The Advocate and news., 1899-01-11

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as commissioner OF said bureau, shall have
an office In the state capitol building, prop
9riY furnished for the work OK said bureau
and shall perform HIS duties as herein pro-
Vided.
Section g. It shall be the duty OF the
commissioner to collect, assort, arrange
and present, In annual reports to the Gov
ernor. to be by him biennially trans
mitted to the legislature, statistical details
relating to all departments OF labor and
industrial pursuits in the State to the
subjects Of cooperation, strikes and other
labor difficulties; to trade unions and other
labor organizations and their effect upon
labor and capital: to other matters relat-
Ing to the commercial, industrial, social,
educational, moral and sanitary condi-
tlOns prevailing within the State; and the
exploitation OF such other subjects as will
tend to promote the permanent prosperity
Of the respective industries Of the State.
IL shall also be the duty OF the commits
gloner OF the bureau to cause to be en-
forced all laws regulating the employ
ment Of children, minors, and women;
all laws established for the protection Of
health, lives and limbs Of operators In
workshops and factories, on railroads, and
other places, and all laws enacted for
the protection OF the working classes now
In force or that may hereafter be enacted.
In it's annual report the bureau shall also
give an account Of all proceedings which
have been taken in accordance With the
provisions Of this act, or any Of the other
laws herein referred to-, ana In addition
thereto such remarks, suggestions and rec
concentrations as the commissioner may
deem necessary for the information OF the
legislature.
Section 4. The commissioner is hereby
authorized TO furnish and deliver writ
ten or printed list OF interrogatories to any
person, company, or the proper officer OF
any corporation, operating within the
State, and require full and complete an
swers to be made thereto, and returned
under oath: the commissioner shall have
seal and have power to take and pre-
serve testimony to issue subpOenas, and
administer Oaths and examine witnesses
under oath in all matters relating to the
duties herein required by said bureau, such
testimOnytO be taken in some suitable place
In the vicinity to which the testimony Is
applicable. Witnesses subpoenaed and tes-
tifylng before the commissioners Of said
bureau shall be paid the same fees as wit
nesses before the District court such pay
ment to be made from the incidental fund
OF the bureau. Any person duly subpoenaed
under the provisions of this act who shall
willfully neglect or refuse to attend, or re-
fuse to answer any question prOpounded to
him concerning the subject OF such examin-
alton as provided in this act, or II any per-
son to whom a written or printed list Of in
terrogatories has been furnished by said
commissioner shall neglect or refuse to an
swer and return the same under oath,
such person or persons shall be deemed
plaint OF the commissioner before court
of competent jurisdiction, and upon con-
Viction thereof, such person or persons
shall be fined In sum not less than
twenty-five dollars nor more than one hun
dred dollars, or by imprisonment In the
county jail, not exceelipg ninety days, or
by both such fine aNh nprsonment; pro-
vided, however, thatHno witness snail be
compelled to go outside OF the county In
which ne resides to testify. In the report
Of said bureau no use shall be made OF the
names of individuals, firms. or corpora
tlons supplying the information called for
by this act, unless by written permission.
such information being deemed confidential
and not for the purpose of disclosing per-
sonal affairs, and any officer, agent or en-
ploye Of the bureau violating this provision
shall forfeit sum not exceeding hVe nun
dred dollars or be imprisoned not more than
one year.
Section s. The commissioner as State fac
tory inspector shall have mower to enter
any factory or MILL workshop. private
works or State institutions which nave
shops or factories, when the same are open
or In operation for the purpose or gather
ing facts and statistics such as are con-
templated by this act. and to examine
into the methods of protection from danger
to employees and the sanitary conditions In
and around such buildings and places and
to make n record thereof OF such inspec-
tion. II the commissioner as State factory
Inspector shall find upon such inspection
that the heating lighting, ventilation. OF
sanitary arrangement Of any workshops or
factories Is such as to be injurious to the
health OF the persons employed or residing
therein, or that the means of egress in case
of fire or other disaster are not sufficient,
or that the betting, shafting, gearing, ele-
vators. drums, saws cogs, and machinery
in such workshops and factories, are. To-
Gated or are in q condition so as to be dan
gerous to employees, and not sufficiently
guarded, or that the watts, pans, or any
other structures, filled with molten metal
or hot liquid, are not surrounded with
proper safeguards for preventing accident
or injury to those employed at or near
them he shall notify in writing, the owner,
proprietor or agent Of such workshops or
factories to make within thirty days, the
alterations or additions by him deemed
necessary for the safety and protection OF
the employees and II such alterations or
additions are not made within thirty days
from the date OF such written notice, or
within such time as said alterations or ad-
ditlons can be made with proper diligence
upon the part Of such proprietors, owners
or agents. said proprietors, owners or
agents, so notified shall be deemed guilty