The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-30

suspend the operations of any of such
industries, employments, public utiii-
/ ties or common carriers, or to delay or
1 suspend the production or transporta-
ton of any of the necessaries of life.
orders of such court, and providing
| penalties for the violation of any of
the provisions of this act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGIsLA-
| TURE OF THE STATE. OF KANSAS;
Section 1 (a). The operation of the fol-
1 lowing named and indicated employments
| declared to be affected with PUBLIC in
! terest and therefore subject to supervision
by the state ia as herein TGSvd1ea for the
| disorder and waste, and of securing the
| peaceful and orderly conduct of the bust
| ton of the people of this state and in the
promotion of the general welfare, towdt:
~ The manufacture of food products
4 whereby vegetable animal substances are
| converted, either partially or wholly, from
their natural state to a condition to be
used as food for human beings;
! .(2) The manufacture of clothing and
| all manner of wearing apparel in common
| use by the people of this state whereby
natural products are converted, either par
| TALLY or wholly, from their natural state
| to condition to be used as such clothing
and wearing apparel;
| (3) The mining or production of any
/! substance material in common use
fuel either for domestic manufacturing, or
| transportation purposes;
a. The transportation of all food pro-
into wearing apparel, or fuel. as afore-
said, from the place where produced to
the place of manufacture or consumption;
and also public utilities, as defined by
Section S329, and all common carriers as
| defined by Section $3.50, of the General
Statutes of Kansas of 1915.
(b) Any person, firm or corporation en-
gagged in any such industry or pursuit
within the state of Kansas, either in the
capacity of owner, manager. OF worker.
shall be subject to the provisions of this
Act; provided, however; that this Act shall
tries the value of whose gross annual in
come or product shall equal or exceed the
sum of one hundred thousand dollars and
whose total number of employees shall
equal or exceed one hundred.
! See. 2. There is hereby created tribunal
to be known as the Court of Industrial
Relations, which shall pc composed of three
judges who shall be appointed by the gov
ernor, by and with the advice and consent
of the senate. OF such three judges first
appointed, one shall be appointed for term
of one year, one for n term Of two years.
and one for term of three years, said
terms to begin simultaneously upon qualtfi-
cation of the persons appointed therefor
Upon the expiration of the term of the three
judges first appointed as aforesaid, each
Judge shall be appointed and shall hold his
office for term of three years and until
his successor shall have qualified. In case
of a vacancy in the office of judge of said
Court of Industrial Relations, the governor
shall appoint his successor to fill the Va
cancy for the uneXpired term The salary
of each of said Judges shall be five thou
sand dollars per year. Each of said Judges
shall give bond in the sum of ten thousand
dollars conditioned for the faithful per-
formance of his duties. OF the judges first
to be appointed, the one appointed for
the three-year term shall be the presiding
judge. and thereafter the judges whose
term of service has been the longest shall
be the presiding Judge: provided. that in
served the same length of time. the presid-
ing judge shall be appointed by the gov
erner.
Sec. g. Said Court Of Industrial Re1a-
tions shall have its office in the Capitol
building of said state in the city of To-
peka and shall keep a record of all its
proceedings which shall be a public record
and subject 10 inspection the same other
public records of this state. Such court
jurisdiction TO supervise, direct and control |
the operation of the industries. employ !
ments. public utilities and common carriers, |
specified in oil matters and in the manner j
provided herein. and to do all things need |
fnl for the proper and expedient enforce
Sec f. Said Court of Industrial Rela- |
tiens is hereby granted full power to /
adopt all reasonable and proper rules and !
regulations to govern its proceedings to |
administer oaths, and to regulate the mode ,
and manner of all Investigations. fnspec I
in the taking of testimony the rules of
evidence. as observed in the supreme court |
ings therein. shall be observed by sail !
Court of Industrial Relations; and testi-
mony so taken shall in all cases be trans |
eribed by the reporter for said Court of
Industrial Relations in duplicate, one copy |
of said testimony to be filed among the
permanent records of said court. and the
other to be submitted to said supreme court |
in case the matter shall be taken to said /
supreme court under the provisions of this
act.
Sec. s. 1t is hereby declared and de-.
termined to be necessary for the general
welfare of the people of this state thas
the industries, emnloymentS, public utilities
and common carriers herein specified shall
be operated with reasonable continuity in
order that the people of this state may be
ETUT in1 Wit II f6fV V1n1 rfn Of
Sec. g. In case of n controversy or mis-
arising between employers
different industries engaged in any of said
industries, employments, public utilities or
common carriers. which may eDdanger the
or efficiency of service of any
of said industries employments, public
utilities or common carriers, and thereby
affect the production of transportation of
by said industries or emplOyments, or pro-
duce industrial strife. disorder or waste. or
tion of such Industries, employments, pub
lie utilities or common carriers, full power,
and Jurisdiction is hereby grant
ed to said Court of Industrial Relations to
summon all necessary parties before 1t and
to investigate said controversy and misun-
derStanding, and to take evidence and to
examine all necessary records, and to in
vestigate conditions surrounding the work
ers and to consider the wages paid to labor
and the profits accruing to capital and all
other matters affecting the conduct of said
industries, employmenrs, public utilities
anu carriers, ana TO settle anu
adjust all such controversies by order after
full herring and consideration, and on its
own initiative. 1t Is further made the duty
of said Court of Industrial Relations, upon
complaint of either party to such contro-
versy or misunderstanding. or upon COM
plant of any ten citizen taxpayers of the
In which such industries or en-
ployments are located, or upon the COM
plaint of the attorney general Of the state
of Kansas, to proceed and investigate AMI
determine said controversy in the same
manner as though upon its own initiative.
After the conclusion of such hearing and
and as eXpeditiously as pos
sible, said Court of Industrial Relations
shall make and serve upon all Interested
parties an order stating specifically the
terms and conditions upon which said In
dustry. employment. utility, or common
carrier shall be thereafter conducted inso-
TAR as the matters submitted to said court
are concerned. and said order shall state