Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-03-07
NO. 49,.

been properly elected and qualified.
Approved February II, 1890.
NO. 48.
An Act Defining the Duties of the COMMISSIONS
of Agriculture and Labor, and Providing that
Until Otherwise Provided by Law, He shall be
er-o0icio State Dairy Commissioner
Be 1t Enacted By the Legislative assembly of the
State of North Dakota:
SECTION l. The duties of the commits
SiOner of agriculture and labor shall be to
collect, syStemiZe, and present in biennial
reports to the legislative assembly, Stats.
teal details relating to all departments of
labor in the state, such as the hours and
labor required, estimated number Of per-
sons depending on daily labor for their
support, the estimated number of per-
SONS employed by the several industries
within the state, the operation of labor saw
ing machinery in its relation to hand la
Dor, etc. Said statistics may be classified
as follows:
First. In agriculture.
Second. In mining.
Third. In mechanical and manufactur-
ing industries.
Fourth. In transportation.
Fifth. In clerical and all other skilled
and unskilled labor not above mentioned.
Sixth. The amount of cash capital
invested in lands, in building and machin-
and distribution generally.
Seventh. The number, age, sex n con-
dition of persons employed; the nature of
their employment, the extent to which the
apprenticeship system prevails in the var
ious skilled industries, the number of
hours of labor per day, the average length
OF tim employed per annum, and the net
wa unC rn0niyn1 -, nnnI nf fhn inII of rtn 90
and ~emplOyments within the state.
Eighth. The number and condition of
the unemployed, their age, sex and nation
atty, together with the cause of their idle.
ness.
Ninth. The sanitary condition of lands,
workshops, dwellings,; the number and
size OF rooms occupied by the workers,
and water in each locality of the state; also
the extent to which labor saving processes
are employed to the displacement of hand
labor.
Tenth. The number and condition of
tneC Chinese in the state, their social and
sanitary habits, number of married and of
single, the number employed and the
wages per day at each employment, and
the gross amount yearly; the amount ex.
pended by them in rent, food and clothing
and in what proportion such amounts are
expended for foreign and home produc-
tons respectively; to what extent their Ia
Dor comes in competition with the other
industrial classes Of the state.
nature OF the employment of the inmates
of the state prison, county jails, and re:
formatory institutions, and to what extent
their employment comes in competition
with the labor of mechanics, artisans and
laborers outside OF these institutions.
Twelfth. All such other information in
relation to labor as the commissioner may
deem essential to further the objects
sought to be attained by this statute.
Thirteenth. A description of the differ
ent kinds Of labor organizations in exist.
ence in the state, and what they accom-
plish in favor of the class for which they
were organized.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty Of all state,
county, and precinct officers to furnish,
upon the written request of the commits
Sioner, all the information in their power
necessary to assist in carrying out the OBJ.
jects of this act. And not more than one
thousand copies of the printed report shall
be furnished to the commissioner for free
distribution to the public.
SEC. 8. Any person who willfully i'm
pedes or obstructs the commissioner in the
full and free performance of his duties,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanOr, anGupon
conviction shall be fined not less than ten
(1O) nor more than fifty (50) dollars, or i'm.
| priSonment not less than seven nor more
than thirty days in the county jail. or both,
SEC. 4. The Office Of the commissioner
shall be open for business from 9 O'Clock
a. m. until 5 O'Clock p. m. every day. ex-
cept non-judicial days, and the officers
thereof shall give to all persons requesting
it, all needed information which they may
possess.
SEC. 5. The commissioner shall have
power to send for persons whenever, in his
opinion, it is necessary, and he may x
anime witnesses under oath, being hereby
authorized to administer the same in the
performance of his duty, and the testimony
so taken must be filed and preserved in the
Office Of said commissioner.
SEC. &. The secretary OF state shall pro-
vide a suitable Office for said commissioner,
properly furnished.
SEC. I. If any difference shall arise be-
tween any corporation or person, employ
ing twenty-five or more employees, and
such employees. threatening to result, or re-
Sulting in a strike on the part OF such en-
ployes, or a lockout on the part OF such
employer, it shall be the duty Of the com
%mlssiOners, when requested so to do by
fifteen or more OF said employees, or by the
employers, to visit the place of such dis
turbance and diligently seek to mediate
between such employer and employees.
DEL. o. IL oLdll Uc Lut uuUy VI lllo COul-
missioner to look after and devise means
to advance the immigration interests of
the state, and to encourage n promote
the permanent settlement and improve
ment Of all sections of the state. He shall
have charge of the preparation in manu-
script, the publication and the distribu-
ton by mail and otherwise of any and all
documents and articles of reading matter
designed to convey correct and full inform
alton On all matters pertaining to the
growth and development of the agricul.
tural, manufacturing, commercial and
mining interests of the state. He shall at
tend to all correspondence relating to i'm
migration and shall do all in his power by
letter, by the use of published printed mat
ter n through personal efforts to secure
the most liberal and extensive advertise.
| ment of the resources and opportunities OF
the state. It shall be his aim to induce the
Investment of capital in agriculture, in
mining, and in different industrial and
mercantile pursuits, and to facilitate the
coming to the state of persons and families
seeking permanent location for new homes
1t shall be the duty Of the commissioner to
procure the most favorable rates of fare
obtainable from railroad and other trans.
portation companies for persons coming to
the state, and where such persons have
formed a colony or party Of considerable
numbers he shall be required to visit them
if necessary, and do all in his power to di.
rect and assist them in making the neces
sary arrangements for transportation and
in reaching the state.
Z SEC. 8. The commissioner shall have