Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-23
LEGISLATURE HELD
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! tof an opportunity Tor the women Npfk~
ers III certain industry to hnve conditions
improved for them, on their own initia-
tive. The commission can itself lnvcsti-
gate conditions in an industry, and decide
that the wages paid are insufficient or
the commission can have an investigation
II 25 persons engaged in the work shall
| request one Their names will not he
published
If the commission comes IN the con-
| cluson that the women employed III
certain industry do not receive enough III
wages To protect their health and their
morals, they can establish n wage board.
This board will consist of three employers
and three employees in the occupation
under consideration, and also three dis
! interested persons This wage board,
after n consideration of all the evidence
necessary to settling the matter, can
| determine on minimum wage 10 be pnid
To all women workers in the occupation
considered. This report will be finally
submitted tn tho public through a public
meeting that the commission will hold,
notices of which will be published IN news
| papers After the meeting the eommis-
| sion will consider the report of the wage
board, public testimony and evidence, and
| will set a wage for that industry, ns well ms
suitable hours of labor fot women II m
| employer violates this ruling Of the com
mission he will be committing an rnIaw-
ful act Every employer affected will
receive n notice Of the rulings and will
have TO post them IN conspicuous place
in his establishment
SOME EXCEPTIONS
The net makes special allowance for
eases where old OF inlirm women are
employed aud must Of necessity, gel less
IN wages than those fully capable They
can issue special license III a ease ol this
kind. allowing her wagcs 10 be less than
the other women workers III the establish
mcnt The number Of issues given ont
TO an individual cmplovc, however, can
not be greater than 10 per cent Of the
women he employees Action to deter
mine what wHqes should be paid 10 |
minors BOYS aud girls under y shall pro
coed IN the same way aR action To find ont |
the proper wages for women over IS.
From tlmc To tinlc the commission will |
invest igafc conditions in industries III
Delaware and find ont whether employers |
nrc complying with their regulations |
ANY employer violating their regulations |
viii he reported 10 the attorney general |
0Henscs will be punished by fines of not |
less than $40 and not more than $50, OF |
hy imprisonment fof not loss than ~ days !,
on more than three months, or hy both |
hnc and imprisonment Rulings of the /
commission cannot be questioned rs far /
AS wage scales are concerned hut an ap |
peal can he made to the Court 81 General |
Sessions of the state of Delaware on the |
constitntoualItv Of the ruling
Punishment IN violation of this law
would bo retroactive as an employe could |
sue an employer for the difference IN |
wage II that cmplevc has been receiving
less than the amount set bN minimum |
ware commission Even II the enplnyc
had agreed to work for less, that would be
no defense for tho employer for paying
that cmplove less
Il appears that the law will make il
impossible for employers II discharge m
cmpioyc because of ANY evidence gwen
10 he commission Il hc does he VII! be
guilty If Il misdemeanor, and can DC
punished by i fine II not less than $50
and not more than $3.50 OF by imprlson-
mcnt for not less than l0 days nor more
than threc months, Or BY both such fine
Ii the act Is passed il will take effect
immediately
The Consumers League Of Delaware
is sponsoring this act, and bending all
their efforts 10 have il passed.
MoRa rtY FOR LEGISLATORS.
Senator Pool introduced bill passed by
the last Legislature, proposing III amend
ment to the constitution by increasing the
compensation Of members Of the General
Assembly pres idiag from S. 70 $40 per
la and officers. from s. 10 So The
proposed amendment Will become effec-
i've should the Legislature also pass
the blll
INQUIRY Assn pt-r5 IL ppAb
Representative Danzenbaker viii IN
troduce Il bill requiring every railway
company operating 4 railway on the
Philadelphia pike. BrandyWlne hundred.
to pave or macadamizc and keep IN good !
repair in Il manner satisfactory To the
Levy Court of New Castle county all
the space between the rails oi the track
and all the space between the westerly |
or northcrIv rail and the nearest edge
OF the macadamlled part Of the pike and |
also all the space between the easterly /
or southerlv rail and the nearest easterly
or southerly edge Of the right Of way of
the pike. Noncompliance will be punish
ed BY a fine of S25 per day SO long as re-
fusal to pave continues. he proposed
law becomes effective July |, 1919.
It was rumored today that the House
will elect another attorney, giving the
position TO Charles S. Richards Of George
town
LEGISLATORS TRIP