginia________
Wisconsin____________ 1122,1137,
1138,1154
1157,1158
W yom ing____________
(See also Tim e to vote.)
Protection of employees
on buildings:
189,194.
California____________
198,199,
203
229,230
Colorado_____________
265,266
Connecticut..................
282,283
Delaware____________
348-350
Illin ois..-............. ........
Indiana..........................
367-369
429,430
Kansas......... .................
Kentucky__________
Louisiana......................
466-463
Maryland......................
496
Massachusetts-............
506
Minnesota............. .......
566
Missouri...................... .
617
Montana.......................
628,629
Nebraska......................
657-659
Nevada...... ................. .
675,676
New Jersey...................
727,728
New Y ork .....................
762,778

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37

403

29

MamT

403
434
470
486
528
552
590

6
4
6
4
8
4
12

403

54,55

470

12

1173

262
390,391
731
358
209
528
1158

37

114,115

118

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590

14
32

North Dakota________
809,810
Ohio............. .................
850,851
Oklahoma . „ . . . .
866,867
Oregon____ ___________
897,898
Pennsylvania............... 904,905,924
Puerto R ico____ _____
958
Rhode Island
978
1042
Texas....... ..............

"470" 43,”44

'552' "21,’ 22
"470" '53,’ 54

590

147

434

8,9

' 4 7 6 ’ ’ §8,”40

552
552
590

14
17
94

528

77

403

47,48

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Protection of employees
on buildings—Contd.
Washington--------------1101-1104
Wisconsin____________ 1125-1126
Protection of employees
on street railways:
Colorado........................
224,225
Connecticut-.................
263
279
D elaw are---.................
District of Columbia—
285
Illinois............................
361
Indiana..........................
372
Iowa-------- -----------------411
Kansas...........................
433,434
Louisiana......................
472
M a in e ......... - ................
485
533
Massachusetts- _ ..........
Michigan.......................
551
Minnesota----------------576
Mississippi....................
599
Missouri........................ 605,624,625
Montana........................
636,637
N eb ra sk a .--.................
653
N ew Hampshire—
N ew Jersey.-...............
709
New Y ork. ...................
782
North Carolina____
Ohio...............................
851
Oregon............................
877,878
South Carolina_______989,994,998
Tennessee......................
1010
Utah— ..........................
1063
Virginia-........................
1081
Washington..................
1097
West Virginia...............
1116
Wisconsin......... ............ 1151,1152
(See also Street rail­
ways, safety provi­
sions on.)
Protection of employees.
(See also Fire escapes on
factories;
Inspection,
etc., of factories, etc.;
Mine regulations; Rail­
roads, safety provisions
on.)
Protection of wages of
employees, summary of
laws as to........................ .
59-61

(See also Exemption of
wages; Forced contri­
butions; Liability of
stockholders of corpo­
rations for wage debt;
Wages as preferred
claims.)
Public buildings, contract
work on:
California-....................
Public employment offices.
(See Employment of­
fices.)
Public ownership and
operation, summary of
laws as to..........................
Public printing to be done
within the State, sum­
mary of laws as to ______
Public printing, union
label to be used on, sum­
mary of laws as to______
Public printing, wages and
hours of labor in:
Iowa...............................

Kansas....................




Public service commis­
sions, duties of:
A rizon a...................... .
California-....................
Connecticut-.................
District of Colum bia. _
Hawaii......................
Idaho........................
Illinois......................
Indiana.....................
Kansas.....................

8,9
4
7,8
9,10
20,21

99,100

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423

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152,154
210,214
262,263
287
312
326
360
372

M aine. ...................—
485
M issouri......................
625
Montana........... - ........ .
642, 643
Nebraska................—
653
Nevada...................—
667
New Jersey................. .
711
New M exico_________
735
New Y ork---------------- 780
North Dakota_______
800
Ohio............................. .
Oregon— .................... . 875,876,903
Pennsylvania...............
933
Puerto R ico..................
961
South Carolina........... .
987,988
Texas.............................
1031,1032
Utah............................. .
1061,1062
Vermont____________
1066
Washington_________
1097,1098
West Virginia............. .
1117
Wisconsin........... .........
1152
United States-----------70-74
Public service em ploy­
ments:
Arizona........................ .
152,154
Arkansas____________
166
District of Colum bia. _
287
Hawaii---------------------312
Massachusetts- _ .........
535
New Jersey__________
Public supplies, preference
of domestic products for,
summary of laws as to.
(See Public works, pref­
erence of domestic mate­
rials and local labor on.)
Public works, employ­
ment of aliens on. (See
Aliens, etc., employ­
ment of, etc.)
Public works, hours of
labor on. (See Hours of
labor.)
Public works, labor on:
Alaska...........................
Arizona........................ .
165
California.................... .
182,186,
189,196
Delaware_____
Florida..............
Hawaii...............
Idaho.................
Illinois...............
Kansas..............
K entucky.........
Louisiana..........
M a in e .............
Maryland_____
Massachusetts..

182

101,102

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Minnesota............
Montana..............
Nevada_________
New Hampshire..
New Jersey_____
New York______

310,

528

67

528

22
22,23,
28
44
39,40
” ” 61

452,
12,13
505,
513,
665,
697,
743, 761

77
79
57
82
17,18

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Public works, labor on—
Continued.
Ohio...... ........................
Oklahoma.....................
O regon...................... .
Pennsylvania..
Puerto R ico___
Utah..............
Washington— .
W est VirginiaWisconsin____
United States............. .
(See also Aliens, etc.,
employment of, on
public works: Rates of
wages of employees
on public works.)
Public works, preference
of domestic materials
and local labor on, list
of laws as t o .....................

857,864
875
933
969
1062

1174,1175

Railroad bridges, height




178,179
468,469
1035,1036

1150
531

175
366
423
605
1006

Page

Page

72,73,
75,76
403 “ ’ ’ 46
' ” 126
126
129
134
135
590
151

15
28-30

Quarries. (See Mines.)
of. (<See Railroad tracks,
etc.)
Railroad cars, etc., to be
repaired within the
State:
Arkansas____________
Louisiana____________
Texas........— ...............
Railroad companies, lia­
bility of, for debts of con­
tractors for labor. (See
Liability of stockhold­
ers; Protection of wages.)
Railroad companies, lia­
bility of, for wages due
from predecessors:
Wisconsin____________
Railroad employees, com­
plaint by:
Massachusetts_______
Railroad employees, ex­
amination, etc., of. (See
Examination, etc.)
Railroad employees, false
charge against:
Arkansas.................... .
Indiana..........................
Iowa__......................... .
Missouri.......................
South Dakota________
Railroad employees, hours
of labor of. (See Hours
of labor, etc.)
Railroad employees, illit­
erate:
Idaho.............................
Missouri.......................
New Y ork .................
Ohio........ .....................
Oregon...........................
Washington..................
Railroad employees, etc.,
negligence, etc., of, sum­
mary of laws as to...........

No.

100,101

Purchases b y employees.
(See Coercion.)

