Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-05-11

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der seal Of the court; and upon the payment
thereof, said Judgment shall be satisfied
Of record by the judge Of probate or court
ten order shall be filed with the county au-
ditor, who shall issue his warrant Oh the
county treasurer In payment OF SAID sums;
Sec. so. No person OF ASSOCIATION snail
establish or Keep an institution Tor the care,
custody or treatment OF the insane or per-
sons or !. u ms ol,nis mln Mith hor co 4rlt ehtainin op
a license therefor from the board OF trus-
tees; provided that this section shall not
apply to any state institution; and provided VIC
also that it shall not apply to cases Where
an insane person or persons OF nnsound
mind is detained and treated at his W
home or that of some relative.
Every application for such license snail
be accompanied by a plan OF the premises
proposed to be occupied, describing the
capacities of the buildings uid q 1ngss+; Tor Il th lt,.on uses
appurtenant thereto, and the number OF
patients of either sex proposed to, be re-
ceived therein. together with such add
quire; and it shall not be lawful for said
board Of trustees to grant any such license
without first having caused an examination
by at least three of its members OF the
premises proposed to be licensed, and being
satisfied by such. examination that they are
as described, and are otherwise fit for and
suitable for the purposes for which they
are designed to be used.
1t shall be the duty Of the board Of trus-
licensed in accordance with the laws Of
this state, to have the care, custody OF
treatment Of the insane or persons of ul-
sound mind to examine the terms Of the
existing license, and determine how far the
institution is, conducted in compliance with
said licenses; the board of trustees shall
have opist3na to };c e%9ntinu as amend an t6ei or d rGyG6e
the interests Of the insane in the respective
institutions demands.
Sec. 81. In all cases where the board of
trustees has reason to believe that any per-
son is wrongfully deprived Of his liberty,
or is cruelty, negligently Or improperly
treated in any institution for the care and
vision is made for the skillful medical care
or proper supervision and safekeeping of
the insane, it shall, in its discretion, order
one or more of its members and the attor-
ney general or his deputy.
The trustee OF trustees conducting such
inquiries are hereby empowered to issue
compulsory process for the attendance Of
witnesses and the production Of papers. to
administer oaths, and to examine persons
under oath, and to exercise the same gen
eral overs as belong to referees appointed
by the courts Of the state. Upon the COM
pletion of such investigation said trustee
or trustees shall make a concise statement
of the facts found by him or them, with
such suggestions and recommendations as
to him OF them seem advisable, and trans
NIT a copy of the same, together with the
whole OF such portion Of the testimony
taken by him or them as they deem neces-
ssary to the governor 9 Upon the receipt by
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ton he shall, if in his opinion the facts and
conclusions warrant, order the attorney gen.
eral to prosecute the superintendent, Off
GERS, managers, servants OF employees Of
such institution or any of them that have
in any manner been guilty Of any offcnse
punishable by the laws of this state.
make Investigation into the. general man
agement and administration Of any %institu-
ton for the custody and care of the insane,
it shall give due notice thereof to the at
torney general, to appear at such investiga-
ton personally OF by deputy, in behalf OF
the people, and examine all witnesses who
also give due notice of the time and place
Of holding such investigation.
Sec. 90. The superintendent of every in
s%titution, where insane are kept shall, on or
before the first day Of September in each
and every year. report to the board of trus-
tees the number of male and female insane.
day. Of July last passed, together with a
statistical exhibit of the number of adj
missions, discharges and deaths that, have
occurred within the past year; the actual
condition Of those discharged. the causes
Of death of those dying in the Institution
and such other facts and information as the
ever shall neglect to report as above d-
rected. shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 90. Title three of chapter thirty-ive
OF the general statutes Of one thousand
eight, hundred and seventy-eight. from para
graph. eleven to paragraph forty-one. both
inclusive, and d. all acts and parts Of acts
I'LL llc pIONlSlOuS OF InlS Hcf
are hereby repealed.
Sec. 54. This act shall take effect and be
IN A topce ffqm An and i after 7sd its passage
Certain forms attached omitted from this
publication)
81. E. NO. 426.
AN c creating a Bureau of Labor, detin-
ing It's duties, and appropriatlng money
Tor Its maintenance.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State OF Minnesota:
Section /. 4 commissioner of labor, APP
pointed by the governor. and all assistant
commissioner and Il factory inspector, ap-
pointed by the commissioner, shall consti-
tute a Bureau of Labor. The present COM
missioner of labor statistics shall act as
commissioner OF labor until the expiration
OF his term of office in January, 1895. At
that time and thereafter biennially, on the
first Monday in January, the governor, with
appoint q suitable person to act as commits
sioner of labor, with headquarters at the
capitol, who shall hold his office until his
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the officers
and employees of the said bureau to cause to
be enforced Tor all laws regulating the employ,;
laws established for the protection of the
health, lives and limbs of operators III york
shops and factories, on railroads and i'll
other places and all laws enacted for the
protection of the working classes, including
chapter two hundred and five Of the general
law OF 1889, chapters ten and sixteen of
the general laws of 1889, chapter seventeen
of the general laws of 1891, laws declaring
it a on the part of employers
to require as & condition of employment the
surrender Of any right of citizenship, laws
regulating and prescribing the qualifications
OF persons in trades and EandicraftS, and
similar laws now i'll force OF hereafter to be
enacted. 1t shall also be the duty of the
officers and employees of the bureau to COL
lect, assert, arrange and present, in biennial
reports to the legisl lture, on or before the
first Monday in January, statistical details
relating to all departments of labor in the
state; to the subjects OF cooperation, strikes
or other labor difficulties: to trade unions and
other tabor organizations and their effect
upon labor and capital; and to such other
matters relating to the commercial, indus
trial, social, educational, moral and sanitary
conditions of the laboring classes, and the
permanent prosperity OF the respective in
dustries Of the state as the bureau may be
able to gather
In it's biennial reports the bureau shall
also give an account of all proceedings Of
taken in accordance with the provisions of
this act OF Of any of the other acts herein
referred to, including a statement of all
violations of law which have been observed
and the proceedings under the same, and
shall join with such account such remarks,
suggestions and recommendations as the
commissioner may deem necessary.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty of every own
er, operator or manager OF every factory,
workshop, mine or other establishment
where labor is employed. to make to the
bureau, upon blanks furnished by said bu-
reau, such reports and returns as the said
bureau may require for the purpose of
compiling such labor statistics as are au-
thoriZed BIZ this act. and the owner or bust
ness manager shall make such reports and
returns within the time prescribed therefor
by the commissioner OF labor, and shall
certify to the correctness Of the same.
In the reports of said bureau no use shall
be made Of names OF individuals, firms or
corporations supplying the information
called for by this section; such Information
! In;,,,r lon,pp cn1otiinntia1 and NOT fo1. tho