OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

EocOrCkb18John D. Reed, Conmissioner &uxKiuor Labor statiatioe Amtin, Texas 

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All et&d above* ackoml

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hall be oz~ployod In any ftoatory, bopi ziechanical~ or nercmtfla tel, restnurant, crooning hotine, ;ieturs show, br,rbc_n nhop, tola8 or other or;fice, ex~resf.3

or or say mx3to hstitntfon,

, iastitut:onor enter- :riso -,rtiaro

f~alos are employed, for xxo than nfno tiouru

in as3 one cul~n5z.r dzp, zor ::ore

than flftpfour hours in a&y one oAlendarwe~k.~1933, .. .

?Any eiqloyar,overseer,superintendent,. torerrsn

or other R.<aiXt ,of tiny sileh azployerwho. ellall per:rit any fomle to 7ro33in any place mnticnsd in the first Article of ,t!iis Chqter more thanthe mmber of ho?lrs provided therein in any on0 in any one t

1) iiay of twenty,-four (24)hours or 1) week, or who shall violatomy of the ottid grovisioosor recpiramnts of this Chapter ia any respect, or who having furnished and provfded suitable seats as provided for in the secondArticle or tb;ia Chapter, shell by intim$datfon,

instruction,threats, or fn any mmner prevont such femle fmm nittinr, thereon, when sot titteadiA5 the dxti,?s of her poaitian, shall be fined not leos than 'I"ifty Dollars
I fi50.00)

nor s?ora

than Two iiuudrad

Dollars &200.00). Yeah day of such violation end each aalcndarreek of such violati.on, end eeoh suoh enployeape~rz3ittad to mrk in said pl~\cos nofe than the &ours so.speoifiedin this Chqter, and every tither

violation of the provisions of this Chapter ahal. be oonsidtired a separate 0rr~sth:. -Artlcle~l569,

?anal Code, es smnded by Aots~lS33, 43rd leg., p. 235, ah. ll.4, read3 88 fo1hw81 

### 90 female ahall be ewloyedr ,"l. In any rectory,nine, till, v+orkshop, mecfia3ical

or mrmntilo astablio?xmnt, hotolj rastaUrent, roo3i.n~ houea, theater,nbvins ?lotu?e show, bwber 500ps beauty .sho,s, road side drink end/or food vending astablishzont, telo.~rqh,telephone or other,offioa, axpws5~ or trannportatlon ooxi?any, or any Stat0 institution, or acy other establisk?nant, inntitution or onter?risewhere farales era ozq9.oyed, for sore than nine (9) hcur3 in any oae (1) calendor ijay

nor 52ara

then fifty-four (54) hours in any one (I.)

aalendarwoei;.
In any la*mdry or olennlnr,and-messIng e%b&bnent for ;1om than fifty-fo& (54) :.

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Dononttle

Joti’D.Reed, CominLssioner~ page 3 _.._ ‘, : ia.9

gum in one (1) celerrdsr woek; the hour8 of work to be so ~arxnn3ed sa to i?m!~%t

the

. oxploymnt of such~ faxale fit

any tl?ie

so that. ehe shsll nvt %ork xore than a EG&LWII of alcven (11)M3rs durin,: the twenty-four (24) hour period of ona (1) dq.

“3; In any ,ceotory eqsgd In the nanu- ~fccture

of cottvn,woolen or wvrated goods or P,rtiClaa

of mrC!:amIiner=hnufaatured out of cotton gvods, for nore t&an tsn (10)houra in any 0x16(1) colondsrday her ~1ora than oirty (30)hours lo any one.oalondsr seek,* Th4aDDlfca3le provisims oi the yoderal i?aIr Labor etsndsrda

Act are oontoinedin subseat2on (a), Seotion 7 of tho Aot, 29 13.

