Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

NO. o 2azi IL, u Flaws % % 1ao7
AN ACT to amend section 10Th, statutes
of 1893, relating to the protection Of snA-
ployes.
The people of the State OF Wisconsin repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly. do enact
as follows:
Section /. Section 1o21h, statutes Of
1898, as amended by chapter 1853, laws OF
1899, is amended to read: Section 1021h.
Any officer Of the bureau may post In any
factory or workshop examined by him the
laws relating to the employment Of chill
other matters pertaining to the health end
safety OF artisans; any person who shall
remove or muttlate such laws 80 posted
shall be fined fifty dollars for sach ofensS.
Any such officer may order bull-wheels, fly
wheels, tumbling rods, elevator wells, stair
ways, shafting or dangerous machinery OF
any kind to be enclosed or otherwise
guarded so as to protect workmen or others ;
and any person refusing to obey the written
order Of such officer to such effect shall be
fined fifty dollars for each such refusal.
or other safety device from bull-wheels, fly
wheels, tJmbling rods, elevator wells, stair
ways. snafting or dangerous machinery,
while such bull-wheels, dy-wheels, tumbling
rods, elevators, stairways, shafting or dan
gerous machinery Is in motion or use, and
shall neglect or fail to replace such safety
device before permitting such bull-wheels,
fy-wheels, stumbling. rods, elevators, stair
ways, shafting or dangerous machinery to
be put in motion or use shall be fined not
less than five dollars nor more than
fifty dollars or by Imprisonment In
the county jail not to exceed thirty days,
or both, for each such offense. 1t shall be
the duty Of such officers to examine freight
and passenger elevators and to condemn
those found to be defective and unsafe by
Serving written notice on the person for
whom it is being operated or on his agent,
or by posting such notice on the walls or
cab of any elevator found to be In an I'M
safe condition; the owner of any elevator
so condemned, or the person for whom it Is
being operated, shall, by continuing the use
thereof without making such repairs as
will place it in a safe condition, be liable,
civilly and crimfnally, for any physical In
jury caused by such use, whether such in
jury results in the death Of the person in
jured or not. 1t is also the duty of such
officers, when in their Judgment 1t may be
necessary, to see that In every manu1acrur-
is propelled by steam or other power, conf
munication, by means of speaking tubes or
electric bells, shall be provided between
each room in which machinery so operated
is placed and the room in which engineer
is stationed. Any person occupying as
owner, lessee or manager any manufacturing
establishment where machinery so operated,
is used, or controlling the use of any build
ing or room in which machinery propelled
by steam Is used, who shall fail to provide
such means of communication shall be
fined not less than ten dollars nor more
than fifty dollars but no prosecution shall
be commenced for such violation until thirty
days after written notice has been given
by one of the officers designated In this
chapter to such person Of the changes neceg-
visions hereof, nor then, II, In the mean
time, changes have been made in accordance
with such notice.
Approved May 20, 1907.