SEC. 6. No person shall be entitled to register under this act, except as provided in section five, unless such person shall be of the age of eighteen years, and shall have passed a satisfactory examination touching his competency before the board of examiners created under the provisions of this act, and shall have been granted by the board a certificate to practice as a master or journeyman horseshoer: Provided however, That upon satisfactory proof, the secretary of the board, when the board is not in session, may grant a temporary certificate to any person making an application for examination, which temporary certificate shall entitle the said person to practice as a master or journeyman horseshoer until his examination by the said board. Every person applying for a certificate under the provisions of this act shall, before an examination is granted, furnish satisfactory evidence that he is of temperate habits, and pay to the board a fee of three dollars, and appear before said board at such time and place as said board may direct: Provided, In case of failure of any applicant to pass a satisfactory examination, the money shall be held to his credit for a second examination at any time within one year. SEC. 7. Any person who shall exhibit any certificate which has been fraudulently obtained, or shall practice as a master or journeyman horseshoer without conforming to the requirements of this act, or shall otherwise violate or neglect to comply with any of the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Approved, June 8, 1899. ACT No. 233.-Factories and workshops-Sweating system. * SECTION 1. Act number one hundred and eighty-four of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-five * * is hereby amended by adding one section thereto to stand as section nineteen, to read as follows: SEC. 19. No room or apartment in any tenement or dwelling house shall be used for the manufacture of coats, vests, trousers, knee pants, overalls, skirts, dresses, cloaks, hats, caps, suspenders, jerseys, blouses, waists, waistbands, underwear, neckwear, furs, fur trimmings, fur garments, shirts, hosiery, purses, feathers, artificial flowers, cigarettes or cigars, and no person, firm or corporation shall hire or employ any person to work in any room, apartment or in any building or parts of buildings at making, in whole or in part, any of the articles mentioned in this section, without first obtaining a written permit from the factory inspector, or one of his deputies, stating the maximum number of persons allowed to be employed therein, and that the building or part of building intended to be used for such work or business is thoroughly cleaned, sanitary and fit for occupancy for such work or business. Such permit shall not be granted until an inspection of such premises is made by the factory inspector or one of his deputies. Said permit may be revoked by the factory inspector at any time the health of the community or of those so employed may require it. It shall be framed and posted in a conspicuous place in the room, or in one of the rooms to which it relates. Every person, firm, company or corporation contracting for the manufacture of any of the articles mentioned in this section, or giving out the incomplete material from which they or any of them are to be made, or to be wholly or partially finished, shall, before contracting for the manufacture of any of said articles, or giving out said material from which they or any of them are to be made, require the production by such contractor, person or persons of said permit from the factory inspector, as required in this section, and shall keep a written register of the names and addresses of all persons to whom such work is given to be made, or with whom they may have contracted to do the same. Such register shall be produced for inspection and a copy thereof shall be furnished on demand made by the factory inspector or one of his deputies: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prevent the employment of a seamstress by any family for manufacturing articles for such family use. Approved June 9, 1899. MINNESOTA. ACTS OF 1899. CHAPTER 42.-Employment bureaus. SECTION 1. Section four (4) of chapter two hundred and five (205) of the General Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five (1885), as amended by chapter seventyfour (74), of the General Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five (1895), is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SECTION 4. Every person hired or engaged to work for others, by one so licensed, as aforesaid, shall be furnished a written copy in duplicate of the terms of such hire or engagement, rate of wages or compensation, kind of service to be performed, length of time of each service, with full name and address of the person or persons, firm or corporation authorizing the hire of such person; one of the aforesaid copies to be desered to the person or persons, firm or corporation for whom the contracted labor is to be performed, and the other to be retained by the person hired as aforesaid; and the agent i-sing the above described written copy of the contract of service or employment shall make and keep, in a book provided for the purpose, a third copy of tre same; and any person engaged in the busines of keeping an employment bureau or agency, such as is contemplated by this act, who shall fail to observe the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person hired or engaged to work for others, by one so licensed, as aforesaid, who shall fail to get employment according to the terms of such contract of hire or engagement by reason of any unauthorized act, frand, or misrepresentation on the part of such agent, may bring an action upon said bond, and may recover in such action against the principal and sureties the full amount of his damages sustained by reason of such unauthorized act, fraud, or misrepresentation, together with his costs and disbursements in such action. SEC. 2. All arts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAPTER 148.