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ifications of:
143
Alabama...................... .
A rizona....................... . 156,157,160
California......................
196
Georgia...... ................. .
297,304
Indiana...... ...................
370,371
Massachusetts............ .
532,533
Michigan..................... .
550,551
Missouri...................... .
624
Nebraska......................
653
N ew Y ork................... .
779
Ohio...........................
850
Oregon...................... .
877
Wisconsin.....................
1150
(See also Examination,
etc., of railroad em­
ployees; Railroad em­
ployees, illiterate; Tel­
egraph operators, rail­
road, etc.)
Railroad employees, reim­
bursement of, for losses
due to removal of division points:
M on tana......................
644,645
Railroad employees, rules
for:
154
Arizona..........................
211,214
California......................
263
Connecticut..................
371,372
Indiana..........................
M ichigan. ....................
550
596,598
Mississippi....................
Ohio_________________
944,945
Philippine Islands___
Railroad employees,strikes
of. (See Strikes, etc.)
Railroad employees, uni­
forms of:
779
N ew Y ork ........ .......... .
Washington_____ ____
1096
Railroad employees, etc.,
voting b y. (See Absent
voters.)
Railroad relief societies.
(See Benefit societies.)
Railroad tracks, bridges,
wires, etc., over or near:
Arkansas— ............... .
166
256
Connecticut.............
327
Id a h o ......................
370,372,393
Indiana....................
411,413
I o w a .......................
432,434
Kansas.....................
450
Kentucky.................
462
Louisiana.................
550
M ich igan................
572
Minnesota...............
Mississippi-.............
M issouri..................
653
Nebraska.......................
684,685
N ew Hampshire___
801
N orth Dakota_____
847,850
O h io .......................
Oregon................
Rhode Isla n d ...
South Carolina..

329
624
779
850
877
1088
105-107

Texas.
V erm ont...
Virginia___
W isconsinRailroad trains, operation
of:
Kansas..........................
Texas.............................

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94

528

67

403

30

403

31

40,41
50

877
981
994,995
1021
49
1067
1081
1149,1150

433
1031,1032,
1037,1038

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Railroad trains, etc., suffi­
cient crews required on,
summary of laws as t o ..
Railroads, accidents on.
(See Accidents.)
Railroads, construction of
caboose cars on, sum­
mary of laws as to...........
Railroads, hours of labor
of employees on, list of
laws as to ______________
Railroads,
obstructing,
hindering operation of,
etc. (See strikes of rail­
road employees.)
Railroads, safety provi­
sions, etc., on, summary
of laws as to____________
Railroads, shelters for car
repairers, etc., on:
A rkansas
California____________
Illinois_______________
Kansas
_. ,T,
Mississippi___________
North Carolina______
North "Dakota
Oklahoma___________
Oregon_______________
South Carolina_______
Texas________________
Virginia— ....................
Railroads, standard work­
day of employees on:
United States________
Rates of wages of em ploy­
ees on street railways:
California____________
Rates of wages of em ploy­
ees on public works,
summary of laws as to___

.............

__

83,84

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590

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Releases. (See Contracts
of employees waiving
rights to damages.)
Relief department. (See
Benefit societies.)
Removing property of
tenant at night— ............

434
486
528

81,82
Repayment of employers’
advances.
(See Em ­
ployers’ advances.)
Restriction of output:
Kansas...........................
Retirement of public em­
ployees, summary of
laws as to ______________

82,83

70-82

403
470
552

Retirement of workmen:
Massachusetts_______
New Jersey_________
New M exico_________
Pennsylvania________
Virginia_______ ______

1180,1181
183
102-104

403
470
528
590

15,16
30

590

72

403
470
486
528
552

12
12

94-96

1 0 ,1 1

9
6
11

26,27

86

403
434
470
486
528
552
590

6.7
13,14
6.7
21,26

528
590

59
91

552

25

403

13

1 1 ,1 2

5.6
1 0 ,1 1

505
909

S a b ota g e , summary of
laws as to _____ ______
107-109
(See also Interference
with employment.)
Safety museum:
California_______ ____
217
New Jersey_____ ____
731,732
Safety appliances.
(See
Fire escapes on factories;
Inspection, etc., of fac­
tories; Railroads, safety
provisions on; Street
railways, safety provi­
sions on.)
Safety lamps. (See M ine
regulations.)
Sailors. (See Seamen.)
Salvage laborers, wages of:
Virginia—. ............. .......
1081
Sanitation. (See Inspec­
tion of and regulation of
factories, etc.)
Scaffolding, etc.
(See
Protection of employees
on buildings.)
Scrip, payment of wages
in. (See Payment of
wages in scrip.)
Seamen:
United States............. 1173,11751177,1191
Seamen, list of State laws
relating to______________
84

Seamen’s hospitals:
United States________
Seasonal labor:
Washington__________
Seats for employed chil­
dren:
Delaware____________
Florida______________
Kentucky____________
Massachusetts..............
Oklahoma.....................
South Dakota________
Vermont_____________
Wisconsin......................

10

15,16

443,444

9,10
9
5

170
214
361
433
599
790
805
867
876
995
1029
1084

Rates of wages of laborers
at salvage:
Virginia______________
1081
Rates of wages of scrub
women:
Massachusetts_______
Rates of wages of weavers,
etc., to be posted:
522
Massachusetts_______
Recommendation, letters
of. (See Employers’ cer­
tificates: Service letters.)
Reduction of wages, notice
of. (See Wages, reduc­
tion of, notice of.)
Registration of factories,
etc. (See Factories, etc.,
registration of.)
Rehabilitation of injured
persons:
362,363
Illinois............................
Minnesota___________ 583, 584, 590
Oregon_______________
879,880
Pennsylvania________ 928-930,942
972,973
Rhode Island________
1185-1187
United States...............
Rehabilitation of injured
persons, State and Fed­
eral cooperation in, sum­
91-93
mary of laws as to...........




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1105,1106
281
291
450
516
861
1007
1068,1069
1137

403
470
486
528
590

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6

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7
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Seats for employees in
stores, etc.:
221

Florida
Seats for employees on
street railways.
(See
Street railways.)
Seats for female em­
ployees:

294

A Inham a
138
Arizona______________
155
Arkansas_____________
171
California
J
192,197
Colorado_____________
230,231
Connft(>tiftiit_ __
267
281
Delaware____________
District of Columbia.
285
Florida..................... .....
291, 294
Georgia______________
300,303
Idaho________________
326
Illinois............................
351
Indiana______________
365
Iowa_________________
420
Kansas_______________
430
Kentucky_______ ____
453
Louisiana___________ 464,469,474
Maine . . ............
482
M aryland____________
491
M assachusetts_______
516
M ichigan____________
541
Minnesota___________
586
Missouri_____________
616
Montana_____________
638
Nebraska.......................
654
N evada_________ ____
673
New Hampshire_____
686
703, 704
New Jersey__________
N ew M exico_________
New Y ork ___________
754
North Carolina_______
789
Ohio__ ____ _________
831
Oklahoma____________
861,871
Oregon_______________
885
Pennsylvania. ________
919
951
Philippine Islands___
Puerto R ico__________
966
974
Rhode Island________
991
South Carolina_______
South Dakota________
1007
1013,1014
Tennessee____________
Texas______________
1040
U ta h .............................
1059
V erm on t......................
1073
Virginia______________
1077
Washington__________
1097
W est Virginia________
1114
Wisconsin____________
1137
W yom ing___ i ___ ___ 1161,1167,
1168
Service letters:
California.....................
219
Georgia______________
304
Indiana______________
366,384
Missouri_____________
623
Nebraska____________
654,655
N evada_____ ________
669,670
Oklahoma....... ..............
865,866
(See also Employers’ cer­
tificates, forgery of;
Discharge, statement
of cause of.)
3et-ofFs not to defeat ex­
emption of wages:
Alabama_____________
143
3ex, no discrimination in
payment of wages on ac­
count of:
M ichigan______________




