Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-06-18
CHAPTER CLXVIII.
a General Act relating to factories and worl
shops. and the employment, safety, health an

~ General Act relating to factories and work
shops, and the employment, safety, health and
work hours of operatives.
II. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State Of New Jersey, that any
person or corporation engaged in manufacture
Hig Which requires from persons in his or its
employ, under penalty of forfeiture of a part of
the wages earned by them a notice of intention
to leave such employ shall be liable to the pay
ment of a like forfeiture if he or it discharges
without similar notice q. person in such employ
unless in case of general suspension of labor
in his or its shop or factory.
q And be it enacted, That all accidents in
Workshops factories or mines which result in
death, shall be reported at once by the occupier
to the inspector of workshops at Trenton, and
the city or district physician where one is en-
ployed as such, which notices may be given by
mail.
s. And be it enacted, That the betting. shaft
ing. gearing and drums in all factories and
workshops when so placed as to be dangerous
TO persons employed therein while engaged in
their ordinary duties, shall be securely guarded
when practicable [possiblel; if otherwise then Il
notice ofits danger shall be conspicuously posted
in the factory or workshop.
4. And be it enacted, That no minor. under
eighteen years of age, or woman, shall be re-
luired to clean any part of the mill gearing or
machiney i'll any factory or workshop while the
same is in motion or work between the fixed or
traversing part of any machine while it is in
motion by the action of steam, water or other
mechanical power.
o. And be it enacted, That the openings of all
hoiStwayS, hatchways. elevators and well-holes
hpon every floor of a factory or mercantile or
public building shall be protected by good and
sufficient trap-doors or selfclOSing matches and
safety catches, or strong guard rails at least
three feet high, and all due diligence shall be
used to keep such trap-doorS closed at all times
except when in actual use by the occupant of
the building having the use and control of the
same.
G, And be it enacted, That no explosive or
miiammable compound shall be used in any fac
tory i'll such place or manner as to ohStruct or
render hazardous the egreSS OF operatives in
case of fire.
:. And be it enacted, That no minor under the
age of sixteen shall be employed in any manu-
featuring, mercantile or mechanical establish
ment more than ten hours day or sixty hours
week.
s. And be it enacted, That suitable places
shall be provided in all factories and workshop
where girls or women are employed. where u
clean work OF any kind has to be performed Tor
such girls or women to wash and dress. and tlilT
stairs in use by female employees in all factories
and workshops be properly screened.
9. And be it enacted. That separate water
closets be provided for the use OF employees OF
either sex in all manufacturing, mercantile and
mechanical establishments where persons q
Doth sexes are employed.
10. And be it enacted, That where che factories
or workshops appear so oyercrow:lei that III the
opinion of the inspector OF ial> 1rics there is
Danger to health, the inspector SHAH H. We power,
after being supported in then upinion by some
reputable resident physician, to prohibit such
over-crowding.
II. And be it enacted, That the inspectors Of
factories shall have power to order fan or other
mechanical means of proper construction, if
practicable, for the purpose of preventing the
Inhalation of dust in establishments where amy
process is carried on by which dust is generated
and inhaled by the workers to an injurious cX-
tent.
IL. And be it enacted, That all factories and
mines be ventilated so rs to render harmless all
impurities as near as may be.
13. And be it enacted, That no cellar room or
place shall be occupied as a bakehOuse which is
less than one half of its height above the level of
the street, footway or ground adjoining the same,
unless the following regulations are complied
| with First, no water closet, earth closet privy
or ash pit shall be within or communicate dt-
rectly with the bakehouse; second, no drain or
: pipe for carrying off sewerage or other impure
matter shall have an opening within bake
house. unless such drain or pipe be trapped with