Evening journal., 1897-05-19
NOTICES.
NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS OF FEMALE

An Act for the better protection of fc-
male or other employees.
BE 1T ENACTED by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State
of Delaware in General Assembly
Section l. That 1t shall be the duty OF
every person or corporation employing fe-
male labor to the number of ten or up
wards in New Castle county to provide
within three months after the passage of
this act, room or rooms, plainly and ap-
propriately furnished, for such employees
to dress, wash and lunch in, separate and
apart from the male employees of such !
person or corporation, allowing in said
separate room or rooms, at least nine
square feet Of floor space for each em-
ploye. and further to provide washing
sinks for such female employees, separate |
and apart from such male employees, al |
lowing one such washing sink to each fif- |
teen of such female employees by such |
person or corporation; and further to |
provide water closets for such female |
employees. separate from those used by |
such male employees, provided that moth |
ing In this section shall apply to canning
establishments doing business in the |
rural districts OF said county.
Section 2. 1t shall be the duty Of every |
store keeper i'm New Castle county to pro- |
vide seats for his or her clerks and em- |
ployes so that when unemployed such |
clerks and employees may be seated.
Section 3. 1t shall be the duty of every |
person or corporation employing female |
labor to provide such places for such fe- |
male employees to work in during cold
weather as shall be reasonably and COM
fortably warm.
Section 4. 1t shall be unlawful for any
/ employer of female labor or any over
seer superintendent, foreman or boss of
any such employer of female labor, to use
/ toward female employees any abusive, in
decent or prOfane language, or to in any
/ manner abuse, misuse, unnecessarily eN-
pose to hardship, or maltreat any such
! female employe.
Section 5. Any person violating
any provision of section four
Of this act, shall be deemed
| Itrfsa Eh he g.
/ than ten and not exceeding one hundred
! dollars for each offense. Any person or
| corporation violating any provision of the
/ first, second and third sections of this act
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
| and upon conviction thereof, shall pc
| fined the sum Of ten dollars and shall be
subject to the further penalty OF ten dol
/ lars for each day thereafter during which
such corporation or person shall refuse OF
| neglect to provide the furnished rooms,
seats, appliances, or furnish the heat
therein mentioned.
Section g. Prosecutions for viola
act act" may % be Instituted upon the
complaint of any person before any
Justice of the peace In New Castle county,
resident in the hundred I'm which the
place of business of such employer shall
be located, or in hundred adjacent
thereto. Any such justice of the peace
shall have jurisdiction TO hear, try ana
determine such complaints, with an ap-
peal to the Court of the General Sessions
of the Peace and Jail Delivery. upon
? conviction of violation of any of the pro-
visions of this act the justice of the peace
hearing, said complaint in case Said de-
fendant is a corporation, shall have
authority to issue execution, against SAID
defendant for the fine and costs, and all
| penalties imposed or accrulng against
said defendant under the provisions OF
| this act. All fine and penalties Imposed
under this act shall be paid into the treas
| ury of New Castle county. In any prose-
cufion under the first section of this act
/ II shall be necessary to aver in the conf
plant or to prove IN behaI on the prose-
| 4Ian trio
| fendant employs female labor 10 the num-
bcr OF ten or upwards, provided, however
that the detenuanl IN any suSm ,p,, pr tti,
tion may introduce evidence upon N
point and IL the justice Of the peace try
ing said cause shall tnd that such de-
fendant does not employ female lapor t'
the number Of ten or upwards, said prose
cution shall fail. All prosecution under
this act shall be in the name of New Cas-
= section z. The chief justice OF the State
of Delaware is hereby authorized ana re-
quired within sixty days aiter tne pass s,s
age Of this act, TO appoint ieinaie lii
spector, whose duty II shall be 70 Nlsi
from time to time all stores mills, rae
Y tories and other places Of business where
| female labor is employed, and to duly en-
force the provisions OF this act. When.
over said inspector shall ascertain thai
| the provisions of this act or any OF then
| are being violated by any employer ol
| New Castle county, II shall be the dulS
of said inspector TO serve upon sucn VIC
lator of the provisions of this act, writ
, | ten notice that, unless such employel
shall conform to the requirements OF TINS
act and wholly cease any violation
20 ! OF such notice, such employer VIII ~
| prosecuted under the provisions or TIM
act and it shall further be the duty o.
| such inspector I'm case OF the neglect o
failure of such employer who has received
such notice 10 conform to the proNlsloh
OF this act and TO cease an Nloialon
thereof within ten days trom the SAT-
service Of said notice, TO institute IN
prosecution Of such recalcitrant employe
r.I..rra
this act by swearing out before any jus
tfce OF the peace in New Castle county
resident in the hunarea Mnere S,iu ian EN-
ployer may have his or her OF Us piac
| OF business, or in an adjacent nuhure
| the necessary warrant or complaint, an
/ thereupon to assist and enforce the prose
cution of the person or corporation $
| complained Of to the full extent OF ne
power. and 1t shall further be the dut
| of such inspector in case any prOsecuto
under the provisions Of this act, shall D
begun or instituted by any other perso
than such inspector, TO aid, turtner an
~ / to assist such independent prosecution {
" | such employer to the best of her powe
- and whenever such Independent prosect
ed tion OF any such employer shall be begu
.r nv anv Derson other than said inspector
IL shall be the duty OF the justice OF th
-, peace before whom such complaint sha
~ be made, to straightway notify by du
81 course of mail, the inspector appointe
Dy under this act, informing such inspectc
- of the name Of the complainant and d'
VI fendant of the names Of the witnesss
indorsed upon said complaint and OF u
day hour and place fixed for the hearin
Of said cause.
- Section s. 1t shall be the duty OF ever
rY employer OF female labor I'm New Cast
county, whether to the number OF te
: or upwards or less, to permit said inspe
on tor to have full and free access at an
lid time during the working or noon hou
)th of said employees to the place OF busine
he of such employer where such employ
of are employed, and I'm case any such en-
ms ployer shall refuse such inspector fu
i and free access TO his place OF busine
J. as aforesaid, or shall In any way hind
=. or prevent the full performance of her d
= ties of inspection under the provisions
-or this act such employer shall be deem'
~ guilty OF a misdemeanor, and upon CO..
.sy Viction OF such interference with said d
su. spector in the performance Of her dutie
shall pay fine to New Castle county
ten dollars which fine shall be collecu
=. in the same manner as the other nm
IS, and penalties heretofore provided Tor
ale this act.
ro- II. S.-EmplOyes or tenale lapor
ld- hereby notified that a strict complain
W. with the purpose and spirit OF this q
1T, viii be required and females whose q
ties comes under the provisions OF n
- bill are requested for their own prote