528

528

590

528

590

41

51

91

95

76 I

Sex no disqualification for
employment:
California____________
Illinois...........................
Washington..................
Shelters over railroad re­
pair tracks. (See Rail­
roads, shelters for car
repairers, etc., on.)
Shuttles:
Connecticut__________
Massachusetts_______
R hode Island________
Smelting works, hours of
labor in. (See Hours of
labor of employees in
mines, smelters, etc.)
Smoking in factories, etc.:
M in n e so ta __________
N evada. ____________
N ew Jersey__________
N ew Y ork ___________
Vermont
- ___ Washington
West Virginia...............
Soliciting money from em­
ployees. (See E m ploy­
ment, foremen, etc., ac­
cepting fees for furnish­
ing.)
State conduct of business,
summary of laws as to__
Stay of execution in suits
for wages. (See Suits
for wages.)
Steam boilers, inspection
of. (See Inspection, etc.)
Steam engineers, examina­
tion, etc., of, digest of
laws relating to _____

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339
1091

271
519
974

576
668

733
766
1073
1088
1115

590

125

99,100

403

12

21-23 403
470.
Steamboats, employment
of unlicensed engineers
on:
138
Alabama_____________
Stevedores:
188,189
California____________
289,295
Florida_______________
Texas________________
1038
Stock for employees of cor­
porations:
221
California____________
590
363 403
Illinois_______________
390,391
I n d ia n a _____________
M assachusetts_______
533
470
M ichigan____________
731 590
New Jersey__________
New Y ork ___________
403
Ohio........................
403
Pennsylvania________
403
Washington__________
1108
Stockholders, liability of,
62 470
list of laws determining __
Stop watches. (See Effi­
ciency tests, etc.)
Street railways, employees
on:
473
Louisiana____________
New Y ork ___________ 771,780,781
W a sh in g ton -...............
1096,1097
Street railways, hours of
labor of employees on.
(See Hours of labor, etc.)
Street railways, protection
of employees on. (See
P r o t e c t i o n of em­
ployees.)

7
6

50
24
36
84
38
41
44
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Suits for wages— Contd.
Street railways, rights and
365
Indiana______________
remedies of employees
Iowa_________________
419,420
on:
Kansas_______________
.............South Carolina
426
989
Louisiana_____ ______ 458,461,471
Street railways, safety pro­
Massachusetts_______
532
visions on:
552, 553
Michigan.......... ...........
California____________
189
560, 574
Connecticut__________
263
Minnesota___________
Missouri_____________
604, 623
M ontana_____________
637
Montana....................... 638, 639,648
N ew Hampshire_____
686
Nebraska.......................
849
651,660
Ohio...............................
Nevada............... ..........
Verm ont_____________
1067
New Jersey__________
714,715
Washington__________
1098
North Carolina______
790
Wisconsin__ . . . ______ 1151,1152
North
Dakota..............
799,808
Street railways, seats for
Ohio..............................
839, 849
employees on:
CnrmGP.tiV.nt . _
Oklahoma.....................
858
263
Oregon........................... 873,885,899
471
Louisiana____________
Pennsylvania...............
911,912,936
624,625
Missouri_____________
Puerto R ico..................
960
Ohio_________________
847
_______________
877 Oregon
South Dakota...............
1002
1067
Vermont_____________
Texas.............................
1026
Strike, notice of, in adver­
Utah...............................
1060,1061
tisements, etc., for labor­
Vermont........................
1066
ers:
Virginia............ ............
1083
C aliforn ia___________
208 470 23,24
Washington_____
____
1087
Colorado
_________
226
Wisconsin......................
1153
344
Illinois_______________
W yom ing.....................
1161
Massachusetts_______ 510, 523, 525
(See also Payment of
Montana........................
649
wages;
Protection
of
691
N ew Hampshire..........
wages; Wages as pre­
811
North Dakota..............
ferred claims.)
Oklahoma......................
865
Sunday labor, summary of
Oregon— _____ ______
898
laws
as to..........................
66,67
Pennsylvania. _______
916,917
Puerto R ico__________
960
South Dakota________
1008
Tennessee____________
1011
Texas............. ...............
1046
Wisconsin......................
1142 403
55
(See also Weekly day of
(See also Employment
rest.)
of labor, deception in.)
Suspension of work, notice
Strike, notice of, to be
of:
signed b y citizens:
South Carolina.............
994
N e v a d a _____________
683
Sweating system:
Strikes of coal mine and
260,261
Connecticut.......... .......
public utility em ploy­
341, 342
Illinois_______________
ees:
Indiana..........................
380,381
North Dakota________
809
492-494
Maryland____________
Strikes of railroad employ­
520
Massachusetts_______
ees:
540,541
Michigan_____ ______
269
Connecticut
620
M issou ri......................
278,279
Delaware____________
702,703
New Jersey__________
297
Georgia. ____ —____
768-771,
New Y ork.....................
361
Illinois_______________
779,780
Kansas_______________ 425,426,441
832
Ohio...............................
451
Kentucky____________
905,923
Pennsylvania...............
M aine________________
486.487
Tennessee.................... 1015,1016,
708,709
N ew Jersey__________
1020
850
Ohio................................
Wisconsin....... ........... . 1142,1148
933,934
Pennsylvania
_ _
Syndicalism,
summary
of
Texas_____ __________ 1034,1042107-109
laws as to..........................
1044
United States...............
1191,1192
Taxes of employees, liabil­
Strikes, participation in,
ity of employers for,
not to be bar to em ploy­
104,105
summary of laws as t o . .
ment:
Telegraph operators, hours
Minnesota___________
569
of labor of. (See Hours
Strikes. (See also Arbitra­
of labor of employees on
tion and mediation;
railroads.)
Conspiracy, labor agree­
Telegraph operators, rail­
ments not; Interference
road, age of employment,
with em ployment.)
etc., of:
Suits for wages:
160
Arizona............... ..........
California _________
187
1
297
1
G eorgia ..____ _______
Colorado ______ ____ 233, 234,255
M ichigan____________
551
302
Georgia
653
312
Nebraska.......................
Hawaii_______________
779
New Y ork.....................
327,328
Idaho________________
Wisconsin......................
1150
Illinois_______________ 332.333.359




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403
486

33
16,17

590

107,
115

403
434
470
528
552
590

9
5
4
15,16

590

74

8
11

*552" 12—14
403
39
93
590
528

77

434

6

470

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Telegraph, etc., wires cross­
ing railroads, height of.
(See Railroad tracks,
etc.)
Tenement manufactures.
(See Sweating system.)
Terminals, railroad, re­
moval of:
Minnesota___________
Texas________________
(See also Railroad em­
ployees,
reimburse­
ment of, for losses due
to removal of division
points.)
Termination of em ploy­
ment. (See E m p l o y ­
ment of labor; Em ploy­
ment, termination of,
notice of.)
Tim e for meals or rest:
Arizona. ..... - __
A rkans&s___ ____ ,
California ______ ____
Delaware_____ ____ . .
District of C olum bia..
Indiana______________
Louisiana
M aine_______________
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ployees—Continued.
Montana.......................
Nebraska......................
N evada______________
New Hampshire..........
N ew Jersey__________

590
528

77
84

N ew Y ork ___________
North C arolin a--........
North Dakota..............
Ohio...... ........................
Oklahoma____________
Pennsylvania...............

