The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-15
VIII Be Held at State House
Tuesday Evening
BEFORE THE GENERAL COM
Measure viii Be Discussed BY Advocates
and Opponents Then--Full Text of
Bill as introduced by Rep
resentative Jackson. ~~~

/ hearing on the bill providing for
weekly payment III wages by corpora
tions, which vas introduced by Repre-
sentative Jackson of this city in the
Vermont legislature will be held before
the general committee of the House to-
morrow evening, it being cne Of the I'M
portant hearings oi The week.
The text IF the proposed law Il IL
follows:
Section l.-Eyery mining, qIarryina,
manufacturing, mercantile transpoita.
tion, telegraph. or telephone corporation.
and every Incorporated express. water.
electric light or power company dong
and transaeting business within the
state Of Vermont shall pay each week.
IN cash. each and every employee en-
gagged IN its business the wages earned
by such employee to a day not more
than six days prior to the date Of such
payment; provided however, that IL At
any time of payment any employee
shall be absent from his regular placa
Of labor, he shall be entitled to such
payment at any time thereafter upon de
mand
Section 2.No corporation as before
mentioned shall pay It's employees IN
script, vouchers, due bills, or store or
ders; except it be a cooperative cor
poration in which the employee is a
stockholder; but such cooperative cor
poration shall upon request Of any suck
share holding employee, pay him weekly
as bereinbefore provided.
Section 3.-No assignment Of future
wages, payable weekly under the provi
sions Of this act. shall be valid if made
70 the corporation from whom such
wages arc to become due, or to anyone
IN behalf Of such corporation, or if made
or procured to be made 10 anyone for
the purpose Of relieving such corpora
tion from the obligation to paw weekly
under the provisions Of this act. No
corporation mentioned in the second pre-
ceding section shall require any agree.
ment from any employee to accept
wages at any other period as q condi
tion Of employment.
Section 4.-If such corporation. III
lessee, OF other person carrying on the
business thereof, shall fail TO pay the
wages OF an employee as provided in
this act, it shall forfeit 10 the state
the sum of fifty dollars for each such
failure, to be recovered by the states
attorney of the county in which such
violation OF this act is made in an &C.
tion IN his name: but an action shall
not be maintained therefor until the
states attorney shall have given the
employer ten days written notice that
such action shall be brought if the wages
are not sooner paid as provided IN this
aaet. On the trial OF such action such
corporation shall not be allowed to set
up any defense other than valid as
signment Of such wages or d valid offset
against the same,or the absence of such
employee from his regular place of labor
az the time Of payment, on an
actual tender 70 such emploree al
the regular time for the payment Of
such wages 80 earned by him, or
breach Of contract by such employee, OF
a denial Of the employment, o. the
bankruptcy Of the corporation, but
charges for groceries, provisions or
clothing shall not be an Offset in behalf
of any such corporation.
Section 5.--The term employee as
used in this act shall mean a mechanic,
or laborer who works Tor
inother for hire.
Section 6.-All acts or parts Of acts
with this act arc hereby
repealed.
Section This act shall take effect
upon the first day Of January, AID,
1907
Another important hearing. the rcw
automobile measure viii be held on
evening, while on "Wednesday
'yening the farmers will discnss the
ehool district billn