The San Francisco call., 1897-01-21
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not apply and is not intended to protect
individuals or firms who wiIlfully refuse
or neglect to furnish such information, or
such information as cannot be construed
to work any injury to the business of the
informant"
All printing required shall be performed
by the State Printing Office, and at least
5000 copies of the printed report shall be
furnished the Commissioner for free dis
tribution to the public.
The Commissioner shall appoint chief
deputy, with co-equal powers, and three
deputies, with co-equal powers, to serve at
his pleasure, and such other assistants as
he may require. The salary of the Com
missioner shall be $4,000 year, of the
chief deputy, $2400. and that of the depu-
ties. $500. The appropriation for the
office Will be SIS, 900 year.
Mr.. Treacy's Assent bly, bill, No. IL, fix
ing at 81 per day the lowest wages for la
Dor on public works, has passed the As
sembly and has gone to the Senate.
Assembly Bill No. %, by Mr.. Seward,
provides:
SECTION 1. Every corporation doing busi-
ness in this State shall pay the mechanics and
laborers employed by it the wages earned by
them respectively as the same become due
Every such corporation shall select a day in
each week or month, which shall be known
as "pay day." upon which it shall pay such
mechanics and laborers SO employed by it the
wages then to become due to them and to each
OF them, or which were Heretofore due them
and yet remain unpaid.
Sec Q. violation OF any of the provisions
of section 1 of this act shall entite each of the
said mechanics and labolers TO a lien on all
the property of said corporation for the
amount of their wages, which lien shall take
preference over all other liens, except duly
recorded mortgages or deeds of trust, and in
any action to recover the amount of such
wages, or to enforce said lien, the plaintiff
shall be entitled to q reasonable attorneys
fee, to be fixed by the court, and which shall
form part of the judgment in said action, and
shall also be entitled TO an attachment against
said property.
Mr.. Mahoney's Assembly bill, No6l, pro-
vides that eight hours shall constitute a
legal days work on public works, and
contractors or others violating the same
shall be subject to fine of not less than
5000 or to Imprisonment in the County
Jail for not less than thirty days.
Assembly bill 50 prohibits any en-
ployer. foreman, oyerseer, steward. chief
cook or other employe from being directly
or individually interested in any fee, COM
mission, etc., charged or received by any
employment agent for assisting an ap-
plicant to secure employment, or for any
employer or employe to collude or agree
with any employment agent for the pur-
pose of receiving any part OF the fee or
commission paid to any employment
agent by an applicant.
The provisions of Assembly bill No. 1877,
by Mr.. Powers of San Francisco, are as
follows:
Whenever any board, officer, or officers of
any county, city~and county, city or town of
this State, or tribunal transactlng the business
OF any municipal corporation of this State,
shall contract with any person or persons for
the construction, alteration or repair of
public work of such character that If both
parties to the contract were private persons,
all persons and laborers of every class perform
ing la Dor upon, or furnishing materials to be
used on such public work. would under the
provisions of the Code of Civil Pro-
cedure, relating to liens of mechanics
and others upon real property, have
lien upon the property upon which
they have bestowed Ia Dor or furni shed mate
rails, for the value of such labor done aud ma
terals furnished; then said board, officer or
officers, or tribunal. shall, before the consum-
nation of such contract, exact and take from
such contractor a good and sufficient bond,
equal to the full contract price, with two or
more sureties, who shall justify as bail upon
arrest, which said bond shall be conditioned
to inure to the benefit of any, and all persons
who perform labor for said contractor, or for
any person acting for him, or by his authority;
which bond shall be filed in the Office of the
Recorder of the county in which said public
work is to De constructed.
Failure to require and take such bond
shall render the officers liable for the full
Indebtedness of the contractor to his work
men.
Henry of San Francisco is the author OF
Assembly bill 2S2, TO prevent the manu-
facture in penal institutions of other
goods than iute bags and broken stone.
The act does not apply to the manufac-
ture of any article consumed in the penal
institution where manufactured.
Treacy's Assembly bill, No. 279, pro-
vides:
Ten hours labor consttut tes days work on
the part OF every person working in a bread,
cake or other bakery. Any contract for a
greater NUMBER of hours labor in one day
shall be and is void at the option of the en-
ploye without regard to the terms OF employ
ment, whether the same be by the hour, day,
week, month or any other period of time.
Any and every person working over ten
hours in one day in any bread, cake or
other bakery shall receive from his employer
80 cents for each hours labor over ten
hours in each day.
No. 259 by the same author requires bak-
eries to be drained, plumbed, ventilated
and kept in sanitary condition. No Gel
lar NOT now used as bakery shall here
after be occupied for such purpose unless