162
171,173
187
275
287
380
464,469
487,488
501
516
592
621

Minnesota
- - __
Missouri_____________
Nebraska...... ............ .
New H a m p sh ire____
690
New Jersey........ ..........
713
New Y ork ___________
755
O h io ................. ............
831
Oklahoma____________
Oregon_______________
8 86
Pennsylvania. .............
919
Philippine Islands___
951
W iscon sin....................
1131
Time to vote to be allowed
employees, summary of
116
laws as to ..........................
(See also Protection of
employees as voters.)
Tips, receiving or giving:
Arkansas_____________
166,167
California____________
Illinois- _ ___________
339
Mississippi___________
598,599
Tennessee................... .
1018
Toilet rooms, etc., for em­
ployees:
Alabama_____________
136
Alaska_______________
149
Arizona______________
159,164
Arkansas_____________
173
California...... ............... 200,201,223
Colorado........................
240
Connecticut__________
259,271
280,281
D ela w a re............. .......
285
District of Colum bia..
Florida......................... .
291
Idaho.............................
317
Illinois_______________
353,359
380,404
Indiana______________
411,420
Iowa_________________
Kansas______________
431,434
Kentucky___________
453
470
Louisiana____ ____ _
Massachusetts............
519
539,541,
Michigan......................
545,548
Minnesota___________
581, 586
Missouri_____________
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Philippine Islands____
Rhode Island ..............
South Carolina.............
South Dakota...............
Tennessee......................
Texas.............................

528

45

590

80

434

14

528

69

470

13

403
528

16
31,32

434
403

14
46

528
403

36

Vermont........ ...............
Virginia.........................
Washington......... ........
West Virginia...............
Wisconsin......................
W yom ing____ ____ _
Trade-marks
of trade
unions, s u m m a r y of
laws as to ..........................

(See also Public print­
ing, union label to be
used on.)
Trade schools,regulation of:
Michigan.......................
Trade secrets:
New Y ork........ .......... .
Trade unions. (Sec Labor
organizations.)
Trading, coercion of em­
ployees in. (See Coer­
cion.)
Train crews, summary of
laws as to__ : __________

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640,641
655
682
701,702,
711,720,
721
759,760,
766,771
790
804
827,831,
832,844
862,869.871
919,922,
926,927,
932
952
974,977
986
1006
1014,1021
1039,1040,
1042

403

32

403
552

35
13

528

69,71

528

83

528
88
1079,1080
1097
1115
1146 '590" ” ’ l27
1168
112-114

83,84

Truck system. (See Com­
pany stores.)
T u n n e ls . (See C o m ­
pressed air, work in;
mines, etc.)

470
528
552
590

13
16
7

30,31

403

28

434

15,16

552
590

17

590

148

5

Unemployment insur­
20

403

25

528

48

ance. (See Insurance,
unemployment.)
Unemployment,
provi­
sion for:
California____________
New Jersey__________
Wisconsin......................
United States...............
Uniforms, influencing rail­
road employees not to
wear. (See Railroad em­
ployees, uniforms of.)
Union label. (See Public
printing, union label to
be used on; Trade­
marks of trade unions.)
Union newspapers, public
advertising in:
New Jersey...................

222

723
1122,1123

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em­

ployees:
M a in e ..........................
Ventilation of factories.
(See Air space; inspecr
tion and regulations,
etc.)
Ventilation of mines. (See
Mine regulations.)
Vessels, employees on.
(See Seamen, list of State
laws relating to.)
Vessels, loading, etc. (See
Stevedores.)
V o ca tio n a l ed u ca tion ,
summary of laws as to ~

Vocational rehabilitation—

265
277
505,506
1075

7-15

91-93

403
470
486
528
590
403
470
486
528
552
590

3
2

3
3
4
1 0 ,1 1

9
6
11

26,27
18

(See also Rehabilitation.)
Vocational training for
children. (See Children,
employed, schools for.)
Volunteer servants. (See
Employment of labor.)
Voters, protection of em­
ployees as. (See Absent
voters; Protection of em­
ployees; Tim e to vote.)
W ag e brokers, summary
of laws as to____________

62-65

(See also Assignment of
wages.)
Wage-claims court:
Colorado........................
Wages as preferred claims:
139,143
Alabama........................
144
Alaska_______________
159
Arizona..........................
166,167
Arkansas____________
187,188
California____________
235,253
Colorado_____________
264,269
Connecticut_________
274,277
Delaware____________
289
Florida______________
299
Georgia______________
328
Idaho_________ ____ _
Illinois_______________ 330,332,339
366,373
Indiana
420
Iow a ..............................
Kansas...........................
426,428
464
Louisiana____________
485
M aine_______________
496
M aryland____________
534
Massachusetts.......... .
552,553
M ichigan______ _____
573,574
Minnesota___________
Missouri_____________
604,623
648
M ontana____________
651
Nebraska____________
N evada______________ 662,667,668
684
N ew Hampshire_____
697,698
New Jersey__________
706,709
N ew M exico.................
735,736

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470
486
528
552
590

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15

590

54

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23,24

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Continued.
New Y ork __ _________ 743,745,775
785
North Carolina. ______
799
North Dakota________
849
Ohio...... .........................
Oklahoma____________
Oregon.. _ __________
873,903
Pennsylvania............... 904,910,936
947
Philippine Islands___
982
Rhode Island
__
1002
South Dakota.
___
1026
Texas________________
Utah............................... 1047,1060,
1062
Vermont_____________
1066,1073
W a s h in g to n .._______
1087
W isconsin. _______ _ 1146,1147,
1149,1152,
1153
W yom ing____ _______
1157,1161
United States..............
1187
Wages, assignment of.
(See
Assignment
of
wages.)
Wages, attachment of.
(See Attachment of
wages.)
Wages, collection of, by
State officials:
California..,
.........
193,222
Nevada______________
680
Washington____ _____
1105,1106
Wages, deducting from,
for benefit societies. (See
Forced contributions.)
Wages, discounts, deduc­
tions, etc., from:
Arkansas....... ...............
178
California____________
186
Connecticut__________
267
Hawaii. . _____
313
Indiana___ ____ _____
374
Louisiana____________
486
522,523
Massachusetts_______
M ichigan_____ ______
553,554
Minnesota______ ____
584
Mississippi___________
600
Nevada______________
670,674
New Jersey__________
707,708
Ohio
851
Oregon.................... .......
898
Puerto Rico
961,962
South Carolina
996
Wisconsin
W yom ing
1160
Wages due deceased em­
ployees. (See Payment
of wages due, etc.)
Wages due from contrac­
tors. (See Liability of
stockholders; Protection
of wages.)
Wages due from munici­
palities:
Massachusetts
511
Missouri. _
623
Wages due from predeces­
sors, liability of railroad
companies for:
W isconsin
1150
Wages, exemption of. (See
Exemption of wages.)
Wages, garnishment of.
(See Garnishment of
wages.)
Wages, liability of stock­
holders of corporations
for, list of laws deter62

470

51

434

28

528

24

528

24

590

135

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Wages of employees on
public works, retention
of:
California........ .......... .
Louisiana____________
Wages, payment of. (See
Payment of wages.)
Wages, preference of. (See
Wages
as
preferred
claims.)
Wages, prevailing rate of.
(See Public works, labor
on.)
Wages, protection of. (See
Protection of wages.)
Wages, rates of.
(See
Rates of wages.)
Wages, recovery of. (See
Suits for wages.)
Wages, reduction of, notice
of:
Missouri
___
Texas
United States________
Wages, security for. (See
Mechanics! liens; Pro­
tection of wages; Wages
as preferred claims.)
Wages, suits for. (See
Suits for wages.)
Wages, withholding. (See
Extortion; Forced con­
tributions.)
Waiver of right to dam­
ages. (See Contracts of
employees waiving right
to damages.)
Washrooms, water closets,
etc. (See Toilet rooms.)
Water for drinking, etc.:
Alaska_______________
C aliforn ia ___________
Delaware____________
I o w a ________________
Massachusetts_______
Minnesota
Missouri_____________
Nevada
_________ _
New Jersey__________
New York
_
_
O h io ............................
Oklahoma
______
Pennsylvania________
Rhode Island. ___
W eekly day of rest :
California_____ ______
Massachusetts_______
M in n esota __________
New Y ork _____ _____
Puerto R ico__________
W isco n sin __________
(See also Days of rest;
Sunday labor.)
Weight that workmen
m ay carry:
Puerto R ic o ............. . .
Widows, employment of
children of. (See Chil­
dren of widows.)
W ife’s earnings.
(See
Women, married, earn­
ings of.)
W indows, colored:
Connecticut__________
Wiping cloths or rags:
California____________
Massachusetts_______
Ohio...............................




