The daily sentinel., 1912-10-17
ElGHT-HOUR BILL FOR
EMPLOYEES OF UNDER
GROUND WORKINGS.

PROPOSED LAW OF THE STATE or
COLORADO. INITIATED BY PETi.
RTnf,1 i9N 1uNDER Z, THE INITIATIVE AND
Notice Is hereby given that at the Gen.
ernl Election to be held on the Fifth dny
OF mGS,vember' A. d. 1912, there will be
state OF Colorado, for their approval or
rejection, the following proposed Law Of
INC state OF Colorado, initiated by PetI-
ton under the Initiative and Referendum,
which Initiated petition contained the sig,
natures OF more than the required number
OF OF Legal voters; !s per cent?. of the State
with the Law, and filed In the office of
the Secretary of State on the SECOND
day OF JULY, A. d. 1912. nt 1856 O'Clock
p. m.
The authority for submitting such pro
posed Law Is found in Section / Of Arti-
Gle of the Constitution of the state of
colorado, providing for the Initiative and
The proposed law of the State of Colorado
is as follows:
To nrsunATH hN AT AT. ,,,,r THE
SRSTS2 GRO T b woRkINGs,, ,NIsi OPEN gN1TF 1TF
1Sss 1&SSsklsSf, i 2fFS $. fET REpuSqIaS wqRS
WORKS, STAMP MILLS, CoNcEN-
PRaTINS PRaTnsSps Mills, IL y,n,I nC,HLoRINATioN
hSp hSpSnNS' COKE ovENs: nANiDE TO Pf1eHssKs BHcIaRS
CERTAIN EMPLoYSiENTs INJTRIons thuo Us
TO HEALTH AND DANGEROUS TO
LIFE AND LIMB; TO PROVIDE
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO
REPEAL ALL OTHER ACTS AND
rARs PAkTs ,oE OF ACTS IN CONFLICT WITH
Be It Enacted by the People of the State
of Colorado:
Section 1. Employment in all under
ground mines, under ground workings. open
cut workings, open pit workings or direct
attending smelling furnaces. reduction
s}s Works, stamp mills, concentrating mills,
chiorination processes, cyanide processes
ana coke ovens, wherever such employ
ment Is continuously In contact with noxl-
GUS tunes, gases or vapors. Is hereby de-
ciareu @ 10 ne in1urlous to health and dan
serous TO life and limb.
Section Q That the period of empIov-
ment OF men working In all under ground
mines. under ground workings, open cut
workings' open pit workings, or directly ar
tending smelling furnaces, reduction works
stamp mills. concentrating mills. chiorina'
Hon processes, cyanide processes and coke
onehs. .n wherever such employment is con-
tnuously In contact with noxious fumes.
gases or vapors, shall not during any one
month exceed an average of eight hours
Nthln any twenty-four hours, except In
cases of emergency where life or PROPERTY
Is In Imminent danger.
Section B Any person. persons, body or
CORPORATE employer who shall violate or
cause 10 be violated any of the provisions
or this act shall he deemed guilty of a
nlsuemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
snail ne punished by a fine of not less
than two hundred and fifty dollars fs250l
nor more than five hundred dollars $500,
or by imprisonment in the county iafl
not less than ninety days nor more ~nn
Sly months or by both such fine and i'm
Section =. Chapter 119 Of the Session
Laws OF 1905: approved NInrch o1. 1905.
and Chapter 14a of the Session Laws Of
1911. approved June .. 1911. and Mi otbcr
acts and parts OF acts in conflict with
TINS act. are hereby repealed.
n WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here
unto set my hand and affixed The Great
seal OF the State Of Colorado. Mt tho City
A n. 1912.
tSEALl
JAMES D. PEARCE.
Secretary of State.