The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-05-19

prlvies, separate and apart, shall be pro
so souen LOT me use OF each sex, and plainly
ioWed to use such closet or privy assigned
| 70 the other sex. Such closets shall be
| properly screened and ventilated. and at
aH umes Kept in a clean and a good sani-
| tary condition. In factories, mills and
| workshops, and in all other places where
tne labor performed by the operator is of
| OF necessary to change the clothing wholly
| or in part, before leaving the building at
the ,, close e., Of DAYS toll, separate dressing
| rooms Shall be provided for women and
| inspector.
Sec. s. No employee in any factory, mill
| or workshop, OR upon any public private
works, shall be permitted or allowed to re-
| move, or displace or destroy any guard for
dangerous machinery and places and other
| safety appliances which their employers
shall have provided in accordance with the
provisions of this act, excepting in accord
| ance with the rules and regulations pro-
FlQed Tor such removal or displacement by
| said employers.
Sec. 8. Whenever there occurs, in con-
| nection with any factory mill. workshop,
or any public or private works in the state.
| any accident or injury to any individual
producing death or requiring the aid Of a
surgeon 1t shall be the duty Of the en-
charge of the work upon which. or in con-
nectlon with which the accident or injury
| occurred. to send written notice of the
accident to the commissioner of labor with
IN ten days of the time of the accident or
! injury, stating as fully as possible the time
or place when or where said accident or in
jury occurred, the name and residence Of
the person or persons killed or injured, and
the place to which, if injured, the person or
! persons nave been removed.
| sec: No. A copy of the first ten sections
OF this act together with the name and adj
Dress OF the commissioner of labor printed
III leglble manner, snail be kept posted in
eacn workfoom of every factory. mill and
workshop, and in the office OF every public
ana private works: upon the employer or
fa1l.I OJlt hni, NlD4
WIN copies thereof by the commissioner Of
labor or by one of the factory inspectors
r,f sec, H. II shall be the duty of the COM
Tory inspectors, under the direction and
supervision of said commissioner to secure
| the enforcement Of this act and Of other
acts providing for the protection of en-
ployess now or hereafter to be enacted And
lor thaf purpose they and each of them
are hereby empowered to visit and inspect.
AT an reasonable hours, and at all times
during working hours and Us often as shall
De necessary. all factories, mills, work
shops, buildings, and public and private
works where labor is employed in this
state. In the enforcement OF this act the
salo commissioner and factory inspectors
| snail give proper notices orders to the
person owning, operating or managing the
factory. mills. workshop. hotei. restaurant,
pulidlng, pubic or private works inspected
! by them or by either Of them. The inSDec-
| tors shall eIfer in books, provided for that
purpose. copies of all notices and orders
gwen by them. and a record of all inspec-
books shall be filed and preserved in the
| of1ice OF the commissioner of labor. They
shall also make complaints TO the county
| attorney or other proper prosecuting officer,
| or the proper court in the several counties
or municipalities, respectively, of all viola
hons Of this act, and of other laws for the
| Totecton OF employees.
Sec. T. Whenever a factory inspector, in
| connection with his visit to any factory,
workshop, building or pubic or private
| works, finds on the part of the person own
ing, operating or managing the same any
( act, default omission mentioned in any
local ordinance of any city, town or village,
| provided for the protection of employees, the
said inspector shall give written notice OF
said act omission or default to the proper
local municipal authority or, departmenr
and take any steps permissible under said
! local ordinance for the enforcement OF the
same. Whenever any act or omission, men
toned under this act, is also an act or
omission under the provisions of any local
ordinance of any city or municipality, any
person who has previously given written
partment may after a period of thirty
days, petition in writing, TO the commits
sioner of labor. providing the said local au-
| thority OF department have not in the
meantime enforced said ordinance. The
said commissioner upon the receipt OF said
petition, either in person or by one OF the
! bic. e.s::s:ipt into the matter and take such
steps as may be necessary to enforce this
act and other acts providing for the pro-
! lection of employees.
Sec Ii. The orders and notices required
under this chapter shall be written or
printed and signed officially by the commits
ssioner of labor or by one of the factory
| inspectors. and may be served by one OF
those officers or by any other officer or ills
| different person by delivering TO the person
upon whom service is TO be made, or by
| leaving at his usual place of abode or bust
ness an attested copy thereof. Notice to
| one member of a firm shall be notice to
! every member thereof. ana notice TO the
president, secretary or treasurer or manaG
| ing agent or superintendent of a corpora
| ton. shall be notice to such corporation.
Sec. Ia. Any person aggrieyed by the or
| der, requirement direction OF Il factory
! inspector may, within ten days from the
! day Of service thereof. apply for an inJunc-
! ton against the enforcement OF the same
| to a judge of the district court, and there
upon, after such notice, as the said judge
| shall order to all. parties interested. Il
hearing may be had before some judge of
said court, within thirty days at such con-
venient place shall be fixed by said or
der, or the said judge may appoint three ex-
perts to examine the matter and hear tho
! parties, which experts shall be disinterested
| persons and skilled ia the subject matter Of
! the controversy, and the decision of the
said court upon the report of the said ex
| perts, or a majority thereof, in writing I'M
| date of such hearing, in the clerk $ Office
of said court, in the county wherein is the
subject of the controversy, may either alter
! the order, requirement or direction of such
inspector annul it in full or affirm the
same. A duly certified copy Of said de-
cision, so filed as aforesaid, shall have the
original order of the inspector, and shall
take the place of said original order. The
court may award reasonable compensation
to experts appointed under the provisions
of this section, to be paid from the contln-
gent fund OF the bureau Of labor, provided
the appeal is decided against the order OF
the inspector, and to be paid by the party
taking the appeal in case the order OF the
inspector is sustained.
Sec 10. The county attorney OF any
county, the proper prosecuting officer OF
any city or municipality in the state, is
hereby authorized and directed. upon the
request of the commissioner of labor or
of any factory inspector. to commence and
to prosecute to termination before the
proper court actions ana proceedings
in the limits of his county or municipality,
reported to him to have violated. the .progis-
ions of this act and other acts for the pro-
lection Of employees.
Sec 16. Any person who violates or
onlits to comply with any OF the foregoing
requirements or provisions of this act, or
who dsregards any order, notice or require
ment of said commissioner or of factory
inspector. when said order or notice is made
in accordance with the provisions Of this
act, or who obstructs or interferes with any
examination or investigation being made by
a factory inspector shall be guilty Of a
msdemeanor and upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by fine of not less than
twenty five dollars nor more than one hun
dred dollars. or by imprisonment not less
than fifteen days nor more than ninety
days. No criminal prosecution shall be
made for any violation of the provisions Of
the first seven sections or this act until
thirty days after notice in writing, by a
factory inspector, or the commissioner OF
labor, of any change necessary to be made
to comply witt the provisions OF this act,
has been served upon said person, and noa
then if, in the meantime such changes have
been made in accordance with such notif-
cation. This period of thirty days shall
not, however, be allowed to the owner,
agent manager of any factory, mill,
workshop or other building where said
owner, agent or manager has been ordered
to put water closet or privy into good
closet or nrivy being due TO the neglect or
carelessness in it's management or super
vision The owner. manager or agent in
such case shall be liable for the penalty Of
this section if he fails to put said closet or