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1029
1179

Women and children. (See
Children and women.)
Women, childbearing, em­
ployment, etc., of:
Connecticut..................
Massachusetts_______
Missouri_____________
New Y ork...... ........ .
Philippine Islands___
Verm ont_________ . .
Women, employment of,
general provisions:
Arizona______________
Arkansas____________
California____________
Connecticut__________
D ela w a re............. .......
District of C olum bia..
Kansas______________
Kentucky.....................
Louisiana____________
M aine_______________
M a ry la n d ....................
Massachusetts_______
M ichigan____________
Minnesota....................
M ontana_____________
Nebraska____________
New Jersey__________
New Y ork___________
Ohio............... ...............
Oklahoma..... ................
Oregon. .........................
Pennsylvania________
Philippine Islands___
Puerto R ico__________
Rhode Island........ .......
South Carolina_______
U ta h ........................ .
Vermont.................... .
Virginia______________
Washington..................
W isconsin___________

149
211

281
420
517
586
622
679,680
721
766, 771
844
528

69

403
552
470

45,46
22,23
57

590

113

920
974,975
191
513
591
754, 755
957,958

959

259
199,200
520
831,832

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514
613
754
952
1069
590
39
171-173
197,198 '528* 27,"28
264,265 470
30
275, 276
287,288
.437,447
453,454
464 434
11
552
10
487,488 528
45
590
69
495
513-516
537,557 ‘ 470" '35,36
528
49
591,592
637,639
654 590
80
486
17
758
824,831,
842,843
870,871
884,885,902
906,
528
77
918-922
951
965,966
528
83
991,992
528
87
1068,1069
434
19
1108
1131-1133,
1146
528
95

W y o m in g .-..................
Women, employment of,
in dangerous, etc., occu­
pations:
Louisiana____________
470
Minnesota___________
565,581
Missouri_____________
615
New Y ork ___________ 753,754,771
Ohio_________________
831
Wisconsin____________
1132
Women, employment of,
in mines. (See Children
and women.)
Women, employment of,
in
moving
heavy
weights:
California____________
223
Massachusetts_______
513,514
Minnesota____ ______
581
Ohio...............................
831
Women, employment of.
(See also Children and
women; Seats for female
employees; -Sex no dis­
qualification for employ­
ment.)
Women, hiring out to sup­
port husbands in idle­
ness:
Louisiana____________
464
North Carolina............
787

528

30

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CUMULATIVE INDEX

Bulletin
No. 370
Page
W omen, hours of labor,
etc., of:
Arizona______________

162

Tdaho ...........................
Illinois_______________
Indiana______________
Kansas ____________
Kentucky____________
Louisiana____________

171
197
229
264,265
275
287,288
300
325,326
354,355
379
437,438
453
469

M aine_________ •_____
Maryland____________
Massachusetts_______
M ichigan____________

487,488
501
514, 515
537,538

Minnesota___________
Mississippi___________
Missouri_____________
M ontana____________
Nebraska____________
Nevada _____________
N ew Hampshire______
N ew Jersey__________
New M exico_________
New Y ork ___________

591
602
612,613
637
651,654
672,673
690
715, 733
740, 741
758

___ ____
Arkansas
California _______ .
Colorado_____________
Cnnnpsnt.icnt
Delaware-.................. .
District of Columbia. _

North Carolina______
North Dakota________

789
800,804,
805,808
831
Ohio_________________
Oklahoma __________ 861,870,871
Oregon_______________
885
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Bulletin
N o. 370

Bulletin

Page

No. Page

Women, hours of labor,
etc., of—Continued.
Pennsylvania________
Puerto R ico__________
Rhode Island________

918,919
965
977,978

528
552
486
528

22,23
83

South Carolina.......... .
South D a k ota .............
Tennessee____________
Texas________________
U ta h .............................
Vermont_____________
Virginia______________
Washington__________
Wisconsin____________

991,992
1006
1015
1040
1059,1060
1069
1077
1097
1131

528

87

434

18,19

W vom ing...... ........ . .
Women, married, earnings
69
of, summary of laws as
to_________________ ____
Women, night work by.
49
(See Women, hours of
74
labor of.)
Women, seats for. (See
37
Seats for female em­
ployees.)
Women, wages of:
80
Arizona______________
Arkansas____________
M assachusett s_______
M ichigan____________
Montana_____________
Utah_________________
48 j
(See also Children and
19
2 0 ,2 1
women;
M inim um
92
wages.)
95 W omen’s Bureau:
New Y o r k ...................
40
49,50
United States...............
Wood-sawing machines:
Wisconsin____________

403
590

1167,1168

52
127

486

5

528

87

Bulletin

No.

Page

470
590
590
528

18,19
39
44
22,28

403

20

434
552
590
528
590
470

590

470
486
552
590
590
403
470

11
10

65,66

76
21

164
172,173
522,523
557
639

748, 749
1172
1149

LIST OF BULLETINS OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
The following is a list of all bulletins of the Bureau of Labor Statistics published since
July 19121 except that in the case of bulletins giving the results of periodic surveys of the
Bureau only the latest bulletin on any one subject is here listed.
A complete list of the reports and bulletins issued prior to July 1912, as well as the bulletins
published since that date, will be furnished on application. Bulletins marked thus (*) are
out of print.
Conciliation and arbitration (including strikes and lockouts)
♦No. 124. Conciliation and arbitration in the building trades of Greater N ew York. [1913.]
♦No. 133. Report of the industrial council of the British Board of Trade on its inquiry into industrial
agreements. [1913.]
♦No. 139. Michigan copper district strike. [1914.]
♦No. 144. Industrial court of the cloak, suit, and skirt industry of New York City. [1914.]
♦No. 145. Conciliation, arbitration, and sanitation in the dress and waist industry of New York City.
[1914.]
♦No. 191. Collective bargaining in the anthracite-coal industry. [1916.]
♦No. 198. Collective agreements in the men’s clothing industry. [1916.]
N o. 233. Operation of the industrial disputes investigation act of Canada. [1918.]
N o. 255. Joint industrial councils in Great Britain. [1919.]
N o. 283. History of the Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board, 1917 to 1919.
N o. 287. National War Labor Board: History of its formation, activities, etc. [1921.]
♦No. 303. Use of Federal power in settlement of railway labor disputes. [1922.]
No. 322. Kansas Court of Industrial Relations. [1923.]
No. 341. Trade agreement in the silk-ribbon industry of N ew York City. [1923.]
N o. 402. Collective bargaining b y actors. [1926.]
N o. 468. Trade agreements, 1927.
No. 481. Joint industrial control in the book and job printing industry. [1928.]
Cooperation
N o. 313.
♦No. 314.
N o. 437.
N o. 531.

