St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1913-05-02

pei ehs Dr0d Wstasase Of 9 sssns.5 pa p 4 ana a. Other ssr
pensation as when subpoenaed by the COM
mission. Each advisory board shall recon-
minimum wages. whether by time rate or BY
price rate, su tacient for living wages for
women and mirrors Of ordinary ability, and an
estimate of the minimum wages sufficient for
living wages for learners and apprentices. a
majority of the entire membership of an -.
yisory board Shall be necessary and suf-
Commission.
wages from AN advisory board, the Commits
sion shall review the same, and If it ap-
Wasss II 1he sa,d shall nadl,n nashe them the m,nimum
determined by the Z mTm1iHs:s'io 9e tts rsfal and the he
effect shall have the same force and author
ity as though the wages were determined
without sso 10 the as assistance Eaaas =. Of al an advisory board;
Commission. shall remain in force until new
rates are determined and established by tho
" one-fourth Of the employers or employees
in an occupation, the Commission must re-
consider CON msv the rates already established therein
mialnum wages for said occupation. Tho
Commission may likewise reconsider old rates
and order new minimum rates on its own
initiative.
Sec. II. For any occupation in which q
ordered the Commission may issue to a
woman physically defective a special license
than the general minimum ordered, in said
occupation: and the Commissioner may fix a
the number Of such persons shall al'Y NOT exc cea{
o%ne-tenth Of the whole number Of workers in
any establishment.
Sec. ~. Every employer in any occupation
is hereby prohibited from employing any work
wage as defined in >thiS Act and deter.
mined in an order Of tho Commission: and it
Soy pSa!l an. ny 9 ~oase1 at for les, any sn. smP .s;S ,,t t. s% =,
minimum wage.
any EMPLOYER to discharge or in any manner
discriminate nmn1en. against any employee because
testify. or because such employer believes
that thai tn,,d.+ employee. is about to testify, in
any 'nvesr1sat,on or proceeding relative to
Sec. "A. Any worker who receives less thar
sion shall 30 entitled to recover in civil az
ton the full amount due az measured by said
order nd at Ct the commissiop together WITH costs
notwlthstandins any agreement to work for q
lesser wage.
SEQ. 49,. The Commission shall snforoe tia
provisions OF this act, and determine all cues
ti0 as, arising Hereunder. except a. otherwise
ms Sec Is; n Tho Commission shall btenai.r,
ana "a report Of ITS work to the governor
shall be printed and distributed a. in the Gao
OF other executive documents.
Sec. II. The members Of the Commission
shall be reimbursed for travelling and other
necessary expenses incurred in the perform
ance Of their duties On the Commission. The
eighteen hundred dollars annually for her
work as secretary. All claims Of the Com
mission for expenses necessarily incurred in
| Q0n Il - $hl- ~A
ceeding the annual appropriation hereinafter
provided, shall be presented to the state audi
tor for payment by warrant upon the state
Sec: Is: There is appropriated out Of any
appropriated for the fiscal year ending july
iS sllSs 6od 1914 9n4 the sum Of Five Thousand Dollars
Dollars 5,0oo.o U.
Sec. 10. Any employer violating any Of tn.
provisions Of this act shall be deemed guilty
OF q m~isdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
or not less than ten nor more than fifty dol
lars or by Imprisonment for not less than
ten nor more than sixty days.
Sec. 90: Throughout this act the following
words and phrases as used herein shall be
considered to have the following meanings re-
spectively. unless the context clearly indi-
Gates a different meaning in the connection
used:
O The terms Giving wage" or Giving
wages shall mean wages sufficient to main
tain the worker in health and supply him
with the necessary comforts and conditions OF
reasonable life; and where the words '.min-
imum wage or h''minimrm wages" are used
In this act, the same shall be deemed to have
the same meaning as Giving wage or civ
Ing wages"
(O The terms 'rate' or "rates' shall mean
rate or rates Of wages.
G) The term Commission" shall mean tho
Minimum Wage Commission.
(4 The term woman shall mean a per-
son Of the famale sex eighteen years OF age
or over.
@ The term minor shall mean a NAL.
person under the age Of twenty-one years, or
a female person under the age OF eighteen
years.
() The terms 'learncr' and "apprentice"
may mean either a woman or a minor.
% The term worker or 'employee'' NAV
mean a woman, a minor, q learner, or an an
prentice, who is employed for wages.
() The term Occupation shall mean any
business, industry. trade, or branch Of a
trade in which woman or minors are en-
ployed.
! Sec. 20. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after Its passage,
Approved April 26, 1913.