Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05

words in SO entering so that said sec
ton as amended shall read as Ioiio"s.
Section 4. The Commissioner as
State factory inspector and any author
lied agent Of the labor department shall
have power to enter any factory or mill'
workshop, private works or state IN
situations which have shops or factories
when the same are open or in operation;
for the purpose of gathering facts and
statistics such as are contemplated Dy
this act, and to examine into the meth
DDS of protection from danger TO en-
ployees and the sanitary conditions IN
and around such buildings and places.
and to make a record thereof of such
inspection. And if any person, or per-
sons, shall refuse to admit or shall un-
reasonably delay the commissioner. or
any authorized agent Of the labor de-
partment, in so entering, or shall refuse
to give the information so desired by
said commissioner or authorized agent,
then said person or persons, shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof. before any
court of competent jurisdiction. shall be
punished by fine not to exceed one
hundred dollars, or by Imprisonment for
not more than ninety days, or both such
fine and Imprisonment in the discretion
Of the court. If the commissioner as
State factory inspector. or any author
lied agent Of the department Of labor,
heating. lighting, ventilation or sanl-
tary arrangement Of any workshops or
factories is such as to be injurious to
the health l Of the persons employed or or
egress in case Of fire or other disaster
are not sufficient. or that the betting.
shafting. gearing. elevators. drums,
SAWS cogs and IN such work
in a condition so as to be dangerous to
employees and not sufficiently guarded,
or that watts, pans, or any other
structures. filled with molten metal
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proper safeguards for preventing acct
dents Of injury to those employed at
or near them, he shall notify in writ
ing, the owner. proprietor or agent of
such workshops or factories to make
within thirty days, the alterations or
additions by him deemed necessary for
the safety and protection of the en-
ployees; and If such alterations or ad-
ditiOns 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 dill
gence 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 inspector before court OF
competent Jurisdiction. and upon con-
viction 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 impris-
onment.'
Section . Section seven of chapter
siXty-five Of the public laws Of nineteen
hundred eleven is hereby amended by
striking out the word three" in the
tenth line therein and substituting for
and instead thereof the word five so
that said section as amended shall read
as follows:
Section :. In addition to the deputy
commissioner provided for by section
one of this act the Commissioner shall
appoint a stenographer for the depart
ment of labor: he shall also employ
woman factory inspector, and he may
also employ special agents ana sucn
other assistants, as may De necessary
in the discharge of the official duties or
said department of labor; such special
agents and other assistants shall be
paid for the services rendered such
compensation as the Commissioner may
deem proper, but no such agents or as
sistants shall be paid more than tVe
dollars per day in addition to necessary
travelling expenses. sad agents ana as
sistants shall work under the superVi-
sion and direction of the commissioner
of labor
Section g. Section eight Of chapter
sixty-fiye of the public laws of nineteen
hundred eleven is hereby amende6 bs
striking out the words Exclusive or the
salaries provided for by this section
after the word thereof" in the nlnln
line therein. and by inserting the SAM
words after the word purposes IN ant
twelfth line thereof: by striking out
the words nine and total in the
eleventh line therein ana me W.. W.
eight in the thirteenth line, suos.l n.S:,
ing for and instead of the said WINS
nine and Eight" the words fourteen,
and seven respectively. so that sara
section as amended shall read as fol-
lows:
section s. The salary Of such com
missioner shall be sixteen hundred uoi-
lars per year, and that OF nus uepu ~
thirteen hundred dollars per year, 10
getffer with all necessary travelling eN-
penses. The salary of the stenoSrapher
shall be six hundred dollars per year.
All such salaries and Other expenses
provided for in this act shall be audit
ed the same as salaries and expenses or
other State departments and snail De
payable upon proper vouchers certineu
by the commissioner. Proviaea, a 'F far
any two years the sum of fourteen
thousand dollars, making the annual
appropriation for this department OF Ia
Dor for all purposes. exclusive OF tne
seven thousand dollars. Provided. how
ever that any uneXpended balance to
the credit Of the department of labor at
the close Of any. year in which the leg
islature regularly meets shall be carried
over and made available for use in the
following year.
Section 4. Chapter sixty-five Of the
public laws Of nineteen hundred eleven,
is amended by adding thereto the fol-
lowing section:
Section IL. All fines or penalties
provided for by the terms Of this act
may be recovered or enforced by COM
plant or indictment. and in all prosecu-
lions under this chapter and amend
ments thereof and additions thereto,
trial justices and judges Of the munici-
pal and police courts, within their
counties. shall have, by complaint. orig
the supreme judicial and superior
rts.'-(Approved April 2, 1881
Chapter $40.
An Act providing for the temporary IL
censing of automobiles and motor We
hicles.
The secretary Of State is hereby all-
thoriZed to keep on sale in such cities
and towns as he may select, with the
chief of police or such persons as he
ed to automobiles or motor vehicles in
a conspicuous place; and when said tags
are attached, properly filled out and
signed, said automobiles or motor We
hicles may be operated seven days from
the date on said tag, and in the same
manner as those barring the regular
plates furnished by the State.
The fee to be collected for such tags
shall be one dollar, and this shall be
placed in the same funds as money re-
ceived for other licenses of motor We
The penalty for using a tag after
the time limit has expired shall be the
same as applied to unlicensed automo-
bile9 motor vehicles.