-Investigation into Sunday labor. SECTION 1. The commissioner of labor is hereby directed and required to investigate the subject of Sunday labor in the State of Minnesota with respect to the number of persons employed, the conditions of employment and other facts relating thereto that he may be able to gather. SEC. 2. The said commissioner shall incorporate in his biennial report to the legis lature the results of the investigation authorized by this act. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAPTER 183.—Sale of binding twine manufactured at the State prison. SECTION 1. The price of binding twine manufactured at the State prison at Stillwater shall be fixed by the warden and board of managers each year as soon as practicable, and not later than March first (1st), and shall be sold only to farmers or actual consumers thereof, in quantities necessary for their own use, up to and including the first (1st) day of May of each and every year, and shall be sold only for cash, or on such security as the warden of the State prison may approve. SEC. 2. All the twine on hand on the first (1st) day of May of any year for which no order has been given by farmers or actual consumers (except five hundred thousand (500,000) pounds to be kept to fill subsequent direct orders) may, after said date, be disposed of by the warden or board of managers of the State's prison, in bulk to any citizen of this State applying therefor, at the price fixed by the board of managers, but only on the conditions hereinafter mentioned. Such warden or board of managers shall require from any such person applying to obtain such twine on [in] a written agreement that he will resell such twine to actual consumers, who desire the same for their own actual use, and that he will not resell such twine in bulk to any other dealer, or attempt to evade the provisions of this act. Such person shall further agree that he will so resell such twine to actual consumers at a price not greater than one cent per pound above the price paid therefor, with the cost per pound of transportation from the State's prison to the place of such resale, added. And, for the purpose of enforcing such contract, the State shall have a contingent interest in the twine so disposed of in bulk until the same is resold as herein provided, and the title of such purchaser from the State shall become complete and he be relieved from further accountability under this act only when he has fully complied with his said contract as to the manner and terms of such resale. Such purchaser shall also be required by said warden and board of managers to keep such State prison twine separate from any other twine he may have on hand for sale and to keep a correct record of the date, amount and name of the purchaser on all sales thereof made by him, which record shall be open at all times to any State's prison official or the county attorney of the county of his residence. In the sale, distribution and disposition of the twine, the board of managers and warden of the State prison shall apportion and divide the same throughout the several agricultural coun ties of the State, as near as may be, according to the acreage therein of grain requiring the use of binding twine. If any twine remains on hand unsold after July first (1st) in any year, the same may be sold absolutely to the first applicant therefor. SEC. 3. Any willful violation of the provisions of this act, on the part of said persons entering into contract with said warden or said board of managers, for the sale of said binding twine, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five (25) or more than three hundred (300) dollars. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. NEW YORK. ACTS OF 1899. [See page 617 of Bulletin No. 23 for other labor legislation of 1899.] CHAPTER 370.—Civil service law-" The exempt class" and "the labor class in cities." SECTION 11. The offices and positions in the classified service of the State or of any city or civil division thereof for which civil service rules shall be established pursuant to this act, shall be arranged in four classes to be designated as the exempt class, the competitive class, the noncompetitive class and, in cities, the labor class. SEC. 12. The following positions shall be included in the exempt class: * * * 4. In the State service, all unskilled laborers and such skilled laborers as are not included in the competitive class or the noncompetitive class; * Appointments to positions in the exempt class may be made without examination. SEC. 17. The labor class in cities shall include unskilled laborers and such skilled laborers as are not included in the competitive class or the noncompetitive class. Vacancies in the labor class in cities shall be filled by appointment from lists of applicants registered by the municipal commissions. Preference in employment from such lists shall be given according to date of application. There shall be separate lists of applicants for different kinds of labor or employment, and the commissions may establish separate labor lists for various institutions and departments. Where the labor service of any department or institution extends to separate localities, the commissions may provide separate registration lists for each district or locality. The commissions shall require an applicant for registration for the labor service to furnish such evidence or pass such examination as they may deem proper with respect to his age, residence, physical condition, ability to labor, skill, capacity and experience in the trade or employment for which he applies. Became a law April 19, 1899, with the approval of the governor. Passed, a majority being present. RECENT GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. [The Secretaries of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments have consented to furnish statements of all contracts for constructions and repairs entered into by them. These, as received, will appear from time to time in the Bulletin.] The following contract has been made by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury: DUBUQUE, IOWA.-April 24, 1900. Contract with Ludlow-Saylor Wire Company, St. Louis, Mo., for stairs, elevator enclosure, and incidental changes in custom-house and post-office, $4,568.25. Work to be completed within four months. |