3. C. A. i.

207(a), and ate

h4ro ccpiedr *(a) MO explogsr shall, ercqt as otherrpfs4~ grcvldad In this noetion mploy any of his employuaawho is engaged in cox.rsroe or. ln the prodzo%io~of gooda for aomxeroe G
I= for a workwoeh lon:;sr tbad fortyfour hours duriq the first yetir t2o;si the erf40- tiv4 date of this seotioh, “(3) for a -iorkwevk Lohger than fortytwos ‘home durin&tha second yeor from auah dnte~, or ‘~ “(3) for 8 rrorkmek longer then forty hours after the expirationof the aeoondyear from. aaoh dater

f? I:, c:* section 19 of the Tedsml atstutb; a’uZra,( i 213, C~& .A~)daflr?on

the prohibiteducte~ ena daclnros it unl?mSl .to’violste ,Sootion

7 (29 Us.

Si C. A, i 2@7)$ while hction 10 (29 i.i.

3. cv A. 1 216j proscrfbesthe penalties,

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Ronorable JohD D* Reed, ConImlss1oncrs, Paage 4

crlnlnalas 7;elL as civil. For a willful violation the

- acouzed is subject .tofine of not :?oro than $lO,OOO,OOor to i,m?rieonment

for not more than six months, Or both.

3aotios 235 of the JudicialUode of the United stetsta,

08 ammded, (U+ 3. C. A. 1 371) oontains the follow-J.53lan5uu5er

The jurindlotion’vested in the courts of the United Stnteo in the cases and groaeedln~s’ hereinafter

mentioned,shall be exclusive of the courts of the several Statesr Thirst , of all ori.& and offenses ao’5nlmable under the authorityof the Unit.ed States.”
. The.&rrectof this statute 18 to sloe exclusive jurisdiction

to the courta of the United States ovtir,offenaos deiinednnd m%ae punishableby z8&0r&i lew, nnd unlessprovialon is made for concurrent $urlsdlctlon by express lan+e3;a, positively

excludvsproseoutfomin the Stste axrter’ 530s lhxtlnX. State, 124 Tar. Cr. R. 246, 61 S. ‘k7. (Zd) 8891 Crossv. State, 10 9. Ct. 47, 132 0. 9. 131, 33 L. Zd. 207; l?iomna v. Lomy, 10 3. Ct. 584, 134 U. 9. 372, 33 L. Rd. 949, tend

many other cases both Federal enb State, oollkted in notes 28 I?.

S. Cr A. 1 371. Rev&tin5 to the.

provisionsof the Federal yalr Iabor StandardsAot, sqrs, Ft is observed that the law does not limit t!ze

number of hours.

whioh tin

employer engaged in interstate

coe~merce

mi.:;ht require his omploynesto York du.rinS each weok, but it doan regclrethet such employees es are com?ellodto *sor): for a ~longar

ps%$kd of hours,

than the ^laximum

aresorfbed

mttet be pefd additional coapensationr hate the underaaoredportion of the statute copied above. on the other hund, the Tems statutes re,l.atinz to female eiql~yeos

prohibitth3 ‘ezgloyer from extendIn the hour9 ,Of or;$.oyzont

bsyond the maxir;um desig.nateC,

re:>rdlesaof co?ennntion or contrsat. lo ctieouos~ed

in the.caseof Elnck Yountain Corporatlon.vr

The pn?osa of tbo FederalAct AUklns,290 X-J.

617, 13 3. vi. (Zd) 200, ‘en8the o::l,nion ~1:) tkt CQSS -makes

it claar to us t&t the Ccngresa of the ~d.todStatesh3.s

not, ULI

yet, divasted the acvereiig~ State of l’oxes

r?f ita power anC rii;ht to anforoe the ,above quoted etntutea,

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penal CoGe art3 atill In r1.111 forgo e P d e s i full 

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### or accurao~ or the ruling, nentionedby you by the iyage and **Rcur Uivlsic**  Rcur lJivision,

United States Dkpartmentor Labor, that the ibae the Federal

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### . Your3 very truly
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