Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-04
manager of any political campaign for

manager of any political campaign for
any candidate or party.
y. All duties, rights, privileges, powers,
compensation, and liabilities, now by law
granted to or imposed upon the commits
s1oner OF insurance, are merged IN and
extended to the office of commissioner Of
insurance, hereby created, so that the Of
nee hereby created shall in all respects
succeed to and stand in lieu Of the form
er office of commissioner Of insurance,
which is appointed from and after the
taking effect of the first appointment I'M
der this act.
Section 8. This section shall take effect
and be in fgorce from and after its pass
age and publication.
Approved June 80, 1911. Copy Law
wv cGAPTER ass. 0 LAWS I OF 1911 spi 49,
AN ACT To create sections 1O21b-1 to
1021b-31 inclusive, Of the statutes.
creating an industrial commission,
transferring to such commission the
powers and duties of the commissioner
Of labor and the bureau Of labor and
Industrial statistics, and superseding
the industrial accident board created by
granting such commission certain other
powers, and providing for safe and
hygienic conditions, and making an APP
p IPpratb therefor and repeali h
tons 926-161, 926-162, 926-16S,-9
164, 926-165, 926-166, 926-168, 926-
10, 926-171. 1021e, 1927, 1921, 1921
1021k, 1021l 1729b, 1880, 1920, 1729e,
la29f' 1929, 1729h, 1921. 1921, and 1O2lc
of the statutes.
The people of the State Of Wisconsin
represented in Senate and Assembly, dc
| enact as follows:
Section l. Their are added to the stat
utes thirty-one new sections to read
Section 1021b-1. The following terms
as used in sections 1021b--1 to 1021b-
80 of the statutes, shall be construed as
follows
% The phrase place of employment
shall mean and include every place.
whether indoors or out or underground
where either temporary or permanently
any industry, trade or business is carried
on, or where any process or operation,
directly or indirectly related to any in
dustry, trade or business, is carried on,
and where any person is directly or in
directly, employed by another for direct
or indirect gain or profit, but shall not
include any place where persons are en-
ployed in private domestic service or ag-
ricultural pursuits which do not involve
the use of mechanical power.
| (2) The term Unemployment" shall
mean and include any trade, occupation
or process Of manufacture or any method
of carrying on such trade, occupation or
process of manufacture in which any
person may be engaged, except in such
/ private domestic service or agricultural
pursuits as do not involve the use Of me-
chanical power
go The term employer" shall mean
and include every person, firm, corpora
other person having control or custody
Of any employment, place Of employment
or of any employe.
"a The term "employe" shall mean
and include every person who may be
required or directed by any employer, In
consideration of direct or indirect gain
or profit, to engage in any employment
or to go or. work or be. at any time in
9nV nl1pa Of anon1aVpaanf
80 The term ''frequenter" shall mean
and include every person. other than an
employe, who may go in or be in a place
which render him other than trespasser
60 The term deputy shall mean
and include any. person employed by the
industrial commission designated as such
deputy by the commission, who shall
possess special technical, scientific, man
agerial or personal abilities or qualities in
matters within the jurisdiction of the in
dustrial commission, and who may DE
engaged in the performance of duties IN
der the direction of the commission, call
ing for the exercise of such abilities OF
qualities,
% The term "order" shall mean and
include any decision, rule, regulation, d.
rection, requirement or standard of the
commission, or any other determination
arrived at or decision made by such COM
80 The term "genral ORDER shall
mean and include such order as applies
generally throughout the state to all per-
sons, employments or places of employ
ment, or all persons employmentS OF
places of employment Of a class under
the jurisdiction of the commission: AL
other orders Of the commission shall be
considered special orders.
mean and include any ordinance order
rule or determination of any common
council, board of aldermen, board of trus-
tees, or the village board, of any village
cifV the hoard of health
municipality, or an order or direction OF
any matter over which the industrial
any matter over which the industrial
commission has Jurisdiction.
(10) The term welfare" snail near
and include comfort, decency and mora
welI-being.
applied to an employment or a place OF
employment shall mean such freedom from
danger to the life, health or safety OF
employees or frequenters as the nature OF
Section 1021b-2. There is hereby
created a board which shall be known as
the Industrial Commission of Wiscon-
sim" Within thirty days after the pass
age of this the governor, by and with the
advise and consent of the senate, shall
appoint a member who shall serve two
years another who shall serve four years
and another who shall serve six years
Thereafter each member shall be appoint
ed and confirmed for terms of six years
each. Vacancies shall be filled In thu
same manner for uneXpired terms. Each
member of the board, before entering up
on the duties Of his office, shall take the
oath prescribed by the constitution. A
majority of the board shall constitute 6
quorum for the exercise Of the powers
or authority conferred opon 1t. In case
Of a vanancy the remaining two members
of the board shall exercise all the pow
ers and authority Of the board until such
vacancy is filled. Each member of the
board shall receive an annual salary OF
five thousand dollars, and actual expenses
necessarily incurred in the performance
Of his duties, which shall be in full fol
all services performed under this act
and under the provisions of chapter So
of the laws Of 1911. This board shall sup
ersede and perform all of the duties OF
the industrial accident board provided in
chapter So of the laws Of 1911.
Section 1021b-3 Within thirty days
after the passage and publication Of this
act such commission shall meet at the
state capitol and organize in the manner
provided for the organization of the in
ldustrial accident board in section 2394-1s
of the statutes. A majority of said com
mfssioners shall constitute a quorum tc
transact business. No vacancy shall i'm
pair the right of the remaining commits
sioners to exercise all the powers Of the
commission.
Section 1021b-4. The commission shall
keen it's office at the capitol and shall be
lproyided by the superintendent of public
nronertv with suitable rooms, necessary