Consumers’ cooperative societies in the United States in 1920.
Cooperative credit societies (credit unions) in America and in foreign countries.
Cooperative movement in the United States in 1925 (other than agricultural).
Consumers’ , credit, and productive cooperative societies, 1929.

[1922.]

Employment and unemployment
♦No. 109. Statistics of unemployment and the work of employment offices [in the United States]. [1913.
♦No. 172. Unemployment in N ew York City, N .Y . [1915.]
♦No. 183. Regularity of employment in the women’s ready-to-wear garment industries. [1915.]
♦No. 195. Unemployment in the United States. [1916.]
♦No. 196. Proceedings of Employment Managers' Conference, held in Minneapolis, M inn., January
19 and 20,1916.
♦No. 2 0 2 . Proceedings of the conference of Employment Managers’ Association of Boston, Mass.,
held M a y 10, 1916.
N o. 206. The British system of labor exchanges. [1916.]
♦No. 227. Proceedings of Employment Managers’ Conference, Philadelphia, Pa., April 2 and 3, 1917.
♦No. 235. Employment system of the Lake Carriers’ Association. [1918.]
♦No. 241. Public employment offices in the United States. [1918.]
♦No. 247. Proceedings of Employment Managers’ Conference, Rochester, N . Y ., M ay 9-11,1918.
♦No. 310. Industrial unemployment- A statistical study of its extent and causes. [1922.]
No. 409. Unemployment in Columbus, Ohio, 1921 to 1925.
N o. 542. Report of the Advisory Committee on Employment Statistics. [1931.]
N o. 544. Unemployment-benefit plans in the United States and unemployment insurance in foreign
countries. [1931.]
N o. 553. Fluctuations in employment in Ohio, 1914 to 1929.
No. 555. Social and economic character of unemployment in Philadelphia, April 1930.
Foreign labor laws
♦No. 142. A dm inistration^ labor laws and factory inspection in certain European countries.
N o. 494. Labor legislation of Uruguay. [1929.]
N o. 510. Labor legislation of Argentina. [1930.]
No. 529. W orkmen’s compensation legislation of the Latin American countries. [1930.]
No. 549. Labor legislation of Venezuela. [1931.]
No. 554. Labor legislation of Paraguay. [1931.]
N o. 559. Labor legislation of Ecuador. [1931.]
N o. 569. Labor legislation of Mexico. [1932.]
Housing
♦No.
N o.
No.
No.

158.
263.
295.
545.

Government aid to home owning and housing of working people in foreign countries.
Housing b y employers in the United States. [1920.]
Building operations in representative cities, 1920.
Building permits in principal cities of the United States in [1921 to] 1930.

[1914.

[1914.

Industrial accidents and hygiene
♦No. 104. Lead poisoning in potteries, tile works, and porcelain-enameled sanitary-ware factories*
[1912.]
N o. 1 2 0 . Hygiene of the painters’ trade. [1913.]
♦No. 127. Dangers to workers from dusts and fumes, and methods of protection. [1913.]
♦No. 141. Lead poisoning in the smelting and refining of lead. [1914. j
♦No. 157. Industrial accident statistics. [1915.]
♦No. 165. Lead poisoning in the manufacture of storage batteries. [1914.]




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Industrial accidents and hygiene—Continued
*No. 179. Industrial posions used in the rubber industry. [1915J
No. 188. Report of British departmental committee on the danger in the use of lead in the painting of
buildings. [1916.]
♦No. 201. Report of the committee on statistics and compensation insurance costs of the International
Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions. {1916.]
No. 209. Hygiene of the printing trades. [1917.]
♦No. 219. Industrial poisons used or produced in the manufacture of explosives. [1917.]
N o. 2 2 1 . Hours, fatigue, and health in British munition factories. [1917.1
No. 230. Industrial efficiency and fatigue In British munition factories. [1917.]
♦No. 231. Mortality from respiratory diseases in dusty trades (inorganic dusts). [1918.]
♦No. 234. The safety movement in the iron and steel industry, 1907 to 1917.
No. 236. Effects of the air hammer on the hands of stonecutters. [1918.]
♦No. 249. Industrial health and efficiency. Final report of British Health of Munitions Workers*
Committee. [1919.]
*No. 251. Preventable death in the cotton-manufacturing industry. [1919.]
No. 256. Accidents and accident prevention in machine building. [1919.]
No. 267. Anthrax as an occupational disease. 11920.]
No. 276. Standardization of industrial accident statistics. [1920.]
♦No. 280. Industrial poisoning in making coal-tar dyes and dye intermediates. [1921.]
♦No. 291. Carbon monoxide poisoning. [1921.]
N o. 293. The problem of dust phthisis in the granite-stone industry. [1922.]
No. 298. Causes and prevention of accidents in the iron and steel industry, 1910-19.
N o. 392. Survey of hygienic conditions in the printing trades. [1925.]
No. 405. Phosphorus necrosis in the manufacture of fireworks and in the preparation of phosphorus.
[1926.]
N o. 427. Health survey of the printing trades, 1922 to 1925.
No. 428. Proceedings of the Industrial Accident Prevention Conference, held at Washington, D ,C .,
July 14-16, 1926.
No. 460. A new test for industrial lead poisoning. [1928.1
No. 466. Settlement for accidents to American seamen. U928.]
No. 488. Deaths from lead poisoning, 1925-27.
N o. 490. Statistics of industrial accidents in the United States to the end of 1927.
No. 507. Causes of death, b y occupation. [1930.]
No. 582. Occupation hazards and diagnostic signs: A guide to impairments to be looked for in hazard­
ous occupations. [1933.]
Industrial relations and labor conditions
No. 237. Industrial unrest in Great Britian. [1917.]
♦No. 340. Chinese migrations, with special reference to labor conditions. [1923.]
No. 349. Industrial relations in the West Coast lumber industry. [1923.]
♦No. 361. Labor relations in the Fairmont (W .V a.) bituminous-coal field. [1924.]
No. 380. Postwar labor conditions in Germany. [1925.]
No. 383. Works council movement in Germany. [1925.]
No. 384. Labor conditions in the shoe industry in Massachusetts, 1920-24.
No. 399. Labor relations in the lace and lace-curtain industries in the United States.
No. 483. Conditions in the shoe industry in Haverhill, Mass. [1928.]
No. 534. Labor conditions in the Territory of Hawaii, 1929-30.

[1925.]

