Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-01

ord thereof of such inspection. And il
any person, or persons, shall refuse to
allow the commissioner, or any author
lied agent of the labor department, to
so enter, or shall refuse tn give the in
formation so desired by SAID commits
sioner or authorized agent. then said
person or persons. shall be deemed guilty
of a misdcmcanor. and, upon conviction
thereof, before any court of competent
jurisdiction, shall be punished by fine
not 10 exceed one hundred dollars or bv
prisonment for not more than ninety
days. or both such tinc and inprisonmrnt
in the discretion of the court. If tho
commissioner as state factory inspector,
or any authorized agent of the depart
mcHt of labor shall find upon such ill.,
spcctiOn that the heating lighting, vcfX [
latun or sanitary arrangement of an
Workshops or factories is such as to NJ
injurious 10 the health uf the pcrsonA
employed ur residing therein ar that the
means of egrcSs i'll case of lire or other
disaster are not sufficient, or that the
betting, ShaftinG, gearing. elevators.
drums. saws. cOgS and machinery III such
Workshops and factories are located or
are in condition Su as Ia b" dangerous
tu employees and not sufficiently guard
ed. or that watts. pans. or amy other
structures. filled with molten metal or
hot liquids, are not surrounded with
proper safeguards for preventing acct
dents 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
by him deemed necessary for the safety
aud protection of the employees; and it
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 additions 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
of "a misdemeanor, and upon complaint
of the commissioner as state factory in
Spector before "A court of competent juriS-
diction, and upon conviction thereof.
shall be fined in a sum not less than
twenty-five dollars nor more than two
hundred dollars or by Imprisonment not
more than thirty days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Section :. The following expressions
used in this act shall have the following
means an individual. corporation, part
ncrship. company or association. The
expression factory" means any premises
where steam. water or other mechanicat
power is used in aid of any manufacture
ing process there carried on. The ex-
preston "workShop' means any premises.
room or place. not being factory as
above defined. wherein any manual labor
is exercised by way of trade or for the
purpose of gain in or incidental to any
process of making, altering, repairing.
ornamenting. finishing or adapting for
sale any article or part, OF an article,
and to which or over which premises.
room or place the employer OF the person
or persons working therein has the right
of access or control; provided, however.
that the exercise of such manual labor
i'm a private house. or private room by
the family dwelling therein. or by any OF
them. or in case majority OF persons
therein employed are members OF such
family, shall not of itself constitute such
house or room workshop within this
definition. The aforesaid expressions
shall have the meanings above dehned
for them respectively in all laws of this
state relating to the employment of labor,
unless different meaning is plainly re-
Quired by the context.
Section 6. an state. county, city and
town officers are hereby directed to fur
niSh said commissioner upon his request,
such statistical or other information con-
templated By this act as shall he IN their
possession as such officers.
Section I. In addition to the deputy
commissioner provided for by section one
of this act. the commissioner shall APP
point a stenographer for the department
Of labor: he shall also employ woman
factory inspector. ard he may also en-
ploy special agents and sttch other -
SiStauts, as may be necessary III the L.
charge of the official duties OF said
partment of labor: such special aEt
and other assistants shall be paid for
services rendered such compensation A.
the commissioner may deem proper. nv
no such agents or assistants shall On
paid more than three dollars per day IN
addition to necessary travcIihg expenses,
said agents and assistants shall work
the commissioner of labor
section $ The salary of such commits
sioner shah hc sixteen hundred dollars
Der year and that of his deputy. thlr-
teen hundred dollars per year, together
with all necessary travelling expenses.
The salary Of the StcnOSrdplIcr snail u"
six hundred dollars per year. Al Such
salaries and other expenses provided for
in this act shall he audited the sam" as
salaries aud expenses of other state de-
partments and shall be payable upon
proper vouchers certified by the conniis-
Sioner. Provided. that tlie amount tn't'-
of exclusive of the salaries provided Tor
by this section. shall not exceed for any
two years the sum of nine thousand doi-
lars making the total annual apprpprld-
ton for the department of labor for an
purposes, eight thousand dollars. fro-
vidcd however, that any uneNpehdeu
balance to the credit of the department. CT
labor at the clusc of any year IN WliCH
the legislature regularly meets shall n"
carried over and made available Tor use
in the following year
section . said commissioner shall l."
authorized 10 have printed for general
distribution. not to exceed four thousand
copies of his biennial report. and he may
printed aud distributed bulletins upon any
subject that shall be If public interest
and Of benefit to the state.
Section 10. Sections forty, 19rlE-"h''
and fortY-tWo of chapter forty OF the re-
vised statutes. as amended by chapter
two hundred and fifteen of the pubic
laws of nineteen hundred and nine, chap-
ter one hundred and eighty of the pub
lie laws of nineteen hundred and nine
sections forty-three. forty-four forty
FIVE, forty-six and forty-seven of chapter
forty of the revised statutes as amended
by chapter SeVentN-seven of the pubic
laws of nineteen hundred and seven, and
chapter two hundred and nine of tn
public laws of nineteen hundred and nine
are hereby repealed.
Section II. All authority heretofore
vested in the commissioner of the bureau
of industrial and labor statistics as Such,
and the inspector Of factories. workshops,
mines and quarries as such, are hereby
vested in the commissioner of labor and
industry and state factory inspector as
provided for in this act,-(Approved
March 22)
Chapter 66.
An Act to protect Elder Ducks; also TO
amend Section seven of Chapter thr-
tv-two of the Revised Statutes, relat-
ing to Game Birds, to amend Section
twelve of Chapter one hundred and
thirty-two of the Public Laws of nine
teen hundred and five relating to Wild
Birds, ard to repeal Section five of
Chapter ninety of the Public Laws of
nineteen hundred and nine relating to
Looms.
Section /. There shall be an annual
close time in which no person shall