Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1889-05-09
AN ACT to amend sections one ~, two e

three (3), five ~ and six H) of chapter one
hundred and fifteen u15) Of the Central laws
OF eighteen hundred and eighty-seven QSS7l.
relating to the bureau of labor statistics.
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF the State OF
Minnesota:
SECTION /. That sections one ~, two ~,
three (), five 81 and six () of chapter one hun
dred and fifteen l15 of the General Laws Of
1857 be and the same are hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
Section 1. That the governor, with the ad-
vice and consent OF the senate, is hereby author
lied and directed to appoint, as soon after the
passage OF this act as may be. and thereafter
biennialIy on the first (1sD Monday in the
month of January, a suitable person to act as
commissioner Of labor statistics, and with
headquarters at the capitol.
Section 2. The duties of such bureau shall be to
collect, assert, s-ystenatiZe and present in bien-
NAL reports to The legislature, on or before the
first Qst) Monday in the month of January, sta
tisUical details relating to different departments
OF labor in the state, especially In relation to the
commercial, industrial, social, educational and
sanitary condition OF the laboring classes; to
visit and examine factories, workshops and all
other places where people are employed at any
kind of labor: and for this purpose The commits
sioner, or his deputy. shall have power TO enter
the same, interview employees, examine into the
methods OF protection from danger to employees,
and unsanitary conditions in and around the es-
Establishment, and make a record thereof. lie
shall see to it that all laws regulating the en-
plOymeno OF children. minors and women. and
all laws established for the protection of the
health and lives Of operatives in workshops, fac
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is employed are enforced; and in case
the commissioner or his deputies shall
discover any violations of: or neglect
child labor. hours of labor for women and chill
dren, projection 10 the health or lives of en-
ployes, and similar enaclments now Or here
after to be made, lie shall notify the owner or
occupant of such factory. workshop or other
establishment where labor is employed. in writ
ing, of the offense OF neglect, and if such offense
or neglect is not corrected or remedied within
thi,tv laws after the service of the notice afOrP-
said, or if the officer OF the bureau is refused ad-
mission to any establishment where labor is en-
pioyeG. the commissioner shall lodge fOrma!
complaint with the county attorney of the
county in which the ctfense is committed or the
neglect occurs. whereupon chat officer shall pro-
coed at once against the offender according to
law, aud shall, without further aid or presence
OF the commissioner of the bureau or his deputy,
secure the necessary Witnesses and evidence for
the complete inforlnaiio ion OF the jury. The COM
missioner shall in his biennial report give an ac-
count Of all violations Of the above named laws
which nave been observed by the officers Or
the bureau. and his proceedings under the same,
together with such remarks, suggestions and
recommendations as he may deem necessary.
Section 3. Every employer OF labor shall, upon
request, permit the commissioner OF the bureau
or his deputy to enter his factory, WORKSHOP or
other establishment where labor is employed,
and shall make to such bureau Of labor statistics
such reports and returns as the said bureau may
REQUIRE for the purpose OF compiling sqcn labor
statistics: such reports and returns to be yerI-
fed by the owner OF business manager of such
concern il the commissioner or MS deputy so
desires: and said bureau may Tor such purpose
prescribe blank forms, which shall be furnished
by the secretary Of state: and every employer
who shall refuse to permit the commissioner OF
the bureau or his deputy to enter his factory or
workshop or other place where people are en-
ployed or who shall fail to make such reports of
returns within the time prescribed therefor,
shall forfeit the sum of ten (SlO) dollars for each
and every day the same shall be delayed. All
such ~torfeits shall be sued for in the name Of the
State OF Minnesota aud shall be paid into the
school fund. The biennial report OF the COM
missioner of labor statistics, provided for by
section two (2) OF this act, shall be printed IN
the same manner and under the same regula-
lions as the reports OF the executive officers OF
the state, provided that not less than one thou
sand u, 900 nor more than three thousand
q. COPIES of the report shall be distributed
as the judgment OF the commissioner may deem
best.
Section 5. The compensation Of said bureau
shall be fifteen hundred dollars Cf1,5OO) annual
salary for the commissioner, one thousand dol
lars (S1 ,OOO) annual salary for the clerk, ana one
thousand dollars ISL, OOO annual salary for each
deputy. and a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars 49, OO) per annum shall he allowed Tor
the necessary travelling and contingent expenses
of The bureau. The commissioner shall appoint a
clerk and two deputies (whose names shall first
and said commissioner shall not appoint any
clerk or deputy whose name so submitted to the
governor is not by him approveO who shall pc
empowered to act as factory inspectors IN addl-
ton to their duties as deputies OF the bureau.
Section 6. There is hereby annually appropr1-
ated out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated The sum OF SIX thousanu
and five hundred dollars ($6, $500, or so much
thereof as may be necessary 10 carry ou1 Ile
provisions of this act.
SEC. 2. ALI acts and parts of acts 1nconslst-
ent with the provisions of this act are hereby
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after it's passage.
Approved April "a. 1883.