St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1913-05-02
CHAPTER bu-H. y. No. sos.

AN ACT prescribing hours Of labor and time
for meals for women in mercatile establish
ing houses and kitohenE in connection there
with, mechanical. manufacturing, telephone
ana telegraph establish%entS REGULATING lstls
lishments and providing for the enforcement
thereof in cities Of nrst, ssoond and third
class and repeating all acts inconsistent
Be It enacted by the Laststseurs q he STATE
Of Minnesota,
Section 1. No female shan b. employed in
any mercantile establishment, restaurant,
lunch room or eating house or kitchen op-
hours In any one day or nfty-eiSht hours IL
any one week or in any mechanical or manu-
featuring establishment moro than nine hourl
week, or in any telephone or telegraph estab-
lishn1ent more than nine hours In any one day
OF afty.four hours in any ons week in c:ties
Provided that q different apperuonmsnt Of
hours may. be made for the sole purpose d
giving q shorter days work for ene day o.
visions Of thas aot shall not apply to ON
required In the canning or other.
wise preserving Of perishible fruita, ua,n,
an establishment requiring suoh employment
does not exceed six weeks in duration. Pro
in retail mercantile establishments not >more
but no case to exceed = total Of moro tnau
n1 SvsaF employer neSss m sh aaY S oos T ;n 3 oon.p,ouou.
are employed a printed notice stating the
the time allowed for meals begins ana ends.
The printed forms Of such notices shall be
provided by the commissioner Of labor.
time ns' ot s@Plo thaa as Of stated sssa Il, Rs's seid a. printed ass
notice shall be deemed a violation Of the
provisions Of this section unless it appears
that such employment was to make up time
lost on a previous day Of tho same week in
Of the stopping Of machinery
upon which he or she was employed or de-
pendent, but no stopping Of machinery for
less than thirty consecutive minutes shall
justify such overtime employment, nor shall
overtime employment b. authorized until a
occurrence and duration Is sent to the com
Of labor.
Sec. 2. In each such establishment at leas,
sixty minutes shall be allowed for the noon
day meal unless the commissioner. Of labor
shall permit g. shorter time.
Where employees arc required or permitted
to work more than one hour after six O'Clock
P. M. they shall DO allowed at least twenty
minutes to obtain lunch before beginning to
work overtime. 49,
Sec: 8: 10 more employees shall DO re-
quired or permitted to work in a room in any
such establishment than will allow to each
of such employees not less than four hundred
permit of the commissioner of labor such
amount of air space for each employee may
be reduced to not less than two hundred fifty
cubic feet Of air space.
Sec. 4. The owner, agent or lessee Of any
establishment shall provide in each work
room thereof proper and sufficient means OF
II excessive heat be created or
If steam, gases, vapors, dust or other I'm
purities that may be Injurious to health be
generated in the use Of such establishment
the rooms must be ventilated in such manner
to render them harmless, so far as IS prac-
ticable and in case Of the failure to 80 venti-
late the commissioners Of labor shall order
such ventilation to be provided.
Such owner, agent or lessee shall provide
such ventilation within twenty days after the
service upon him of such order and in case
Of failure to comply Herewith shall forfeit
to the people of the state ten dollars for each
day after the expiration Of such twenty days,
In an action brought for that purpose
SEQ. 3. Every factory and orkshop IN
this state where women and children are en-
ployed and where dusty work Is carried on
shall be lime washed or painted at least once
in every twelve months.
Every floor of any room Of any establish
nent herein named where women are en-
ployed shall be thoroughly cleaned with SOAP
and water at least once In six months and
every dressing room and water closet in SUCH
establishment shall be thoroughly cleaned
Sec. 8. Every employer, superintendent,
owner or other agent Of any establishment
named in section one hereof who violates
any of the provisions Of this Chapter shall
be guilty Of a misdemeanor.
Sec. T.. All acts or parts Of acts incons,st-
ent herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved April 20. 1913. .