Labor laws of the United States (including decisions of courts relating to labor)
No. 211. Labor laws and their administration in the Pacific States. [1917.]
♦No. 229. Wage payment legislation in the United States. [1917.]
N o. 285. M inim um wage laws of the United States: Construction and operation. [1921.
No. 321. Labor laws that have been declared unconstitutional. [1922.]
No. 343. Laws providing for bureaus of labor statistics, etc. [1923.]
N o. 370. Labor laws of the United States, with decisions of courts relating thereto. [1925.]
N o. 408. Laws relating to payment of wages. [1926.]
N o. 548. Decisions of courts and opinions affecting labor, 1929-30.
No. 552. Labor legislation, 1930.
No. 581. Laws relating to employment agencies in the United States as of January 1, 1933.
Proceedings of annual conventions of the Association of Governmental Officials in Industry of the United
States and Canada. (Name changed in 1928 from Association of Governmental Labor Officials of the
United States and Canada.)
♦No. 26*6. Seventh, Seattle, Wash., July 12-15, 1920.
N o. 307. Eighth, New Orleans, La., M ay 2-6,1921.
♦No. 323. Ninth, Harrisburg, Pa., M a y 22-26,1922.
♦No. 352. Tenth, Richm ond, Va., M a y 1-4,1923.
♦No. 389. Eleventh, Chicago, 111., M ay 19-23, 1924.
*No. 411. Twelfth, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 13-15, 1925.
♦No. 429. Thirteenth, Columbus, Ohio, June 7-10, 1926.
♦No. 455. Fourteenth, Paterson, N.J., M ay 31 to June 3, 1927.
♦No. 480. Fifteenth, N ew Orleans, La., M a y 21-24, 1928.
N o. 508. Sixteenth, Toronto, Canada, June 4-7, 1929.
No. 530. Seventeenth, Louisville, K y., M a y 20-23,1930.
♦No. 563. Eighteenth, Boston, Mass., M a y 18-22, 1931.
Proceedings of annual meetings of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and
Commissions
No. 210. Third, Columbus, Ohio, April 25-28, 1916.
N o. 248. Fourth, Boston, Mass., August 21-25,1917.
N o. 264. Fifth, Madison, Wis., September 24-27,1918.
♦No. 273. Sixth, Toronto, Canada, September 23-26,1919.
No. 281. Seventh, San Francisco, Calif., September 20-24,1920.
No. 304. Eighth, Chicago, 111., September 19-23,1921.
No. 333. Ninth, Baltimore, M d ., October 9-13, 1922.
♦No. 359. Tenth, St. Paul, M inn., September 24-26,1923.
N o. 385. Eleventh, Halifax, N ova Scotia, August 26-28,1924.
N o. 395. Index to proceedings, 1914-24.




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Proceedings o f annual meetings o f the International Association o f Industrial Accident Boards and
Commissions—Continued
N o. 406. Twelfth, Salt Lake C ity, Utah, August 17-20,1925.
N o. 432. Thirteenth, Hartford, Conn., September 14-17, 1926.
N o. 456. Fourteenth, Atlanta, Ga., September 27-29, 1927.
N o. 485. Fifteenth, Paterson, N.J., September 11-14,1928.
N o. 511. Sixteenth, Buffalo, N .Y ., October 8-11, 1929.
N o. 536. Seventeenth, Wilmington, Del., September 22-26, 1930.
N o. 564. Eighteenth, Richm ond, Va., October 5-8,1931.
N o. 577. Nineteenth, Columbus, Ohio, September 26-29, 1932.
Proceedings o f annual meetings o f the International Association o f Public Employment Services
N o. 192. First, Chicago. December 19 and 20, 1913; second, Indianapolis, September 24 and 25, 1914;
third, Detroit, July 1 and 2,1915.
♦No. 220. Fourth Buffalo, N .Y ., July 20 and 21,1916.
N o. 311. Ninth, Buffalo, N .Y ., September 7-9,1921.
N o. 337. Tenth, Washington, D .C ., September 11-13, 1922.
N o. 355. Eleventh, Toronto, Canada, September 4-7, 1923.
N o. 400. Twelfth, Chicago, 111., M a y 19-23, 1924.
N o. 414. Thirteenth, Rochester, N .Y ., September 15-17, 1925.
N o. 478. Fifteenth, Detroit, M ich.. October 25-28, 1927.
N o. 501. Sixteenth, Cleveland, Ohio, September 18-21, 1928.
N o. 538. Seventeenth, Philadelphia, September 24-27, 1929; eighteenth, Toronto, Canada, September
9 - 12 , 1930.
Productivity o f labor and technological unemployment
No. 356. Productivity costs in the common-brick industry. [1924.]
N o. 360. Tim e and labor costs in manufacturing 1 00 pairs of shoes, 1923.
N o. 407. Labor cost of production and wages and hours of labor in the paper box-board industry,
♦No. 412.
N o. 441.
No. 474.
N o. 475.
N o. 650.
No. 574.
No. 685.

Wages,\iours, and productivity in the pottery industry, 1925.
Productivity of labor in the glass industry. [1927.]
Productivity of labor in merchant blast furnaces. [1928.
Productivity of labor in newspaper printing. [1929.]
Cargo handling and longshore laDor conditions. [1932.]
Technological changes and employment in the United States Postal Service.
Labor productivity in the automobile-tire industry. [1933.]

[1932.

Retail prices and cost o f living
*No. 1 21 . Sugar prices, from refiner to consumer. [1913.]
*No. 130. Wheat and flour prices, from farmer to consumer. [1913.]
♦No. 164. Butter prices, from producer to consumer. [1914.1
♦No. 170. Foreign food prices as affected b y the war. [1915.]
N o. 357. Cost of living in the United States. [1924.]
N o. 369. The use of cost-of-living figures in wage adjustments. [1925.]
N o. 495. Retail prices, 1890 to 1928.
Safety codes
♦No. 336.
N o. 350.
♦No. 351.
N o. 375.
♦No. 382.
N o. 410.
•No. 430.
N o. 447.
N o. 451.
N o. 463.
N o. 509;
N o. 512.
N o. 519.
N o. 527.
N o. 556.
N o. 562.

Safety code for the protection of industrial workers in foundries.
Rules governing the approval of headlighting devices for motor vehicles.
Safety code for the construction, care, and use of ladders.
Safety code for laundry machinery and operations.
Code of lighting school buildings.
Safety code for paper and pulp mills.
Safety code for power presses and foot and hand presses.
Safety code for rubber mills and calenders.
Safety code for forging and hot-metal stamping.
Safety code for mechanical power-transmission apparatus—first revision.
Textile safety code.
Code for identification of gas-mask canisters.
Safety code for woodworking plants, as revised 1930.
Safety code for the use, care, and protection of abrasive wheels, as revised 1930.
Code of lighting: Factories, mills, and other work places. (Revision of 1930.)
Safety codes for the prevention of dust explosions.

Vocational and workers' education
*No. 159. Short-unit courses for wage earners, and a factory school experiment. [1915.]
♦No. 162. Vocational education survey of Richm ond, Va. [1915.]
♦No. 199. Vocational education survey of Minneapolis, M inn. [1917.]
No. 271. Adult working-class education in Great Britain and the United States. [1920.]
No. 459. Apprenticeship in building construction. [1928.]
Wages and hours o f labor
♦No. 146. Wages and regularity of employment and standardization of piece rates in the dress and
waist industry of New York City. [1914.]
♦No. 147. Wages and regularity of employment in the cloak, suit, and skirt industry. [1914.]
No. 161. Wages and hours of labor in the clothing and cigar industries, 1911 to 1913.
♦No. 163. Wages and hours of labor in the building and repairing of steam railroad cars, 1907 to 1913.
♦No. 190. Wages and hours of labor in the cotton, woolen, and silk industries, 1907 to 1914.
N o. 204. Street railway employment in the United States. [1917.]
♦No. 218. Wages and hours of labor in the iron and steel industry, 1907 to 1915: W ith a glossary of
occupations.
•No. 225. Wages and hours of labor in the lumber, millwork, and furniture industries, 1915.
N o. 265. Industrial survey in selected industries in the United States, 1919.
N o. 297. Wages and hours of labor in the petroleum industry, 1920.
N o. 356. Productivity costs in the common-brick industry. [1924.]
N o. 358. Wages and hours of labor in the automobile-tire industry, 1923.
No. 360. Tim e and labor costs in manufacturing 1 00 pairs of shoes, 1923.
No. 365. Wages and hours of labor in the paper and pulp industry, 1923.

