Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-15
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dc.iS cause and substituting Tor the part struck
oub Cne following: There is hereby created
bureau OF labor census and industrial statistics,
WIN headquarters in the capitol building for
Wnicn stationery, postage expressage printing
anu facilities for transacting business shall be
ments.
Section 2. The governor, with the advice and
consent OF the senate shall appoint quadrennially
on the first Monday of February, a competent
person to be commissioners of the said bureau.
oec1on 3. The said commissioner shall have
power 10 appoint deputy at a salary not to ex-
ceea $l25 per month, who, when acting for or in
sIeao OF said commissioner, shall have and may
exercise equal power and authority. He may
a appoint clerk at a salary not exceeding
Sluo per month"; and factory inspector who
snail reside in Milwaukee, and be and work I'M
uer Inc direction and control of the commission
ellng expenses, stated under oath, while engaged
III !, bureau work outside OF Milwaukee.
,Sectlon d. The duties of the said commissioner
snail be, to collect colate and publish statistics
ana facts relative TO the manufactures, industrial
GRASSES and material resources of the state; and
especially to examine into the relations between
lapor and capital the means of escape from fires
ana protection of life aud health in factories and
workshops, the employment of illegal child labor,
tne exaction of unlawful hours Of labor from
women and children, the educational, sanitary,
moral and financial condition of laborers and
artisans the cost of food, fuel clothing and build
ing material the causes of strikes and lock-outs,
as wen as kindred subjects and matters pertain
ing to the welfare OF industrial interests and
classes
CSCHOn D. Inc commissioner, his deputy or the
factory inspector shall have power to enter any
factory or workshop in which labor is employed,
LOT the purpose of gathering facts and statistics
OF examining the means of escape from fire and
the provisions made for the health and safety Of
operatives in such factory or workshop. And in
case the officer of the bureau shall discover any
violations of or neglect to comply with the laws
In any respect to child labor, hours of labor for
women and children, fire eScap pes, and similar en-
actmentS now or hereafter to be made, he shall
notify the owner or occupant of such factory or
workshop. n "a nr
ana II such offenSe or neglect Is not corrected or
remedied within thirty days after the service of
the notice aforesaid he shall lodge formal COM
plant with the district attorney of the county IN
winch the ohense is committed or the neglect oc-
ours, Whereupon that officer shall proceed at once
against the offender according to law.
Section 6. The factory inspector any officer
Oh the bureau, may examine hotels and lodging
or boarding houses, for the purpose of discover
ing whether they are properly equipped, with
lawful ire escapes; and he may post IN any hotel,
lodging or boarding house examined, the laws
upon this matter, together with his official state
ment As to whether the said laws are fully COM
piled with by said hotel, lodging or boarding
house. And any hotel, lodging or boarding house
Keeper, or other person, who shall mutiate, de.
stroy or remove from any building or buildings,
the said laws or statement so posted, shall be fined
S5Otor each and every offense, upon complaint of
any officer of the bureau or any citizen. When
ever any hotel, lodging or boarding house that
has been posted as not complying with the terms
of the laws in respect to fire escapes, shall be
properly provided and equipped with lawful fire
escapes, ana Ine bureau SllAIl DE nOLlneQ GlereOf
the commissioners shall at once order new state
ment setting forth that fact, to be posted in said
hotel, lodging or boarding house. And the bu-
reau shall keep q record of all buildings so exam
ined and posted.
Section7 The factory inspector or any officer
of the bureau may post in any factory or work
shop examined by him, the laws or hereafter
to be made in respect of child labor, hours of Ia
Dor, fire escapes, or other matters pertaining to
the health and safety OF artisans and ifthe owner,
manager proprietor of such factory or work
aren't whnmROpVnr
shall remove, destroy or mutilate the laws so
posted, he SHALL on complaint of any officer of
the bureau, or any citizen, be fined fifty dollars
for each and every offense
Section s. The said commissioner shall have
power to prescribe blank forms, and transmit
them to employers, which shall be filled out
clearly and completely, under oath, by the per-
Sous to whom they are sent, with the facts, Stats
tics and statements asked for. and returned to
him within such reasonable time as he may fix.
In case any owner or occupant or his agent, shall
refuse to admit any officer of the said bureau to
his workshop or factory he shall forfeit the sum
ten dollars for each aud every offense, ana If
he shall through his agent or otherwise, ne glect
fail refuse to fill out the said blank FORMS
and verify and return them as required, he
shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars for each
and every day the SAID blanks my be so
delayed beyond the time fixed by the commits
sioner for their return. The forfeits named and
provided in this act shall be sued for in the name
of the state, by the district attorney of the proper
county, upon complaint of any officer of said
bureau, any citizen, and shall be paid into the
school fund
Section 9. There shall be provided seal of of
fee for the use of the bureau, and the commits
sioner or his deputy, for the purpose of making
any investigation contemplated by this act, shall
have power to administer oaths, take testimony
and subpoena witnesses which witnesses shall re-
celVe the same fees are allowed to persons
testfying in circuit courts, to be paid out of the
contingent fund of the bureau. Provided, how
ever that no person SubpRnaed by the said COM
missioner or his deputy shall be compelled to go
outside of the city or town in which he resides to
fv behalf of guch Investigation
Section TO- The commissioner shall report BIZ
ennially to the governor, accompanying his re-
port with such suggestions and recommendations
as may be deemed wise and proper. The said re-
port shall be printed and distributed according to
the provisions of the law governing the printing
of other state reports.
Section H. The compensation of said commits
sioner shall be two thousand dollars per annum,
and sum not exceeding one thousand dollars
per annum for travelling and contingent expenses,
and q further sum of fifty dollars per annum for
the purchase of books and periodicals on labor
and industrial matters for the bureau library
There is hereby appropriated annually, out Of
any moneys in the treasury not otherwise ap-
prOpriated, a sum sufficient to carry out the pro-
visions of this act.
Section II. All acts and parts of acts conflicting
with this act are hereby repealed.
Section 13. This act shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and publication
Approved April 4. 1885.
CHAPTER 145.
AN ACT to provide for lighting the capitol build
Ing and grounds with the electric light
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly do enact as follows:
Section |. The governor is hereby authorized
to contract for the lighting of the ptol building
and park with such light in his Judgment
seems most economical and best.
Section q The light so placed in the capitol
building and grounds shall not cost the state
more than gas cali be contracted for at the time,
including the interest on the cost of the plant
Section 3. There is hereby appropriated out of
any money in the general fund not otherwise ap-
Or0nTIQtQ6 sufficient "a rru n11t hn nrn-
visions of this act.
section a. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after It's passage and publication.
Approved March 81, 1886.
CHAPTER 246,
AN All TO Fix the salary of circuit Judges ant
10 repeal portion OF section Ito, chapter r. q
the revised statutes.
The people of the state of Wisconsin renresente.
6 "a scnste and assembly, do enact as follows:
,oec!lon L. Each of the several Judges of thu
olcult courts OF this sta shall hereafter receive
an annual salary of three thousand six hundred
uoilars TO be paid quarterly, in act ordance with
eAIstlng laws; but this act shall nol affect the
o COZ pehsaton of any judge during the term OF
onice LOT which he has already been elected OF
90 section 2 So much of section no. of chapter
rz, y! me revised statu es, as conflicts with the
provisions OF this act is hereby repealed
T. Cection 3. This act shall take effect and he in
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