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Wages and hours o f labor—Continued
N o. 407. Labor cost of production and wages and hours of labor in the paper box-board industry.
[1926.]
♦No. 412. Wages, hours, and productivity in the pottery industry, 1925.
N o. 416. Hours and earnings in anthracite and bituminous coal mining, 1922 and 1924.
N o. 484. Wages and hours of labor of common street laborers, 1928.
N o. 499. History of wages in the United States from colonial times to 1928.
N o. 502. Wages and hours of labor in the motor-vehicle industry, 1928.
N o. 504. Wages and hours of labor in the hosiery and underwear industries, 1907 to 1928.
N o. 514. Pennsylvania Railroad wage data. From Report of Joint Fact Finding Committee in
wage negotiations in 1927.
N o. 516. Hours and earnings in bituminous-coal mining, 1929.
N o. 523. Wages and hours in the manufacture of airplanes and aircraft engines, 1929.
N o. 525. Wages and hours of labor in the Portland cement industry, 1929.
N o. 532. Wages and hours of labor in the cigarette manufacturing industry, 1930.
N o. 534. Labor conditions in the Territory of Hawaii, 1929-1930.
N o. 539. Wages and hours of labor in cotton-goods manufacturing, 1910 to 1930.
N o. 547. Wages and hours of labor in the cane-sugar refining industry, 1930.
N o. 557. Wages and hours of labor in the men’s clothing industry, 1911 to 1930.
N o. 560. Wages and hours of labor in the lumber industry in the United States, 1930.
N o. 566. Union scales of wages and hours of labor. M a y 15,1931.
N o. 567. Wages and hours of labor in the iron and steel industry, 1931.
N o. 568. Wages and hours of labor in the manufacture of silk and rayon goods, 1931.
N o. 570. Wages and hours of labor in foundry and machine shops, 1931.
N o. 571. Wages and hours of labor in the furniture industry, 1910 to 1931.
N o. 573. Wages and hours of labor in metalliferous mines, 1924 to 1931.
N o. 575. Wages and hours of labor in air transportation, 1931.
N o. 576. Wages and hours of labor in the slaughtering and meat-packing industry, 1931.
N o. 578. Wages and hours of labor in gasoline-filling stations and motor-vehicle repair garages, 1931.
N o. 579. Wages and hours of labor in the boot and shoe industry, 1910 to 1932.
N o. 580. Wages and hours of labor in the bakery industry—bread and cake departments, 1932.
N o. 584. Wages and hours of labor in woolen and worsted goods manufacturing, 1932.
N o. 586. Wages and hours of labor in the lumber industry in the United States, 1932. (In press.)
No. 587. Wages and hours of labor in rayon and other synthetic yam manufacturing, 1932. (I* press.)
No. 588. Wages and hours of labor in tne dyeing and finishing of textiles, 1932.
N o. 589. Wages and hours of labor in the leather industry, 1932. (In press.)
Welfare work
♦No. 123. Employers’ welfare work. [1913.1
N o. 222. Welfare work in British munition factories. [1917.]
♦No. 250. Welfare work for employees in industrial establishments in the United States.
N o. 458. Health and recreation activities in industrial establishments, 1926.
Wholesale prices
♦No. 284. Index numbers of wholesale prices in the United States and foreign countries.
♦No. 453. Revised index numbers of wholesale prices, 1923 to July 1927.
N o. 572. Wholesale prices, 1931.

[1919.]

[1921.]

Women and children in industry
♦No. 116. Hours, earnings, and duration of employment of wage-earning women in selected industries
in the District of Columbia. [1913.]
♦No. 117. Prohibition of night work of young persons. [1913.]
♦No. 118. Ten-hour maximum working day for women and young persons. [1913.]
♦No. 119. Working hours of women in the pea canneries of Wisconsin. [1913.J
♦No. 122. Employment of women in power laundries in Milwaukee. [1913.]
♦No. 160. Hours, earnings, and conditions of labor of women in Indiana mercantile establishments
and garment factories. [1914.]
♦No. 167. Minimum-wage legislation in the United States and foreign countries. [1915.]
♦No. 175. Summary of tne report on condition of woman and child wage earners in the United States.
[1915.]
♦No. 176. Effect of minimum-wage determinations in Oregon. [1915.]
♦No. 180. The boot and shoe industry in Massachusetts as a vocation for women. [1915.]
♦No. 182. Unemployment among women in department and other retail stores of Boston, Mass. [1916.
N o. 193. Dressmaking as a trade for women in Massachusetts. [1916.]
♦No. 215. Industrial experience of trade-school girls in Massachusetts. [1917.]
♦No. 217. Effect of workmen’s compensation laws in diminishing the necessity of industrial em ploy­
ment of women and children. [1917.]
♦No. 223. Employment of women and juveniles in Qreat Britain during the war. [1917.
N o. 253. W omen in the lead industries. [1919.]
N o. 467. Minimum-wage legislation in various countries. [1928.]
N o. 558. Labor conditions of women and children in Japan. [1931.]
Workmen’s insurance and compensation (including laws relating thereto)
♦No. 101. Care of tuberculous wage earners in Germany. [1912.]
♦No. 102. British national insurance act, 1911.
♦No. 103. Sickness and accident insurance law in Switzerland. [1912.]
N o. 107. Law relating to insurance of salaried employees in Germany. [1913.]
♦No. 155. Compensation for accidents to employees of the United States. [1914.]
♦No. 212. Proceedings of the conference on social insurance called b y the International Association of
Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, Washington, D .C ., December 5-9, 1916.
♦No. 243. W orkm en’s compensation legislation in the United States and foreign countries, 1917 and
1918.
N o. 301. Comparison of workmen's compensation insurance and administration. [1922.]
N o. 312. National health insurance in Great Britain, 1911 to 1921.
N o. 379. Comparison of workmen's compensation laws of the United States as of January 1,1925.
N o. 477. Publie-service retirement systems, United States and Europe. [1929.]
N o. 496. W orkm en's compensation legislation of the United States and Canada as of January 1,1920.
(W ith text of legislation enacted in 1927 and 1928.)
N o. 529. W orkm en's compensation legislation of the Latin American countries. [1930.]




[IV]

Miscellaneous series
♦No. 174. Subject index of the publications of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics up to
M a y 1,1915.
N o. 208. Profit sharing in the United States. [1910.]
N o. 242. Food situation in central Europe, 1917.
N o. 254. International labor legislation and the society of nations. [1919.]
*No. 268. Historical survey of international action affecting labor. [1920.]
N o. 282. M utual relief associations among Government employees in Washington, D .O . [1921.]
N o. 319. The Bureau of Labor Statistics: Its history, activities, and organization. [1922.]
N o. 326. Methods of procuring and computing statistical information of the Bureau o f Labor Statis­
tics. [1923.]
N o. 342. International Seamen’s Union of America: A study of its history and problems. [19234
N o. 346. Hum anity in government. [1923.]
N o. 372. Convict labor in 1923.
N o. 386. Cost of American almshouses. [1925.]
N o. 398. Growth of legal-aid work in the United States. [19284
N o. 401. Fam ily allowances in foreign countries. [1926.]
N o. 461. Labor organizations in Chile. [1928.1
N o. 465. Beneficial activities o f American trade-unions. [1928.]
N o. 479. Activities and functions of a State department of labor. [1928.]
N o. 489. Care of aged persons in United States. [1929.]
N o. 505. Directory of homes for the aged in the United States. [19294
N o. 506. Handbook of American trade-unions: 1929 edition.
N o. 518. Personnel research agencies: 1930 edition.
N o. 541. Handbook of labor statistics: 1931 edition.
N o. 561. Public old-age pensions and insurance in the United States and foreign countries. [1932.
N o. 565. Park recreation areas in the United States, 1930.




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